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

  • Frank Chopp

    Date of Birth: 1890-11-18
    Birthplace: Lochvar Croatia

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  • Julius Orobey

    Date of Birth: 1881-04-23
    Birthplace: Grodna Kosavo Russia

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  • John K. Vertin

    Date of Birth: 1869
    Birthplace: Austria

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  • Joseph Smiel

    Date of Birth: 1893-02-05
    Birthplace: Noshia Austria

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  • Rudolph Zerbst

    Date of Birth: 1881-09-22
    Birthplace: Houghton Michigan

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  • Benjamin T. Nelson

    Date of Birth: 1885-09-04
    Birthplace: Malma Sweden

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  • William Kernick

    Date of Birth: 5/28/1900
    Birthplace: St. Ives Cornwall England

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  • Reuben L.Kitti

    Date of Birth: 2/18/1908
    Birthplace: Calumet Michigan

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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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