Spitzbergen - Arctic Coal Company

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Title: Spitzbergen - Arctic Coal Company
Photographer: Wilse
Subject Headings: Natural Resources - Mines and Mineral Resources, Persons, Human Settlements
Condition: Good
Description: (10576) (Wilse - Eneret) (Arctic Coal Co. Advent Bay). (B.) Envelope 4. See p. 29. 1909. [Three people walk along a valley floor. A mine, coal storage facility, aerial tramway and settlement is visible in the background].
Source of Description: Front of photograph [Cataloger]
Institution: Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections
Donor: Longyear Family
Date of Photo: Arouundated 1909
Medium: still image
Color: black and white
Size: 14.5 cm x 19.3 cm
Polarity: Positive
Image No: MS031-01-01-11
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 photograph is associated with a letter from the Arctic Coal Company and Frederick Ayer and John M. Longyear to the U.S. Secretary of State, Honorable P. C. Knox, dated 27 December, 1909 (available in the MTU archives and Copper Country Historical Collections, Longyear Collection, MS-031, Box 1, Folder 13.) The photo caption in the letter reads: Mine Mouth, Coal Storage Bin (capacity 1,200 tons), Upper half of Aerial Tramway and Camp. Advent Bay, Spitzbergen, August, 1909 (10576).""
3/3/2008 11:01:54 AM by Anonymous