Quincy Mining Company Collection, 1848-1988.

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Quincy Mining Company. Quincy Mining Company Collection, 1848-1988.

Title

Quincy Mining Company Collection, 1848-1988.

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/701556410

Abstract

Collection, 1848-1988, of the Quincy Mining Company of Hancock, Michigan. Documents the development of the company from its humble start in 1846 through the cessation of underground mining in 1931 and the sale and disbursement of its Michigan properties in the 1970s and 1980s. Includes corporate records, administrative correspondence, financial and legal documentation, employment and medical records, property and miners₂ housing records, as well as operational records from the company₂s underground, surface, stamp mill, reclamation, railroad, and smelting operations. Also includes records of several mining companies related to the Quincy Mining Company which operated in Houghton, Ontonagon, and Keweenaw Counties and on Isle Royale.

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435 cubic feet; 910 boxes.

Holding Repository

Michigan Technological University, J.R. Van Pelt & Opie Library; Michigan Tech

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 8005446

Michigan Technological University, J.R. Van Pelt & Opie Library; Michigan Tech

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