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Mines and Mineral Resources

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 106 Collections and/or Records:

Alta Company Limited articles of incorporation and meeting minutes

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230343532]
Identifier: MSS 174
Scope and Contents

Handwritten articles of incorporation and minutes of meetings. The items relate to the establishing and functioning of the company. The Mormon Apostle, John W. Taylor, was involved in the proceedings.

Dates: 1894
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Alta Company Limited articles of incorporation and meeting minutes

A. J. Anderson letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230307982]
Identifier: MSS SC 984
Scope and Contents

Letter to "Charley" Moffett expressing good wishes, concern over being traced by means of the postal service, and the welfare of Anderson's wife.

Dates: 1877
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / A. J. Anderson letter

Simon Bamberger biographies and stock certificate

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230323393]
Identifier: MSS SC 2391
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and printed stock certificate for the Bingham Mary Copper Company dated 14 Jan. 1907. The item was signed by Bamberger. Also included are photocopies of printed biographies of Bamberger.

Dates: 1907-1957
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Simon Bamberger biographies and stock certificate

Wallace F. Bennett letters

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230305671]
Identifier: MSS SC 819
Scope and Contents

The three letters of this collection were written on 1, 12, and 23 March 1962. The first and last of these were written by Bennett to William M. Timmins, Jr., (1936- ), and the second was written by Timmins. The letters deal with the topics of free trade and the lead-zinc mining industry.

Dates: 1962
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Wallace F. Bennett letters

Wallace F. Bennett papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 20
Scope and Contents Collection contains correspondence, speeches, bills, legislative resolutions, press releases, and financial records that document Wallace F. Bennett's activities during his time as a senator between 1948 and 1974 in Utah and Washington D.C. The central topic of these materials (which were mostly created during Bennett's later terms in the US Senate) is the Cold War, including how to promote peaceful coexistence between the Soviet Union and America. They also reveal the immense changes that...
Dates: 1948-1984
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Wallace F. Bennett papers

C. S. Betts letters to W.L. Van Alstyne

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230238617]
Identifier: MSS SC 348
Scope and Contents

Three ALS's in which Betts describes his invention of a gold washer of concentrator of fine gold. Includes a pencil drawing. He also describes his efforts to patent his invention and its use on the Snake River in Idaho. Betts sought Van Alstyne's support for and use of his invention.

Dates: 1883
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / C. S. Betts letters to W.L. Van Alstyne

Biography of Glen E. Nielson

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230336684]
Identifier: MSS 51
Abstract

The collection contains typewritten biographies of Glen E. Nielson that was read when he was given an honorary doctor's degree at Brigham Young University. Nielson organized the Huskie Oil Company and served in numerous community and Mormon Church positions.

Dates: 1957
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Biography of Glen E. Nielson

Bonnie Brier Mining Company records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 5874
Scope and Contents

Ledger, letter, and notes of the Bonnie Brier Mining Company mostly concerned with stock in the company.

Dates: 1907-1942
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Bonnie Brier Mining Company records

J. M. Boutwell papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 1647
Scope and Contents Consists largely of personal and business correspondence and material dealing with Boutwell's career as a geologist (maps, notebooks, manuscripts and illustrations, education, mineral samples, etc.). It also includes familial details (legal and other documentation of his divorce from Esther; family history, including documentation of his claim as a direct descendant of Francis Cooke, a passenger on the Mayflower, possessions of ancestors such as the medical notebooks of H.T. Boutwell,...
Dates: 1772-1979
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / J. M. Boutwell papers

Benjamin P. Brown mining deed

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233245551]
Identifier: MSS 7897
Scope and Contents

Contains one mining deed for land in Tooele, Utah.

Dates: 1872-1873
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Benjamin P. Brown mining deed

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