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

  • Nels Saari

    Date of Birth: 1893-12-16
    Birthplace: Puhayoki Finland

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  • Cyril Dawe

    Date of Birth: 1895-09-24
    Birthplace: Osceola Michigan

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  • Yelmer M. Kartema

    Date of Birth: 1894-10-06
    Birthplace: Calumet

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  • John Zirotti

    Date of Birth: 1899-07-22
    Birthplace: Calumet Michigan

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  • Harry Mitchell

    Date of Birth: 1884-09-24
    Birthplace: Germany

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  • Oscar Pahikainen

    Date of Birth: 1898-05-17
    Birthplace: Hancock Michigan

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  • Bernard N. Eister

    Date of Birth: 1896-08-07
    Birthplace: Calumet

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  • James Cahoon

    Date of Birth: 1872-3-5
    Birthplace: Canada

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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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