UUM_Accn2408 Inventory of the Alice Gold and Silver Mine records, 1880-1906 Alice Gold and Silver Mine records Finding aid prepared by Betsey Welland Manuscripts Division, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
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ACCN 2408 Alice Gold and Silver Mine records 1880-1906 Alice Gold and Silver Mining Company 2.75 linear feet The Alice Gold and Silver Mine records (1880-1906) contain correspondence, receipts, account balances, insurance memoranda, orders, assay reports, general ledgers, telegrams, and a 1896 annual report. The Alice Gold and Silver Mining Company was a mining operation in Walkerville, Montana founded in 1878. Its headquarters were in Salt Lake City, Utah. Collection materials are in English. Organizational History

The Alice Gold and Silver Mining Company was founded by the Walker Brothers in 1878, with Joseph R. Walker serving as President. Later, Matthew H. Walker (originally treasurer, then Vice-President) became President. The mine was located in Walkerville, Montana Territory. The mining company was incorporated on 16 May 1880 in Utah. In 1906 a controlling interest in the mine was purchased by the Butte Coalition Company, and then in 1910 sold to Anaconda Copper Mine. By 1930 the Alice Gold and Silver Mine Company had been dissolved.

The Walker family emigrated to Utah in the 1850s from England. Arriving in Salt Lake Valley in 1852, the Walker brothers developed large commercial, banking, and mining interests. Due to an investment in new machinery, the production capacity of the mine increased and the company constructed a 60-stamp mill, which was the largest dry crushing and chloridizing mill at the time.

The Alice Gold and Silver Mine records (1880-1906) contain correspondence, receipts, account balances, insurance memoranda, orders, assay reports, general ledgers, telegrams, and an 1896 annual report on the mine located in Walkerville, Montana. Includes correspondence from Matthew H. Walker and two company secretaries, Benjamin G. Raybould and L. H. Farnsworth. The letters are all addressed from the company headquarters in Salt Lake City to the mine superintendent at Walkerville, either William E. Hall or T. W. Buzzo.

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Purchased from Michael Vinson in 2008.

Processed by Sawaiba Khan in 2008.

 Alice Gold and Silver Mining Company Gold mines and mining--Montana Mines and Mineral Resources Correspondence Memorandums Receipts Account books Ledgers Reports 1 Correspondence and company records 1880-1887 2 Correspondence and company records 1883-1895 3 Correspondence and company records 1896 4 Correspondence and company records 1895-1906