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41Author:  Add to Favorites
 Title:  Western Mines and Mining notes 1911-1948 ead 
 Date(s):  1911-1948 
 Abstract:  Portfolio of typescript pages, with brief descriptions of 91 mines. Locations are mostly in California and Arizona, but other western areas are also included. Historical and technical information is given, appraising each mine from an economic point of view. The reports encompass geological aspects, development, method of working, value, and future prospects. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Mine examination -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 20th century -- Sources. | Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- History -- 20th century -- Sources. | Mines and mineral resources -- California -- History -- 20th century -- Sources. 
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42Author:  World's Fair Mining CompanyAdd 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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43Author:  Arizona Mining CompanyAdd 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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44Author:  United Verde Copper CompanyAdd to Favorites
 Title:  Records of the United Verde Copper Company, 1886-1889 ead 
 Date(s):  1886-1889 
 Abstract:  Copper company, Jerome Mining District, Yavapai County, Ariz.; organized in 1882 by Fred Thomas, George Treadwell, and Eugene Jerome. The company was sold to W.A. Clark in 1889. The collection includes correspondence and other papers relating to the operation and financing of the mine at Jerome, Ariz. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Copper mines and mining -- Arizona -- Yavapai County -- History -- Sources. | Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- Yavapai County -- History -- Sources. | Mining corporations -- Arizona -- Records and correspondence. 
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45Author:  Spenazuma Gold Mining and Milling Company.Add to Favorites
 Title:  Records of the Spenazuma Gold Mining and Milling Company, 1898-1899 ead 
 Date(s):  1898-1899 
 Abstract:  The Spenazuma Gold Mining and Milling Company was formed in 1898 by Richard C. Flower to fraudulently sell stock in a non-existent mine. The scheme was exposed in 1899 by newspaperman George H. Smalley. The collection includes promotional and descriptive literature, assay certificates, and other papers concerning the Spenazuma swindle. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Gold mines and mining -- Arizona -- Graham County. | Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- Graham County. | Swindlers and swindling. 
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46Author:  Ives, Eugene Semmes, 1859-1917.Add to Favorites
 Title:  Legal Papers of Eugene Semmes Ives, 1902-1916 ead 
 Date(s):  1902-1916 
 Abstract:  Case files including legal papers, notes and other material concerning Ives' cases. Included are files related to Albert Steinfeld, Epes Randolph, Louis Zeckendorf, and various mining, railroad, and power companies. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Lawyers -- Arizona. | Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- History -- Sources. | Mining corporations -- Arizona -- History -- Sources. | Railroads -- Arizona. 
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47Author:  Levy, Mikul G., 1859-1942.Add to Favorites
 Title:  Letter, 1938 Dec. 22, Prescott (Ariz.), to Mrs. John W. Mayes, Phoenix (Ariz.) 1938 ead 
 Date(s):  1938 
 Abstract:  Typescript (original) letter describing his mining and mercantile activities in Nogales and Ajo (Ariz.), 1883-1931, including his business dealings with Albert Steinfeld, Randall Ore Reduction Company, Cornelia and Rescue Company, C & A Mining Company, and Ajo Consolidated Copper Company. Also includes a letter of transmittal to Bernard Fontana, in which Mrs. George Peterson describes an anecdote about Mr. Sam Clark, the founder of Clarkston, Arizona, and a trip he made from Clarkston to Los Angeles, California. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Frontier and pioneer life -- Arizona -- History -- Sources. | Gold miners -- Arizona -- Biography. | Merchants -- Arizona -- History -- Sources. | Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- History. | Pioneers -- Arizona -- Biography. | Tohono O'odham Indians. 
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48Author:  Golden Queen Mining and Milling Company.Add to Favorites
 Title:  Golden Queen Mining and Milling Company records 1895-1898 ead 
 Date(s):  1895-1898 
 Abstract:  Golden Queen Mining and Milling Company was a New Orleans, La. company with mining interests located in Cochise County, Arizona Territory. Collection includes holograph minutes, by-laws, and stock register on printed forms. Also includes incorporation papers and minutes of stockholders meetings (Sept. to Oct. 1893) of the Maricopa Mica Mining Company, a related company. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Gold mines and mining -- Arizona -- Cochise County. | Mica mines and mining -- Arizona -- Cochise County. | Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- Cochise County. | Mining corporations -- Arizona -- History. 
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49Author:  Cosulich, Bernice, 1896-1956Add to Favorites
 Title:  Papers of Bernice Cosulich 1923-1956 ead 
 Date(s):  1923-1956 
 Abstract:  Papers of Bernice Cosulich consists of correspondence, published and unpublished articles, clippings, scrapbooks, photographs, and notes related to Cosulich’s work writing for the Arizona Daily Star newspaper and various magazines, her book Tucson, and future projects including a projected biography of actress Helena Modjeska and a work on Arizona’s ghost towns, dating between 1923 and 1956. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Authors, American--Correspondence | Medicinal plants--Southwestern States | Extinct cities--Arizona | Ghost towns--Arizona | Copper mines and mining--Arizona | Mines and mineral resources--Arizona | Pioneers--Arizona | Women journalists--Arizona 
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50Author:  Comstock, Theo. B. (Theodore Bryant), 1849-1915.Add to Favorites
 Title:  Theodore Bryant Comstock Letter Books 1898-1902 ead 
 Date(s):  1898-1902 
 Abstract:  Theodore B. Comstock, 1849-1915, was a professional geologist, mining engineer and consultant. He was an assistant state geologist of Texas, Head of The University of Arizona School of Mines, and first president of The University of Arizona, 1894-1895. Holograph letters to R. J. Ferguson and F. T. Blandy, local superintendents, mostly about operations of the Elkhart Mine, Chloride, Mohave County, Arizona, to the British Syndicate owners of the mine. Includes letters of chief clerk M. P. Dodge. Also includes letters about Prescott Development Syndicate, the Security Mining and Development Syndicate, the Mineral Hill Copper Syndicate (mainly pp. 401-451) and other mine enterprises mostly in Arizona. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Copper mines and mining -- Arizona -- History -- Sources. | Gold mines and mining -- Arizona -- History -- Sources. | Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- Mohave County -- History. | Silver mines and mining -- Arizona -- History -- Sources. 
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51Author:  Douglas, FrancesAdd to Favorites
 Title:  Frances Douglas Papers, 1892-1963 ead 
 Date(s):  1892-1963 
 Abstract:  Contains correspondence, diaries, articles, stories, clippings, memorabilia, photographs, and translations of mostly unpublished works by Spanish-language writers. Some of the authors are Concha Espina de Serna, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Jose Maria Carretero, Guillermo Diaz-Caneja, Gregorio Martinez Sierra, Rafael Delgado, Pedro Juan Labarthe, Jose Lopez- Portillo y Rojas, Emilia Pardo-Bazan, Jose Echegaray and Eduardo Zamacois. Personal material consists of correspondence and family photographs, from marriage to Charles Fletcher Lummis, and later to Courtenay DeKalb, with whom she operated the Roadside Mine in Arizona. Photographs and correspondence related to the mine are present. Also included are typescripts of Douglas' published and unpublished articles, stories, and translations. Original drawings are by E.A. Burbank and Carl Oscar Borg. Correspondence with friends and publishers includes writers Eugene Rhodes, Henry Knibbs, Concha Espina, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, José María Carretero, Pedro Labarthe, Guillermo Diaz-Caneja, and the publisher Phoebe Hearst. Diaries and photographs document travels to Mexico and Europe. Stories were recorded by Douglas while she lived among the Isleta Indians. Mexican and U.S. newspapers, 1911-1915, report on the Mexican Revolution. Related material in MS 39 and MS 297. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  American Association of University Women. | Spanish Literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism. | Isleta Indians -- Legends. | Indians of North America -- New Mexico -- Legends. | Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- Pima County -- History -- Sources. | Roadside Mine (Ariz.) | Women authors. | Mexico -- History -- Revolution, 1910-1920. | 1900-1924. | 1925-1949. 
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52Author:  Channing, Roscoe H.Add to Favorites
 Title:  Roscoe H. Channing Collection 1907-1961 ead 
 Date(s):  1907-1961 
 Abstract:  The bulk of this collection is from 1920-1950 and focuses on mining, both in Arizona and internationally. Most of the international material is from Hudson Bay Mining Company and their various mining operations in Canada. The collection also features personal papers that include confidential correspondence regarding the Labor movement in Canada. Arizona mining materials include information about the Miami Copper Company, Bagdad Mines and the San Manuel Mines. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Labor union members--Canada. | Copper mines and mining -- Arizona. | Mines and mineral resources--Arizona. | Mines and mineral resources--Canada. | Mines and mineral resources--Canada--History. | Copper mines and mining -- Arizona -- Bagdad -- History. | United States. Army. Volunteer Cavalry, 1st. 
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53Author:  Douglas, Lewis W. (Lewis Williams), 1894-Add to Favorites
 Title:  Lewis W. Douglas papers, 1859-1974 (bulk 1880-1960) ead 
 Date(s):  1859-1974 (bulk 1880-1960) 
 Abstract:  Correspondence, congressional bills, speeches, articles, financial records, clippings, diaries, reminiscenses, photographs of family members from 1897 to 1964, wills, and estate records relating to Lewis's family and his extensive activities in politics and government. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  New Deal, 1933-1939 -- Sources | Diplomatic and consular service, American -- Great Britain | Banks and banking -- Arizona | Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- History -- Sources | Mines and mineral resources -- Mexico -- History -- Sources | Indians of North America -- Arizona -- Law and legislation -- Sources | Rain-making -- Arizona 
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54Author:  Hereford, Francis Henry, 1861-1928Add to Favorites
 Title:  Francis Henry Hereford papers, 1877-1929 (bulk 1890-1919) ead 
 Date(s):  1877-1929 (bulk 1890-1919) 
 Abstract:  This collection contains correspondence, legal papers, and financial records relating to his law practice, chiefly correspondence between Hereford and the various mining corporations, land and cattle companies he represented. Some correspondence relates to the San Pedro Land Grant. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Lawyers -- Arizona | Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- History -- Sources | Land titles -- Arizona -- History -- Sources | Indians of North America -- Arizona -- Claims | Strikes and lockouts -- Copper mining -- Arizona | Mining corporations -- Arizona -- History -- Sources | Graham-Tewksbury Feud | San Pedro Land Grant | Schools -- Arizona -- Tucson | Streets -- Arizona -- Tucson 
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55Author:  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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56Author:  unknownAdd to Favorites
 Title:  Arizona, Southwestern, and Borderlands photograph collection, 1873-2018 1920-1970 ead 
 Date(s):  1873-2018 
 Abstract:  The Arizona, Southwestern and Borderland photograph collection is an artificially created collection that consists of many folders containing photographs, from various sources, of Arizona, New Mexico, and Mexico arranged by topics including places, people, events and activities, and dating from about 1875 to the present, but mostly after 1920. Formats include postcards, stereographs, cartes-de-visite, cabinet cards, cyanotypes, view books, photograph albums, panoramas, photoprints, and others. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Cemeteries -- Southwest, New -- Photographs | Ghost towns -- Southwest, New -- Photographs | Indians of North America -- Southwest, New -- Photographs | Photographers -- Arizona | Desert plants -- Arizona -- Photographs | Parades -- Arizona -- Nogales -- Photographs | Aerial photography -- Arizona | Photography -- Tucson (Ariz.) | Art and Photography | Indians of North America | Indians of North America -- Arizona | Cities and towns -- Mexican-American Border Region -- Photographs | Rural schools -- Arizona -- Pictorial works | Indians of Mexico -- Mexico -- Sonora (State) -- Photographs | Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- Pictorial works | Ranches -- Arizona -- Pictorial works | Automobiles -- Arizona -- Pictorial works | Urban renewal -- Arizona -- Tucson -- Pictorial works | Indians of North America -- Arizona -- Pictorial works | Indians of North America -- Southwest, New -- Pictorial works | Indians of North America -- New Mexico -- Pictorial works | Navajo Indians -- Pictorial works | Hopi Indians -- Pictorial works | Apache Indians -- Pictorial works | Cities and towns -- Arizona -- Pictorial works 
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