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Bingham Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company records

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1258

Scope and Contents

The Bingham Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company Records (1870-1974) is divided into two groups. The first group of documents, boxes 1-21, contain a variety of loose or bound papers. These include ore assay and settlement records, shift reports, personnel documents, supplies information, invoices, and miscellaneous mining data. The second group of documents, boxes 22-59, contains large-format, bound items. These include ledgers, daybooks, assays, supply accounts and orders, ore reports, copying books, and other mining company records. Boxes 22-26 contain record books of the Bingham Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company. Boxes 27-34 contain books of the Dalton and Lark mining interest. Boxes 35-37 contain record books regarding the Tintic, Brooklyn, Eagle and Blue Bell, Tesora, and Sampson mining concerns. The books in boxes 38-48 may be those of the Bingham Consolidated, while the remaining books, those in boxes 49-59, are from unidentified mines.

Dates

  • 1870-1974

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

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.

Conditions Governing 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.

Extent

29.5 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

The Bingham Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company records (1870-1974) contain ore assay and settlement records, shift reports, personnel documents, supplies information, invoices, ledgers daybooks, supply accounts and orders, ore reports, copying books, and other mining records. The Bingham Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company was a Utah copper mine and smelter.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased from Sam Weller in 1991.

Processing Information

Processed by Mark Jensen, Lisa Townsend, Tad Davies, and Roy Webb in 1995.
Title
Inventory of the Bingham Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company records
Author
Finding aid created by Mark Jensen, Lisa Townsend, Tad Davies, and Roy Webb.
Date
1995 (last modified: 2020)
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English.

Repository Details

Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository

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