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

  • Steve Meszaros

    Date of Birth: 1883-03-17
    Birthplace: Hungary

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  • Gilbert Nyborg

    Date of Birth: 1890-05-20
    Birthplace: Tromdhjen Norway

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  • Michael Smigal

    Date of Birth: 1878-05-15
    Birthplace: Galicia Austria

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  • Sirab Piligian

    Date of Birth: 1884-10-23
    Birthplace: Constantinople Sivas Turkey

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  • John L. Shelafoe

    Date of Birth: 1893-08-07
    Birthplace: Baraga Michigan

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  • Mary E. Blake

    Date of Birth: 10/23/1906
    Birthplace: New Brighton Staten Island New York

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  • Alphonse J. Orth

    Date of Birth: 1886-07-13
    Birthplace: Alsace Lorraine Germany

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  • Matt Kylmala

    Date of Birth: 1896-06-06
    Birthplace: Olulaan Finland

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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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