Spitzbergen - Arctic Coal Company

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Title: Spitzbergen - Arctic Coal Company
Photographer: Unknown
Subject Headings: Natural Resources - Mines and Mineral Resources, Human Settlements, History, Modern - 20th Century
Condition: Good
Description: V-10-1911 [A small stream runs by the foreground. A small settlement, a mine, and an aerial tramway are visible in the background. The mine and tramway are positioned on the high slopes of a mountain].
Source of Description: Front of photograph [Cataloger]
Institution: Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections
Donor: Cynthia Callan
Date of Photo: 1911
Medium: still image
Color: black and white
Size: 9.1 cm x 14.4 cm
Polarity: Negative
Image No: MS018-006-69
Collection Name: Scott Turner Collection
Terms of Use: Rights to reproduce and distribute this image may be restricted. Contact the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections for further information.
User Comments:
• Longyear Valley, or Longyeardalen in Norwegian. Longyear City, the Arctic Coal Company's main settlement, is visible below the mountain. Mine 1 and the company's aerial tramway is visible on the mountain slopes.
3/31/2008 11:33:35 AM by cchartne, Svalbard Researcher