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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. Articles of Agreement

    The Arizona Mining Company was a major company in the mining business that operated out of Santa Cruz County, AZ. The collection contains a holograph manuscript of the “Articles of Agreement” drawn up on parchment in London, England on August 25th, 1869, ...

    castanoe - 2020-06-05 15:26

  4. Records of the Tip Top Copper Company

    The collection contains payrolls, reports, correspondence, financial records, legal papers, and miscellaneous materials pertaining to the Tip Top Mine in the Helvetia Mining District. There are also some personal letters to employee Joseph Chamrod and his ...

    castanoe - 2020-06-05 15:31

  5. Records of the United Verde Copper Company

    The United Verde Copper Company was a mining company located in the Verde Mining District near Jerome, Yavapai County, AZ. It was organized in 1882 by Fred Thomas Treadwell and Eugene Jerome; and was later sold to W.A. Clark in 1889. The collection ...

    castanoe - 2020-06-08 19:09

  6. Papers Pertaining to the Silver King Mine

    Benjamin W. Reagan was a prospector and one of the discovers of the Silver King Mine, Pinal County, AZ.  The collection contains correspondence, assay reports, financial papers, legal papers, three photographs of family members and other materials ...

    castanoe - 2020-06-09 12:40

  7. Papers of the Murphy Mining Company

    The Murphy Mining Company was a mining company operating the Crown King Mine and other claims in Yavapai County, AZ. The collection includes correspondence, minutes of stockholders meetings, financial and legal papers relating to the Crown King Mine and ...

    castanoe - 2020-06-09 12:40

  8. Records of the Spenazuma Gold Mining and Milling Company

    The Spenazuma Gold Mining and Milling Company was formed in 1898 by Richard C. Flower to fraudulently sell stock in a non-existent mine. The scheme was exposed in 1899 by newspaperman George H. Smalley. The collection includes promotional and descriptive ...

    castanoe - 2020-06-09 13:23

  9. Freight Bills of Magma Copper Company

    The Magma Copper Company was a mining company operating in Superior, AZ. The collection contains typescript and holograph carbon copies of freight bills pertaining to the equipment shipment to the mine during its first years of operation, most coming from ...

    castanoe - 2020-06-09 13:27

  10. Papers of Samuel Clark

    Samuel Clark (b. 1871) was the founder of Clarkston, AZ, which would later be known as Rowood. Clark laid out the townsite of Clarkston in 1916, and operated mining properties in Ajo and Clarkston beginning in 1907. The collection contains mining papers, ...

    castanoe - 2020-06-09 13:52

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