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

  • Louis Borkowski

    Date of Birth: 1878-2-1
    Birthplace: Wilnow Russia

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  • Willard Hill

    Date of Birth: 10/27/1908
    Birthplace: Paddock, Otter Tail County Minnesota

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  • Frank Schafer

    Date of Birth: 1888-11-15
    Birthplace: VittenGero Bohemia Austria

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  • Abram Karvonen

    Date of Birth: 1879-01-16
    Birthplace: Kusamo Oulu Finland

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  • John Banfield

    Date of Birth: 2/14/1903
    Birthplace: Cambourne Cornwall England

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  • Fred Shibailo

    Date of Birth: 1895-07-10
    Birthplace: Hurdna Russia

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  • Waino Strang

    Date of Birth: 8/7/1904
    Birthplace: Calumet Michigan

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  • Matt Palonen

    Date of Birth: 1879-12-26
    Birthplace: Vasaland 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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