Manuscripts

American Finnish Mining Company interior views of the ore house

Description: 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.
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.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

American Finnish Mining Company exterior views of buildings

Manuscripts

Photographs include interior images of a mine shaft with men laboring in the tunnels.

mssDaniellj

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

Manuscripts

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.

mssDaniellj

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

Manuscripts

mssDaniellj

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

Manuscripts

mssDaniellj

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Photographs

Manuscripts

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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Interior and exterior view of the Compton Grain and Milling Company

Visual Materials

View of the exterior of the wooden Compton Grain and Milling Company building in Compton, California, with men standing at front with a team of horses (photPF 24895) and a view of the interior of the building with two men standing amid wooden beams, grain sacks, and machinery (photPF 24896).

photPF 24895-24896

American Finnish Mining Company interior views of the ore house

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Interior and exterior view of the Compton Grain and Milling Company