Iron mines and mining -- Michigan -- Marquette County -- History.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Barnes-Hecker Mining Disaster (Greg Lynn, Emil Hill, Roy Millimaki, Dewey Tippett, Irene Vicary, Ruth Powell, Clifford Trudell, Thomas Friggens, Leo La Fond, George Walimaa) Interview Transcript
Digital Record
Identifier: https://archives.nmu.edu/CUPS%20Transcripts/Barnes-Hecker_Mine_Disaster_2.pdf
Maitland Family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-221
Scope and Content Note
The bulk of the collection documents the efforts of Alexander Few Maitland and John Maitland to manage the Maitland Mine. The Maitland Mine was located in Marquette County, Michigan, near the town of Palmer and the present day Tilden Mine (Cleveland Cliffs Iron Mining Company). Following the elder Maitland’s death and 1929, Alexander Few managed the lease of the mine to the Pickands Mather Mining Company. His son John continued to manage the lease after his death. This lease continued until...
Dates:
1880-1979; Majority of material found within 1920-1960
