Detroit Copper Mining Company records, 1882-1919

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Detroit Copper Mining Company records, 1882-1919

AZ 163


Collection Summary
Creator:	Detroit Copper Mining Company
Collection Name:	Detroit Copper Mining Company records,
Inclusive Dates:	1882-1919
Physical Description:	6 linear feet
Abstract:	Financial journals, payrolls, time books, and ore and freight records related to mining company operations. Includes financial records of Hotel Morenci (1904-1913) and Frisco Ranch (1909-1913).
Collection Number:	AZ 163
Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections University of Arizona PO Box 210055 Tucson, AZ 85721-0055 Phone: 520-621-6423 Fax: 520-621-9733 URL:http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/

Historical Note

Copper mining company operations near Clifton and Morenci, Arizona, started in 1875 by William Church. Phelps Dodge purchased an interest in the company in 1881 and bought Church out in 1897. After a 1917 reorganization, the operation was known as Phelps Dodge Corporation, Morenci Branch.

Scope and Content Note

Financial journals, payrolls, time books, and ore and freight records related to mining company operations. Includes financial records of Hotel Morenci (1904-1913) and Frisco Ranch (1909-1913).

Organization

This collection is organized into three series:

Series I: Financial Records, 1883-1914
Series II : Hotel Morenci Financial and Payroll Records, 1904-1919
Series III: Payroll and Time Books, 1882-1911

Restrictions

None.

Copyright

It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Arizona Board of Regents for the University of Arizona, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright.

Related Material

Additional payroll records and time books are on microfilm no. 2957.

Access Terms

Corporate Name(s)

Frisco Ranch -- Records and correspondence

Hotel Morenci -- Records and correspondence

Detroit Copper Mining Company -- Archives

Subject(s)

Copper miners -- History -- Sources

Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- Greenlee County -- History -- Sources

Copper mines and mining -- Arizona -- History -- Sources

Hotels -- Arizona -- Morenci -- History -- Sources

Mineral industries -- Arizona -- Finance -- Sources

Genre Form(s)

Account books

Journals

Payrolls

Administrative Information

Credit Line

Detroit Copper Mining Company records (AZ 163). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries.

Container List


Series I: Financial Records, 1883-1914
volume
1			Journal. , September 1883-August 1885
volume
2			Journal. , September 1885-December 1892
volume
3			Journal. , January 1893-December 1898
volume
4			Journal. , January 1911-March 1913
volume
5			Engine Record (West Yankie Concentrator). , July 1911-February 1913
volume
6			Freight Record. , October 1910-September 1914


Series II: Hotel Morenci Payroll and Financial Records, 1904-1919
volume
7	Hotel Morenci Ledger. , 1904-1905
volume
8	Hotel Morenci Cash Book. , January 1908-November 1910
volume
9	Hotel Morenci Financial Records (various). , 1909-1913
box
10	Miscellaneous Records. , 1900-1919
		Includes: Four Morenci Time Books, October 1902-January 1919 Price Note books, Charge Book, 1914-1915 Statement of Operations at Reduction Works, 1900 Stable and Forage Records (time books), 1906-1912 Draft Register Frisco Ranch


Series III: Series III: Payroll and Time Books, 1882-1911
box
11			Payroll. , 1882-1889
box
12			Payroll. , 1890-1894
box
13			Payroll. , 1895-1897
volume
14			Time Book and Payroll. , June 1897-July 1898
volume
15			Time Book and Payroll. , August 1898-May 1899
volume
16			Time Book and Payroll. , May-December 1899
volume
17			Time Book and Payroll. , January-February 1900
volume
18			Ore Record. , 1904-1911