Coeur D'Alene Mining & Smelting Company Records, 1904-1937

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Coeur D'Alene Mining & Smelting Company
Title
Coeur D'Alene Mining & Smelting Company Records
Dates
1904-1937 (inclusive)
Quantity
0.5 cubic feet
Collection Number
MG276 (collection)
Summary
Minutes of meetings, a stock ledger and journal, and federal and state tax returns of a mine in the Placer Center Mining District of the Coeur d'Alene mining region of northern Idaho.
Repository
University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives
Special Collections and Archives
University of Idaho Library
875 Perimeter Drive
MS 2350
Moscow, ID
83844-2350
Telephone: 2088850845
libspec@uidaho.edu
Languages
English
Sponsor
Funds for processing were provided by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, the U.S. Department of Education HEA Title II-C "Strengthening Research Library Resources" program, the Library Associates of the University of Idaho and other donors.
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Historical NoteReturn to Top

The Coeur d'Alene Mining & Smelting Company was incorporated in the State of Idaho on July 18, 1904, with a capitalization of 1,000,000 shares at a par value of $1.00 a share. Stanley Fairweather was the president of the company until 1915 when he was succeeded by Dennis Goggin. In 1917 Alex D. Wallace became president and remained in that office until 1937.

The property of the company originally consisted of seven unpatented claims, about 140 acres, in the Placer Center District, 3.5 miles north of Wallace; three unpatented claims were acquired later. Development, financed by stock assessments, consisted of two tunnels, the upper one of 900 feet, and a lower one of 1400 feet, and a 100 foot shaft. The property became idle in 1935, and was absorbed by Dayrock Mining Company in 1937.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The records of the Coeur d'Alene Mining Company span the years 1904 to 1937. Included are minutes of meetings, a stock ledger and journal, and federal and state tax returns.

Related materials can be found in the records of the Dayrock Mining Company and the papers of Henry Day.

Removed from this collection were cancelled stock certificates.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Acquisition Information

The records of the Coeur d'Alene Mining Company are part of the records of Day Mines, Inc., donated to the University of Idaho by Henry Day in 1984 and 1985.

Processing Note

Initial processing of this manuscript group was done by Judith Nielsen in January 1988.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series I. Records , 1904-1937Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
1/1
Minutes
1904-1937
1/2
Stock ledger
1911-1937
1/3
Stock journal
1911-1937
1/4
Federal and state tax returns
1936-1937

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Mining corporations -- Records -- Idaho -- Coeur d'Alene Mining District

Corporate Names

  • Coeur d'Alene Mining & Smelting Company