Spitzbergen - Arctic Coal Company

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Title: Spitzbergen - Arctic Coal Company
Photographer: Topography by Thomas H. Moncure, U.S.G.S.
Subject Headings: Harbors - Docks, Buildings, Natural Resources - Mines and Mineral Resources
Condition: Good
Description: Topographic Map of a Portion of Tract No. 1, Arctic Coal Co. West Spitzbergen [Map land by the shore of around 27,000,000 sq. yards showing survey points, contour lines and a mine and settlement.]
Source of Description: Blueprint title. [Cataloger]
Institution: Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections
Donor: Cynthia Callan
Date of Photo: 1912
Medium: still image
Color: color
Size: 128.0 cm x 85.2 cm
Polarity: Positive
Image No: MS018-Z-13-02
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:
• Topographic map of around 1/7th of the Arctic Coal Company's Tract 1 (Advent Bay). The company's main settlement and mine is visible in Longyear Valley. This map was the result of the first comprehensive mapping exercise by the company on its lands, made in 1912 by USGS surveyors.
6/24/2008 10:53:24 AM by cchartne, Svalbard Researcher