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

  • Archie McKinnon

    Date of Birth: 1897-04-17
    Birthplace: Ontonagon Michigan

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  • Matt Lahti

    Date of Birth: 1865-02-24
    Birthplace: Olluland Finland

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  • Carl Symynyszyn

    Date of Birth: 1881-03-17
    Birthplace: Szyskofse Austria Galicia

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  • Otto Hanat

    Date of Birth: 1889-10-21
    Birthplace: Chicago Michigan

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  • Walter J. Sampsel

    Date of Birth: 1894-11-07
    Birthplace: Coldfield Tennessee

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  • John Gareau

    Date of Birth: 1879-06-26
    Birthplace: Calumet Michigan United States

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  • John L. Geshel

    Date of Birth: 1/29/1909
    Birthplace: Calumet Michigan

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  • George Plasha

    Date of Birth: 1874-02-14
    Birthplace: D'Llnitzia Croatia Austria

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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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