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  1. Report on Matt Perry Group of Mining Claims

    Report on the Matt Perry group of mining claims, Quijotoa, Pima County, AZ; prepared for Eugene S. Ives. Includes a table of contents and two maps by mining engineer Courtenay DeKalb of the mining claims and the underground view of the Queen of Arizona ...

    castanoe - 2022-04-25 11:25

  2. Papers of Francis Henry Hereford

    This collection contains correspondence, legal papers, and financial records relating to his law practice, chiefly correspondence between Hereford and the various mining corporations, land and cattle companies he represented. Some correspondence relates ...

    castanoe - 2022-05-25 16:58

  3. Certificate of Incorporation of the Inter-Ocean Cattle and Mining Company

    The Interocean Cattle and Mining Company was based in Tucson, AZ and involved in agriculture, mining, and cattle raising. The collection contains original holograph records of incorporation by Emerson O. Stratton, Volney Elstun, Royal A. Johnson. Included ...

    castanoe - 2022-06-30 15:56

  4. Papers of George J. Roskruge

    George J. Roskruge (1845-1928) was a Civil engineer who served as Arizona Surveyor General from 1896 to 1897, Pima County Surveyor and City Engineer of Tucson, AZ. The collection  includes correspondence, sketch maps, and survey maps relating to survey ...

    castanoe - 2022-06-30 15:58

  5. Scrapbook of Edward Patrick White

    The collection contains a scrapbook of photographs, clippings, letters and programs related to Edward Patrick White and his family and Bisbee, AZ. There is a manuscript of History of Bisbee's Miner Poet by Marion White McKinney and a typescript ...

    castanoe - 2022-06-30 16:32

  6. Ruperto Jayme Papers

    Ruperto Jayme (1873?-1942) was a pioneer businessman with mining and mercantile interests in Sonoran desert region of Mexico and Arizona. The collection includes letters, bills, tax receipts, and related personal memorabilia from association with various ...

    castanoe - 2022-07-01 16:07

  7. San Rafael de la Zanja Land Grant

    The San Rafael de la Zanja ranch was owned by the San Rafael Cattle Co. However, Alfred A. Green lodged a challenge to the title. The collection includes letters, copies of legal documents, maps, and survey notes and other materials chiefly relating to ...

    castanoe - 2022-07-06 13:28

  8. Notebook of Charles L. Poindexter

    Charles L. Poindexter was a mining engineer in Tombstone, AZ. The collection includes a photocopy of notes relating to mine construction and operation, financial and surveying matters, assay reports, chiefly of the Tombstone Consolidated Mines Company, ...

    castanoe - 2022-07-07 10:42

  9. Letter book of Richard K. Gird

    The collection contains a photocopy of a holograph letter book Richard K. Gird kept while he served as superintendent of the Tombstone Mill and Mining Company from 1879 to 1880. Included materials: Manuscript Subject Area: Mining Collection Area: Arizona ...

    castanoe - 2022-07-07 10:43

  10. Say Let Me Tell You Something

    The collection contains a carbon typescript of the book Say Let Me Tell you Something by George W. Harvey as told by George Olin. The book consists of reminiscences life as a miner and prospector in Alaska, Canada, and later in Arizona from about 1914 to ...

    castanoe - 2022-07-07 12:45

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