Green River Mining and Improvement Company records [photocopies]
Collection
Identifier: MS 0663
Scope and Contents
The Green River Mining and Improvement Company records (1895-1896) consist of photocopies of documents from several companies formed in the late nineteenth century. Their purpose was to exploit the resources to be found in the area of the lower Green and Grand (renamed the Colorado in 1921) Rivers. Included are stock certificates, certificates of incorporation, letters, and a prospectus.
Dates
- 1895-1896
Creator
- Green River Mining and Improvement Company (Organization)
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.
Organizational History
Interest in the Green and Grand Rivers for navigation and transportation was high during the decades from 1890 to 1920. Steam and other powered boats were built and used on the rivers for transporting passengers, freight, ore, produce, and other goods by B. S. Ross, Tom Wimmer, Cap Yokey, and others. Many attempts were made to establish a regular, scheduled freight and passenger line between the towns of Moab and Green River, Utah, but due to shallow channels and shifting sandbars, this was never done successfully.
Extent
0.25 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Green River Mining and Improvement Company records (1895-1896) consist of photocopies of documents from several companies formed in the late nineteenth century. Their purpose was to exploit the resources to be found in the area of the lower Green and Grand (renamed the Colorado in 1921) Rivers. Included are stock certificates, certificates of incorporation, letters, and a prospectus.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Robert H. Allen.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals in possession of donor.
Processing Information
Processed by Roy Webb in 1993.
- Certificates of incorporation
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) -- Navigation -- Sources
- Correspondence
- Grand River Transportation, Mining, and Improvement Company
- Green River (Wyo.-Utah) -- Navagation -- History -- Sources
- Green River Mining and Improvement Company -- Archives
- Green River Mining and Improvement Company -- History -- Sources
- Green River Navigation and Improvement Company
- Mines and Mineral Resources
- Prospectuses
- Stock certificates
- Water and Water Rights
Creator
- Green River Mining and Improvement Company (Organization)
- Title
- Inventory of the Green River Mining and Improvement Company records [photocopies]
- Author
- Finding aid created by Roy Webb.
- Date
- 1993 (last modified: 2019)
- 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
Contact:
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu