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Mines and Mineral Resources

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 30 Collections and/or Records:

Bertha Daniel photographic collection on Juneau, Alaska

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1102
Abstract

Two black and white photographs of Juneau, Alaska and a nearby gold mine.

Dates: circa 1900-1988

DeLamar Mining Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1346
Abstract

Collection includes consists of a letterpress book, 1896-1898, with correspondence, monthly and annual reports, ore test data and values.

Dates: 1896-1898

Raymond A. Delano papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2831
Abstract

Collection includes certificates of Raymond Archibald Delano and his father, Archibald J. Delano, 1919-1948; report of a deposit of diatomaceous earth at Solvang, California, circa 1928-1935; correspondence scrapbook, circa 1927-1936; and correspondence, an autograph book, greeting cards, and legal documents, circa 1919-1948.

Dates: circa 1919-1948

John H. Gallagher papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2215
Abstract

John H. Gallagher was a soldier in the Spanish American War and a mining engineer in Portland, Oregon. Papers include correspondence, 1902-1909, regarding personal matters; receipts and documents, circa 1895-1900, regarding the Philippines and the Spanish American War, with some items in Spanish; and broadsides for events for U.S. troops in Hawaii, 1898.

Dates: 1895-1909

Humiston, Wilson and Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 862
Abstract

Business papers of a wholesale liquor company in Portland, Oregon, including saloon orders (1862-1864) from mining camps and towns in eastern Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, which include news of the mines and business conditions in those areas. Also included are records and correspondence of the company's predecessor, Humiston and Ma'Dan (1859-1862).

Dates: 1859-1864

Kirke E. Johnson letters

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2611
Abstract

Manuscript letters, 1897-1899, primarily to Kirke E. Johnson's mother in Wisconsin, regarding his experiences as a telephone line construction worker, surveyor and prospector in Alaska and British Columbia during the 1898 gold rush.

Dates: 1897-1899

Kingsley family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2343
Abstract Collection consists of photocopy newspaper articles written by Edward Daniel Kingsley, regarding preparation for life in the Alaska gold rush; biographical and genealogical information; a will, death certificate, and birth certificate for George Archibald Kingsley; and miscellaneous documents relating to Kingsley family members. Edward D. Kingsley (1868-1940), originally from Illinois, came to Portland, Oregon, in 1900. In 1902, he organized West Oregon Lumber Company. In 1835, he...
Dates: 1896-1980

John Newsom diary and letter

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 763
Abstract

Pocket diary of John Newsom (1828-1902) from his travels to Idaho for gold mining, and an 1866 letter from Newsom to G. W. Taylor. Newsom came to Oregon in 1852, and did work mining and surveying in the Pacific Northwest and California until moving to Salem, Oregon, in 1864.

Dates: 1861; 1866 March 31

James O'Keane papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1719
Abstract

James O'Keane (born 1871) was a timber assessor, surveyor, realtor, and trustee of Alaska United Copper Exploration in Seattle. Papers include correspondence regarding business; correspondence with Frank L. Huston; correspondence of Victor H. Beckman; correspondence and records of Alaska United Copper Exploration; timber cruise notebooks; and papers of Dole Lumber Co. and Northern Pacific Railways.

Dates: 1885-1960

Oregon Copper Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1032
Abstract

Records and correspondence of the Oregon Copper Company. The Oregon Copper Company operated the Mother Lode Mine in Baker County, Oregon, from 1907 to 1939.

Dates: 1928-1943