University of Wyoming
Bond, a lawyer, broker, and entrepreneur, was originally from New York and moved to Denver in 1870. He engaged in businesses all over the United States and Canada, including mining, railroads and banking. Bond owned and resided at a ranch near Denver. In 1874 he began investing in gold and silver mining in Colorado, then in 1883 moved to New Mexico and invested in a gold mine there. The mine failed and he returned to his Denver ranch. During the 1880s Bond started a company which made electric engines for locomotives and also organized the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company of Birmingham, Alabama. He sold this company and moved to Seattle in 1891. In the 1890s Bond became involved in harvesting timber in Washington and in gold mining at the Monte Cristo mines in Washington and, along with his son, Marshall Bond, at the Klondike in Canada during the 1897-1899 Alaskan gold rush.
Collection consists of Bond's diaries and memorandum books from the time period after he moved west, in which he recorded notes concerning his various business ventures.
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.
The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.
There are no known other archival collections created by Hiram Gilbert Bond at the date of processing.
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