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

  • Jacob Marginen

    Date of Birth: 1874-06-15
    Birthplace: Nuze Locu Romania

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  • George Orlic

    Date of Birth: 1890-10-26
    Birthplace: Brinje Croatia Austria

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  • Emil Harju

    Date of Birth: 1887-10
    Birthplace: Pertukila Kowali, Wasilaani [c4] Finland

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  • John Hyrkas

    Date of Birth: 1883-01-23
    Birthplace: Kusamo Finland

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  • William Graber

    Date of Birth: 10/26/1905
    Birthplace: Lilienthal Breslan [m1] Germany

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  • Carl J Bjork

    Date of Birth: 9/5/1915
    Birthplace: Ishpeming Michigan United States

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  • Joel Sihtala

    Date of Birth: 1885-07-24
    Birthplace: Wasa Finland

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  • Richard Lantto

    Date of Birth: 5/16/1904
    Birthplace: Calumet Michigan

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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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