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Bingham Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company records, 1870-1974

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Bingham Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company
Title
Bingham Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company records
Dates
1870-1974 (inclusive)
Quantity
29.5 linear feet
Collection Number
ACCN 1258
Summary
The Bingham Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company records (1870-1974) contain ore assay and settlement records, shift reports, personnel documents, supplies information, invoices, ledgers daybooks, supply accounts and orders, ore reports, copying books, and other mining records. The Bingham Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company was a Utah copper mine and smelter.
Repository
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

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
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Content Description

The Bingham Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company Records (1870-1974) is divided into two groups. The first group of documents, boxes 1-21, contain a variety of loose or bound papers. These include ore assay and settlement records, shift reports, personnel documents, supplies information, invoices, and miscellaneous mining data. The second group of documents, boxes 22-59, contains large-format, bound items. These include ledgers, daybooks, assays, supply accounts and orders, ore reports, copying books, and other mining company records. Boxes 22-26 contain record books of the Bingham Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company. Boxes 27-34 contain books of the Dalton and Lark mining interest. Boxes 35-37 contain record books regarding the Tintic, Brooklyn, Eagle and Blue Bell, Tesora, and Sampson mining concerns. The books in boxes 38-48 may be those of the Bingham Consolidated, while the remaining books, those in boxes 49-59, are from unidentified mines.

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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.

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Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Purchased from Sam Weller in 1991.

Processing Note

Processed by Mark Jensen, Lisa Townsend, Tad Davies, and Roy Webb in 1995.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Assay Records

    • Description: Boston Mine
      Dates: 1907
      Container: Box 1, Folder 1
    • Description: Brooklyn Mine
      Dates: 1904-1907
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2-3
    • Description: Bristol Mine
      Dates: 1907
      Container: Box 1, Folder 4
    • Description: J. W. Ball Mine
      Dates: 1907
      Container: Box 1, Folder 5
    • Description: Bullock Mine
      Dates: 1907
      Container: Box 1, Folder 6
    • Description: Commercial Mine
      Dates: 1907
      Container: Box 1, Folder 7
    • Description: Dalton and Lark Mine
      Dates: 1904-1907
      Container: Box 1, Folder 8-13
    • Description: Dunn and Hand Mine
      Dates: 1907
      Container: Box 2, Folder 1
    • Description: Eagle and Blue Bell Mine
      Dates: 1907
      Container: Box 2, Folder 2
    • Description: Fortuna Mine
      Dates: 1907
      Container: Box 2, Folder 3
    • Description: Grand Central Mine
      Dates: 1907
      Container: Box 2, Folder 4
    • Description: Miscellaneous Mines, H-L
      Dates: 1907
      Container: Box 2, Folder 5
    • Description: Mammoth Mine and Ohio Mine
      Dates: 1907
      Container: Box 2, Folder 6
    • Description: Sampson Mine
      Dates: 1907
      Container: Box 2, Folder 7
    • Description: Miscellaneous Mines, S-T
      Dates: 1907
      Container: Box 2, Folder 8
    • Description: Miscellaneous Mines, U-W
      Dates: 1907
      Container: Box 2, Folder 9
    • Description: Miscellaneous Leases, Agreements, and Reports
      Container: Box 2, Folder 10
    • Description: Ore Shipment Summaries and Valuation
      Dates: 1905-1907
      Container: Box 2, Folder 11
    • Description: Weekly Footage Log
      Dates: 1935-1942
      Container: Box 2, Volume 1-2
  • Ore Settlement Sheets

    • Description: Ore Settlement Sheets
      Dates: 1909-1913
      Container: Box 3, Folder 1-10
    • Description: Leaser's Ore Settlement Sheets
      Dates: 1904
      Container: Box 3, Folder 11
  • Personnel Records

    • Description: Day Shift Reports

      These items are very fragile and must be handled with extreme care.

      Dates: 1919-1920
      Container: Box 4
    • Description: Day Shift Reports

      These items are very fragile and must be handled with extreme care.

      Dates: 1921
      Container: Box 5
    • Description: Employment Applications

      These applications are arranged alphabetically.

      Container: Box 6, Folder 1-9
    • Description: Fingerprint Files
      Dates: 1944-1945
      Container: Box 6, Folder 10
    • Description: Accident Reports

      These reports are arranged alphabetically.

      Dates: 1941
      Container: Box 7
    • Description: Lease Reports
      Dates: 1915-1920
      Container: Box 8, Folder 1-6
    • Description: Lark Hotel Statements
      Dates: 1920-1922
      Container: Box 8, Folder 7
    • Description: Payroll Receipt Book
      Dates: 1910
      Container: Box 8, Folder 8
    • Description: Dalton and Lark Mine Payroll
      Dates: 1925
      Container: Box 8, Folder 9-10
    • Description: Equipment Reports
      Dates: 1949
      Container: Box 8, Folder 11
    • Description: Miscellaneous Records
      Container: Box 8, Folder 12
    • Description: Miscellaneous Correspondence
      Container: Box 8, Folder 13
    • Description: Underground Mining Release Forms

      These relase forms are arranged alphabetically.

      Dates: 1904-1905
      Container: Box 9
  • Mine Supplies Used and Business Correspondence

  • Invoices

    • Description: Bingham Construction Company Accounts
      Dates: 1908
      Container: Box 11, Folder 1
    • Description: Cunnington Company
      Dates: 1901-1902
      Container: Box 11, Folder 2
    • Description: Davis, Howe, and Company
      Dates: 1901-1903
      Container: Box 11, Folder 3-5
    • Description: Horses
      Container: Box 11, Folder 6
    • Description: Lark Store
      Dates: 1909-1911
      Container: Box 11, Folder 7-12
    • Description: Mine and Supply Company
      Dates: 1901
      Container: Box 11, Folder 13
    • Description: Mine and Supply Company
      Dates: 1901-1902
      Container: Box 12, Folder 1-8
    • Description: Scott-Strevell Hardware Company
      Dates: 1901-1902
      Container: Box 12, Folder 9
    • Description: Salt Lake Hardware Company
      Dates: 1901-1902
      Container: Box 12, Folder 10-11
    • Description: Zion's Cooperative Mercantile Institute
      Dates: 1901-1902
      Container: Box 12, Folder 12
    • Description: Miscellaneous Invoices

      These invoices are arranged chronologically.

      Dates: 1901-1909
      Container: Box 13
    • Description: Invoices

      These invoices are arranged chronologically.

      Dates: 1910-1911
      Container: Box 14, Folder 1-8
    • Description: Order Confirmations
      Dates: 1925
      Container: Box 14, Folder 9-12
    • Description: Miscellaneous Invoices

      This box contains unprocessed invoices.

      Container: Box 15
    • Description: Miscellaneous Invoices

      This box contains unprocessed invoices.

      Container: Box 16
    • Description: Dalton and Lark Store Receipt Books

      These materials are arranged chronologically.

      Dates: 1902-1905
      Container: Box 17A
    • Description: Dalton and Lark Store Receipt Books

      These materials are arranged chronologically.

      Dates: 1905-1906
      Container: Box 17B
  • Tintic and Ophir Mines

  • Highland Chief Patent

    • Description: Proceedings Before the Hon. Secretary of the Interior Concerning the Highland Chief Patent, Utah
      Dates: 1874
      Container: Box 19, Volume 1
    • Description: Before the Hon. Columbus Delano, Secretary of the Interior. Prince of Wales and Wandering Boy vs. Highland Chief, Utah
      Dates: 1875
      Container: Box 19, Volume 2
  • Miscellaneous Documents

    • Description: "J. F. B. Erdlets, Jr."

      This is possibly a personal notebook.

      Dates: 1913
      Container: Box 20, Volume 1
    • Description: "Mining Claim Investigation, Atolia-Rand Mining District, California. For Shell Oil Company"
      Dates: 1964
      Container: Box 20, Volume 2
    • Description: Mining Lease Investigations
      Dates: 1978
      Container: Box 20, Volume 3
  • Miscellaneous Mining

    • Description: Bolivia
      Container: Box 21, Folder 1
    • Description: Golden Gate Extension Mining Co.
      Dates: 1898
      Container: Box 21, Folder 2
    • Description: Guymard Mine
      Dates: 1938
      Container: Box 21, Folder 3
    • Description: Schonficht Uranium Mines
      Dates: 1913
      Container: Box 21, Folder 4
    • Description: Mining History

      This folder contains "Mining," by Nell Maxfield Ekker, undated; "Bingham or West Mountain Mining District: Comprehensive List of References," compiled by Wilbur H. Smith, 1970; and "Smelters in Utah, 1854 to Present," by Wilbur H. Smith, 1978.

      Dates: 1970-1978
      Container: Box 21, Folder 5
    • Description: Mining News Clippings Scrapbook
      Dates: 1914
      Container: Box 21, Folder 6
    • Description: Copp's Land Owner

      This folder contains Vol. 2, no. 1, published in Washington, D. C.

      Dates: 1875
      Container: Box 21, Folder 7
  • Bingham Consolidated Record Books

  • Dalton and Lark Record Books

  • Tintic Record Books

    • Description: Stockholders Meeting Records
      Dates: 1909-1910
      Container: Box 35, Volume 1
    • Description: Ledger
      Dates: 1909-1910
      Container: Box 35, Volume 2
    • Description: Cash Book
      Dates: 1909-1910
      Container: Box 35, Volume 3
    • Description: Journal
      Dates: 1910
      Container: Box 35, Volume 4
  • Mining Company Record Books

  • Bingham Mine

    • Description: Bingham Copper and Gold Weekly Reports
      Dates: 1903-1907
      Container: Box 38
    • Description: Accident Reports
      Dates: 1903-1905
      Container: Box 39
    • Description: Correspondence and Reports
      Dates: 1896-1902
      Container: Box 40
    • Description: Ore Reports
      Dates: 1915-1916
      Container: Box 41
    • Description: Ore Reports
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 42
    • Description: Correspondence
      Dates: 1901-1902
      Container: Box 43
    • Description: Ore Reports
      Dates: 1914-1915
      Container: Box 44
    • Description: Correspondence and Reports
      Dates: 1904-1907
      Container: Box 45
    • Description: Supply Orders
      Dates: 1901
      Container: Box 46
    • Description: Ore Reports
      Dates: 1916-1917
      Container: Box 47
    • Description: Correspondence and Reports
      Dates: 1901-1902
      Container: Box 48
  • Record Books

    • Description: Ledger
      Dates: 1904
      Container: Box 49
    • Description: Ledger
      Dates: 1902-1906
      Container: Box 50
    • Description: Ledger
      Dates: 1907-1910
      Container: Box 51
    • Description: Daily Journal
      Dates: 1902
      Container: Box 52
    • Description: Daily Journal
      Dates: 1903-1904
      Container: Box 53
    • Description: Index
      Container: Box 54, Volume 1
    • Description: Time Books
      Dates: 1906-1973
      Container: Box 54, Volume 2-4
    • Description: Ore Shipments Daybook
      Dates: 1911-1912
      Container: Box 54, Volume 5
    • Description: Workman's Time Book
      Dates: 1890-1898
      Container: Box 55
    • Description: Daybooks
      Dates: 1903-1905
      Container: Box 56
    • Description: Daybooks
      Dates: 1902-1906
      Container: Box 57
    • Description: Cash Book
      Dates: 1903-1905
      Container: Box 58
    • Description: Time Book
      Dates: 1911
      Container: Box 59, Volume 1
    • Description: Assay Office Book
      Dates: 1902
      Container: Box 59, Volume 2

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Subject Terms

  • Copper industry and trade--Utah--History--Sources
  • Copper mines and mining--Utah--History--Sources
  • Mining corporations--Utah--History--Sources

Corporate Names

  • Bingham Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company--Archives

Form or Genre Terms

  • Correspondence
  • Ledgers
  • Letterpress copybooks
  • Personnel records
  • Reports
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