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

  • John McCormick

    Date of Birth: 1846
    Birthplace: Ireland

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  • Emil Koponen

    Date of Birth: 1883-10-10
    Birthplace: Petaja Miikilaann Finland

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  • Leonard Bartanen

    Date of Birth: 1893-07-20
    Birthplace: Houghton Michigan

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  • Otto Hamalaine

    Date of Birth: 1879-08-05
    Birthplace: Nilsija Kuopiolaann Finnland

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  • John George

    Date of Birth: 1896-04-09
    Birthplace: Calumet Michigan

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  • Albert Schwantz

    Date of Birth: 1887-06-07
    Birthplace: Parkers Prairie Minnesota

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  • Joseph Simkus

    Date of Birth: 1883-01-25
    Birthplace: Sodarika Lithuania Russia

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  • Peter Glowacki

    Date of Birth: 1886-06-28
    Birthplace: Waicin Poland

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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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