Archives West Finding Aid

This Manuscript Group is divided into five series: Records of the Board of Directors and the Stockholders, 1902-1937; General Correspondence and Related Records, 1916-1937; Capital Stock Records, 1902-1936; Financial Records, 1902-1937; and Tax Records, 1916-1938.

The first series includes three minute books covering 1902-1937 except for 1914. Volume two contains only the by-laws, 1902, also contained in volume one. Also included in this series are a folder of records related to meetings -- reports to stockholders, meeting notices, and lists of stockholders -- and a folder of annual financial statements. The former runs 1915-1937 but most items are 1927-1937. The latter contains a summary of activity 1918-1927, and yearly statements 1927-1936.

The second series contains a slim folder of records relating to the 1937 merger with the Hercules Mining Company; a folder of correspondence, 1919-1937, organized alphabetically; and a folder of annual reports to the Inspector of Mines and annual statements of domestic corporations for the Idaho Department of State.

The third series includes a folder of lists of stockholders. Most of the material is from 1924 or is undated, but there is a will (dividing the shares of stockholder John L. Smith) from 1907, and a stockholders list from 1915. There are ledgers and cancelled stock certificates, all 1902-1936, and an assessment journal. This journal contains only information about assessment one in 1906.

The fourth series contains a ledger, a journal, check registers, and vouchers. Overall there is little information in this series. The ledger runs only 1902-1906, and the journal 1902-1904. The check registers provide only sparse and sporadic details of activity 1915-1936. Vouchers, 1936-1937, were kept for lack of check register coverage.

The two folders in Tax Records, the final series, both date 1916-1938, and include tax returns and correspondence. The federal file includes capital stock tax returns, 1919-1926. The state file includes tax receipts from the Shoshone County tax office, 1916-1931.

This collection, as it arrived, consisted mainly of volumes. Only a very few items were discarded. These included bank statements, paid checks, and vouchers -- which are summarized in the check registers -- and duplicate reports.