Collection Summary
Mine and Smelter Corporation
Mine and Smelter Corporation Records
1861-1977 (bulk 1900-1950)
10189
12.25
cubic ft. (17 boxes)
University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
English
This collection contains the organizational records of the mining and machinery manufacturing company Mine and Smelter Corporation, including legal papers, minutes, correspondence, patent work, company publications, and photographs.
Arrangement of the Collection
This collection has been processed and divided into six series.
Series I. Operational Records, 1861-1956.
Series II. Correspondence, 1904-1961.
Series III. Patents, 1861-1965.
Series IV. Publications, 1887-1968.
Series V. Miscellaneous Documents, 1871-1977.
Series VI. Photographs and Lantern Slides, circa 1880s-1950s.
History of Mine and Smelter CorporationThe Mine and Smelter Corporation, (originally founded as the Kennedy and Pierce Machinery Group in 1879), was a mining and machinery company located in Denver, Colorado. In 1958 Mine and Smelter Company purchased the Colorado Iron Works Company, (which was established in 1860). In 1971 Mine and Smelter Company changed its name to MSI Industries, and in 1975 to Mine and Smelter Corporation. Among the original owners of Mine and Smelter Supply Company were Eben Smith and brothers John and Robert Cary. By 1904, Joseph Seep had bought out the original partners, and he and his heirs retained control of the company for most of the twentieth century.
Scope and ContentThe collection contains the records of the Mine and Smelter Corporation (1861-1978) and the Colorado Iron Works Company (1876-1958), which include legal files, financial files, minutes, correspondence, company reports, patent work, mechanical drawings, catalogs, pamphlets, clippings, biographical files, subject files, and photographs. The bulk of the records are from 1900-1950.
Access Restrictions
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes,
and the collection is open to the public.
Copyright Information
The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright,
property, and libel laws as they apply.
Related Materials
At the date of processing there is one other collection created by Mine and Smelter Corporation at the Denver Public Library.
Acquisition Information
This material was received from John J. Snyder and Albert E. Seep in February 1986 and February 1987.
Processing Information
The collection was processed by Matthew Francis in October 2008.
Preferred Citation
Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection
Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.
Access Terms
Mineral industries--Colorado--Denver.
Industrial equipment industry--Colorado--Denver.
Mining machinery.
Milling machinery.
Crushing machinery.
Smelting.
Patents.
Mechanical drawings.
Photographs.
Minutes.
Deeds.
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Cary, John S.
Cary, Robert J.
Seep, Joseph.
Smith, Eben.
Mine and Smelter Supply Company.
MSI Industries.
Colorado Iron Works Company.
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Mines and Mineral Resources
Container List
Series I. Operational Records
1861-1956.
1
1
Certificate - Mineral Mining Claim
1882.
1
2
Certificate of Incorporation and Certificate of Authority
1901, 1923.
1
3
Certificate of Authority
1917.
1
4-6
Certificates - Stock
1891-1938.
17
Certificates - Stock
1904-1937.
1
7-11
Deeds
1876-1918.
1
12-15
Finance Files
1917-1956.
1
16
Finances - Price Sheet
1927.
1
17-19
Finances - Sales
1896-1904.
1
20
Finances - Stock Ledger
1895-1955.
1
21-58
Legal Agreements
1861-1954.
2
1-2
Litigation Files
1913-1915, 1937.
2
3
Minutes - Colorado Iron Works
1876-1904.
2
4
Minutes - Mine and Smelter
1895-1906.
17
Minutes - Mine and Smelter
1907-1917.
2
5-11
Reports
1915-1928.
3
1-3
Reports
1922-1937.
Series II. Correspondence
1904-1961.
3
4
Correspondence
1904.
3
5
Correspondence
1913-1920.
3
6
Correspondence
1914-1917.
3
7
Correspondence
1915-1918.
3
8
Correspondence
1915-1919.
3
9
Correspondence
1915-1920.
3
10
Correspondence
1915-1920.
3
11
Correspondence
1915-1920.
3
13
Correspondence
1917-1918.
3
14
Correspondence
1918-1920.
3
15
Correspondence
1918-1920.
3
16
Correspondence
1918-1920.
3
17
Correspondence
1920.
3
18
Correspondence
1921-1925.
3
19
Correspondence
1925-1926.
4
1
Correspondence
1927-1958.
4
2
Correspondence
1928.
4
3
Correspondence
1928-1930.
4
4
Correspondence
1930.
4
5
Correspondence
1936-1961.
4
6
Correspondence
1945.
4
7
Correspondence
1945.
4
8
Correspondence
1955-1957.
Series III. Patents
1861-1965.
4
9-12
Patent Certificates
1912-1950.
4
13-15
Patents Relating to the Concentration of Ores
1913-1926.
4
16-18
Patent Lists
1861-1965.
5
1
Patent Lists
1913-1927.
5
2-3
Mechanical Drawings
1903-1915.
12
Mechanical Drawings
1909, 1915.
13
Mechanical Drawings
1913, 1915.
14
Mechanical Drawings
1912, 1917.
15
Mechanical Drawings
1919.
16
Mechanical Drawings
1917, 1919.
Series IV. Publications
1887-1968.
5
4-11
Catalogs
1894-1942.
6
Catalogs
1919-1968.
7
1-8
Catalogs
1951-1953, undated.
7
9-13
Pamphlets
1887-1938.
8
1-7
Pamphlets
1897-1956.
8
8-9
Publication Reprints
1939, 1945.
Series V. Miscellaneous Documents
1871-1977.
8
10
Biographical File - Cary, Robert J. and John S.
1934-1970.
8
11
Biographical File - Seep, Joseph
1928-1962.
8
12
Biographical File - Smith, Eben
1899-1971.
8
13
Biographical File - Wilfley, Arthur R.
1910-1961.
8
14
Denver City Ordinances
1871-1875.
8
15
Form - Certificate of Study
circa 1890s.
8,
16-18
Newspaper and Magazine Clippings
1903-1936.
8
19
Subject File - Australian Patents by Frank Earl Marcy
1920-1930.
8
20
Subject File - Colorado's Early History
1949-1962.
8
21
Subject File - Colorado Iron Works History
1906-1959.
8
22
Subject File - General Iron Works - Mine and Smelter
1935-1978.
8
23
Subject File - Imperial Smelting Corporation Limited
1960-1966.
9
1
Subject File - Marcy Ball and Rod Mills
1939-1959.
9
2
Subject File - Massco War Effort
1941-1946.
9
3
Subject File - Mexico Mine and Salter Company
1903-1935.
9
4
Subject File - Mine and Smelter Company in El Paso
1906-1962.
9
5
Subject File - Mine and Smelter Company History
1939-1977.
9
6
Subject File - Titusville Oil Centennial
1934-1959.
9
7
Subject File - Wilfley Table History and Trademark
1901-1922.
Series VI. Photographs and Lantern Slides
circa 1880-1950s.
10
Photographs - Operations and Machines of Colorado Iron Works Company
circa 1880 - 1950s.
11
Photographs - Operations and Machines of Colorado Iron Works Company
circa 1910s - 1950s.
11
Lantern Slides - Machines and Mechanical Drawings
circa 1940s - 1950s.