Subject Headings: Buildings, Natural Resources - Mines and Mineral Resources,
Condition: Good
Description: [View of a building with smoke billowing out of the chimney. A sign above the door states "Office".]
Source of Description: [Cataloger]
Institution: Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections
Donor: Cynthia Callan
Date of Photo: 1915
Medium: still image
Color: black and white
Size: 9 cm x 12 cm
Polarity: Positive
Image No: No Neg 2007-07-30-25
Collection Name: Scott Turner Collection
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User Comments:
• The Arctic Coal Company's office building, built in 1912-13, in Longyear City. The company's annual report reads A roomy new office-building, with a partially-completed concrete vault, good draughting room, and various office-rooms, was built toward the end of the season. This fills a long-felt want, as no suitable building has heretofore been available for office purposes." (Arctic Coal Company Annual Report, October 1, 1911 to October 1, 1912, Scott Turner, General Manager, Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections, Scott Turner Collection, Box Z, Folder Z13.) The company's 1913 annual report reads: "The new office was finished, painted and equipped, and a roomy concrete vault with a chubb safe-door was built." (Arctic Coal Company Annual Report, October 1, 1912 to August 31, 1913, Scott Turner, General Manager, Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections, Longyear Collection, Box 4, Folder 13.)'Spitzbergen' is also spelled 'Spitsbergen,' and is now known as 'Svalbard.'" 3/6/2008 10:27:36 AM by cchartne, Svalbard Researcher
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3/6/2008 10:27:36 AM by cchartne, Svalbard Researcher