EXAMINING PATTERNS OF ITALIAN IMMIGRATION TO ...

Figure XXXII. Section of Il Minatore Italiano of
September 14, 1914 dedicated to the chronicle of
the Copper Country. The news concerns a
homicide trial in South Range and the departure
of some Italians for Italy [Michigan
Technological University and Copper Country
Archives].
Figure XXXIII. Page of the Guida degli
Italiani della Copper Country. The picture
shows one prominent Italian, Raffaele
Ciabattari. He was born in Tuscany and
arrived in the United States in 1893. He was
the owner of the Assembly Buffet in Hancock.
1910 [Michigan Technological University and
Copper Country Archives].
newspaper until 1919. By 1928 it became a tri-weekly. The paper was published in the
Tinetti building on Osceola Street in Laurium. The editor was Augusto Marinelli. He was
actually Austrian by birth (although all the censuses indicate that he was born in Italy) but of
Italian culture. The company editing Il Minatore Italiano also owned and operated a printing
shop, the Miner Publishing Company, which also worked for other Italian organizations. In
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