Copper Range Company Collection, 1851-1983.

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Copper Range Company. Copper Range Company Collection, 1851-1983.

Title

Copper Range Company Collection, 1851-1983.

Resource Link

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/701561443

Abstract

Collection, 1851-1983, of the Copper Range Company of Painesdale, Michigan as well as its subsidiary companies: Atlantic Mining Company, Baltic Mining Company, Champion Mining Company, Copper District Power Company, Copper Range Motor Bus Company, Copper Range Railroad, C. G. Hussey & Co., Michigan Smelting Company, Trimountain Mining Company and White Pine Mining Company. Includes correspondence, corporate reports, business records, financial records and land deeds as well as company housing records, rental agreements, employee aid fund records, employment records and printed ephemera.

Extent

633 cubic feet; approximately.

Holding Repository

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

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 8005541

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

Related Entities

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Copper Range Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6f83kwf (corporateBody)

Copper Range Railroad Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67x0jtp (corporateBody)

Railroad serving Upper Peninsula, Mich. From the description of Copper Range Railroad ticket, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71128923 ...

Isle Royale Copper Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6w13xfc (corporateBody)

Following unsuccessful attempts at mining in Copper Harbor and on the island of Isle Royale, the Isle Royale Mining Company relocated south of Houghton in 1852. It was one of many small mines working the "South Portage Range," including the Portage, Dodge, and Huron mines. Some of these companies also developed communities around their mines, including the present towns of Dodgeville and Hurontown. By 1909, the properties were consolidated into the Isle Royale Copper Company, a subsidiary of the...