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21	Author:	Riggs, John Casey, 1874-1943.	Add to Favorites
	Title:	Riggs Family Papers 1878-1998 (1900-1942) ead
	Date(s):	1878-1998
	Abstract:	This collection contains materials documenting the Riggs pioneer family history from the time Brannick Riggs married Mary Elizabeth Robbins in Texas in 1856, their first wagon train move to Colorado in 1871, and several years later relocating again to southeastern Arizona, arriving and settling in Sulphur Springs Valley in 1879. Their eighth child, John Casey Riggs (1874-1943), was the family’s historian and creator of the bulk of the papers. The collection includes Our El Dorado, a biographical book written by John C. Riggs and his daughter, Jeanette Riggs Roll. Also included in the collection are biographical manuscripts; diaries and journals; business and personal correspondence; business records and ledgers; printed materials, including pamphlets, catalogs, newspapers and clippings; homestead land and mine patents; political papers of John Casey Riggs; maps; and photographs and negatives.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Apache Indians--Arizona. \| Banks and banking--Arizona. \| Cattle brands--Arizona. \| Cattle trade--Arizona--History. \| Comanche Indians--Texas--History--19th century. \| Frontier and pioneer life--Arizona--Cochise County. \| Grazing--Arizona. \| Lawyers--Arizona. \| Mines and mineral resources--Arizona--Cochise County. \| Politicians--Arizona--Biography. \| Ranches--Arizona--Cochise County--History--Records and Correspondence.
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22	Author:	United States. General Land Office.	Add to Favorites
	Title:	Claim of Andrew L. Moeller upon the Dividend Mine, Big Bug Mining District, Yavapai County, Territory of Arizona 1877 ead
	Date(s):	1877
	Abstract:	Mineral certificate describes and locates Dividend Mine.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Land titles -- Arizona. \| Land titles -- Arizona -- Yavapai County -- History. \| Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona. \| Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- Yavapai County -- History. \| Mining corporations -- Arizona -- History.
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23	Author:	Richmond Jones Jr. (1833-1861)	Add to Favorites
	Title:	Richmond Jones papers, 1859-1861 ead
	Date(s):	1859-1861
	Abstract:	Diary and Notebooks, 1859-1861. This collection includes materials which document the travels and surveys of Richmond Jones (1833-1861) while working for the Sopori Land and Mining Company in the Santa Cruz Valley of Arizona. The diary describes his journey from Rhode Island to Tucson, Arizona and offer insights on individuals and mining activities in southern Arizona until his sudden death at the hands of Apaches, in the field, in 1861. Includes account books, letters, survey books and documents, as well as a report on the Sopori and San Xavier mines by mining engineer Raphael Pumpelly (1837-1923) who was in charge of the Santa Rita Mine from 1860-1861.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Ranches -- Arizona -- Pima County \| Sopori Land Grant (Ariz.) \| Land Grants -- Arizona \| Surveying -- Arizona \| San Xavier Mine (Ariz.) \| Sopori Mine-(Ariz.) \| Geology -- Arizona -- Pima County.
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24	Author:	Yocum,Harrison	Add to Favorites
	Title:	Harrison Yocum Papers 1864-2010 (bulk 1953-2008) ead
	Date(s):	1864-2010
	Abstract:	This collection is centered on Yocum’s academic and professional interests in horticulture, botany and geology as well as his personal interests in musical composition, his family’s history and Christian religion and his role in the creation and development of Tucson Botanical Gardens. Items included in the collection are his notes on botany, research into palm trees, publications, autobiographical and family history information, press clippings; records regarding the Rockhounds, the Arizona branch of the International Palm Society and Tucson Botanical Gardens.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Botany--Arizona. \| Geology--Arizona--Cochise County. \| Geology--Arizona--Pima County. \| Geology--New Mexico--Grant County. \| Horticulture--Arizona. \| Mineralogy--Arizona. \| Music by American composers--in manuscript. \| Palms--Arizona. \| Rock collectors--United States.
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25	Author:	Kingman Sampling Works	Add to Favorites
	Title:	Records of Kingman Sampling Works, 1891-1896 ead
	Date(s):	1891-1896
	Abstract:	Kingman Sampling Works was a company operated in Kingman, Mohave County, Ariz. This collection contains holograph record books, 2 volumes, of mixtures, 1891-1896, and sales, 1893-1895.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- Mohave County.
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26	Author:	O'Gorman, M. M.	Add to Favorites
	Title:	M. M. O'Gorman diary 1901 ead
	Date(s):	1901
	Abstract:	Diary concerning daily mining operations, including problems with employees, contacts with officials, details of ore removed and shipped.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- Cochise County -- History -- Sources.
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27	Author:	Murphy Mining Company	Add to Favorites
	Title:	Papers of the Murphy Mining Company, 1935-1937 ead
	Date(s):	1935-1937
	Abstract:	The Murphy Mining Company was a mining company operating the Crown King Mine and other claims in Yavapai County, Arizona. Collection includes correspondence, minutes of stockholders meetings, financial and legal papers relating to the Crown King Mine and other claims in Yavapai County, Ariz.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- Yavapai County.
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28	Author:	Reagan, Benjamin W.	Add to Favorites
	Title:	Papers Pertaining to the Silver King Mine, 1876-1885 ead
	Date(s):	1876-1885
	Abstract:	Benjamin W. Reagan was a prospector and one of the discovers of the Silver King Mine, Pinal County, Ariz. This collection contains correspondence, assay reports, financial papers, legal papers, three photographs of family members and other materials relating to the settlement of the Reagan estate in the 1880s.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- Pinal County.
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29	Author:	Clark, Samuel, 1871-	Add to Favorites
	Title:	Papers of Samuel Clark, 1912-1936 ead
	Date(s):	1912-1936
	Abstract:	Samuel Clark, born in 1871, was the founder of Clarkston, Ariz. Operated mining properties in Ajo and Clarkston (later called Rowood) beginning in 1907. Laid out townsite of Clarkston in 1916. The collection includes mining papers, account books, records of leases, scrapbook of photographs and newspaper clippings, and other business and personal papers. Includes blueprints of maps, time books and expense accounts, and photographs of Clarkston and the Ajo Mining District. Also present are family photographs, subscription lists of Clarkston inhabitants, and account books for rental properties.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- Pima County -- History -- Sources.
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30	Author:	Wiggin, Al.	Add to Favorites
	Title:	Report of Trip to Study Plants, Smelters, and Mills in Arizona, 1916 ead
	Date(s):	1916
	Abstract:	Report of trip by Albert E. Wiggin and J.B. Johnson to Globe and Miami, Arizona, to study plants, smelters, and mills of the Inspiration Consolidated Copper Company, the International Smelting and Refining Company, the Miami Copper Company, and the Old Dominion Copper Mining and Smelting Company. The report is addressed to Frederick Laist, Manager, Washoe Reduction Works. Includes 20 photoprints of architectural drawings of smelting processes and of smelting plants in Miami, Ariz.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- Gila County.
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31	Author:	Mathewson, Edward Payson, 1864-	Add to Favorites
	Title:	History of the Ajo District, 1933 ead
	Date(s):	1933
	Abstract:	Typescript of paper read before the Tucson Literary Club, Nov. 1933, Tucson, Ariz., concerning Ajo mining history.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Copper mines and mining -- Arizona -- Pima County.
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32	Author:	Russell, Robert Parke.	Add to Favorites
	Title:	Russell's La Paz County: a Historical Anthology in Four Volumes 1986 ead
	Date(s):	1986
	Abstract:	La Paz County was created in 1983 from Yuma County, Ariz. This collection contains a typescript compilation, 4 vols., of newspaper and magazine articles concerning La Paz County, Ariz.; chiefly published in the Arizona Sentinel from 1850-1911. Vol. 4 contains name and subject indexes. Topics include mines and mining, army, postal service, Native Americans, transportation, and freighting.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Indians of North America -- Arizona -- La Paz County -- History. \| Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- La Paz County -- History. \| Postal service -- Arizona -- History.
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33	Author:	World's Fair Mining Company	Add to Favorites
	Title:	Worlds Fair Mining Company Accounting Books 1989-1901,1912 ead
	Date(s):	1989-1901,
	Abstract:	Account Books, 1898-1901, 1912. This collection consists of two account books dated 1898-1901 and 1912 respectively, kept by the World’s Fair Mining Company near Harshaw, Arizona.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Mines and mineral resources - Arizona - Santa Cruz County \| Harshaw Mining District (Ariz.) - History \| Silver Mines and Mining - Arizona - Santa Cruz County \| Worlds Fair Mine (Ariz.)
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34	Author:	Hunt, Dennis D.	Add to Favorites
	Title:	Dennis D. Hunt paperscirca 1924-1939 ead
	Date(s):	circa 1924-1939
	Abstract:	Small collection of correspondence, livestock contracts, Tohono O'odham cattle brand book, and list of Elgin members of a World War II volunteer militia mostly relating to Hunt's work with the Santa Cruz County Fair and Rodeo Association from 1924 to 1939.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Ranchers -- Arizona -- Santa Cruz County \| World War, 1939-1945 -- Arizona \| Agricultural exhibitions -- Arizona -- Santa Cruz County \| Cattle brands -- Arizona \| Tohono O'Odham Indians -- Arizona
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35	Author:	Arizona Mining Company	Add to Favorites
	Title:	Articles of Agreement, 1869 ead
	Date(s):	1869
	Abstract:	Holograph manuscript, on parchment, of "Articles of Agreement" drawn up in London, August 25, 1869, by which Charles D. Poston, as attorney for the Arizona Mining Company, transferred to Roswell Sabine Ripley of London, for the price of 100,000 pounds sterling, all the real and movable property and mineral rights pertaining to the Arivaca Ranch and the Heintzelman (or Cerro Colorado) Mine. Inserted is an affidavit signed by the Mayor of London and the U.S. Consul-General at London acknowledging the validity of the agreement.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Investments, British -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources. \| Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- Santa Cruz County. \| Mining corporations -- Arizona -- Santa Cruz County.
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36	Author:	Hankin, Harriet Warning.	Add to Favorites
	Title:	The Story of Patchy, 1896-1916 (bulk 1896-1900) ead
	Date(s):	1896-1916
	Abstract:	Typescript of unpublished manuscript, with photographs, concerning the story of Apache May, a young Apache girl found in May, 1896, by Cochise County cattleman and former sheriff, John Slaughter, in an abandoned Apache camp. She lived with the Slaughters at their San Bernadino Ranch until her accidental death in 1900. Photographs are of Apache May at various ages, some with Viola Slaughter.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Apache Indians -- Photographs. \| Frontier and pioneer life -- Arizona -- Cochise County.
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37	Author:	Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917	Add to Favorites
	Title:	Papers of Buffalo Bill, 1911-1932 (bulk 1912-1916) ead
	Date(s):	1911-1932
	Abstract:	Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917, was an American scout and showman. William Frederick Cody, known as Buffalo Bill, operated Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show and other business ventures from 1883 on. This collection includes correspondence, photographs, financial records, and legal papers relating to operations at the Campo Bonito Mine. Chiefly correspondence between Cody and Ernest J. Ewing concerning mine operations.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Campo Bonito Mine (Oracle, Ariz.) \| Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- Pinal County
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38	Author:	United States. President's Mediation Commission.	Add to Favorites
	Title:	Transcript of proceedings of the President's Mediation Commision circa 1918 ead
	Date(s):	circa 1918
	Abstract:	Transcript of proceedings of the Commission in connection with the investigation of industrial conditions at Clifton, Ariz.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Copper mines and mining -- Arizona -- Greenlee County. \| Arbitration, Industrial -- Arizona.
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39	Author:	Riggs, John L.	Add to Favorites
	Title:	Manuscripts of John L. Riggs, 1924-1925 ead
	Date(s):	1924-1925
	Abstract:	John L. Riggs was a local historian in Mohave County, Arizona. Collection includes holograph articles concerning Mohave County, Ariz. history, including Walapai Indians, William H. Hardy, turquoise mines, the Silver Hill Massacre, and the killing of the Luke party.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Frontier and pioneer life -- Arizona -- Mohave County. \| Hualapai Indians -- History.
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40	Author:	Witherell, William F. (William Frank)	Add to Favorites
	Title:	William F. Witherell papers 1870-1886 ead
	Date(s):	1870-1886
	Abstract:	Correspondence, financial records, and miscellaneous papers relating to mining investments in Pima County. Includes letters from mining investors regarding their investments, chiefly from Pelican Mining Co. and Arizona Gold and Silver Mining Co. Also includes a check register, May 1878 to May 1879, and financial journal, May 1878 to March 1880, for the Arivaca Milling, Mining and Commercial Co.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- Pima County -- History -- Sources. \| Mining engineers -- Archives.
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