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 Munn

    Date of Birth: 1862-03-16
    Birthplace: Canada

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  • Peter Gancsos

    Date of Birth: 1885-03-19
    Birthplace: Mandok Sabolj Megyo Hungary

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  • William Bredback

    Date of Birth: 1886-03-26
    Birthplace: Bootjack Michigan

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  • John Olson

    Date of Birth: 1891-05-21
    Birthplace: Elvarum Norway

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  • Melvin N. Dick

    Date of Birth: 1898-02-28
    Birthplace: Calumet Michigan

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  • Willard C. Sampson

    Date of Birth: 1894-06-05
    Birthplace: Hubbell

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  • Walter Gaecke

    Date of Birth: 8/6/1903
    Birthplace: Calumet Michigan

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  • Helmi Niemi

    Date of Birth: 1898-11-18
    Birthplace: Ahmeek

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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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