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Letter Books of Theodore Bryant Comstock

1898 to 1902
AZ 337
Collection Guide
Page 169 from Theodore Bryant Comstock Letter Book, December 16, 1899

Theodore B. Comstock (1849-1915), was a professional geologist, mining engineer and consultant. He was an assistant state geologist of Texas, Head of the University of Arizona School of Mines, and first president of The University of Arizona, 1894-1895.

The collection contains holograph letters to R. J. Ferguson and F. T. Blandy, local superintendents, mostly about operations of the Elkhart Mine in Chloride, Mohave County, AZ to the British Syndicate owners of the mine. Also included are letters of chief clerk M. P. Dodge, and letters about Prescott Development Syndicate, the Security Mining and Development Syndicate, the Mineral Hill Copper Syndicate (mainly pp. 401-451) and other mine enterprises mostly in Arizona.

 

 

Included materials:
Manuscript
Subject Area:
Mining
Collection Area:
University of Arizona

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