Pope Yeatman papers, 1891-1948
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Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Yeatman, Pope, 1861-
- Title
- Pope Yeatman papers
- Dates
- 1891-1948 (inclusive)Date of CollectionDate of Collection
- Quantity
- 0.45 cubic ft. (1 box)
- Collection Number
- 05702
- Summary
- Papers of an internationally known mining engineer.
- Repository
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American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming
American Heritage Center
University of Wyoming
1000 E. University Ave.
Dept. 3924
Laramie, WY
82071
Telephone: 3077663756
ahcref@uwyo.edu - Access Restrictions
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Access Restrictions
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.
- Languages
- English
Historical Note
Pope Yeatman (1861-1953) was an internationally known mining engineer who was awarded the William Lawrence Saunders Medal in 1934. Yeatman received his degree in mining engineering from Washington University in 1883. By 1889, he was employed by the Doe Run Lead Company. In 1891, he joined the Lehigh Zinc and Iron Company to oversee ore mining and processing. In 1895 he managed several Rand gold mines in South Africa. From 1899 to 1905, he examined and made a report on the Camp Bird Mine in Colorado for the J.B. Robinson’s Randfontein Estates Gold Mining Company. In 1904 he was chief engineer for the Guggenheim mines and he developed large Chilean copper mines as well as Guggenheim interests in Alaska and China. In 1917, Yeatman was hired as consulting engineering for the Raw Materials Division of the Council of National Defense’s War Industries Board which was formed during World War I to allocate critical raw materials to the war effort. During World War II he was director of the non-ferrous department of the War Industries Board. After the war, Yeatman made a study of mines in Belgium and France and then he became a partner in the New York firm of Yeatman and Berry. He was a Legion of Honor member of American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers.
Content Description
The collection contains correspondence pertaining to mills of the Empire Zinc Company and the Lehigh Zinc and Iron Company (1891-1894) and to a contractual dispute between Missouri lead mine owner Judge William R. Taylor and Joplin, Missouri-based Picher Lead Company in which Yeatman represented Picher’s interests (1895). There are letters, telegrams, and documents describing the work of Consolidated Gold Fields of South Africa, Ltd., including mining safety during the Second Boer War and issues pertaining to gold mining in South Africa (1895-1918). There is an evaluation of the Camp Bird Mine in Ouray Colorado (1902) completed for the Randfontein Estates Gold Mining Company. Additionally, there is correspondence with American financier and political consultant Bernard M. Baruch while Baruch was Commissioner of Raw Materials for the Council of National Defense’s War Industries Board regarding Yeatman’s employment as a consulting engineer (1917). Other correspondents include mining engineers John Hays Hammond, Harry H. Webb, H.A. Wheeler, Fred Hellman, and Arthur Thacher. There is correspondence (1934-1935) regarding corrections to a manuscript of Romantic Copper: Its Lure and Lore written by mining engineer and executive Ira B. Joralemon. Also included are letters of support (1933) endorsing Yeatman for the William Lawrence Saunders Medal, which he was awarded in 1934. The collection also includes photographs of Kennecott operations at Ruth, Nevada (1916-1948).
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Preferred Citation
Preferred CitationItem Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.
Administrative Information
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Subject Terms
- Copper mines and mining -- United States -- History.
- Gold mining -- Colorado -- Ouray -- 1890-1910.
- Mines and mineral resources -- Colorado -- Ouray County.
- Mines and mineral resources -- South Africa -- Transvaal.
- South African War, 1899-1902.
- Zinc mines and mining -- United States.
- Zinc ores -- Pennsylvania.
Personal Names
- Baruch, Bernard M. (Bernard Mannes), 1870-1965.
- Hammond, John Hays, 1855-1936.
- Joralemon, Ira B. (Ira Beaman), 1884-1975.
- Robinson, Joseph Benjamin, Sir, 1840-1929.
- Thacher, Arthur.
Corporate Names
- Consolidated Gold Fields of South Africa, ltd.
- Kennecott Utah Copper.
- Lehigh Zinc and Iron Company.
- Nevada Consolidated Mining and Milling Company.
- Picher Lead Company.
- Randfontein Estates Gold Mining Company.
