Calumet Mining and Refining Company records, 1927-1980s

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Calumet Mining and Refining Company
Title
Calumet Mining and Refining Company records
Dates
1927-1980s (inclusive)
Quantity
31 boxes and 3 tubes, (16.25 linear feet)
Collection Number
ACCN 2622
Summary
The Calumet Mining and Refining Company records (1927-1980s) contain information about several mining plants throughout Utah and Nevada. It also has information about mined materials and mining methods. Many of the materials also pertain to the Combined Metals Reduction Company.
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

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Calumet Mining and Refining Company records contain correspondence, memoranda, plant blueprints and flow charts, mining equipment brochures, research materials (such as articles, reports and news clippings), maps, and ledgers. Also included are some personal materials of Corwin H. Likins who held several authoritative positions both with the Combined Metals Reduction Company and the Calumet Mining and Refining Company. Much of the content of this collection also pertains to the Combined Metals Reduction Company.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

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.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Any original foldering has been kept intact. All other materials have been organized thematically under company materials, mines, metals and minerals, research materials, manufacturing equipment materials, notes, charts and maps, and finally, ledgers. Folders within these topics have been arranged either alphabetically or chronologically. Most folders contain an assortment of materials including correspondence, reports, notes, articles, et cetera.

Acquisition Information

Donated by Corwin and Virginia Likins in 2011.

Processing Note

Processed by Emma McFarland in 2011.

Separated Materials

Photographs were transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections.

Related Materials

See also the Combined Metals Reduction Company records (ACCN 0493) located in the Manuscripts Division of Special Collections.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Company MaterialsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
1 1
Correspondence
1932-1970
1 2
Memoranda
1950-1969
1 3
Directories
1 4
Combined Metals Articles of Incorporation
1922
1 5
Combined Metals Reduction Company Historic Information
1967
1 6
Combined Metals Reduction Company vs. Paul Gemmill
1968
1 7
Legal Agreements and Deeds
1944-1969
1 8
Statements made before the Unites States Tariff Commission Hearing
1960
1 9
Unicote Systems Corporation Board of Directors Materials
1973
1 10
Union Contract
1968
1 11
Fred Lichens and Ponderosa Inn Business Venture Materials
1969

Financial MaterialsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
2 1
Paycheck Stubs
1967
2 2
C.H. Likins Travel Expense Reports
1966-1967
2 3
Combined Metals Reduction Company Expenditure and Production Summary and Graphs
1940-1958
2 4
Combined Metals Reduction Company Paycheck Stubs
1966-1967
2 5
Combined Metals Reduction Company Report on Examination Year Ended December 31, 1966
1966
2 6
Combined Metals Reduction Company Returns and Utelage of Investment Capital Estimate
1968
2 7
Mining Industry Wage Rates
1968-1969
2 8
Snyder Mines Incorporated Balance Sheet
1969

United Nuclear Corporation (UNC) MaterialsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
3 1
Capital Expenditures Manual
3 2
Bid Documents Construction of South Morton Office Building
1977
3 3
Work Order and Budget
1980

Corwin H. Likins MaterialsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
4 1
Correspondence
1963-1983
4 2
Family Materials
1966-1969
4 3
First Congregational Church Materials
1969
4 4
Free Masonry Materials
1965-1982
4 5
Lincoln County School District Board Policy Manual
4 6
Samuel T. Smetters Estate
1962-1970
4 7
Snyder Estate
1966-1969
4 8
Mailed Advertisements
4 9
General Materials
This folder contains travel and religious pamphlets.
5 1
Checks
1964-1968
5 2
Insurance and Medical Information
1964-1969
5 3
Moving Materials
Materials pertain to Likin's move from Casper, Wyoming to Murray, Utah.
1981
5 4-5
Receipts
1965-1968; 1983-1984
5 6
Taxes and Loans
1963-1967

Mines: NevadaReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
6 1
Atlas Corporation Evaluation of Caselton Nevada Project
1964
6 2
Caliente, Cobalt Mining Company
1932-1948
6 3
Case VI 350 Ton per Day Prince Ore Processing Study
1960
6 4
Caselton Calculations
1965-1966
6 5
Caselton Lead-Zinc Mining and Milling
1960
6 6
Caselton Plant Analysis Charts, Blueprints, Flow Charts, and Surface Maps
1951-1967
6 7
Combined Metals Reduction Company Proposal to "X" Corporation for Financing
1960
7 1
Combined Metals Reduction Company Revised Cost Estimate on Kiln Test Plant for Pioche District Ores
1961
7 2
Compilation of Reports and Maps, Nevada Lead and Zinc Company and Kille Mine, Spruce Mountain Mining District, Elko
1956
7 3
Discussion and Recommendations Proposed Slop Conveyor Installation Pan- American Line
1947-1964
7 4
Engineering Appraisal of the Waelz-R-N Treatment of Prince Ore at Caselton, Nevada
1960
7 5
Examination of the Silver Flame Prospect, Elko County
1968
7 6
Experiments in Amalgamated Pioche Ore
1919
7 7
Flotation Plant Sump Elevator General Arrangement, Caselton Plant
1952
7 8
Mill Office Concentrate and Ore Schedules
1953
7 9
Noonday Mine, Elko County
1951
7 10-11
Ore Reserve Estimates for Proposed Oxide Plant, Pioche, Nevada
1943
8 1
Pan American Mine Project (Gemill-Hickman Report)
1955
8 2
Pan American Ore
1966-1969
8 3
Pioche Analysis, Report, and Safety Rules
1955-1966
8 4
Pioche Manganese Company Forecast
1956
8 5
Pioche Mine Notes
1952
8 6
Preliminary Evaluation Report Combined Metals Reduction Company Prince Mine Ore
1959
8 7
Prince Ore Leaching Plant Products
8 8
Projection for Prince Mine Ore Combined Metals Reduction Company, Pioche
1961
8 9
Proposal and Specifications for Five-Tire Kiln, Caselton Plant
1961
8 10
Report on Comet Coalition Mines, Lincoln County
1933-1942
8 11
Report on Manuel Edo Property, Dolly Varden Mining District, Currie, Nevada
1946
8 12
Reports on Windfall Mine of Windfall Mining and Milling Company, Eureka
1932; 1934
8 13
Semi-Pilot Kiln Plant Testing of Prince and Pan American Type Iron-Manganese Ore by the R-N Process
1959
8 14
Smelter Shaft, Freidberg, Nevada
1962
8 15
Techmanix Report on the proposed "Semi-Works" 100 Ton/Day Prince Ore Treatment Plant
1958

Mines: UtahReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
9 1
Antimony, Brigham City
1946
9 2
Apex Mine, Washington County, Utah
1945-1949
9 3
Asphalt Wells
1938
9 4
Bluestone Lime and Quartzite Mining Company Rush, Valley Mining District, Tooele County
1930
9 5
Calumet Properties Anaconda Company
1960
9 6
Creole Mine, Beaver County
1958
9 7
General Fuel Products Company Resin Coal, Salina Canion, Sevier County
1931; 1941
9 8
Manganese King Mine, Kane County
1942
9 9
Silver Shield Fissure 1200 Level Butterfield Mine Report with Section Charts and Base Maps
1951
9 10
Southworth Prospect Farmington Canyon
1939
9 11
Sulpherdale Chemical Company Concentrating Plant, Sulpherdale, Utah
1961

Mines: Bauer, UtahReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
10 1
An Analysis of Ways and Cost to Reopen the Calumet Mine of Combined Metals Reduction Company Bauer Plant, Stockton, Utah
1967
10 2
Bauer Resin Refinery
1959-1962
10 3
Blueprints and Flow Sheets
1947-1964
10 4
Pancar Resin Information Binder
1960
10 5
Purchase Requisitions
1962
10 6
Resin Plant Process Heat Studies
1963-1964
10 7
Resin Coal and Bauer Resin Operation Materials
1933-1963

Mines and PropertiesReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
11 1
Antimony Mine Idaho Silver King, Ketchum, Idaho
1932-1933
11 2
Carlson Creek Mining Property, Juneau, Alaska
1936
11 3
Cashin Mine, Montrose County, Colorado
1939
11 4
Cerro Colorado Gold Mines, Chihuahua, Mexico
11 5
Continental Uranium Rattlesnake Claims SUR-7275-SUR-7284 with Boundary and Mineral Survey Maps
1953-1958
11 6
The Economics of Deeper Development at the Bluestone Mine
1936
11 7
Goldstone Mining Property
1932-1933
11 8
Haught SM8-1860
1976
11 9
KMG Sulfur Property, Mineral County, Colorado
1966
11 10
Mines to Examine
1931-1942
11 11
Perlite Operations Report and Certificate of Membership
1949; 1960
11 12
Report on Hope Bullion Mine, Boulder, Montana
1962
11 13
Report on Marvin Sulphur Deposits, Park County, Wyoming
1939
11 14
Report on Trip to Calimali Mining District in Lower California
1932
11 15
Wilbert Mine, Idaho
1933-1951

Metals and Minerals: Am--ZiReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
12 1
Amberlites (Ion Exchange Resins)
12 2
Beryllium
1960
12 3
Chromium
1942
12 4
Coal
1950-1967
12 5
Copper
This folder includes a report written by C.H. Likins entitled, "Heap Leach Unit for Copper Ores at Contact Nevada."
1942-1967
12 6
Dimethyl Sufoxide D.M.S.O
1954-1960
12 7
Floatation
1934-1966
12 8
Fluorspar
1946-1952
12 9
Resin and Rosin
This folder also contains reports entitled, "General Fuel Products Company Resin Coal, Salina Canyon, Sevier County, Utah," 1941 and "Coal Resin United States Fuel Company, Hiawatha, Utah."
1941-1962
13 1
Resin-Coal
1932-1954
13 2
Strontium
1942-1946
13 3
Sulphur
This folder also contains a report entitled, "Inyo Sulpher deposits, Inyo County, California."
13 4
Sulpher--Wyoming
1939-1952
13 5
Tungsten
1941-1963
13 6
Tungsten Prospects
1939-1953
13 7
Uranium
1954-1956
13 8
Zinc
This folder also includes an article titled "Lead Zinc Silver Deposits of Guatemala, Central America."
1946-1960

ManganeseReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
14 1
Benefication, Leaching, and Magnanous Sulfate Recovery from Low-Grade Pyrolusite Type Ore
1958
14 2
Benefication of Low-Grade Manganese Ore from Aroostook County, State of Maine, by the Nitric Acid Cycle Process, Final Report
1953-1954
14 3
Chloride Leaching
1940
14 4
Manganese Sulfate
1941
14 5
Recovery of Manganese from Low-Grade Ores by Leaching
14 6
: Report to Grand Panam Company Preliminary Market Survey Electrolytic Manganese and Manganese Sulfate
1967
14 7
Semi-Pilot-Plant Investigation on Electrowinning Manganese from Chloride Electrolytes
14 8
Thermal Decomposition of Manganese Sulfate in Fluidized Beds
1955
14 9
Treatment of Manganese Ores at Pioche
1939
14 10
General Articles
1934-1966
Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
15 1
Antonio Ore Sample
1956
15 2
Black Metal Ore
1958-1960
15 3
Iron and Iron Ore
1961-1967
15 4
Lead Silver Flotation from Nevada Lead-Zinc Carbonate Ores
1947
15 5
Metallurgical Tests on Oxidized Lead-Gold-Silver Ore from the Combined Metals Reduction Company, Pioche, Nevada
1948
15 6
Mexico Copper Ore Tests and Worksheets
1955
15 7
Oxidized Ore Treatment Caustic Soda Leach Electrolytic Recovery of Metals
1949
15 8
Size Reduction for Wyoming Silicious-Titanic Ore for the Krupp-Renn Process
1958
15 9
Articles and General Materials
1931-1962

General Metals and MineralsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
16 1
Absorption of Silver Ion by Sphalerite
16 2
Notes on the Location and Production of Strategic Minerals of Utah
1944
16 3
Oxidized Ore Treatment Caustic Soda Leach Electrolytic Recovery of Metals
1949
16 4
Recovery of Vanadium from Titaniferous Magnetite
16 5
Review of Raw Materials
1953
16 6
General Materials
1955-1962
16 7
Articles
1944-1969

Research Materials: A--ZReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
17 1
Ammonia Leach on Prince Fume Test Charts
1960
17 2
Analysis of Balanced Ball Mill Charges
1946
17 3
Anhydrous Ammonia Handling and Storage
17 4
Articles and Research on Gravitational Waves and Theories of Gravitation
1966-1970
17 5
Automatic Controls in the Pumping of Phosphate Matrix at International Minerals and Chemical Corporation Mines in Polk County, Florida
17 6
Caquipec Mill Future Merallury
1953
17 7
Chemical Construction Proposal for "Chemico" Ammonia Oxidation Unit
1941
17 8
Comparative Result with Galena and Ferrosilicon at Mascot
17 9
A Cryochemical Method for Preparing Ceramic Materials
1966-1970
17 10
Drainage Handbook for Surface Mining
1975
17 11
Engineering File Facts
17 12
Geological Reports
1952-1953
17 13
Ground-water Conditions in Cedar Valley, Utah
1966-1967
17 14
Heavy-Media Separation Process
1942
17 15
Keys to Chelation
1958
17 16
Laboratory Cyclone 3 inch Steel Details
1951
18 1
The Lead Carrying Power of Various Solutions, Research Sheets and Plates
1925
18 2
Management Measures an Engineer
1956
18 3
"Moving-Bed Process" Rough Draft
1955
18 4
National Western Mining Conference of the Colorado Mining Association Articles
1965
18 5
NO2 Process
1941
18 6
2.375 Nodulizing and Sintering
1941-1951
18 7
The Operation of Waelz Plants
18 8
Panacalite General Oil Absorbents
1958
18 9
The People's Money?
18 10
Preliminary Heat and Material Balance Calculation for Waelz-RN Pilot Plant Kiln
18 11
Preliminary Report on Proposed 100 Ton Plant for Treatment of Oxidized Pb-Zn Ores by H61-MgCl2 Process
1947
18 12
Pressure Leaching and Reduction at Calera's Garfield Refinery
18 13
Program Statement for the Proposed Prototype Oil Share Leasing Program
1971
18 14
Recovery of Dust and Fume from Metallurgical Gases
1957
18 15
Report on the Utah Rock Asphalt Property Sunnyside Bituminous Sandstone Deposit, Carbon County, Utah
1960
19 1
Research Institute of America Materials
1963-1967
19 2
Roasting Sintering
1950
19 3
Summary of Water Well Drilling Activities in Utah
1960-1966
19 4
A Technical and Economic Appraisal of the Kalunite Process for Extracting Alumina from Alunite Ores, Aluminum Bearing Clays and Low Grade Siliceous Bauxite
1941
19 5
Utilization of Heat of Pyrite Gases for the Production of Steam
1950
19 6
Water-Resources Appra isal of the Snake Valley Area, Utah and Nevada
1965
19 7
Why Not a Chemical Smelter?
1964
20
Articles and News Clippings
1933-1970

Equipment Manufacturing Companies: A--ZReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
21 1
Companies: A--Am
21 2
Companies: An--Br
22 1
Companies: C
22 2
Denver Equipment Master Index No. 1
22 3
Denver Equipment Company
22 4
Denver Company Teco Trefoil Magazine
1955-1973
22 5
Companies: Do
23 1
Companies: Du--E
23 2
Companies: F--Ha
23 3
Heil Process Company
23 4
Companies: He--L
23 5
Companies: M
23 6
Companies: N
24
Companies: Pe--W
Folder
25 1
Crushing Equipment
1964-1966
25 2
Detroit Type PT Furnace Charts and Instruction Guide
1948-1959
25 3
Magnetic Separators
1957-1960
25 4
Rotary Dryers
1955-1965

NotebooksReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
26
Notes and Calculations
This box also contains mill operation materials and notes.
1950-1980s
Folder
27 1
Quantitative Analysis Record Book
1945
27 2-3
Notebooks
1950-1958
27 4
Production Notebooks
1959
27 5
Notebooks
1959-1960
27 6
Delta-"Be" Ore Tests Notebook
1960
27 7
Metal Pay Book

General MaterialsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
28
Lefax Engineering and Business Data Sheets
1944-1950
29
Charts and Forms
This box also contains aeronautical charts, blank forms, plant flow-sheets, and maps.
1942-1957
30
Plant and Machinery Charts and Blue Prints
31
Mining Maps and Architectural Sheets
32
Utah and Colorado State Maps and a Weight Measurement Chart
33
Bauer Plant Flotation Research Laboratory Ledger
34
Stock Holder Ledgers
The first ledger is marked "Stock Holder's Ledger," 1927-1930. The second ledger is labeled "Nevada Lead and Zinc Co.," 1927-1928.
1927-1938

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Mines and mineral resources--Nevada
  • Mines and mineral resources--Utah

Corporate Names

  • Combined Metals Reduction Company (creator)

Form or Genre Terms

  • Articles
  • Blueprints
  • Clippings
  • Correspondence
  • Ledgers
  • Memorandums
  • Reports