Archives West Finding Aid
Table of Contents
- Overview of the Collection
- Content Description
- Use of the Collection
- Administrative Information
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Detailed Description of the Collection
- Assay Records
- Ore Settlement Sheets
- Personnel Records
- Mine Supplies Used and Business Correspondence
- Invoices
- Tintic and Ophir Mines
- Highland Chief Patent
- Miscellaneous Documents
- Miscellaneous Mining
- Bingham Consolidated Record Books
- Dalton and Lark Record Books
- Tintic Record Books
- Mining Company Record Books
- Bingham Mine
- Record Books
- Names and Subjects
Bingham Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company records, 1870-1974
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Bingham Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company
- Title
- Bingham Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company records
- Dates
- 1870-1974 (inclusive)18701974
- Quantity
- 29.5 linear feet
- Collection Number
- ACCN 1258
- Summary
- The Bingham Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company records (1870-1974) contain ore assay and settlement records, shift reports, personnel documents, supplies information, invoices, ledgers daybooks, supply accounts and orders, ore reports, copying books, and other mining records. The Bingham Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company was a Utah copper mine and smelter.
- Repository
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University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860
Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu - Access Restrictions
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Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
- Languages
- English
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Bingham Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company Records (1870-1974) is divided into two groups. The first group of documents, boxes 1-21, contain a variety of loose or bound papers. These include ore assay and settlement records, shift reports, personnel documents, supplies information, invoices, and miscellaneous mining data. The second group of documents, boxes 22-59, contains large-format, bound items. These include ledgers, daybooks, assays, supply accounts and orders, ore reports, copying books, and other mining company records. Boxes 22-26 contain record books of the Bingham Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company. Boxes 27-34 contain books of the Dalton and Lark mining interest. Boxes 35-37 contain record books regarding the Tintic, Brooklyn, Eagle and Blue Bell, Tesora, and Sampson mining concerns. The books in boxes 38-48 may be those of the Bingham Consolidated, while the remaining books, those in boxes 49-59, are from unidentified mines.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.
Preferred Citation
Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Assay RecordsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1 | Boston Mine |
1907 |
| 1 | 2-3 | Brooklyn Mine |
1904-1907 |
| 1 | 4 | Bristol Mine |
1907 |
| 1 | 5 | J. W. Ball Mine |
1907 |
| 1 | 6 | Bullock Mine |
1907 |
| 1 | 7 | Commercial Mine |
1907 |
| 1 | 8-13 | Dalton and Lark Mine |
1904-1907 |
| 2 | 1 | Dunn and Hand Mine |
1907 |
| 2 | 2 | Eagle and Blue Bell Mine |
1907 |
| 2 | 3 | Fortuna Mine |
1907 |
| 2 | 4 | Grand Central Mine |
1907 |
| 2 | 5 | Miscellaneous Mines, H-L |
1907 |
| 2 | 6 | Mammoth Mine and Ohio Mine |
1907 |
| 2 | 7 | Sampson Mine |
1907 |
| 2 | 8 | Miscellaneous Mines, S-T |
1907 |
| 2 | 9 | Miscellaneous Mines, U-W |
1907 |
| 2 | 10 | Miscellaneous Leases, Agreements, and Reports |
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| 2 | 11 | Ore Shipment Summaries and Valuation |
1905-1907 |
| Volume | |||
| 2 | 1-2 | Weekly Footage Log |
1935-1942 |
Ore Settlement SheetsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 3 | 1-10 | Ore Settlement Sheets |
1909-1913 |
| 3 | 11 | Leaser's Ore Settlement Sheets |
1904 |
Personnel RecordsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | |||
| 4 | Day Shift Reports
These items are very fragile and must be handled with extreme care.
|
1919-1920 | |
| 5 | Day Shift Reports
These items are very fragile and must be handled with extreme care.
|
1921 | |
| Folder | |||
| 6 | 1-9 | Employment Applications
These applications are arranged alphabetically.
|
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| 6 | 10 | Fingerprint Files |
1944-1945 |
| 7 | Accident Reports
These reports are arranged alphabetically.
|
1941 | |
| Folder | |||
| 8 | 1-6 | Lease Reports |
1915-1920 |
| 8 | 7 | Lark Hotel Statements |
1920-1922 |
| 8 | 8 | Payroll Receipt Book |
1910 |
| 8 | 9-10 | Dalton and Lark Mine Payroll |
1925 |
| 8 | 11 | Equipment Reports |
1949 |
| 8 | 12 | Miscellaneous Records |
|
| 8 | 13 | Miscellaneous Correspondence |
|
| 9 | Underground Mining Release Forms
These relase forms are arranged alphabetically.
|
1904-1905 | |
Mine Supplies Used and Business CorrespondenceReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 10 | 1 | Commercial Mine Supplies Used |
1913-1914 |
| 10 | 2-6 | Dalton and Lark Mine Supplies Used |
1913-1915 |
| 10 | 7-10 | Business Correspondence |
1902-1912 |
| 10 | 11 | Miscellaneous Business Records |
InvoicesReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 11 | 1 | Bingham Construction Company Accounts |
1908 |
| 11 | 2 | Cunnington Company |
1901-1902 |
| 11 | 3-5 | Davis, Howe, and Company |
1901-1903 |
| 11 | 6 | Horses |
|
| 11 | 7-12 | Lark Store |
1909-1911 |
| 11 | 13 | Mine and Supply Company |
1901 |
| 12 | 1-8 | Mine and Supply Company |
1901-1902 |
| 12 | 9 | Scott-Strevell Hardware Company |
1901-1902 |
| 12 | 10-11 | Salt Lake Hardware Company |
1901-1902 |
| 12 | 12 | Zion's Cooperative Mercantile Institute |
1901-1902 |
| 13 | Miscellaneous Invoices
These invoices are arranged chronologically.
|
1901-1909 | |
| Folder | |||
| 14 | 1-8 | Invoices
These invoices are arranged chronologically.
|
1910-1911 |
| 14 | 9-12 | Order Confirmations |
1925 |
| 15 | Miscellaneous Invoices
This box contains unprocessed invoices.
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| 16 | Miscellaneous Invoices
This box contains unprocessed invoices.
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| 17A | Dalton and Lark Store Receipt Books
These materials are arranged chronologically.
|
1902-1905 | |
| 17B | Dalton and Lark Store Receipt Books
These materials are arranged chronologically.
|
1905-1906 |
Tintic and Ophir MinesReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 18 | 1-2 | Financial Statements |
1909-1913 |
| 18 | 3 | Bank Statements |
1935 |
| 18 | 4 | Correspondence and Miscellaneous Documents |
|
| Volume | |||
| 18 | 1 | Loan Application |
1935 |
| 18 | 2 | Check Book |
1909-1913 |
Highland Chief PatentReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Volume | ||
| 19 | 1 |
Proceedings Before the Hon. Secretary of the Interior Concerning the Highland Chief Patent, Utah
|
1874 |
| 19 | 2 |
Before the Hon. Columbus Delano, Secretary of the Interior. Prince of Wales and Wandering Boy vs. Highland Chief, Utah
|
1875 |
Miscellaneous DocumentsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Volume | ||
| 20 | 1 | "J. F. B. Erdlets, Jr."
This is possibly a personal notebook.
|
1913 |
| 20 | 2 | "Mining Claim Investigation, Atolia-Rand Mining District, California. For Shell Oil Company" |
1964 |
| 20 | 3 | Mining Lease Investigations |
1978 |
Miscellaneous MiningReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 21 | 1 | Bolivia |
|
| 21 | 2 | Golden Gate Extension Mining Co. |
1898 |
| 21 | 3 | Guymard Mine |
1938 |
| 21 | 4 | Schonficht Uranium Mines |
1913 |
| 21 | 5 | Mining History
This folder contains "Mining," by Nell Maxfield Ekker, undated; "Bingham or West Mountain Mining District: Comprehensive List of References," compiled by Wilbur H. Smith, 1970; and "Smelters in Utah, 1854 to Present," by Wilbur H. Smith, 1978.
|
1970-1978 |
| 21 | 6 | Mining News Clippings Scrapbook |
1914 |
| 21 | 7 |
Copp's Land Owner
This folder contains Vol. 2, no. 1, published in Washington, D. C.
|
1875 |
Bingham Consolidated Record BooksReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | |||
| 22 | Smelter Freight Records |
1906-1907 | |
| 23 | Smelter Flux and Fuel Statements |
1906-1907 | |
| 24 | Smelter Supply Accounts |
1903-1904 | |
| Volume | |||
| 25 | 1 | Smelter Cash Book |
1901-1905 |
| 25 | 2 | Smelter Ore Settlement Ledger |
1906-1907 |
| 25 | 3 | Ore Shipments |
1904-1906 |
| 26 | Smelter Ore Settlement Ledger |
1907 | |
Dalton and Lark Record BooksReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Volume | ||
| 27 | 1-3 | Supply Accounts
This box contains "Books" 5-7.
|
1917 |
| 28 | 1-2 | Supply Accounts
This box contains "Books" 8 and 10.
|
1919-1921 |
| 29 | 1-2 | Supply Accounts
These box contains "Books" 11-12.
|
1921-1922 |
| 30 | 1 | Supply Accounts
This folder contains "Book" 13.
|
1922 |
| 30 | 2 | Sundry Accounts |
1926-1928 |
| 31 | 1-2 | Sundry Accounts |
1928-1930 |
| 31 | 3 | Ore Book |
1905 |
| 31 | 4 | Cash Book |
1907-1908 |
| 32 | 1-2 | Cash Books |
1906 |
| 32 | 3 | Ledger |
1911-1912 |
| 33 | 1 | Day Book |
1905-1906 |
| 33 | 2 | Ore Settlement Book |
1902-1903 |
| 33 | 3 | Assays |
1885-1896 |
| 33 | 4 | Order Book |
1902-1904 |
| 34 | Assays |
1902 |
Tintic Record BooksReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Volume | ||
| 35 | 1 | Stockholders Meeting Records |
1909-1910 |
| 35 | 2 | Ledger |
1909-1910 |
| 35 | 3 | Cash Book |
1909-1910 |
| 35 | 4 | Journal |
1910 |
Mining Company Record BooksReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Volume | ||
| 36 | 1 | Brooklyn Mining Company Payroll Ledger |
1890-1898 |
| 36 | 2 | Eagle and Blue Bell Mining Company Stock Ledger |
1904-1907 |
| 36 | 3 | Tesora Mining Company Stock Ledger |
1899-1901 |
| 37 | Sampson Account Book |
1891-1903 |
Bingham MineReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 38 | Bingham Copper and Gold Weekly Reports |
1903-1907 |
| 39 | Accident Reports |
1903-1905 |
| 40 | Correspondence and Reports |
1896-1902 |
| 41 | Ore Reports |
1915-1916 |
| 42 | Ore Reports |
1916 |
| 43 | Correspondence |
1901-1902 |
| 44 | Ore Reports |
1914-1915 |
| 45 | Correspondence and Reports |
1904-1907 |
| 46 | Supply Orders |
1901 |
| 47 | Ore Reports |
1916-1917 |
| 48 | Correspondence and Reports |
1901-1902 |
Record BooksReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | |||
| 49 | Ledger |
1904 | |
| 50 | Ledger |
1902-1906 | |
| 51 | Ledger |
1907-1910 | |
| 52 | Daily Journal |
1902 | |
| 53 | Daily Journal |
1903-1904 | |
| Volume | |||
| 54 | 1 | Index |
|
| 54 | 2-4 | Time Books |
1906-1973 |
| 54 | 5 | Ore Shipments Daybook |
1911-1912 |
| 55 | Workman's Time Book |
1890-1898 | |
| 56 | Daybooks |
1903-1905 | |
| 57 | Daybooks |
1902-1906 | |
| 58 | Cash Book |
1903-1905 | |
| Volume | |||
| 59 | 1 | Time Book |
1911 |
| 59 | 2 | Assay Office Book |
1902 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Copper industry and trade--Utah--History--Sources
- Copper mines and mining--Utah--History--Sources
- Mining corporations--Utah--History--Sources
Corporate Names
- Bingham Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company--Archives
Form or Genre Terms
- Correspondence
- Ledgers
- Letterpress copybooks
- Personnel records
- Reports
Finding aid created by Mark Jensen, Lisa Townsend, Tad Davies, and Roy Webb
1995 (last modified: 2020)
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