Search Miners Database

The Copper Miners Employee Card database includes records for almost 40,000 people who worked for the Calumet & Hecla Mining Company.

EMPLOYEE CARDS

  • Peter Riess

    Date of Birth: 1889-01-30
    Birthplace: Sarvox Hungary

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  • Elmer Palonen

    Date of Birth: 6/4/1909
    Birthplace: Baltic Michigan

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  • Alphee Rhino

    Date of Birth: 1891-05-09
    Birthplace: Champion Michigan

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  • Henry Isaac Wiio

    Date of Birth: 8/26/1917
    Birthplace: Superior Mine Location, Dodgeville Michigan

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  • William McDonald

    Date of Birth: 1868-12-28
    Birthplace: Lucknow Ontario Canada

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  • Matt Lehto

    Date of Birth: 1893-02-15
    Birthplace: Wihanti Olulaan Finland

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  • Gustave Fraki

    Date of Birth: 1886-12-05
    Birthplace: Wajakala Oulu Finland

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  • Ashton Russell

    Date of Birth: 4/27/1903
    Birthplace: Brownstown Indiana

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The Keweenaw Time Traveler

The Keweenaw Time Traveler is an online historical atlas created by researchers at Michigan Tech that you can explore from home on your computer or on your mobile device when exploring the landscape. It combines historical maps with archival records — including the C&H employee cards! — about the people who lived and worked in Houghton and Keweenaw counties from 1880-1940. Try it now: KeweenawHistory.com.

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