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Historic Mining Reports from the Consolidated Copper Range Company & Copper Range Railroad, Upper Peninsula Michigan
This page was updated on 26 June 2007
When ordering please refer to this catalog #:
| Catalog # 3 / Copper Range / 2007 |
| Annual
Reports of the Copper Range Consolidated Company including also reports of
the Baltic Mining Company, Copper Range Company, Champion Copper Company,
and Copper Range Railroad Company. This is a complete set. These are not just financial reports, they contain directors reports which give details about development and output of the mines, labor conditions and strikes for each year when relevant. Also included in most of the annual reports there are ore managers reports for each mine giving specific details of shaft sinking, drifting, hoisting, ore stamping, etc. The reports were 6 x 8 1/2 until 1955 when the format switched to 8 1/2 x 11" (except for one year, 1957, when the report was sized at 5 1/2 x 8). This complete set is priced at $ 750 Reports included (all are original copies except those marked (*) which are photocopies, Annual Report was renumbered to15 to match the year, this began in 1915). The reports beginning with 1955 are not numbered and carry the year date only. 1st Annual Report, 1902: A special report concluding with two maps: (1) a longitudinal section through the Champion Copper Company Mine and (2) a longitudinal section through the Baltic Mine 2nd Annual Report, 1903: A special report concluding with two maps: (1) developed mining property of the Copper Range Consolidate Company [Champion Mine / Trimountain Mine / Baltic Mine] and (2) a longitudinal section through the Trimountain Mine. 3rd Annual Report, 1904 4th Annual Report, 1905 5th Annual Report, 1906 6th Annual Report, 1907 7th Annual Report, 1908* 8th Annual Report, 1909* 9th Annual Report, 1910* 10th Annual Report, 1911 11th Annual Report, 1912 12th Annual Report, 1913 13th Annual Report, 1914 15th Annual Report, 1915 16th Annual Report, 1916 17th Annual Report, 1917 18th Annual Report, 1918 19th Annual Report, 1919 20th Annual Report, 1920 21st Annual Report, 1921 22nd Annual Report, 1922 23rd Annual Report, 1923 24th Annual Report, 1924 25th Annual Report, 1925 26th Annual Report, 1926 27th Annual Report, 1927 28th Annual Report, 1928 29th Annual Report, 1929 30th Annual Report, 1930 31st Annual Report, 1931 32nd Annual Report, 1932 33rd Annual Report, 1933 34th Annual Report, 1934 35th Annual Report, 1935 36th Annual Report, 1936 37th Annual Report, 1937 38th Annual Report, 1938 39th Annual Report, 1939 40th Annual Report, 1940 41st Annual Report, 1941 42nd Annual Report, 1942 43rd Annual Report, 1943 44th Annual Report, 1944 45th Annual Report, 1945 46th Annual Report, 1946 47th Annual Report, 1947 48th Annual Report, 1948 49th Annual Report, 1949 50th Annual Report, 1950 51st Annual Report, 1951 52nd Annual Report, 1952 53rd Annual Report, 1953 54th Annual Report, 1954 And all Annual Reports from 1955 through 1976. |
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Here is a sample of an illustration from one of the annual reports:
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| Annual
Reports of the Copper Range Consolidated Company including also reports of
the Baltic Mining Company, Copper Range Company, Champion Copper Company,
and Copper Range Railroad Company. This set of annual reports is just like the set above except it is not complete; several years are absent here and several of these reports have slightly more wear. These are not just financial reports, they contain directors reports which give details about development and output of the mines, labor conditions and strikes for each year when relevant. Also included in most of the annual reports there are ore managers reports for each mine giving specific details of shaft sinking, drifting, hoisting, ore stamping, etc. The reports were 6 x 8 1/2 until 1955 when the format switched to 8 1/2 x 11" (except for one year, 1957, when the report was sized at 5 1/2 x 8). This set is priced at $ 450 Reports included (all are original copies, Annual Report was renumbered to15 to match the year, this began in 1915). The reports beginning with 1955 are not numbered and carry the year date only. 1st Annual Report, 1902: A special report concluding with two maps: (1) a longitudinal section through the Champion Copper Company Mine and (2) a longitudinal section through the Baltic Mine 10th Annual Report, 1911 11th Annual Report, 1912 12th Annual Report, 1913 13th Annual Report, 1914 15th Annual Report, 1915 16th Annual Report, 1916 17th Annual Report, 1917 18th Annual Report, 1918 19th Annual Report, 1919 20th Annual Report, 1920 21st Annual Report, 1921 22nd Annual Report, 1922 23rd Annual Report, 1923 24th Annual Report, 1924 25th Annual Report, 1925 26th Annual Report, 1926 27th Annual Report, 1927 28th Annual Report, 1928 30th Annual Report, 1930 31st Annual Report, 1931 32nd Annual Report, 1932 34th Annual Report, 1934 35th Annual Report, 1935 36th Annual Report, 1936 37th Annual Report, 1937 38th Annual Report, 1938 39th Annual Report, 1939 40th Annual Report, 1940 41st Annual Report, 1941 42nd Annual Report, 1942 43rd Annual Report, 1943 44th Annual Report, 1944 45th Annual Report, 1945 46th Annual Report, 1946 47th Annual Report, 1947 48th Annual Report, 1948 49th Annual Report, 1949 50th Annual Report, 1950 51st Annual Report, 1951 52nd Annual Report, 1952 53rd Annual Report, 1953 54th Annual Report, 1954 And all Annual Reports from 1955 through 1974 and 1976. |
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Reports of the Copper Range Railroad Company. These small reports are largely financial statements except for the comments on the first page of each report concerning activities for that year, i.e., the number of shipments made, wage rates, spurs closed for that year, the take over of the CRRR for a time during World War II, the acquisition of new Baldwin Diesel locomotives, etc. Reports included here are: 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, and 1973 Reports included all are original copies. The reports measure 6 x 8 1/2 and are priced at $ 60 / set A second set of these reports is also available except years 1939 and 1940 are not included. This set is priced at $ 40. |
| March 1903 Map of a Portion of the Upper Michigan Peninsula showing the Copper Range Railroad, also lands of the Champion Copper Company, Baltic Mining Company, and the Copper Range Company. This map shows the Champion, Trimountain, Adventurine, Baltic, and Atlantic Stamp Mill locations on Lake Superior. The Copper Range Railroad tracks are shown on the map in red; they connected these stamp mill locations southward to the Mill Mine Junction with connections to (a) Trimountain and Painesdale, (b) Houghton, Hancock, Larium, and Calument, and c) Homestead, Lakewood, Elm River, Winona, Greenland Junction, Greenland, and Range Junctions. The map is folded, all seams have been covered with archival filmoplast P; map should be framed to preserve this excellent historical information, - 3 -, $ 200 |
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Boyd, J. / COPPER RANGE COMPANY: The Story of Mans Oldest and Newest Metal, New York, 1970, pb, 24 pages, notes written on cover and on page margins, ovg, - 3 -, $ 30 Hordon, M. J. / AN OXIDATION RESISTANCE INVESTIGATION OF SILVER-BEARING COPPER, New York, 1964, pb, 11 pages, - 3 -, $ 35 Anonymous / COPPER RANGE COMPANY: A METAL CUTTING INVESTIGATION OF SILVER-BEARING VS. SILVER-FREE COPPER, New York, 1964, pb, 11 pages, - 3 -, $ 35 Anonymous / COPPER RANGE COMPANY: TIMBER RESOURCES IN THE WESTERN UPPER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN [Ontonagon, Houghton, Baraga, and Keweenaw Counties], Date Unknown, 11 pages, - 3 -, several notes written in text, $ 10 Marsh & McLennan, Inc. / RETIREMENT PLAN FOR SALARIED EMPLOYEES, Boston, 1968 Edition, 11 pages, - 2 -, $ 5 INDIVIDUAL ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE COPPER RANGE COMPANY for the following years are available for $ 10 each: 1949, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, and 1968. |
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