When Timothy O’Shea went to work for Edwin Hulbert at the Calumet Mine, on January 1, 1866, work at the Hecla mine, immediately to the south, had not started yet. But the Hecla paid its first dividend on December 15, 1869, nearly eight months before the Calumet mine paid its first dividend. ...

With the spirit of thanksgiving blowing across the landscape this week, pushed by a cold Canadian wind, I was reminded recently of something I have been truly thankful for over many years, though it’s not something I think about in detail too often. My recollections began when talking with ...

Faith and Science have long been at odds with each other. Why is this? There seem to be two opposing ideas. You are guided by Faith, grounded in an abstract understanding of the powers that be. For Christians, this is founded on the word of God. Science, however, has its roots in the ...

Timothy O’Shea arrived at the Calumet mine location in December of 1865. By all accounts the area was a wilderness, except for the clearing in the woods around the site. Edwin J. Hulbert was a civil engineer and surveyor who had worked at the Cliff Mine for several years, where he became ...

Soteriology, or the doctrine of salvation, is interpreted differently in various religious traditions, but always includes deliverance of humankind from suffering and evil. It can be a state here on earth or in another realm, such as after death. In religious communities, a lot of their focus ...

A man’s heart and soul are found beyond the words of his obituary. Funeral directors do an incredible job of gathering the details of a deceased man’s life: dates of birth, death and marriage, places of employment and worship, and lists of surviving and deceased relatives. With the ...