Newhouse Mines and Smelters schematic and architectural drawings, 1904-1907
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Newhouse Mines and Smelters
- Title
- Newhouse Mines and Smelters schematic and architectural drawings
- Dates
- 1904-1907 (inclusive)19041907
- Quantity
- 15.5 linear feet
- Collection Number
- ACCN 1924
- Summary
- The Newhouse Mines and Smelters schematic and architectural drawings (1904-1907) contain eighty drawings. They include both architectural drawings and schematic plans that depict buildings, land, and operation details that were part of a mining area in Beaver County, Utah. In 1905, Samuel Newhouse, a mining profiteer from Pennsylvania, bought these mines, originally named the Cactus Mines, renamed them the Newhouse Mines and Smelters, and built the small town Newhouse around the mines. Because of debt and other economic hardships, Newhouse sold and abandoned the town and mines in 1910. All of the drawings and plans in the collection were drawn by Robert F. Moser, a mechanical engineer in Salt Lake City.
- 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 Note
Samuel Newhouse (1853-1930) was born on 14 October 1853 in New York City. Newhouse was the son of Jewish immigrant parents from Europe. He grew up in Pennsylvania. He studied law before going to Leadville, Colorado in 1879, where he was involved in the freighting business. Newhouse married Ida Stingley in 1883; she was a sixteen year old girl whose mother ran a boarding house in Leadville, Colorado. Together, the Newhouses operated a hotel there. Samuel later acquired mining property at Ouray, Colorado, and he eventually sold it for several million dollars. Afterward he moved to Denver where he operated as a speculator and promoter, and cultivated contacts in the eastern United States, England, and France.
In 1896 Newhouse moved to Utah, where he and Thomas Wier acquired the Highland Boy mine and other properties at Bingham Canyon. Newhouse secured English investments in the enterprise, and then organized them as the Utah Consolidated Gold Mines, Ltd. These properties were originally purchased for their gold potential; however, when high-grade copper ore was discovered, Newhouse pushed for construction of a copper smelter in September 1898 which was built at Murray and put in operation on 23 May 1899. In 1899 Standard Oil Company acquired the Utah Consolidated Gold Mines in a twelve-million dollar transaction. In 1898 Newhouse and Wier developed the Boston Consolidated Copper and Gold Mining Company, Ltd. They maintained control of that company until 1910, when it merged with Utah Copper Company in.
In 1905 Samuel Newhouse acquired mining property in the San Francisco Mountains of Beaver County. He spent 2,000,000 dollars there developing the mine, mill, and town of Newhouse. Newhouse was perhaps the wealthiest of Utah's mining magnates, at the time, and occupied four residences: a home at 175 East South Temple in Salt Lake City which he renovated as a colonial style mansion in about 1905; an estate on Long Island; a chateau outside Paris, France; and a mansion in London, England.
Newhouse liked living in Salt Lake City, although his wife preferred living outside of Utah. In 1907 he launched a significant building program design, in Salt Lake City. Its purpose was to shift the city's center from the Temple Square area to Exchange Place between 300 and 400 South streets and between Main and State streets, about four blocks south. In 1907 construction began on the Boston and the Newhouse buildings, the city's first skyscrapers. Just east of the two buildings, Newhouse donated land for construction of the Salt Lake Stock Exchange and Commercial Club buildings. Exchange Place was to be a little "Wall Street" with a grand hotel, the Newhouse Hotel, and would be constructed between 1909 and 1915 across Main Street on the southwest corner of Main and 400 South. Newhouse was also involved in the development of the exclusive residential area of Federal Heights in the northeast section of Salt Lake City.
Over-extension ultimately proved to be Newhouse's financial downfall. Money from his mines failed to finance his elaborate projects, and there was addition strain caused by World War I (WWI). It became very difficult to obtain loans from eastern U.S. and European sources. Samuel and Ida separated in 1914. The South Temple mansion was sold. From 1915-1919, Samuel resided at the Newhouse Hotel. He then sold his interest in the hotel and left for France, where he lived with his sister her chateau, outside Paris, which he had given to her. He died there, at the age of seventy-six, on 22 September 1930.
Content Description
The Newhouse Mines and Smelters schematic and architectural drawings (1904-1907) contain eighty drawings. They include both architectural drawings and schematic plans that depict buildings, land, and operation details that were part of a mining area in Beaver County, Utah. In 1905, Samuel Newhouse, a mining profiteer from Pennsylvania, bought these mines, originally named the Cactus Mines, renamed them the Newhouse Mines and Smelters, and built the small town Newhouse around the mines. All of the drawings and plans in the collection were drawn by Robert F. Moser, a mechanical engineer in Salt Lake City. Most are in black ink, but a few are in pencil.
Use of the Collection
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 Information
Return to TopDetailed Description of the Collection
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General Drawings
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Description: Cactus Mine Generating Station
This drawing is done in pencil.
Dates: 1904Container: Tube 1, Item 1 -
Description: Cactus Mine, friction clutch operators for main shaft & shaft no. 1Dates: 1904Container: Tube 1, Item 2
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Description: Cactus Mine, carDates: 1904Container: Tube 1, Item 3
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Description: Cactus Mine, plat of Newhouse townsite & pipelineDates: 1904Container: Tube 1, Item 4
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Description: Cactus Mine, details of cornice & baseboard assay officeDates: 1904Container: Tube 1, Item 5
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Description: Concentrating mill arrangement of hancock jigDates: 1905Container: Tube 1, Item 6
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Description: Samuel Newhouse residenceDates: 1905Container: Tube 1, Item 7
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Description: Adjustable jig eccentricDates: 1905Container: Tube 1, Item 8
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Description: Safety cage for the glory-hole miningDates: 1906Container: Tube 1, Item 9
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Description: Hospital planDates: 1907Container: Tube 1, Item 10-11
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Description: Plat drawing preliminary
This drawing is done in pencil.
Container: Tube 1, Item 12 -
Description: Newhouse townsite plat drawingContainer: Tube 1, Item 13
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Description: Newhouse Mines and Smelters property mapContainer: Tube 1, Item 14
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Description: Ten ton cars showing center of gravityContainer: Tube 1, Item 15
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Addendum
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Oversize drawings
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Description: A-1 to A-4: Cyanide Mill for the Montana Revenue Gold Management Company, Norris, MontanaDates: 1904Container: Mapcase folder 1, Item 1-4
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Description: A-16: Cactus Mine, machine and blacksmith shopDates: 1904Container: Mapcase folder 1, Item 5
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Description: A-17 to A-18: Cactus Mine, assay office
Drawing A-18 details door and window trim of the assay office.
Dates: 1904Container: Mapcase folder 1, Item 6-7 -
Description: A-19: Cactus Mine, powder houseDates: 1904Container: Mapcase folder 1, Item 8
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Description: A-21: Cactus Mine, locomotive shedDates: 1904Container: Mapcase folder 1, Item 9
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Description: A-22: Cactus Mine, saw houseDates: 1905Container: Mapcase folder 1, Item 10
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Description: E-1 to E-3, E-5 to E:15: Cactus Mine, concentrating mill
A. J. Bettles, manager. All the drawings in this folder depict the concentrating mill, but the following items include specific titles of each drawing of the mill:
- E-3: Crushing, screening and jig section
- E-5: Belt elevators
- E-6: Shafting and screens
- E-7: Plunger ore feeder and belt conveyor
- E-8: Plunger ore feeder
- E-10: Foundation plan
- E-11: General plan of building
- E-12: Plan of roof and floor framing
- E-13: Longitudinal section
- E-15: Details of tanks
- E-16: Details of ore bins
Dates: 1904Container: Mapcase folder 2, Item 11-25 -
Description: E-17: Cactus Mine, arrangement of slime tanks
A. J. Bettles, manager.
Dates: 1904Container: Mapcase folder 3, Item 26 -
Description: E-19: Cactus Mine, concentrating mill
A. J. Bettles, manager.
Dates: 1904Container: Mapcase folder 3, Item 27 -
Description: E-21 to E-22b: Cactus Mine, crushing plant
R. A. Stickland, engineer.
Dates: 1904Container: Mapcase folder 3, Item 28-30 -
Description: E-23: Cactus Mine, elevator pit and foundation for rollsDates: 1904Container: Mapcase folder 3, Item 31
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Description: E-24: Cactus Mine, details of roll framesDates: 1904Container: Mapcase folder 3, Item 32
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Description: E-25a to E-25b: Cactus Mine, settling tanksDates: 1904Container: Mapcase folder 3, Item 33-34
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Description: E-26: Cactus Mine, foundation plans for ore-bins, coal-bins and tank-houseDates: 1904Container: Mapcase folder 4, Item 35
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Description: E-27: Cactus Mine, concentrating millDates: 1904Container: Mapcase folder 4, Item 36
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Description: E-30: Cactus Mine, cast iron base plates for columns, ore-bins, coal-bins and tank-houseDates: 1904Container: Mapcase folder 4, Item 37
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Description: E-31: Cactus Mine, pipe line from reservor to millDates: 1904Container: Mapcase folder 4, Item 38
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Description: E-32: Cactus Mine, shaftingDates: 1904Container: Mapcase folder 4, Item 39
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Description: E-33: Cactus Mine, friction clutch operatorsDates: 1904Container: Mapcase folder 4, Item 40
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Description: E-34: Cactus Mine, sump tanks and pumpsDates: 1904Container: Mapcase folder 4, Item 41
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Description: E-36: Cactus Mine, hopper and gate or concentrate binDates: 1904Container: Mapcase folder 4, Item 42
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Description: E-38: Cactus Mine, drying pipes for concentrate binsDates: 1904Container: Mapcase folder 4, Item 43
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Description: E-39: Cactus Mine, concentrate binDates: 1904Container: Mapcase folder 4, Item 44
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Description: E-41, E-44, E-49 to E-50: Cactus Mine
All the drawings in this folder depict the concentrating mill, but the following items include specific titles of each drawing of the mill:
- E-41: Details of mine car
- E-44: Dumping cylinder
- E-48: Concentrating mill, 8" delivery and suction-apes of 6" centrifugal pumps
- E-49a: Concentrate tracks, elevator-tower and motor-house
- E-49b: Perspective view of concentrating plant
- E-50: Mine ore gate and air cylinder
Dates: 1904Container: Mapcase folder 5, Item 45-50 -
Description: E-54: Eccentric and strap for 24"x36" 2 compartment jig (2 copies)
L. Hanchett, manager.
Dates: 1905; 1907Container: Mapcase folder 5, Item 51-52 -
Description: E-55: Concentrating mill, ore samplerDates: 1905Container: Mapcase folder 5, Item 53
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Description: E-63: 9 cubic feet concentrate scoopcar
A. J. Bettles, manager.
Dates: 1906Container: Mapcase folder 5, Item 54 -
Description: E-70: Cactus Mine, concentrating mill flow sheet
A. J. Bettles, manager.
Dates: 1906Container: Mapcase folder 5, Item 55 -
Description: E-78: Cactus Mine, general plans of 36"x14" rolls
L. Hanchett, manager.
Dates: 1907Container: Mapcase folder 5, Item 56 -
Description: E-81: Cactus Mine, details of 48"x120" revolving screens
L. Hanchett, manager.
Dates: 1907Container: Mapcase folder 5, Item 57 -
Description: E-84: Details of steel plate car body mine car 15 cubic feet capacity
A. J. Bettles, manager.
Dates: 1907Container: Mapcase folder 5, Item 58 -
Description: E-85: Details of mine car 15 cubic feet capacity
A. J. Bettles, manager.
Dates: 1907Container: Mapcase folder 5, Item 59 -
Description: B-6: Cactus Mine, economizer-flues and details of flue-dampersDates: 1904Container: Mapcase folder 6, Item 60
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Description: 101-5, 102-5, 103-5: Cactus Mine, concentrating millDates: 1904Container: Mapcase folder 6, Item 61-63
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Description: A 23: Waterbury leaching plant
A. J. Bettles, manager.
Dates: 1906Container: Mapcase folder 6, Item 64 -
Description: Unidentified
Appears to be a drawing of a mine car.
Container: Mapcase folder 6, Item 65
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Mines and mineral resources--Utah--Beaver County--History--Sources
Corporate Names
- Newhouse Mines & Smelters
Geographical Names
- Newhouse (Utah)--History--Sources
