Alaska's first coal mine and the man who opened it, 1959
Scope and Contents
Typescript account includes a letter written by (Enoch) Hjalmar Furuhjelm in St. Petersburg, Russia, January 22, 1863, to his uncle.
Dates
- 1959
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open to research.
Conditions Governing Use
Requests for permission to publish material from the collection must be discussed with the Librarian. Photocopying does not constitute permission to publish.
Biographical / Historical
Enoch Hjalmar Furuhjelm was a mining engineer for the Russian-American Co. He went on a round-the-world expedition, including Alaska, stopping at Sitka for a summer and then English Bay on the Kenai Peninsula where he set up a coal mining enterprise and stayed for 9 years. Furuhjelm returned to Finland in 1862; he continued to survey, prospect, and open new mines. He married in 1865 and had 5 children. He died Dec. 30, 1886 at the age of 63. The Furuhjelms were one of the leading noble families of Finland; they served both in Finland and Russia as soldiers, naval officers, civil authorities, and scientists; brother Johan Hampus became governor-general of Alaska in 1859.
Extent
1 folders (1 v. (7 leaves))
Language of Materials
English
Existence and Location of Copies
Photocopy at TN805.A7M24 VF
General
One copy is photocopy.
General
Original letter was written in Swedish.
- Title
- Finding Aid for Alaska's first coal mine and the man who opened it, 1959
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Daniel Cornwall
- Date
- 2021 February
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids Repository
PO Box 110571
Juneau AK 99811-0571 US
907-465-2920
907-465-2925
907-465-2151 (Fax)
asl.historical@alaska.gov