Spitzbergen - Arctic Coal Company

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Title: Spitzbergen - Arctic Coal Company
Photographer: Arcitc Coal Company / G. De Geer
Subject Headings: Geography - Maps, Manners and Customs, Human Settlements
Condition: Good
Description: Sketch Map of Ice Fiord, West Spitsbergen, Shoing A.C.Co. and A. & L. Tracts No 1. 2. 3. & 4 [Map of the Arctic Coal Company claims on the Ice Fjord, Spitsbergen, showing mine locations, settlment locations and other notable features].
Source of Description: Front of photograph [Cataloger]
Institution: Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections
Donor: Longyear Family
Date of Photo: August 1913
Medium: still image
Color: black and white
Size: 15.3 cm x 17.0 cm
Polarity: Positive
Image No: MS031-02-12-01
Collection Name: Longyear Spitsbergen 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:
• This map shows the land claims of the 'Arctic Coal Company' and 'Ayer & Longyear.' Claim #1 was purchased by the Arctic Coal Company off the Trondhjem-Spitsbergen Kulkompanie' in 1905 and extended to the south-east that year (see MS031-01-09-01 and MS031-01-09-02 to see maps of their claim.) The other claims were made in the name of Ayer & Longyear, the principle investors in the Arctic Coal Company, in 1905.
6/24/2008 1:15:13 PM by Anonymous