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  1. Collection of New Mexican Mining Documents

    Correspondence, legal and financial documents, from 1881-1904, that include location notices, mining and quit-claim deeds, proofs of labor, contracts, powers of attorney, leases, receipts, bills, promissory notes, injunctions, subpoenas, and bills of ...

    castanoe - 2015-07-13 10:44

  2. Mines and Mining Companies in Arizona and the Southwest Collection

    The bulk of the collection consist of prospectuses, reports, and correspondence, relating to Arizona mines and mining activity from 1855- 1934. Also contains clippings, maps, some financial records, ledgers. Some of the printed materials contain ...

    castanoe - 2014-03-10 17:40

  3. Richmond Jones Papers

    This collection includes materials which document the travels and surveys of Richmond (1833-1861) while working for the Sopori Land and Mining Company in Santa Cruz Valley of Arizona. ...

    castanoe - 2014-03-11 08:15

  4. World's Fair Mining Company Account Books

    The collection consists chiefly of two account books kept by the World's Fair Mine in Harshaw, Arizona and records the purchase of supplies for the mining camp; charges for room, board, and personal provisions for employees; deliver of mail, payroll, ...

    castanoe - 2014-03-10 16:15

  5. Thomas A. Lister

    Handwritten and typescript documents pertaining mainly to Lister's mining enterprises in Grant County and Hidalgo County, New Mexico. Included are location notices, assay reports, hand-drawn maps, blueprints, notebooks, telegrams, and other documents ...

    castanoe - 2016-11-21 09:27

  6. The Tri-Bullian Smelting and Development Company

    Collection includes ore settlement records for zinc ore shipped from Starlight and Kelly Mines; general ledger of Tri-Bullion S. & D. Company; four sketch maps of Nitt mine; carbon copies of letters from Tri- Bullion to customers, 1908-1917; and ...

    castanoe - 2016-11-21 16:23

  7. Diary of Richard C. Harrison

    Photocopy of holograph diary. Brief daily entries relate Richard Harrison's travels in California, and prospecting in the gold fields, 1850- 1853. Includes his personal financial records, and a copy of his last will and testament. Included materials: ...

    castanoe - 2016-11-21 16:23

  8. Douglas Family

    The Douglas Family collection consists of the original typescript of the address given by Lewis W. Douglas on Oct. 19th, 1961 before the Arizona Committee of the Newcomen Society in North America, several preliminary drafts of the speech with holograph ...

    castanoe - 2020-04-21 18:56

  9. Papers of William E. Thomas

    William E. Thomas, born 1852, was a businessman and a city and county official of Phoenix, AZ. He served as postmaster of Phoenix from 1894 to 1898 and of Liberty, AZ in 1901 and again in 1905. The collection includes correspondence, reports, bills, legal ...

    castanoe - 2020-05-22 14:57

  10. Reports of Tonnage

    William Burnham Alexander (1877-1957) received his Bachelor’s of Science in civil engineering at the University of Arizona in 1904. The collection contains typescript reports of mining tonnage giving name of company, where located, mine name, distance to ...

    castanoe - 2020-06-05 15:21

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