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

  • Sulo Jokela

    Date of Birth: 1890-12-12
    Birthplace: Kansos Wasaland Finland

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  • John Fortune

    Date of Birth: 2/12/1900
    Birthplace: Point Mills Michigan

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  • John J. Grenfell

    Date of Birth: 1891-06-07
    Birthplace: Penzance England

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  • John Bojnycki

    Date of Birth: 1878-05
    Birthplace: Beryzauka Russia

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  • John Pekar

    Date of Birth: 1883-10-13
    Birthplace: Hungary

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  • Peter Karakainen

    Date of Birth: 1879-04-20
    Birthplace: Kuopia Land Finland

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  • Joseph Ziebert

    Date of Birth: 3/8/1901
    Birthplace: Calumet Michigan

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  • Knute Mannisto

    Date of Birth: 1880-06
    Birthplace: Berrala 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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