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

  • Henry Chopp

    Date of Birth: 1880-11-25
    Birthplace: Croatia Austria

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  • Carl Steiner

    Date of Birth: 1877-02-14
    Birthplace: Sunsvale Sweden

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  • Battista Bersano

    Date of Birth: 1872/10/22
    Birthplace: San Martino Iva Italy

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  • Anton Sawicki

    Date of Birth: 1895-08-13
    Birthplace: Buchatz Galicia Austria Poland

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  • Fred Kent

    Date of Birth: 1891-12-15
    Birthplace: Ironwood Michigan

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  • John Smitkoskey

    Date of Birth: 1888-03-18
    Birthplace: Hamburg Germany

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  • Yelmer Heikkila

    Date of Birth: 1891-07-28
    Birthplace: Calumet

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  • Ernest Scharpegge

    Date of Birth: 1897-10-27
    Birthplace: Kelsin Kirkens Germany

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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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