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Bring your precious metal working ancestors on over to this project. Project collaborators, feel free to update the overview, especially the "notables" and "sources" sections. I hope from use of this project to see a human family history of working with gold and silver, through history and around the world. Profiles must be set to public. ==Goldsmiths==* from Wikipedia A goldsmith is a metalwor...
The Calumet and Hecla Consolidated Copper Company was the most successful corporation to have mined native copper in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Through nearly a century of mining activity, the company produced in excess of 4.5 billion pounds of refined copper and issued over $200 million in shareholder dividends. Unlike many of its competitors along the Keweenaw Peninsula, Calumet and Hecla su...
The Lake Superior Mine Fatalities (This project is intended to hold profiles of all the mining deaths that occurred in the Lake Superior District.) The Lake Mines 3 districts are: Portage Lake District Keweenaw Point District Ontonagon District Including now the Marquette Iron Range Mines . The underground copper mines were a treacherous place, where danger lurked at every turn. ...
Arcadian, Concord, Franklin, Franklin Junior, Hancock, Rhode Island Mines The Arcadian Mine An underground copper mine consisting of seven shafts and two adits near Ripley. The original Arcadian Mining Company was organized in 1864, then reorganized as the Arcadian Copper Company in 1898 after the consolidation of the Edwards, Douglas, Concord, Highland, St. Mary's, and Arcadian mines. After ...
History of the Copper Range Consolidated Company- The Copper Range Company (1899-1977) operated copper mines in Houghton County's South Range and in Ontonagon County. The second largest mining company in the Copper Country (after Calumet & Hecla), the Copper Range Company was the only one to survive the 1960s. In addition to mining, it owned and operated the Copper Range Railroad (1899-1973) a...
The Tamarack, Osceola, Tamarack Junior & Kearsarge mines- The Tamarack Mining Company was incorporated in 1882 and is opened on the underlay of the Calumet conglomerate reef, (on a tract west of land held by Calumet and Hecla) and to some extent upon the Osceola amygdaloid as well, the latter being opened by means of crosscuts run east from the openings on the conglomerate. 5 shafts were sunk...
This is intended to be the Over-Arching Site Index of Geni projects about Mining across the world and across human history. General Miners Mines, Mining & Mining Development & Technology Mining Accident People Who Died From Black Lung Disease People Who Died From Miner's Pthisis & Silicosis Prospectors America Arcadian, Franklin & Hancock Mine Fatalities
British Coal Mine Workers=Coal mining in the United Kingdom probably dates to Roman times and took place in many different parts of the country. Britain's coalfields are associated with Northumberland and Durham, North and South Wales, Yorkshire, Scotland, Lancashire, the East and West Midlands and Kent. During the 1980s and 1990s the industry was scaled back considerably. In 2013, there were t...
Cornwall ==Historic County of England.===== Image right - St.Piran's Flag of Cornwall - Created by Jon Harald Søby - Own work; Public Domain, Wiki Commons ===Related Projects===Cornish People>===== People Connected to Cornwall >===== Cornwall Famous People ===Cornish History>===== Historical Cornwall >===== Historic Buildings of Cornwall ===Cornish Resources>===== Cornwall - Bastardy Bonds and...
South Africa is mining country (it's also 'farming' country, but that's a different project :-)=Mining Greats=* Barney Barnato * Cecil John Rhodes *George Harrison - prospector (dates unknown) who discovered the gold bearing Main Reef on the farm Langlaagte in 1886, which lead to the gold rush on the Witwatersrand and the creation of Johannesburg.* Harry Oppenheimer (1908-2000). Businessman - D...
The mine fatalities of Ontonagon County, Michigan, Part of the Lake Superior Mine District. The Lake Mines 3 districts are: -Portage Lake District -Keweenaw Point District -Ontonagon District From 1855 to 1975 it is estimated there have been 2,000 mine related deaths for Keweenaw county, at least 1,700 for Houghton, and 100 for Ontonagon. Ontonagon County is located along the south shore ...
Barnes-Hecker Mine=---Inundation>The Cleveland-Cliffs owned Barnes-Hecker iron mine was started in 1917 some five miles west of Ishpeming. By 1925 it was 1,067 feet deep and as safe as they made them. Upon opening a great quantity of water was encountered and mining had to be discontinued until mining operations drained most of the water from the ore stratum. >At 11:20 on the morning of Wednesd...
Nine Mile Cemetery is located in Wallace, Shoshone County, Idaho. "Originally this was at three separate cemeteries: the United Cemetery, Miners Union Cemetery and Catholic Cemetery. Each one of the original cemeteries is now a section of the larger cemetery. It is under the umbrella of the Nine Mile Cemetery Association, Inc, which was organized in 1965, and operates under a board of director...
British Mine workers (non-coal)= Pictured right Wealden Iron Ore Pits For British Coal Miners please go to: has occurred in Great Britain since approximately 2700 BC. A diverse range of minerals has been extracted by underground mining, ranging from industrial minerals such as limestone through to precious metals like gold. Plans, sections and shaft information exist, recording many of these wo...
Kaapsehoop South Africa (established in 1882) Coordinates for finding Kaapsehoop on Google Earth. 25°35'28.66"S 30°45'59.65"E or click here to see it in Google Maps.==Brief History==It was the discovery of gold in 1882 the streams around what is known today as Kaapsehoop also known as Kaapshehoop or Kaapschehoop that led to the establishment of the town. Gold was also discovered in the small cr...
Aim and Scope==This project is intended to record all the early pioneers and gold prospectors connected to Pilgrim's Rest who are on our Geni tree. Several South African families have their roots in Pilgrim's Rest, as a result of the gold rush in the late 1800's, which attracted prospectors from far and wide."I doubt that a more cosmopolitan assembly of people, sharing such diverse skills and t...
Randlords were the entrepreneurs who controlled the diamond and gold mining industries in South Africa in its pioneer phase from the 1870s up to World War I.A small number of European adventurers and financiers, largely of the same generation, gained control of the diamond mining industry at Kimberley, Northern Cape. They set up an infrastructure of financing and industrial consolidation which ...
Oy Vuoksenniska Ab:s undervattensgruva på ön Jussarö var en unik företeelse i finska förhållanden. I skärgården gav det uppskattade arbetstillfällen och aktivitet som genererade en del infrastrukturbyggen, som t.ex. vägbyggen.Malm bröts i gruvgångar, under havsbottnet. Planer för att bryta malm t.o.m i dagbrott på havsbottnet gjordes på 60-talet. Ansvarig för dessa planer & provborrningar var i...
This project will gather information about Cornishmen who mined metals and minerals like copper, kaolinite, and tin. Young Cornishwomen who worked at the mine surface may be added to the Bal Maidens project.=Featured Profiles=* William Carbines 1893–1912 Second Class Passenger on the RMS Titanic * Richard Trevithick 1771–1833 Developer of the First High-Pressure Steam Engine* James Webber Third...
This project attempts to document the genealogy of the Derby, Stevenson, and Carson families who were involved with the New Almaden Quicksilver Mine of California 1847-1912 in the Almaden Township near San Jose. and richest mine in California. Discovered in 1845, its quicksilver payload was once crucial for gold and silver processing and manufacturing munitions. It produced over $75 million fro...
This project is designed to collect Research Information, Discussions, Queries etc on the Barnato family.=Core profiles=* Barney Barnato *=Overview of Family History / Progenitor DetailTo be filled in= Queries & Discussion =* QUERY 1: What evidence is there that Phoebe Carlow was Barney's wife? According to Stanley Jackson, a Barney Barnato biographer, Solly married Nellie Ridley around 1889. W...
Mines and mining - South AustraliaThis project will list mines in South Australia and include profiles of those involved in the industry. Please also consider placing profiles in these related "global" projects Occupations --- miner and Cause of death --- mining accident If you have information or need help locating them on the tree, start a discussion here.. ==Mines* Wheal Gawler - In South Au...
Gold Rush===When gold in California began to peter out, miners sought gold in other places, including Colorado, Nevada, Montana … and Idaho. Idaho’s rugged mountains presented a real challenge to prospectors and travelers alike. Still, by 1860, a man named Elias Davidson Pierce asked the Nez Perce natives if he could prospect on their lands. They said no, so in true prospector tradition, Pierce...
Devon == Historic County of England.===== Image right - St. Petroc's flag of Devon. By Greentubing - Made by self, Public Domain, Wiki Commons ===Related Projects>===== Devon Famous People >===== Devon Genealogical Resources >===== Historical Devon >===== Historic Buildings of Devon >===== Devon Monumental Inscriptions, Cemeteries & Graveyards
Please include the Bal Maiden Record Number in the About section of each profile.=Links=*