William J. Uren Papers, 1900-1925.

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William J. Uren Papers, 1900-1925.

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Papers, 1900-1925, of William J. Uren of Houghton, Michigan. Includes photographs of the Ahmeek Mill construction, building of the Douglas Houghton Memorial in Eagle River, Michigan as well as other mining related images. Also includes postcards, newspaper clippings and two legal briefs on the proceedings of the Calumet & Hecla Mining Company acquisition of the Bigelow group of mines, including the Ahmeek, Isle Royale, Osceola Consolidated, Seneca and Tamarack Mining Companies.

0.18 cubic feet; 1/2 manuscript box (letter size)

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

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SNAC Resource ID: 8083400

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

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Calumet and Hecla Mining Company

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The Calumet and Hecla Consolidated Copper Company was the most successful corporation to have mined native copper in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Through nearly a century of mining activity, the company produced in excess of 4.5 billion pounds of refined copper and issued over $200 million in shareholder dividends. Unlike many of its competitors along the Keweenaw Peninsula, Calumet and Hecla successfully expanded its operations over several separate mineral bodies, developed capital-intensive an...

Uren, William J. 1863-1925

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William J. Uren was born at the Madison mine in Michigan's Keweenaw County on December 4, 1863, to Richard and Jane Uren. After attending the public schools, in 1880 he began working at the Lake Superior Native Copper Works at Houghton, and engaged in the smelting and manufacturing of copper. From 1882 to 1885 he worked at the Wolverine mine as a general miner. In 1886 he enrolled in the Michigan College of Mines, graduating in 1888. By 1889 Uren was associated with the Tamarack-Osceola Copper M...