Subject Headings: Buildings - Dwellings, Natural Resources - Mines and Mineral Resources,
Condition: Good
Description: Advent Bay Mining Camp, Longyear Valley [Rail tracks lead to cabins surrounded by snow covered mountains.]
Source of Description: Front of slide [Cataloger]
Institution: Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections
Donor: Cynthia Callan
Date of Photo: 1907
Medium: still image
Color: black and white
Size: 8.2 cm x 10.1 cm
Polarity: Positive
Image No: MS018-001-003
Collection Name: Scott Turner Collection
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User Comments:
• This photograph shows Longyear City, the main settlement of the Arctic Coal Company, in 1907. In the foreground is narrow gauge railway which connected the town with the company dock.'Spitzbergen' is also spelled 'Spitsbergen,' and is now known as 'Svalbard.' 3/5/2008 4:06:37 PM by cchartne, Svalbard Researcher
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3/5/2008 4:06:37 PM by cchartne, Svalbard Researcher