Calumet and Hecla Mining Companies Collection, 1855-1973.

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Calumet and Hecla Mining Companies Collection, 1855-1973.

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Collection, 1855-1973, of the Calumet and Hecla Mining Companies of Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula. 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 numerous subsidiary and related companies operating in the Michigan copper district and other regions throughout North America. Although the Calumet and Hecla Mining Companies Collection often lacks the depth of specific detail evident in other mining company collections at the Michigan Technological University Archives, it provides comprehensive coverage of Calumet and Hecla's diverse corporate activity during its century of operations. It contains great detail on the buildings, equipment, technologies, ancillary industries, and communities created to mine and treat the copper ore, and provides surprisingly comprehensive coverage of the workforce employed the company.

697.0 cubic feet; 623 paige boxes, manuscript boxes, bound volumes and foldered items.

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

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SNAC Resource ID: 8078254

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

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