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 Sominsky

    Date of Birth: 1892-11-22
    Birthplace: Warsaw Poland

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  • Samuel St. John

    Date of Birth: 1870-04-30
    Birthplace: Lake Linden

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  • Sadie Rissio

    Date of Birth: 9/20/1904
    Birthplace: Calumet Michigan

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  • Michael Perko

    Date of Birth: 1885-02-10
    Birthplace: Sabolj Megye Hungary

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  • Rudolph Jakobcic

    Date of Birth: 10/11/1921
    Birthplace: Mohawk Michigan

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  • James Fisher

    Date of Birth: 1882-03-21
    Birthplace: Black Hawk Colorado

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  • William H. Ward

    Date of Birth: 5/27/1901
    Birthplace: Camborne Cornwall England

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  • Elmer Pihlgren

    Date of Birth: 1893-08-08
    Birthplace: Lakota North Dakota

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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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