UUM_Accn1258 Inventory of the Bingham Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company records, 1870-1974 Bingham Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company records Finding aid created by Mark Jensen, Lisa Townsend, Tad Davies, and Roy Webb Manuscripts Division, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
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ACCN 1258 Bingham Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company records 1870-1974 Bingham Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company 29.5 linear feet 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. Collection materials are in English.

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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Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

Purchased from Sam Weller in 1991.

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

 Bingham Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company--Archives Copper industry and trade--Utah--History--Sources Copper mines and mining--Utah--History--Sources Mining corporations--Utah--History--Sources Mines and Mineral Resources Ledgers Correspondence Letterpress copybooks Reports Personnel records Assay Records 1 1 Boston Mine 1907 1 2-3 Brooklyn Mine 1904-1907 1 4 Bristol Mine 1907 1 5 J. W. Ball Mine 1907 1 6 Bullock Mine 1907 1 7 Commercial Mine 1907 1 8-13 Dalton and Lark Mine 1904-1907 2 1 Dunn and Hand Mine 1907 2 2 Eagle and Blue Bell Mine 1907 2 3 Fortuna Mine 1907 2 4 Grand Central Mine 1907 2 5 Miscellaneous Mines, H-L 1907 2 6 Mammoth Mine and Ohio Mine 1907 2 7 Sampson Mine 1907 2 8 Miscellaneous Mines, S-T 1907 2 9 Miscellaneous Mines, U-W 1907 2 10 Miscellaneous Leases, Agreements, and Reports 2 11 Ore Shipment Summaries and Valuation 1905-1907 2 1-2 Weekly Footage Log 1935-1942 Ore Settlement Sheets 3 1-10 Ore Settlement Sheets 1909-1913 3 11 Leaser's Ore Settlement Sheets 1904 Personnel Records 4 Day Shift Reports 1919-1920

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

 5 Day Shift Reports 1921

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

 6 1-9 Employment Applications

These applications are arranged alphabetically.

 6 10 Fingerprint Files 1944-1945 7 Accident Reports 1941

These reports are arranged alphabetically.

 8 1-6 Lease Reports 1915-1920 8 7 Lark Hotel Statements 1920-1922 8 8 Payroll Receipt Book 1910 8 9-10 Dalton and Lark Mine Payroll 1925 8 11 Equipment Reports 1949 8 12 Miscellaneous Records 8 13 Miscellaneous Correspondence 9 Underground Mining Release Forms 1904-1905

These relase forms are arranged alphabetically.

 Mine Supplies Used and Business Correspondence 10 1 Commercial Mine Supplies Used 1913-1914 10 2-6 Dalton and Lark Mine Supplies Used 1913-1915 10 7-10 Business Correspondence 1902-1912 10 11 Miscellaneous Business Records Invoices 11 1 Bingham Construction Company Accounts 1908 11 2 Cunnington Company 1901-1902 11 3-5 Davis, Howe, and Company 1901-1903 11 6 Horses 11 7-12 Lark Store 1909-1911 11 13 Mine and Supply Company 1901 12 1-8 Mine and Supply Company 1901-1902 12 9 Scott-Strevell Hardware Company 1901-1902 12 10-11 Salt Lake Hardware Company 1901-1902 12 12 Zion's Cooperative Mercantile Institute 1901-1902 13 Miscellaneous Invoices 1901-1909

These invoices are arranged chronologically.

 14 1-8 Invoices 1910-1911

These invoices are arranged chronologically.

 14 9-12 Order Confirmations 1925 15 Miscellaneous Invoices

This box contains unprocessed invoices.

 16 Miscellaneous Invoices

This box contains unprocessed invoices.

 17A Dalton and Lark Store Receipt Books 1902-1905

These materials are arranged chronologically.

 17B Dalton and Lark Store Receipt Books 1905-1906

These materials are arranged chronologically.

 Tintic and Ophir Mines 18 1-2 Financial Statements 1909-1913 18 3 Bank Statements 1935 18 4 Correspondence and Miscellaneous Documents 18 1 Loan Application 1935 18 2 Check Book 1909-1913 Highland Chief Patent 19 1 Proceedings Before the Hon. Secretary of the Interior Concerning the Highland Chief Patent, Utah 1874 19 2 Before the Hon. Columbus Delano, Secretary of the Interior. Prince of Wales and Wandering Boy vs. Highland Chief, Utah 1875 Miscellaneous Documents 20 1 "J. F. B. Erdlets, Jr." 1913

This is possibly a personal notebook.

 20 2 "Mining Claim Investigation, Atolia-Rand Mining District, California. For Shell Oil Company" 1964 20 3 Mining Lease Investigations 1978 Miscellaneous Mining 21 1 Bolivia 21 2 Golden Gate Extension Mining Co. 1898 21 3 Guymard Mine 1938 21 4 Schonficht Uranium Mines 1913 21 5 Mining History 1970-1978

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.

 21 6 Mining News Clippings Scrapbook 1914 21 7 Copp's Land Owner 1875

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

 Bingham Consolidated Record Books 22 Smelter Freight Records 1906-1907 23 Smelter Flux and Fuel Statements 1906-1907 24 Smelter Supply Accounts 1903-1904 25 1 Smelter Cash Book 1901-1905 25 2 Smelter Ore Settlement Ledger 1906-1907 25 3 Ore Shipments 1904-1906 26 Smelter Ore Settlement Ledger 1907 Dalton and Lark Record Books 27 1-3 Supply Accounts 1917

This box contains "Books" 5-7.

 28 1-2 Supply Accounts 1919-1921

This box contains "Books" 8 and 10.

 29 1-2 Supply Accounts 1921-1922

These box contains "Books" 11-12.

 30 1 Supply Accounts 1922

This folder contains "Book" 13.

 30 2 Sundry Accounts 1926-1928 31 1-2 Sundry Accounts 1928-1930 31 3 Ore Book 1905 31 4 Cash Book 1907-1908 32 1-2 Cash Books 1906 32 3 Ledger 1911-1912 33 1 Day Book 1905-1906 33 2 Ore Settlement Book 1902-1903 33 3 Assays 1885-1896 33 4 Order Book 1902-1904 34 Assays 1902 Tintic Record Books 35 1 Stockholders Meeting Records 1909-1910 35 2 Ledger 1909-1910 35 3 Cash Book 1909-1910 35 4 Journal 1910 Mining Company Record Books 36 1 Brooklyn Mining Company Payroll Ledger 1890-1898 36 2 Eagle and Blue Bell Mining Company Stock Ledger 1904-1907 36 3 Tesora Mining Company Stock Ledger 1899-1901 37 Sampson Account Book 1891-1903 Bingham Mine 38 Bingham Copper and Gold Weekly Reports 1903-1907 39 Accident Reports 1903-1905 40 Correspondence and Reports 1896-1902 41 Ore Reports 1915-1916 42 Ore Reports 1916 43 Correspondence 1901-1902 44 Ore Reports 1914-1915 45 Correspondence and Reports 1904-1907 46 Supply Orders 1901 47 Ore Reports 1916-1917 48 Correspondence and Reports 1901-1902 Record Books 49 Ledger 1904 50 Ledger 1902-1906 51 Ledger 1907-1910 52 Daily Journal 1902 53 Daily Journal 1903-1904 54 1 Index 54 2-4 Time Books 1906-1973 54 5 Ore Shipments Daybook 1911-1912 55 Workman's Time Book 1890-1898 56 Daybooks 1903-1905 57 Daybooks 1902-1906 58 Cash Book 1903-1905 59 1 Time Book 1911 59 2 Assay Office Book 1902