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John Lakner Employment Card, Calumet & Hecla Mining Company |
Persons, Immigrants, Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, |
[Employment record for John Lakner, an Austrian trammer employed by the Calumet & Hecla Mining Company from 1899 through his death in 1905. According to the card, Lakner was killed November 13, 1905, in a blast on level 119 of the #5 shaft, due to "miscounting the reports of the firing of three block holes."] Scanned: January 16, 2009 |
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John Pirc Employment Card, Calumet & Hecla Mining Company |
Persons, Immigrants, Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, |
[Employment record for John Pirc, a Slovenian trammer employed by the Calumet & Hecla Mining Company from 1906 through his death in 1908. Card indicates Pirc died April 29, 1908, after falling down the Osceola #14 shaft and fracturing his skull.] Scanned: June 23, 2006 |
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Identity Badge for Unknown Employee, Calumet & Hecla Mining Company |
Persons, Immigrants, Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, |
[Example of identity badge used by Calumet & Hecla Mining Company. Little is known about the badges, though some researchers have suggested that they may have been used as a security measure during World War I. They do not include any names, only a numbering system which may have referenced a now-lost log book.] Scanned: June 23, 2006 |