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

  • James B. Givogre

    Date of Birth: 9/29/1921
    Birthplace: Calumet

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  • Lucas [m2] Copp

    Date of Birth: 1873-10-10
    Birthplace: Austria-Hungary

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  • Joseph Greenlead

    Date of Birth: 1854-03-04
    Birthplace: Michigan

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  • William Paynter

    Date of Birth: 1862-11
    Birthplace: Cornwall England

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  • Samuel Waltanen

    Date of Birth: 1887-08-04
    Birthplace: Saraisniemi Olulaann Finland

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  • Robert Mathew Mertes

    Date of Birth: 1889-02-28
    Birthplace: Houghton Michigan

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  • Matt Rankila

    Date of Birth: 1889-01-27
    Birthplace: Vaasa Finland

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  • John W.H. Thomas

    Date of Birth: 1899-01-09
    Birthplace: St. Just Cornwall England

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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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