Spitzbergen - Arctic Coal Company

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Title: Spitzbergen - Arctic Coal Company
Photographer: Unknown
Subject Headings: Natural Resources, Buildings, History, Modern - 20th Century
Condition: Good
Description: IV-1-13. July 25 Staff-house and mine, from near the office, Longyear City. [A single-story building with an American flag flying over it with a mine visible on a mountian above].
Source of Description: Front of photograph [Cataloger]
Institution: Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections
Donor: Cynthia Callan
Date of Photo: 1913
Medium: still image
Color: black and white
Size: 7.7 cm x 13.2 cm
Polarity: Positive
Image No: MS018-007-01-04
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:
• The Arctic Coal Company's staff house, built 1908. To the left is a small bunkhouse (#3) probably built in 1907. In the background on the mountainside is the company's main mine, mine #1, and its aerial tramway which leads to the company's dock.
4/8/2008 9:56:26 AM by cchartne, Svalbard Researcher