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Day Development Company Records, 1917-1963
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Day Development Company
- Title
- Day Development Company Records
- Dates
- 1917-1963 (inclusive)19171963
- Quantity
- 5 cubic feet
- Collection Number
- MG298 (collection)
- Summary
- Minutes, correspondence concerning company operations and potential mining properties, a capital stock ledger and journal, and financial records of a mineral exploration company based in Wallace, Idaho, and operating throughout the western United States. Included are records of a predecessor firm, the Hercules Exploration Company.
- Repository
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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.
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Historical NoteReturn to Top
The Day Development Company was created in October of 1930 when the Hercules Exploration Company, which had existed since November 1928, officially changed its name. Day Development was a geological exploration company whose purpose was to "seek for and secure openings for employment of capital in the U.S. and throughout the world, and the view thereto to prospect, inquire, examine, explore and test, to dispatch and employ expeditions, commissions, experts and other agents." The company was organized under the laws of Delaware and maintained an office there as well as in Wallace.
The stockholders in the company were Eleanor Day Boyce, Harry L. Day, Henry L. Day, Jerome J. Day, Wray Farmin, W.B. Heitfeld, F. Wallace Rothrock, Frank M. Rothrock, and William H. Simons. After Jerome's death in 1941, part of his stock went to his wife directly and part went into trusts for his wife and his daughter. Ownership of stock in the company was quite expensive. There were only 10,000 shares, each with a par value $100 and only 518 shares were ever issued.
Harry Day and Eleanor Day Boyce were the principal shareholders, each with over 100 shares. Apparently ownership of stock in the company was by invitation only. All the stockholders were either members of the Day family or close family friends. Whenever the company needed money, it invited the stockholders to buy more stock.
Information on how successful the mines were is not contained in this record group. Most of the correspondence represents the efforts of persons attempting to get the Days to invest in their properties. The exploration included properties primarily in the western United States. Several companies located outside the U.S., usually in the Northwest Territories of Canada, did ask Day Development to have a look at their property. But, for the most part Henry Day refused to expand out of the United States, no matter how good the prospect might have looked.
The board of directors of the Hercules Exploration Company consisted of Jerome, Harry, and Henry Day, Frank Rothrock, and J.M. Perry of Yakima Washington. John Wourms acted as designated agent until his death in 1945; Paul Jessup was appointed to replace him.
In 1936 Day Development sold all of its machinery. The company was dissolved on December 29, 1947 apparently because Day Mines had its own exploration arm.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The records of the Day Development Company span the years 1917 to 1963, with the bulk of the material covering the years 1928 to 1935. Much of the early material consists of reports or correspondence describing mining properties. Included are a minute book, correspondence with suppliers, information on the mining properties, tax returns, reports to state agencies, capital stock records, and financial records.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
The records of the Day Development Company are divided into four series.
The first series, Records of the Board of Directors and Stockholders contains a minute book spanning the years 1928 to 1933
The second series, General Correspondence and Related Records, is divided into two subseries. Series A appears to have been maintained by Harry L. Day and includes mainly organizational records relating to the company such as correspondence with suppliers, tax returns, reports to state agencies, and financial statements. There is, however some material related to specific mining properties such as the Bresnahan Group and the Center Star Group. The Hercules Exploration folder contains many letters from Henry to Harry about mining properties, as well as financial reports, and minutes of meetings. Series B contains records relating to each of the properties in which Day Development Company had an interest. Folders are arranged alphabetically by property or correspondent and include reports on the property, assays for ore sent to the Days, maps showing the location of the property,
Capital Stock Records, the third series contains a combined stock journal and ledger.
Financial Records, the fourth series, contains a voucher register, general ledger, property distribution ledger and check register.
By combining less bulky folders and discarding duplicates the bulk of this group was reduced by three cubic feet.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Series I. Records of the Board of Directors and Stockholders , 1928-1933Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Box/Folder | ||
1/1 | Minute book |
1928-1933 |
Series II. General Correspondence and Related Records , 1917-1963Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
A. Organizational Records |
1928-1948 | |
Box/Folder | ||
1/2 | Alexander Freidenrich Company |
1930-1931 |
1/3 | Annual reports - Delaware |
1930-1947 |
1/4 | Annual statement - Idaho |
1929-1947 |
1/5 | Assays |
1930-1931 |
1/6 | B; Leo Bresnahan - Note and mortgage |
1930-1939 |
1/7 | Bresnahan - Lease and bond |
1929-1931 |
1/8 | C (Cracker Creek District, Oregon) |
1930 |
1/9 | Center Star Group; Center Star - Lease and bond |
1930-1932 |
1/10 | Claim for exemption - Capital stock tax |
1933-1945 |
1/11 | Corporation Trust Company |
1928-1930 |
1/12 | D; Day, Harry L |
1930-1943 |
1/13 | F-H |
1929-1932 |
1/14 | Hercules Exploration Co. |
1928-1930 |
1/15 | Special stockholders meeting |
November 6, 1930 |
1/16 | I |
1931 |
1/17 | Income tax return, Federal |
1928-1948 |
1/18 | Income tax return, State |
1931-1948 |
1/19 | K-M |
1929-1933 |
1/20 | Minutes of meetings |
February 16, 1931 |
1/21 | Rogers Peale; R; F.M. Rothrock |
1929-1933 |
1/22 | S; State Inspector of Mines - Reports |
1929-1948 |
1/23 | Statements, Financial |
1928-1942 |
1/24 | Stock subscriptions; Stockholder list; W |
1929-1943 |
B. Property Records |
1917-1963 | |
Box/Folder | ||
1/25 | A; Adams, J.E.; Advance; Ajax |
1928-1941 |
1/26 | Alaska Continental; Alaska Dano; Alaska Treasury; Allan |
1931-1939 |
1/27 | Allison Ranch; Alps; American Eagle; American Mine |
1930-1931 |
1/28 | American Property; American Tungsten; Andy-O; Arizona |
1928-1939 |
1/29 | Arizona Placer; Atkinson, S.K.; Atlantic; Auxer |
1929-1934 |
1/30 | B |
1929-1947 |
1/31 | Baker District; Baltimore, Barkas; Basin Bell |
1926-1936 |
1/32 | Basin Placer; Batopilas Silver Mines; Batchelor; Bayhouse |
1928-1935 |
1/33 | Belshazzar; Bennett, C.E.; Beowawe; Bertois, Mr. & Mrs. |
1930-1938 |
1/34 | Betsy Baker; Billy Mack; Blackbird Mining District; Black boy |
1927-1939 |
1/35 | Black Friday; Black Pine; Blossom; Blue Bell |
1930-1933 |
1/36 | Blue Bird; Blue Bird Consolidated; Blue Creek; Blue Creek Mining Company |
1927-1937 |
1/37 | Blue Point Mine |
1932 |
1/38 | Blue Ribbon; Boulder; Boss Tweed & Clipper; Boundary County; Boyer |
1929-1942 |
1/39 | Bresnahan |
1928-1931 |
1/40 | Brooklyn; Brooklyn & Olympia; Buckeye; Buckhorn |
1926-1939 |
1/41 | Budge, Hon. Alfred; Buffalo; Buffalo Hump |
1928-1938 |
1/42 | Bullion |
1929 |
1/43 | Bunker Hill Copper; Burns; Burnt Cabin; Butte; Butterfly Consolidated |
1925-1938 |
1/44 | C |
1931-1939 |
1/45 | California Placer; Callahan, California; Canyon Placers; Carissa; Carpie |
1929-1938 |
2/46-49 | Center Star |
1930-1936 |
2/50 | Century Drift; Chandler; Channel Gold Mines; Chapman |
1927-1939 |
2/51 | Cherry Hill, Manzanita, & West Bend properties; Cimmaron; Cinnabar, Clancy, Clark, George C. |
1928-1939 |
2/52 | Clarks Creek dredge |
1932 |
2/53 | Clarksfork Mill |
1928-1930 |
2/54 | Clayton; Clearwater Timber; Cochron Hill; Columbia Northern |
1928-1935 |
2/55 | Combination; Comeback; Commonwealth |
1929-1935 |
2/56 | Continental |
1932 |
2/57 | Copper Queen; Corbett |
1931-1933 |
2/58 | Corncracker; Cornucopia; Cow Creek |
1932 |
2/59 | Cracker Creek |
1926-1963 |
2/60 | Critic; Crystal |
1928-1929 |
2/61 | D |
1929-1943 |
2/62 | Darrah, Ben; Davis, P.M.; Day, H.L.V. |
1928-1939 |
2/63 | Daybreak; Deer Creek; Demming Mines; Detillian H.G. |
1928-1937 |
2/64 | DeVaux, Mrs. Renee; Dewey Dailey; Diamond Butte; Annie Dillon |
1930-1938 |
2/65 | Dodge Mine; Dominion; Dull Pick Mine; Dunphy Dyke |
1824-1935 |
2/66 | E |
1928-1942 |
2/67 | East Camp; Edison-Ajax; Edna Mae; El Crucero |
1927-1934 |
2/68 | Electrum; Eliza; Elk City; Elkhorn Mine (Sofia Syndicate) |
1930-1938 |
2/69 | Elliott; Dr. Robt. H. Ellis; Emmons Hydraulic Placers |
1932-1939 |
2/70 | Empress; Enterprise; Enterprise Quartz; Era Mining and Development Co. |
1928-1939 |
2/71 | Ermont |
1930-1940 |
2/72 | F |
1928-1943 |
2/73 | Falcon; Falls Creek; Fausnat, J.L.; Fical |
1929-1934 |
2/74 | Financial, etc |
1928-1947 |
2/75 | Fisher Mine; Flint; Forty Five |
1927-1932 |
2/76 | Fremont; Frisco; Fryett |
1931-1936 |
2/77 | G |
1927-1941 |
2/78 | Gallagher; Garrett-Walsh; Gem; General Custer |
1927-1938 |
2/79 | Gilt Edge; Giraffe; Goat Mountain; Gold Blossom |
1929-1934 |
2/80 | Gold Coin; Gold Creek; Gold Crown; Gold Dust |
1928-1932 |
2/81 | Gold Fissure Group; Gold Flotation Development Co.; Gold Fork; Gold Hill |
1929-1935 |
3/82 | Gold Leaf; Gold Mountain; Gold Nugget; Gold Valley Placer |
1930-1933 |
3/83 | Golden Bowl; Golden Eagle; Golden West; Goldstone |
1926-1932 |
3/84 | Granite, Fall & Canyon Creek dredging area, Boise Basin; Granite Group; Granite-Poorman; Grattan Placers |
1932-1936 |
3/85 | Great Bear Lake; Green; Grunter |
1930-1932 |
3/86 | H |
1930-1938 |
3/87 | Hahns Peak; Hall-Interstate; Hansom Mine; Hartery Property; Haywire Mining and Milling Co. |
1932-1935 |
3/88 | Helena; Helena Silver-lead; Hennessy; Henrietta |
1928-1947 |
3/89 | Hercules Exploration |
1928-1930 |
3/90 | Hermit; Hewer; Hidden Treasure; Hobby Horse |
1929-1932 |
3/91 | Homestake; Homestead; Horse Heaven Mines, inc.; Horse Mountain Copper Co. |
1929-1939 |
3/92 | I; I.X.L.; Ibex |
1924-1931 |
3/93 | Imperial Group |
1934 |
3/94 | Imperial Mine |
1934 |
3/95 | Independence Mine |
1928-1942 |
3/96 | Indian Creek Placers; Indio Gold-Silver Prospect; International Lead & Iron Co., Iron Mountain |
1927-1939 |
3/97 | J |
1930-1940 |
3/98 | Jacy; Japan; Lean Lee; Jefferson & Franklin |
1928-1934 |
3/99 | Jewel Box; Jib Consolidated; Johnny |
1929-1931 |
3/100 | K |
1930-1942 |
3/101 | K.C.; Katherine; Kennon Property (Pony Gulch); Keystone (California) |
1930-1939 |
3/102 | Keystone (B.C.); Kimberly Placers; Kleesattel; Klondyke Mines |
1931-1938 |
3/103 | L |
1927-1941 |
3/104 | LaBelle Mine; Lady Brian; Lee's Ferry; Lehigh |
1931-1935 |
3/105 | Letterman, T.S.; Liberty; Liberty Gem Co.; Liberty Gold Mining Co. |
1929-1939 |
3/106 | Lindberg, Jafet; Linden Property; Little Arctic; Lion Hill |
1931-1939 |
3/107 | Little Chieftain; Little Gem; Log Cabin (Collins); Log Cabin (Massam) |
1926-1932 |
3/108 | Lone Star; Long Chance; Long Tom |
1927-1937 |
3/109 | Lowden Hydraulic Mine; Lucky Boy (Oregon); Lucky Boy (Idaho); Lucky Strike |
1927-1935 |
3/110 | M |
1927-1945 |
3/111 | Mackay Mine; Magrath; Mammoth; Marysville Gold |
1929-1938 |
3/112 | Mascot; Masonic; May, J.A., Mayflower |
1930-1931 |
3/113 | McBroom; McCaffrey; McConnel Creek Placer Area; McKinnon, D.B. |
1929-1934 |
3/114 | McPhee; Meadow Creek; Melrose; Metal Cove |
1929-1939 |
3/115 | Mexican Graphite; Mica Bay - Kroetch; Midas Mine; Middleport |
1932-1935 |
3/116 | Mike Horse; Mill Creek Mine |
1928-1929 |
3/117 | Minerva Mine; Mohawk; Molybdenum; Montana Park |
1930-1934 |
3/118 | Moore's Creek dredging proposition; Morning Star Group; Morrison Carlock; Mother Lode |
1931-1935 |
3/119 | Mountain King; Mulkey, Charles |
1929-1933 |
3/120 | Muscovite; Musick Mine; Mutual Gold; Myheerah |
1927-1932 |
3/121 | N; Naciemiento; National Gold |
1925-1941 |
3/122 | Neely; Neocene; Nesbitt, A.P.; Nevada Creek |
1927-1933 |
3/123 | Never Sweat; Norambagua; North Fork Mining Co., Northern Consolidated |
1928-1935 |
3/124 | O; Oest Mine; Ohio-Keating |
1929-1940 |
4/125 | Old Baker Mine; Old Dominion (1931); Old Dominion Mine (1924) |
1924-1933 |
4/126 | Olympia; Ophir Consolidated Mining & Milling Co., Oriental Mine; Oro Mine |
1925-1938 |
4/127 | P |
1928-1940 |
4/128 | Pacific McGregor; Paramount Mines Corp., Peerless; Phillips, C.A. |
1928-1934 |
4/129 | Phoenix Group; Pidgeon, A.J.; Pine Hill Mine; Pioneer Lode Mining Co. |
1934-1939 |
4/130 | Platner; Plymouth Mining Co., Port Wine Channel; Portland Consolidated |
1927-1938 |
4/131 | Primrose; Prospect; Prowell, M.W. |
1925-1932 |
4/132 | Quail Mining Property; Quartz Hill; Queen of the West; Quick Action |
1930-1936 |
4/133 | R |
1926-1940 |
4/134 | Rae-Wallace; Rainbow; Rand Group; Rasche |
1917-1930 |
4/135 | Red Bird; Red Chief Mine; Revenue Mine |
1933-1935 |
4/136 | Revett, Ben Stanley |
1922-1923 |
4/137 | Revlis Co., Rice, B.W.; Rice Placer; Ross, J.M.; Rowland, R.L., Ruby Creek |
1930-1938 |
4/138 | S |
1931-1941 |
4/139 | Financial Statements |
1935-1943 |
4/140 | Sacramento; Sadie Lynn; San Juan Queen; Scossa Red Top |
1929-1933 |
4/141 | Selle; Shamrock Mine; Sheep Ranch Mine; Shenandoah |
1931-1935 |
4/142 | Shenandoah Wulfenite; Shook, H.H.; Silver Butte; Silver Dome; Silver Hill |
1927-1938 |
4/143 | Silver King; 1926-1927 |
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4/144 | Silver Star; Simons, W.H. |
1927-1933 |
4/145 | Simmons Group; Smigaj; Snook |
1931-1935 |
4/146 | Snow Creek |
1926-1933 |
4/147 | Snowdrift; Snowshoe; Snowstorm; Sofia Syndicate; Sombrio Placers |
1927-1938 |
4/148 | South Eureka; South Fork; South Mountain; South Mountain District; Spring Hill |
1926-1932 |
4/149 | St. Elmo Mines Co.; Stein, H.; Sterling; Stroble; Sulphide |
1926-1939 |
4/150 | Summit; Sunbeam; Sunny Slope Mine; Sunset |
1926-1935 |
4/151 | Sunshine Silver Queen; Surprise Claim; Sylvanite; Syringa |
1930-1933 |
4/152 | T |
1927-1942 |
4/153 | Tango |
1928 |
4/154 | Theodore; Three Queens; Tri-Metal |
1928-1931 |
4/155 | Troy Canyon Mine; Trust Buster; Twenty Grand; Tyson Creek |
1932-1936 |
4/156 | U; United Treasure; V; Vermillion |
1928-1942 |
4/157 | W |
1929-1938 |
4/158 | Wagner Mines; Walker, H.G.; War Eagle; Warm Springs Mining Co., Waterloo |
1931-1936 |
4/159 | Waverly Mining Company |
1921 |
4/160 | Weaver Mine; Weed Estate; Weisenberger; Wells |
1931-1934 |
4/161 | Wenatchee; Westerner; White Elephant |
1926-1931 |
4/162 | Whitedelf Mine (Compton I. White) |
1939 |
4/163 | Wild Rose Prospect |
1935 |
4/164 | Winchester Copper; Wishard; Wishard Mountain; Wolf Lake; Wonder; World's Fair Mine |
1928-1935 |
4/165 | Y; Yakima-Shoshone Mining Co., Yellow Nugget; Young America |
1929-1946 |
4/166 | Ypres; Yuba Mine; Yukon Gold |
1931-1935 |
4/167 | Z; Zaballos; Zulu Property |
1933-1938 |
Series III. Capital Stock Records , 1928-1943Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Box/Folder | ||
5/168 | Stock journal and ledger |
1928-1943 |
Series IV. Financial Records , 1922-1951Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
5/169 | Voucher register |
1928-1948 |
5/170 | General ledger |
1929-1948 |
5/171 | Property distribution ledger |
1922-1934 |
5/172 | Check register |
1938-1951 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Mining corporations -- Records -- Idaho
Corporate Names
- Day Development Company
- Hercules Exploration Company