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Sumner Gold and SIlver Mining Company record book

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Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1863-1881.
Call number: mssHM 84510
Creator: Sumner Gold and Silver Mining Company(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Holmes Book Company, June 1949.
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This collection contains 44 pieces of documents, correspondence, and ephemera of the Wiley Gold Mining Company. The collection is divided into two main parts, both arranged chronologically: The documents relate to the Wiley Gold Mining Company. James Thompson's name or signature appears on a majority of the documents. The documents include stock certificates, indentures, mining claim agreements, certificates of location and labor, company by-laws, warranty deeds, and receipts between various members of the company, and they are drawn in Lida, Nevada; Kansas City, Missouri; and Phoenix, Arizona. With documents that contain more than one date, the date of signature is used in cataloging. The correspondence also relates to the Wiley Gold Mining Company and includes business letters between employees of the company, as well as letters from officers of the company to potential investors. Several of the letters also include bills for supplies, expenses, and labor. The correspondence contains letters from Big Pine, California; Kansas City, Missouri; Lida, Nevada; and Phoenix, Arizona. There are also two folders of ephemera, one containing two printed sketch maps of Nevada and one containing various printed material such as newsletters and pamphlets related to the Wiley Gold Mining Company and to other mining companies in the area. The latter folder also contains a blank "Articles of Incorporation" form.

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Map of property of the Wyandotte Consolidated Gold and Silver Mining Company

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Alt. title from cover. Contained within the prospectus for this company with some statements dated 1878. A hand drawn map of the area also accompanies the prospectus. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography.

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This collection consists primarily of the correspondence between William H. Widman and J. F. Towle, both of whom worked for the South Hite Mining Company. J. F. Towle, the assistant secretary, frequently wrote to William H. Widman, the superintendent at the Hites Cove mine. Their correspondence mainly covered stock transactions and reports of how the company was doing financially. In addition to this there are letters from stockholders to Widman, a few personal pieces of correspondence, and a Photostat copy of The Hite Mine by James Duncan Hague (1836-1908).

mssHM 65061-65101

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Wiley Gold Mining Company records

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This collection is divided into two main parts, both arranged chronologically: Documents and Correspondence. Both series relate to the Wiley Gold Mining Company. James Thompson's name or signature appears on a majority of the documents. The documents include stock certificates, indentures, mining claim agreements, certificates of location and labor, company by-laws, warranty deeds, and receipts between various members of the company, and they are drawn in Lida, Nevada; Kansas City, Missouri; and Phoenix, Arizona. With documents that contain more than one date, the date of signature is used in cataloging. The correspondence includes business letters between employees of the company, as well as letters from officers of the company to potential investors. Several of the letters also include bills for supplies, expenses, and labor. The correspondence contains letters from Big Pine, California; Kansas City, Missouri; Lida, Nevada; and Phoenix, Arizona. There are also two folders of ephemera, one containing two printed sketch maps of Nevada and one containing various printed material such as newsletters and pamphlets related to the Wiley Gold Mining Company and to other mining companies in the area. The latter folder also contains a blank "Articles of Incorporation" form.

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