Spitzbergen - Arctic Coal Company

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Title: Spitzbergen - Arctic Coal Company
Photographer: Drummond MacGavin
Subject Headings: Natural Resources - Mines and Mineral Resources, Miners, Geography
Condition: Good
Description: Photograph No. 5. Open-cut before starting permanent Main Entry to Mine No.2. Shows 4 ft. of clean coal at left of face. Ice sheet shows just behind man picking. Ground at right shows pitch into hill. [Two men work on a cut into a hillside. Tools such as picks, drill steels, and a wheel barrow are visible nearby]
Source of Description: Front of photograph [Cataloger]
Institution: Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections
Donor: Cynthia Callan
Date of Photo: 1912-1913
Medium: still image
Color: black and white
Size: 5.0 cm x 7.3 cm
Polarity: Positive
Image No: MS018-Z-16-04
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 began Mine 2, on Tract 1, in 1912. The mine was prepared for but not engaged in full-scale operation by the company. It developed the mine to protect its land claim to this area and to amplify the percieved value of the company's operation by potential buyers. Store Norske Kulkompagni, which purchased the operations in 1916, extensively exploited this mine, which it called Mine 2(a).
4/23/2008 3:18:52 PM by cchartne, Svalbard Researcher