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Henry Earl Havenor papers, 1892-1969
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Havenor, Henry Earl, 1887-1978
- Title
- Henry Earl Havenor papers
- Dates
- 1892-1969 (inclusive)18921969
- Quantity
- 2 linear feet
- Collection Number
- MS 0173
- Summary
- The Henry Earl Havenor papers (1892-1969) are a collection of mining papers, including correspondence, stock-promotion materials, stock ledgers, and a letterpress book of correspondence of the West Mining Company located in Nevada. Much of the materials contained in this collection relate to mining and business, but there are a few personal papers. Henry Earl Havenor (1887-1978) had an intimate knowledge of Utah's mining industry, and was well acquainted with the problems of labor, the farmer, the investor, and the business man.
- 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
Historical NoteReturn to Top
Henry Earl Havenor (1887-1978) was born on 8 January 1887 in a mining camp in Forest Hills, California, where his father was a mining contractor. His parents were William Montgomery Havenor and Sarah Alice Blethen. The Havenor family moved to Salt Lake City, Utah when Henry was only three years old. Since 1890, Henry spent all his life in Salt Lake City, except for five years (1916-1921) when he was employed in the Tintic Mining District. After attending the public schools in Salt Lake City, Havenor graduated from the old Salt Lake High School on 27 May 1904. On 3 June 1908 he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mining and Engineering from the school of mines at the University of Utah. While attending the university he was editor of the student newspaper, The Daily Utah Chronicle.
Havenor was a mining geologist, and at various times he engaged in nearly all branches of mining. He was also actively connected with real estate business and newspaper work. His professional and operating experience began in 1908 and continued through 1949, except during a period in which he worked with his father. His father was a member of the Salt Lake Stock Exchange. Havenor succeeded his father, as a stock broker, for a quarter of a century, while still pursuing mining activities. From 1908-1916 Havenor held various positions in mining industries in Utah: in 1916 he was the Lessee of Gemini Mining Co., in Eureka; in 1917 he was the nominal geologist of Tintic Standard Mining Do., in Dividend; in 1922 he was manager of Gold Quartz Leasing Co., in Roselle; in 1923 he was self-employed with a leasing oil business in Salt Lake City; in 1941 he was manager of Howell Mining Co., in Salt Lake City; and in 1949 he was manager of West Toledo Mines Co., in Salt Lake City. In 1922 Havenor entered the mining investment and brokerage business, and four years later helped form "Havenor-Pett and Company," a Salt Lake brokerage firm.
He was a charter member of the University of Utah chapter of Sigma Chi, national social fraternity, and a member of the First Unitarian Society. He received a citation as Unitarian Pioneer in 1963 for distinguished service, since 1926, to the First Unitarian Church of Salt Lake City. On 3 November 1919 he received a certificate of mine rescue and first-aid training.
Havenor had an intimate knowledge of Utah's mining industry, and was well acquainted with the problems of labor, the farmer, the investor, and the business man. His wife was Margaret Watson; they had two children. Henry Earl Havenor died in 1978.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Henry Earl Havenor papers (1892-1969) are a collection of mining papers, including correspondence, stock-promotion materials, stock ledgers, and a letterpress book of correspondence of the West Mining Company located in Nevada. Among personal items in the collection are certificates and diplomas of graduation, items collected during his school years, and World War II (WWII) ration books of the Havenor family. Other materials of importance are news clippings, speeches given by Havenor, public documents, published articles dealing with Utah mines, oil reports, maps, and articles.
The first box of the collection, contains Havenor's personal papers, such as his diplomas, and various mining papers. Oil maps and reports are in Box 2, folders 1-2, on the Big Piney Basin, Sublette County, Wyoming and Church Butte District, Uinta County, Wyoming. Box three deals strictly with Idaho, California, Utah, and West Virginia mines. The materials include correspondence with Clarence E. Eddy, a poet, promoter, and prospector. The files are arranged alphabetically under the names of the mining corporations. The bulk of the papers refer to the Cash Box Gold Mining Company (1910-1916), the Central Idaho Mining Association (1915-1917), and the Monte Cristo Mine (1917-1921), all in central Idaho. The fourth box of the collection concerns Clarence E. Eddy biographical data, which centers on the period of 1910-1920. Included in this box are several correspondence between C. E. Eddy and his wife, and a sampling of Eddy's prose and poetry.
Several items came with the collection which have been added to the Western Americana section, such as a number of Utonians (University of Utah student year book), and a very important collection of mining maps and claims representing locations in Utah, Idaho, Nevada, and Mexico. Additional maps may also be found in the manuscript map case. All maps included in the Western Americana map case are of mines in Utah and printed by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The following mining district maps are represented: Big Cottonwood; Little Cottonwood; Snake Creek; American Fork; Flagstaff-Emma Ore Zone; Miller Mining and Smelting Co.; Columbus Consolidated Mine; Cottonwood-American Fork Mine; Alta Tunnel and Transportation Company Workings; South Hecla, Sells, Rustler, and South Columbus Workings; Frederick Tunnel and Columbus Rexall Tunnel; Maxfield Mine; and Dutchman Mine. The maps to be found in the Manuscript map case are divided into four large folders involving the following mining maps and claims by locality: (1) Utah, Nevada, and Colorado; (2) Himes, Box Elder Co., Trother Kidder-Millard Co., Rangely, Colorado, Oil and Gas locations, and Sinaloa, Mexico; (3) Tintic Mining District; (4) Idaho.
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
Personal and Mining MaterialsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1 | Certificates and Diplomas of Graduation |
1900-1919 |
| 1 | 2 | Personal Memorabilia, Classes, Clubs, and Schools |
1904-1964 |
| 1 | 3 | Mining Correspondence
This folder contains correspondence concerning Havenor's application for appointment as a mining engineer in the Bureau of Mines, and other correspondence dealing with mining.
|
1910-1969 |
| 1 | 4 |
Earl Havenor and Company, Mining Stock Brokers, Salt Lake City
|
1916 |
| 1 | 5 | Mining Reports
This folder contains special investigations, descriptions, activities, policies, and balance sheets refering to specific mining companies.
|
1910-1958 |
| 1 | 6 | Published Mines Articles
This folder contains articles from mining periodicals mainly concerned with mining Utah's rock asphalt deposits.
|
1912-1956 |
| 1 | 7 | Western States Mining Claims |
1929-1954 |
| 1 | 8 | Mining Newspaper Clippings |
1892-1959 |
| 1 | 9 | Langdon Smith Poetry and Verse |
|
| 1 | 10 | Securities and Exchange Commission
This folder contains information regarding mining hearings and regulations.
|
1955 |
| 1 | 11 | H. E. Havenor Speeches
This folder contains addresses given by Havenor before the Mineralogical Society of Utah, and other groups.
|
1940-1955 |
| 1 | 12 | Stock Deeds, Certificates, and Related Materials |
1917-1950 |
| 1 | 13 | Tintic Standard Mining Company Annual Report
This report contains financial and audited statements, and production statistics.
|
1938 |
| 1 | 14 | Utah Rock Asphalt Company Study and Correspondence |
1938-1940 |
| 1 | 15 | WWII Ration Books |
1943 |
Reports and ArticlesReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 2 | 1 | Sublette County, Wyoming Oil Reports
This report studies the Big Piney Basin and includes descriptions, plates, and maps.
|
1939 |
| 2 | 2 | Uinta County, Wyoming Oil Reports
This is a report of oil possibilities in Uinta county, and includes topography, descriptions, plates, and maps.
|
1929-1939 |
| 2 | 3 | Published Oil Articles
The majority of the articles in this folder are related to Utah.
|
1908-1956 |
| 2 | 4 | Utah, Illinois Petroleum Company, Corporation |
1927 |
| 2 | 5 | Joseph Jensen Materials
Joseph Jensen served many years as Chairman of the Metropolitan Water District of Souther California, and California's oil industry. The papers in this folder are related to Jensen and his work.
|
1965-1969 |
California, Idaho, Utah, and West Virginia MinesReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 3 | 1 | Bonanza Gold Mining Co., Custer County, Idaho
This folder contains achnowledgment of sale and transfer of shares in capital stock.
|
1913 |
| 3 | 2-6 | Cash Box Gold Mining Co., Loon Creek Central Idaho
These folders contain an agreement of bond and option, sales of contract of mining shares of intrest, and correspondence concerning the moving company.
|
1910-1916 |
| 3 | 7-9 | Central Idaho Mining Association
These folders contain correspondence, a stock ledger, and certificates.
|
1915-1917 |
| 3 | 10 | C. E. Eddy Death Valley Mining Interests
This folder contains a description of a zinc mine.
|
1914-1916 |
| 3 | 11 | High-Grade No. 1 Mining Company, Idaho |
1915 |
| 3 | 12 | Loon Creek Mining District, Custer County, Idaho
This folder contains a quartz mine agreement and claim deed.
|
1915-1920 |
| 3 | 13 | Lost Swim Mine, Idaho |
1915 |
| 3 | 14 | Lucky Day Mining Company, Idaho |
1915-1916 |
| 3 | 15-16 | Monte Cristo Mine, Custer County, Idaho
These two folders consist of reports, correspondence, oaths of presidents and directors, deeds to mining claims, lists of stock holders, ledgers, and shares issued.
|
1917-1921 |
| 3 | 17 | Mountain King Mine, Custer County, Idaho
This silver mine was in a region that had a great record of gold, silver, led, and copper production.
|
1920 |
| 3 | 18 | Paloma Gold and Silver Mining Company, Utah.
This folder contains capital stock shares.
|
1916 |
| 3 | 19 | South Park Mining District, California |
1914 |
| 3 | 20 | Wall Street Mining Association, Idaho
This folder contains certificates and correspondence.
|
1913-1916 |
| 3 | 21 | Wheeling, West Virginia Gold Field Mining Company |
1915 |
Clarence E. Eddy, Biographical Data and Mining PapersReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 4 | 1-3 | C. E. Eddy Biographical Data
These folders contain a biographical sketch, marriage license, family photographs, memoranda, family letters, and other biographical data.
|
1909-1932 |
| 4 | 4-6 | C. E. Eddy Correspondence
Many of these correspondence concern mining ventures.
|
1917-1935 |
| 4 | 7 | Mining Newspaper Correspondence |
1915 |
| 4 | 8 | Mrs. Eddy Correspondence |
1921 |
| 4 | 9 | Mining Stock Promotion |
1915-1916 |
| 4 | 10 | Mining Items and Correspondence |
1915-1969 |
| 4 | 11 | C. E. Eddy Poems |
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| 4 | 12 | Clarence and Juanita Eddy Prose |
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| 4 | 13 | Idaho Public Documents
This folder contains qualifications of foreign corporations, and U. S. Government Printing Office, Dearptment of Interior, Some Ore Deposits.
|
1913 |
| 4 | 14 | Tabasco Land and Sugar Company of Utah, Appeal to Stockholders
|
1905 |
Mining Ledgers and Other MaterialsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 5 | 1 | American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers |
1925 |
| 5 | 2 | Utah Buffalo Mining Comopany Stock Ledger |
|
| 5 | 3 | Utah Mines Interest and Dividends Ledger |
|
| 5 | 4 | Salt Lake Stock Exchange Mining Manual |
1957 |
| 6 | 1 | Nevada West Mining Company Letterpress Book
This letterpress book contains Ralph W. Satson, Superintendant and Agent of West Mining Company, correspondence.
|
1904-1906 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Mines and mineral resources--Idaho
- Mines and mineral resources--Utah
- Mines and mineral resources--Wyoming
- Petroleum--Utah
- Petroleum--Wyoming
Finding aid prepared by Harold Dalgliesh and Marijane J. Lambert
1979 (last modified: 2019)
