Bound volumes

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.