Spitzbergen - Arctic Coal Company

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Title: Spitzbergen - Arctic Coal Company
Photographer: Unknown
Subject Headings: Natural Resources - Mines and Mineral Resources, Manpower - Labor,
Condition: Good
Description: [Three men stand in front of a simple timber mine opening structure with timber stored on its roof. Timber and stone debris is scattered on the ground].
Source of Description: [Cataloger]
Institution: Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections
Donor: Cynthia Callan
Date of Photo: undated
Medium: still image
Color: black and white
Size: 8.2 cm x 11.1 cm
Polarity: Positive
Image No: MS018-007-02-03
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 mine entrance to mine #1 on tract 1 (Advent Bay). The original entrance, a simple wooden strucutre, burnt in a fire of November 1911. A new concrete mine entrance and associated buildings was constructed in 1913. In the interim, a temporary entrance structure was used. This photograph appears to show the interim mine structure.
4/8/2008 10:36:13 AM by cchartne, Svalbard Researcher