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
- Company Materials
- Financial Materials
- United Nuclear Corporation (UNC) Materials
- Corwin H. Likins Materials
- Mines: Nevada
- Mines: Utah
- Mines: Bauer, Utah
- Mines and Properties
- Metals and Minerals: Am--Zi
- Manganese
- Ore
- General Metals and Minerals
- Research Materials: A--Z
- Equipment Manufacturing Companies: A--Z
- Notebooks
- General Materials
- Names and Subjects
Calumet Mining and Refining Company records, 1927-1980s
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Calumet Mining and Refining Company
- Title
- Calumet Mining and Refining Company records
- Dates
- 1927-1980s (inclusive)19271989
- Quantity
- 31 boxes and 3 tubes, (16.25 linear feet)
- Collection Number
- ACCN 2622
- Summary
- The Calumet Mining and Refining Company records (1927-1980s) contain information about several mining plants throughout Utah and Nevada. It also has information about mined materials and mining methods. Many of the materials also pertain to the Combined Metals Reduction Company.
- 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 Calumet Mining and Refining Company records contain correspondence, memoranda, plant blueprints and flow charts, mining equipment brochures, research materials (such as articles, reports and news clippings), maps, and ledgers. Also included are some personal materials of Corwin H. Likins who held several authoritative positions both with the Combined Metals Reduction Company and the Calumet Mining and Refining Company. Much of the content of this collection also pertains to the Combined Metals Reduction Company.
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
Arrangement
Any original foldering has been kept intact. All other materials have been organized thematically under company materials, mines, metals and minerals, research materials, manufacturing equipment materials, notes, charts and maps, and finally, ledgers. Folders within these topics have been arranged either alphabetically or chronologically. Most folders contain an assortment of materials including correspondence, reports, notes, articles, et cetera.
Acquisition Information
Donated by Corwin and Virginia Likins in 2011.
Processing Note
Processed by Emma McFarland in 2011.
Separated Materials
Photographs were transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections.
Related Materials
See also the Combined Metals Reduction Company records (ACCN 0493) located in the Manuscripts Division of Special Collections.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Company MaterialsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1 | Correspondence |
1932-1970 |
| 1 | 2 | Memoranda |
1950-1969 |
| 1 | 3 | Directories |
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| 1 | 4 | Combined Metals Articles of Incorporation |
1922 |
| 1 | 5 | Combined Metals Reduction Company Historic Information |
1967 |
| 1 | 6 | Combined Metals Reduction Company vs. Paul Gemmill |
1968 |
| 1 | 7 | Legal Agreements and Deeds |
1944-1969 |
| 1 | 8 | Statements made before the Unites States Tariff Commission Hearing |
1960 |
| 1 | 9 | Unicote Systems Corporation Board of Directors Materials |
1973 |
| 1 | 10 | Union Contract |
1968 |
| 1 | 11 | Fred Lichens and Ponderosa Inn Business Venture Materials |
1969 |
Financial MaterialsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 2 | 1 | Paycheck Stubs |
1967 |
| 2 | 2 | C.H. Likins Travel Expense Reports |
1966-1967 |
| 2 | 3 | Combined Metals Reduction Company Expenditure and Production Summary and Graphs |
1940-1958 |
| 2 | 4 | Combined Metals Reduction Company Paycheck Stubs |
1966-1967 |
| 2 | 5 | Combined Metals Reduction Company Report on Examination Year Ended December 31, 1966 |
1966 |
| 2 | 6 | Combined Metals Reduction Company Returns and Utelage of Investment Capital Estimate |
1968 |
| 2 | 7 | Mining Industry Wage Rates |
1968-1969 |
| 2 | 8 | Snyder Mines Incorporated Balance Sheet |
1969 |
United Nuclear Corporation (UNC) MaterialsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 3 | 1 | Capital Expenditures Manual |
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| 3 | 2 | Bid Documents Construction of South Morton Office Building |
1977 |
| 3 | 3 | Work Order and Budget |
1980 |
Corwin H. Likins MaterialsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 4 | 1 | Correspondence |
1963-1983 |
| 4 | 2 | Family Materials |
1966-1969 |
| 4 | 3 | First Congregational Church Materials |
1969 |
| 4 | 4 | Free Masonry Materials |
1965-1982 |
| 4 | 5 | Lincoln County School District Board Policy Manual |
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| 4 | 6 | Samuel T. Smetters Estate |
1962-1970 |
| 4 | 7 | Snyder Estate |
1966-1969 |
| 4 | 8 | Mailed Advertisements |
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| 4 | 9 | General Materials
This folder contains travel and religious pamphlets.
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| 5 | 1 | Checks |
1964-1968 |
| 5 | 2 | Insurance and Medical Information |
1964-1969 |
| 5 | 3 | Moving Materials
Materials pertain to Likin's move from Casper, Wyoming to Murray, Utah.
|
1981 |
| 5 | 4-5 | Receipts |
1965-1968; 1983-1984 |
| 5 | 6 | Taxes and Loans |
1963-1967 |
Mines: NevadaReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 6 | 1 | Atlas Corporation Evaluation of Caselton Nevada Project |
1964 |
| 6 | 2 | Caliente, Cobalt Mining Company |
1932-1948 |
| 6 | 3 | Case VI 350 Ton per Day Prince Ore Processing Study |
1960 |
| 6 | 4 | Caselton Calculations |
1965-1966 |
| 6 | 5 | Caselton Lead-Zinc Mining and Milling |
1960 |
| 6 | 6 | Caselton Plant Analysis Charts, Blueprints, Flow Charts, and Surface Maps |
1951-1967 |
| 6 | 7 | Combined Metals Reduction Company Proposal to "X" Corporation for Financing |
1960 |
| 7 | 1 | Combined Metals Reduction Company Revised Cost Estimate on Kiln Test Plant for Pioche District Ores |
1961 |
| 7 | 2 | Compilation of Reports and Maps, Nevada Lead and Zinc Company and Kille Mine, Spruce Mountain Mining District, Elko |
1956 |
| 7 | 3 | Discussion and Recommendations Proposed Slop Conveyor Installation Pan- American Line |
1947-1964 |
| 7 | 4 | Engineering Appraisal of the Waelz-R-N Treatment of Prince Ore at Caselton, Nevada |
1960 |
| 7 | 5 | Examination of the Silver Flame Prospect, Elko County |
1968 |
| 7 | 6 | Experiments in Amalgamated Pioche Ore |
1919 |
| 7 | 7 | Flotation Plant Sump Elevator General Arrangement, Caselton Plant |
1952 |
| 7 | 8 | Mill Office Concentrate and Ore Schedules |
1953 |
| 7 | 9 | Noonday Mine, Elko County |
1951 |
| 7 | 10-11 | Ore Reserve Estimates for Proposed Oxide Plant, Pioche, Nevada |
1943 |
| 8 | 1 | Pan American Mine Project (Gemill-Hickman Report) |
1955 |
| 8 | 2 | Pan American Ore |
1966-1969 |
| 8 | 3 | Pioche Analysis, Report, and Safety Rules |
1955-1966 |
| 8 | 4 | Pioche Manganese Company Forecast |
1956 |
| 8 | 5 | Pioche Mine Notes |
1952 |
| 8 | 6 | Preliminary Evaluation Report Combined Metals Reduction Company Prince Mine Ore |
1959 |
| 8 | 7 | Prince Ore Leaching Plant Products |
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| 8 | 8 | Projection for Prince Mine Ore Combined Metals Reduction Company, Pioche |
1961 |
| 8 | 9 | Proposal and Specifications for Five-Tire Kiln, Caselton Plant |
1961 |
| 8 | 10 | Report on Comet Coalition Mines, Lincoln County |
1933-1942 |
| 8 | 11 | Report on Manuel Edo Property, Dolly Varden Mining District, Currie, Nevada |
1946 |
| 8 | 12 | Reports on Windfall Mine of Windfall Mining and Milling Company, Eureka |
1932; 1934 |
| 8 | 13 | Semi-Pilot Kiln Plant Testing of Prince and Pan American Type Iron-Manganese Ore by the R-N Process |
1959 |
| 8 | 14 | Smelter Shaft, Freidberg, Nevada |
1962 |
| 8 | 15 | Techmanix Report on the proposed "Semi-Works" 100 Ton/Day Prince Ore Treatment Plant |
1958 |
Mines: UtahReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 9 | 1 | Antimony, Brigham City |
1946 |
| 9 | 2 | Apex Mine, Washington County, Utah |
1945-1949 |
| 9 | 3 | Asphalt Wells |
1938 |
| 9 | 4 | Bluestone Lime and Quartzite Mining Company Rush, Valley Mining District, Tooele County |
1930 |
| 9 | 5 | Calumet Properties Anaconda Company |
1960 |
| 9 | 6 | Creole Mine, Beaver County |
1958 |
| 9 | 7 | General Fuel Products Company Resin Coal, Salina Canion, Sevier County |
1931; 1941 |
| 9 | 8 | Manganese King Mine, Kane County |
1942 |
| 9 | 9 | Silver Shield Fissure 1200 Level Butterfield Mine Report with Section Charts and Base Maps |
1951 |
| 9 | 10 | Southworth Prospect Farmington Canyon |
1939 |
| 9 | 11 | Sulpherdale Chemical Company Concentrating Plant, Sulpherdale, Utah |
1961 |
Mines: Bauer, UtahReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 10 | 1 | An Analysis of Ways and Cost to Reopen the Calumet Mine of Combined Metals Reduction Company Bauer Plant, Stockton, Utah |
1967 |
| 10 | 2 | Bauer Resin Refinery |
1959-1962 |
| 10 | 3 | Blueprints and Flow Sheets |
1947-1964 |
| 10 | 4 | Pancar Resin Information Binder |
1960 |
| 10 | 5 | Purchase Requisitions |
1962 |
| 10 | 6 | Resin Plant Process Heat Studies |
1963-1964 |
| 10 | 7 | Resin Coal and Bauer Resin Operation Materials |
1933-1963 |
Mines and PropertiesReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 11 | 1 | Antimony Mine Idaho Silver King, Ketchum, Idaho |
1932-1933 |
| 11 | 2 | Carlson Creek Mining Property, Juneau, Alaska |
1936 |
| 11 | 3 | Cashin Mine, Montrose County, Colorado |
1939 |
| 11 | 4 | Cerro Colorado Gold Mines, Chihuahua, Mexico |
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| 11 | 5 | Continental Uranium Rattlesnake Claims SUR-7275-SUR-7284 with Boundary and Mineral Survey Maps |
1953-1958 |
| 11 | 6 | The Economics of Deeper Development at the Bluestone Mine |
1936 |
| 11 | 7 | Goldstone Mining Property |
1932-1933 |
| 11 | 8 | Haught SM8-1860 |
1976 |
| 11 | 9 | KMG Sulfur Property, Mineral County, Colorado |
1966 |
| 11 | 10 | Mines to Examine |
1931-1942 |
| 11 | 11 | Perlite Operations Report and Certificate of Membership |
1949; 1960 |
| 11 | 12 | Report on Hope Bullion Mine, Boulder, Montana |
1962 |
| 11 | 13 | Report on Marvin Sulphur Deposits, Park County, Wyoming |
1939 |
| 11 | 14 | Report on Trip to Calimali Mining District in Lower California |
1932 |
| 11 | 15 | Wilbert Mine, Idaho |
1933-1951 |
Metals and Minerals: Am--ZiReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 12 | 1 | Amberlites (Ion Exchange Resins) |
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| 12 | 2 | Beryllium |
1960 |
| 12 | 3 | Chromium |
1942 |
| 12 | 4 | Coal |
1950-1967 |
| 12 | 5 | Copper
This folder includes a report written by C.H. Likins entitled, "Heap Leach Unit for Copper Ores at Contact Nevada."
|
1942-1967 |
| 12 | 6 | Dimethyl Sufoxide D.M.S.O |
1954-1960 |
| 12 | 7 | Floatation |
1934-1966 |
| 12 | 8 | Fluorspar |
1946-1952 |
| 12 | 9 | Resin and Rosin
This folder also contains reports entitled, "General Fuel Products Company Resin Coal, Salina Canyon, Sevier County, Utah," 1941 and "Coal Resin United States Fuel Company, Hiawatha, Utah."
|
1941-1962 |
| 13 | 1 | Resin-Coal |
1932-1954 |
| 13 | 2 | Strontium |
1942-1946 |
| 13 | 3 | Sulphur
This folder also contains a report entitled, "Inyo Sulpher deposits, Inyo County, California."
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| 13 | 4 | Sulpher--Wyoming |
1939-1952 |
| 13 | 5 | Tungsten |
1941-1963 |
| 13 | 6 | Tungsten Prospects |
1939-1953 |
| 13 | 7 | Uranium |
1954-1956 |
| 13 | 8 | Zinc
This folder also includes an article titled "Lead Zinc Silver Deposits of Guatemala, Central America."
|
1946-1960 |
ManganeseReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 14 | 1 | Benefication, Leaching, and Magnanous Sulfate Recovery from Low-Grade Pyrolusite Type Ore |
1958 |
| 14 | 2 | Benefication of Low-Grade Manganese Ore from Aroostook County, State of Maine, by the Nitric Acid Cycle Process, Final Report |
1953-1954 |
| 14 | 3 | Chloride Leaching |
1940 |
| 14 | 4 | Manganese Sulfate |
1941 |
| 14 | 5 | Recovery of Manganese from Low-Grade Ores by Leaching |
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| 14 | 6 | : Report to Grand Panam Company Preliminary Market Survey Electrolytic Manganese and Manganese Sulfate |
1967 |
| 14 | 7 | Semi-Pilot-Plant Investigation on Electrowinning Manganese from Chloride Electrolytes |
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| 14 | 8 | Thermal Decomposition of Manganese Sulfate in Fluidized Beds |
1955 |
| 14 | 9 | Treatment of Manganese Ores at Pioche |
1939 |
| 14 | 10 | General Articles |
1934-1966 |
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 15 | 1 | Antonio Ore Sample |
1956 |
| 15 | 2 | Black Metal Ore |
1958-1960 |
| 15 | 3 | Iron and Iron Ore |
1961-1967 |
| 15 | 4 | Lead Silver Flotation from Nevada Lead-Zinc Carbonate Ores |
1947 |
| 15 | 5 | Metallurgical Tests on Oxidized Lead-Gold-Silver Ore from the Combined Metals Reduction Company, Pioche, Nevada |
1948 |
| 15 | 6 | Mexico Copper Ore Tests and Worksheets |
1955 |
| 15 | 7 | Oxidized Ore Treatment Caustic Soda Leach Electrolytic Recovery of Metals |
1949 |
| 15 | 8 | Size Reduction for Wyoming Silicious-Titanic Ore for the Krupp-Renn Process |
1958 |
| 15 | 9 | Articles and General Materials |
1931-1962 |
General Metals and MineralsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 16 | 1 | Absorption of Silver Ion by Sphalerite |
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| 16 | 2 | Notes on the Location and Production of Strategic Minerals of Utah |
1944 |
| 16 | 3 | Oxidized Ore Treatment Caustic Soda Leach Electrolytic Recovery of Metals |
1949 |
| 16 | 4 | Recovery of Vanadium from Titaniferous Magnetite |
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| 16 | 5 | Review of Raw Materials |
1953 |
| 16 | 6 | General Materials |
1955-1962 |
| 16 | 7 | Articles |
1944-1969 |
Research Materials: A--ZReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 17 | 1 | Ammonia Leach on Prince Fume Test Charts |
1960 |
| 17 | 2 | Analysis of Balanced Ball Mill Charges |
1946 |
| 17 | 3 | Anhydrous Ammonia Handling and Storage |
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| 17 | 4 | Articles and Research on Gravitational Waves and Theories of Gravitation |
1966-1970 |
| 17 | 5 | Automatic Controls in the Pumping of Phosphate Matrix at International Minerals and Chemical Corporation Mines in Polk County, Florida |
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| 17 | 6 | Caquipec Mill Future Merallury |
1953 |
| 17 | 7 | Chemical Construction Proposal for "Chemico" Ammonia Oxidation Unit |
1941 |
| 17 | 8 | Comparative Result with Galena and Ferrosilicon at Mascot |
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| 17 | 9 | A Cryochemical Method for Preparing Ceramic Materials |
1966-1970 |
| 17 | 10 | Drainage Handbook for Surface Mining |
1975 |
| 17 | 11 | Engineering File Facts |
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| 17 | 12 | Geological Reports |
1952-1953 |
| 17 | 13 | Ground-water Conditions in Cedar Valley, Utah |
1966-1967 |
| 17 | 14 | Heavy-Media Separation Process |
1942 |
| 17 | 15 | Keys to Chelation |
1958 |
| 17 | 16 | Laboratory Cyclone 3 inch Steel Details |
1951 |
| 18 | 1 | The Lead Carrying Power of Various Solutions, Research Sheets and Plates |
1925 |
| 18 | 2 | Management Measures an Engineer |
1956 |
| 18 | 3 | "Moving-Bed Process" Rough Draft |
1955 |
| 18 | 4 | National Western Mining Conference of the Colorado Mining Association Articles |
1965 |
| 18 | 5 | NO2 Process |
1941 |
| 18 | 6 | 2.375 Nodulizing and Sintering |
1941-1951 |
| 18 | 7 | The Operation of Waelz Plants |
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| 18 | 8 | Panacalite General Oil Absorbents |
1958 |
| 18 | 9 | The People's Money? |
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| 18 | 10 | Preliminary Heat and Material Balance Calculation for Waelz-RN Pilot Plant Kiln |
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| 18 | 11 | Preliminary Report on Proposed 100 Ton Plant for Treatment of Oxidized Pb-Zn Ores by H61-MgCl2 Process |
1947 |
| 18 | 12 | Pressure Leaching and Reduction at Calera's Garfield Refinery |
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| 18 | 13 | Program Statement for the Proposed Prototype Oil Share Leasing Program |
1971 |
| 18 | 14 | Recovery of Dust and Fume from Metallurgical Gases |
1957 |
| 18 | 15 | Report on the Utah Rock Asphalt Property Sunnyside Bituminous Sandstone Deposit, Carbon County, Utah |
1960 |
| 19 | 1 | Research Institute of America Materials |
1963-1967 |
| 19 | 2 | Roasting Sintering |
1950 |
| 19 | 3 | Summary of Water Well Drilling Activities in Utah |
1960-1966 |
| 19 | 4 | A Technical and Economic Appraisal of the Kalunite Process for Extracting Alumina from Alunite Ores, Aluminum Bearing Clays and Low Grade Siliceous Bauxite |
1941 |
| 19 | 5 | Utilization of Heat of Pyrite Gases for the Production of Steam |
1950 |
| 19 | 6 | Water-Resources Appra isal of the Snake Valley Area, Utah and Nevada |
1965 |
| 19 | 7 | Why Not a Chemical Smelter? |
1964 |
| 20 | Articles and News Clippings |
1933-1970 |
Equipment Manufacturing Companies: A--ZReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 21 | 1 | Companies: A--Am |
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| 21 | 2 | Companies: An--Br |
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| 22 | 1 | Companies: C |
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| 22 | 2 | Denver Equipment Master Index No. 1 |
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| 22 | 3 | Denver Equipment Company |
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| 22 | 4 | Denver Company Teco Trefoil Magazine |
1955-1973 |
| 22 | 5 | Companies: Do |
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| 23 | 1 | Companies: Du--E |
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| 23 | 2 | Companies: F--Ha |
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| 23 | 3 | Heil Process Company |
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| 23 | 4 | Companies: He--L |
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| 23 | 5 | Companies: M |
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| 23 | 6 | Companies: N |
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| 24 | Companies: Pe--W |
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| Folder | |||
| 25 | 1 | Crushing Equipment |
1964-1966 |
| 25 | 2 | Detroit Type PT Furnace Charts and Instruction Guide |
1948-1959 |
| 25 | 3 | Magnetic Separators |
1957-1960 |
| 25 | 4 | Rotary Dryers |
1955-1965 |
NotebooksReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | |||
| 26 | Notes and Calculations
This box also contains mill operation materials and notes.
|
1950-1980s | |
| Folder | |||
| 27 | 1 | Quantitative Analysis Record Book |
1945 |
| 27 | 2-3 | Notebooks |
1950-1958 |
| 27 | 4 | Production Notebooks |
1959 |
| 27 | 5 | Notebooks |
1959-1960 |
| 27 | 6 | Delta-"Be" Ore Tests Notebook |
1960 |
| 27 | 7 | Metal Pay Book |
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General MaterialsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 28 | Lefax Engineering and Business Data Sheets |
1944-1950 |
| 29 | Charts and Forms
This box also contains aeronautical charts, blank forms, plant flow-sheets, and maps.
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1942-1957 |
| 30 | Plant and Machinery Charts and Blue Prints |
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| 31 | Mining Maps and Architectural Sheets |
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| 32 | Utah and Colorado State Maps and a Weight Measurement Chart |
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| 33 | Bauer Plant Flotation Research Laboratory Ledger |
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| 34 | Stock Holder Ledgers
The first ledger is marked "Stock Holder's Ledger," 1927-1930. The second ledger is labeled "Nevada Lead and Zinc Co.," 1927-1928.
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1927-1938 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Mines and mineral resources--Nevada
- Mines and mineral resources--Utah
Corporate Names
- Combined Metals Reduction Company (creator)
Form or Genre Terms
- Articles
- Blueprints
- Clippings
- Correspondence
- Ledgers
- Memorandums
- Reports
Finding aid created by Emma McFarland
2011 (last modified: 2020)
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