Manuscripts

American Finnish Mining Company exterior views of buildings

Description: Photographs include interior images of a mine shaft with men laboring in the tunnels.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: undated
Call number: mssDaniellj
Creator: Daniell, John (1839-1898)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wiitanen, January 1973.
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American Finnish Mining Company interior views of the ore house

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Also included are images of a horse team pulling large equipment and a group photograph of men seated with the mine buildings in the background.

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American Finnish Mining Company exterior and interior views of the ore house and refinery buildings

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The collection consists of 790 items from 1868 to 1945; it includes correspondence (including 29 letter books), documents, and photographs related to the career of John Daniell, Sr. (1839-1898) and his son, mining engineer John Daniell, Jr. (1874-1960). Subjects include: the operation and development of the Michigan mines and related railroads; labor conditions; the activities of rival companies; mining finance; stock market speculations; and national and international mining syndicates. There is also some information on mining in Arizona and Montana. Over 500 letters in the collection addressed to John Daniell, Sr. are chiefly from Albert S. Bigelow and officers of the Bigelow-Clark Syndicate in Boston, Massachusetts. Three letter books and correspondence belonging to John Daniell, Jr. are chiefly concerned with mining in Finland, Arizona, and Montana, where the younger Daniell worked as a mining engineer from 1899 to 1923.

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Finnish American Mining Company (Calumet, Michigan), volume 27

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Finnish American Mining Company (Calumet, Michigan), volume 28

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The series consists of thirty-six mounted black-and-white images possibly depicting the mining town of Orijavi, Risko, Finland between 1910 and 1913 during John Daniell, Jr.'s employment as an engineer with the Finnish American Mining Company. The photographs capture exterior and interior views of the mine operations, the miners in a shaft, horse teams moving mechanical equipment, the townspeople, and various buildings. A portrait of John Daniell Sr. is also present in the collection (Box 5).

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Bound volumes

Manuscripts

The majority of the twenty-nine volumes contain mining journal entries, company reports, financial accounting, and correspondence documented by John Daniell, Sr. during his time at Copper Falls Mine, the Osceola Mine, Allouez Mine, and Cliff Mine located in the Great Lakes region in Houghton County, Michigan. Daniell also recorded his travels, mine assessments, copper stock values and insider speculation, along with personal accounts of daily life. The final three volumes (27-29) document John Daniell, Jr.'s employment with the Finnish American Mining Company (Calumet, Michigan) and J.H. & W.B. Millard Mines and Mining (Virginia City, Montana) through his detailed correspondence.

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American Finnish Mining Company exterior views of buildings

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