Manuscripts

Payroll book

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Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1876-1901.
Call number: mssHM 35207
Creator: El Dorado Water and Deep Gravel Mining Company(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Provenance unknown. In library as of May 1973.
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Annual report to the stockholders ... with statement of accounts ... 1880/81

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St Lawrence Gold Mining company. Payroll book

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Records of employment, including Chinese miners . The volume is badly mutilated and some records have been destroyed.

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The El Dorado Mining Company [prospectus]

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Account book and time book for the Rockdale Mining Company

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The volume contains an account book and time book for the Rockdale Mining Company in Blackhawk, Colorado. The time book, which covers 1864 and 1865, contains the names of employees, hours worked, days worked, and wages earned for several mines including the Leavenworth Gulch, the Calhoun Lode, and the Harsh Lode. The rest of the volume contains financial account information from 1875 to 1881

mssHM 66488

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North Bloomfield Gravel Mining Co. Records

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This collection consists primarily of letters from Henry Pichoir, North Bloomfield's secretary, and Lester L. Robinson, its president, to William H. Radford and J. G. Mather, superintendents of company operations in the field, between January 3, 1890, and January 7, 1891. The letters deal mainly with the state of accounts kept by the superintendents, the physical condition of the company's ditches and flumes after storms, and the company's efforts to control the run-off from its operations. There are also occasional discussions of the company's relationship with other mining firms, including water leases and operating facilities. Persons represented by 5 letters or more: Joseph H. Mooser (14 letters); Henry Pichoir (68 letters); and Lester Ludyah Robinson (5 letters). Notable items include two letters from Lester Robinson to Superintendent Mather, April 9, 1890 (HM 51127) and June 23, 1890 (HM 51128), which discuss plans for water sampling and the construction of tunnels for water diversion to guard against run-off.

mssHM 51035-51130

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mssHM 51035-51130

Manuscripts

Includes correspondence from company officials in San Francisco to superintendants of mining operations in the field discussing accounts kept by the superintendants and company efforts to control run-off.

mssHM 51035-51130

Payroll book

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