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Mines and Mineral Resources

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 444 Collections and/or Records:

Bills

 Series
Identifier: MSS 278
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Tax papers (1904-1947), company correspondence (1909-1947), financial records including incoming statements and bank statements (1914-1929), financial papers for individual companies (1907-1953), mining bulletins (1926-1928), and over 200 maps and plans. The materials relate to the operations of the company and to the corporations in which it invested. Most of these companies were involved either in mining or in railroads.

Dates: 1885-1957
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 278, Knight Investment Company records

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

Black Warrior Mining Company ledger, 1899-1921

 Series — Box 3: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 31197235229645], Volume: 11
Identifier: MSS 8355 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains a cash ledger for the Black Warrior Mining Company dating from 1899-1921.

Dates: 1899-1921
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 8355, Collection of mining ledgers

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

George Washington Brown autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230337237]
Identifier: MSS 480
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typewritten autobiography. Brown writes about his early life and travels. He tells about going to California in 1849 to participate in the gold rush, about encounters between whites and Indians in Texas, and about his life in that state.

Dates: 1910
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / George Washington Brown autobiography

Bullion Beck & Champion Mining Company records

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197225536306]
Identifier: MSS 3349
Abstract

The Bullion Beck & Champion Mining Company records contain correspondence, 1891, 1901, and undated.

Dates: 1891-1901
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Bullion Beck & Champion Mining Company records

Bullion Beck & Champion Mining Company records

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233294765]
Identifier: MSS 7714
Scope and Contents

Contains documents from 1891 that list the grievances of the miners at the Bullion Beck & Champion mines. The documents included are meeting minutes and decisions made at those meetings and documents from a court case against Bullion Beck & Champion Mining Company by the union employees.

Dates: 1891
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Bullion Beck & Champion Mining Company records

Bullion Beck Consolidated Tunnel Company ledgers, 1894-1916

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8355 Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains the general, ore, account, minute, and stockholder ledgers of the Bullion Beck Consolidated Tunnel Company. Ledgers date from 1894-1916.

Dates: 1894-1916
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 8355, Collection of mining ledgers

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