Tonopah Mining Company of Nevada records

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1 1972 Finding aid prepared by Lynn Ann Catanese, Last updated on May 06, Manuscripts and Archives Department

2 Table of Contents Summary Information...3 Biography/History...3 Scope and Contents... 4 Administrative Information... 4 Controlled Access Headings...5 Collection Inventory... 8 I. Tonopah Mining Company of Nevada... 8 II. Subsidiary and Affiliated Companies Page 2 -

3 Summary Information Repository Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department Creator Tonopah Mining Company of Nevada. Title Tonopah Mining Company of Nevada records Call number 1972 Date [inclusive] Extent 38 linear feet Language English Abstract The majority of the records for the parent company consist of correspondence, both incoming and outgoing, primarily generated by or for company officers and/or directors. Biography/History The Tonopah Mining Company of Nevada was incorporated on July 12, 1901 in Delaware for the purpose of developing and operating a gold and silver ores property at Tonopah, Nevada. The company was formed by a group of Philadelphia businessmen; throughout Tonopah's history, it was managed by eastern capitalists. The company maintained a mining operations office in Tonopah, Nevada and a business office in Philadelphia where the records were kept and the annual meetings were held. Within several years, subsidiary companies were formed to operate a mill for ore treatment, a steam plant to generate electricity for the mine, and a railroad to transport the ores. The Tonopah Mining Company of Nevada began exploration and development for additional metal mines in Over several decades, properties were purchased in Colorado, Nevada, Canada, and Nicaragua. Most of the subsidiary mining - Page 3 -

4 companies proved unsuccessful and the operations were limited. The parent company provided all funds for preliminary development work, plant installation, and working capital. All of the subsidiaries were incorporated in Delaware. The work at the Tonopah mines was hampered by labor shortages and development work was stopped during Mining costs increased due to decreased tonnage from the underground workings, and the increase in the wage scale and the cost of supplies. The company saw mixed results in the 1920s. Mining operations at Tonopah were closed for several months in 1930 but the mines were reopened under the leasing system. During 1933 and 1934 the number of lessees at the Tonopah mine increased due to the rise in the price of gold and silver and total net profits increased during those years. However, by the 1940s, the company was clearly on the decline The grade of ore at the Tonopah mine and the number of lessees had consistently decreased. Net profits continued to fall due to reduced tonnage, increased costs and lower values of silver ore. Leasing had remained profitable until 1944; the shortage of lessees reduced production so that the company was just breaking even. Scope and Contents The collection primarily consist of records for the parent company consist of correspondence, both incoming and outgoing, primarily generated by or for company officers and/or directors. It covers a wide variety of topics such as Tonopah's stock investments, legal disputes with stockholders, sale of company equipment, insurance for the company's Nevada property, cash reports, and the banks in which the company had its accounts. There is correspondence between the company's officers and its auditors and attorneys retained to to provide services and advice. Additional ongoing correspondence includes annual reports to the board and officers and correspondence from the general superintendent for the company in Nevada. The records of the Tonopah Mining Company of Nevada and its subsidiaries are fairly complete, with the exception of limited extant correspondence for the parent company prior to The records provide detailed information for a comprehensive study of the growth and decline of an American gold and silver ore mining company in twentieth century America. Administrative Information Manuscripts and Archives Department Finding aid prepared by Lynn Ann Catanese, Page 4 -

5 Provenance Tonopah Mining Company of Nevada records The Tonopah Mining Company of Nevada records were in the possession of the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware because the company, which was incorporated in Delaware, had filed for bankruptcy and was dissolved. Controlled Access Headings Subject(s) American Mining and Securities Corporation. American Mining Congress. American Smelting and Refining Company. Austin, John S. Bregy, Louis H., b Brock, Arthur, Brock, John W. (John William), b Brutus Mining Company. Canada--Copper mines and mining. Canada--Mining claims. Canada--Mining corporations. Canada--Silver mines and mining. Colorado--Gold mines and mining. Colorado--Mining claims. Colorado--Mining leases. Colorado--Placer deposits. Colorado--Silver mines and mining. Copper mines and mining--canada. Copper mines and mining--nevada. Copper mines and mining--nicaragua. Delaware Registration Trust Company. Desert Power and Mill Company. Eden Mining Company. Esmeralda Power Company. General Chemical Company. General Metals Recovery Corporation. George, Nathan F. (Nathan Flower), 1886? Gold mines and mining--colorado. Gold mines and mining--nevada. Gold mines and mining--nicaragua. - Page 5 -

6 Gold ores. Haehnlen, Walter L., 1876? Huston, Milton B., d Hydraulic mining. Jim Butler Mining Company. Johnson, Horace A., b Kennecott Copper Corporation. La Lux Mines, Limited. La Luz and Los Angeles Mining Company. Lindsley, Thayer. Mandy Mining Company. McDougal, George W., Miller Lake Mines, Limited. Mine railroads--cars. Mine surveying. Mining claims--canada. Mining claims--colorado. Mining claims--nevada. Mining claims--nicaragua. Mining leases--canada. Mining leases--colorado. Mining leases--nevada. Mining leases--nicaragua. Morrison Mines, Limited. Nevada Copper Company. Nevada Wonder Mining Company. Nevada--Copper mines and mining. Nevada--Gold mines and mining. Nevada--Mines and mineral resources. Nevada--Mining claims. Nevada--Mining leases. Nevada--Silver mines and mining. Nicaragua--Copper mines and mining. Nicaragua--Gold mines and mining. Nicaragua--Mining claims. Nicaragua--Mining leases. Nonamaker, Charles H., b Philadelphia National Bank. Philadelphia Stock Exchange. Placer deposits--colorado. Precious metals. Shapley Process Corporation. Silver mines and mining--canada. Silver mines and mining--colorado. Silver mines and mining--nevada. Tonopah Mining Company of Nevada records - Page 6 -

7 Smelting. Spurr, Josiah Edward, Tax protests and appeals. Tonopah Ajax Mining Company. Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad Company. Tonopah Canadian Mines Company. Tonopah Colorado Leasing Company. Tonopah Exploration Company, Incorporated. Tonopah Mining Company of Nevada. Tonopah Nicaragua Company. Tonopah Placers Company. Tower, George W., Tunky Transportation and Power Company. U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. United States Tungsten Corporation. United States, Securities and Exchange Commission. Ventures, Limited. Vertex Mining Company. - Page 7 -

8 I. Tonopah Mining Company of Nevada Collection Inventory I. Tonopah Mining Company of Nevada, A.. Annual reports and bylaws, (Box 1). 0.5 linear feet. Box 1 B.. Correspondence, linear feet. Scope and Content Includes both incoming and outgoing correspondence, which was primarily generated by or for company officers and/or directors. It covers a wide variety of topics such as Tonopah's stock investments, legal disputes with stockholders, sale of company equipment, insurance for the company's Nevada property, cash reports, and the banks in which the company had its accounts. There is correspondence between the company's officers and its auditors and attorneys retained to to provide services and advice. Additional ongoing correspondence includes annual reports to the board and officers and correspondence from the general superintendent for the company in Nevada. American Mining Congress, Box American Mining Congress, American Smelting and Refining Co. (General Metals Recovery), Annual Report -- Johnson, Applications for Positions, Auditing Committee, John T. Boast, Page 8 -

9 B.. Correspondence Bullion Returns (American Smelting and Refining Company), Checks and Vouchers, Curtin and Brockie, Custom Mill Data, Delaware Registration Trust Company, Department of Revenue (Pennsylvania), General Metals Recovery Corporation, First National Bank of Reno (Tonopah Branch), Nathan F. George, Hardinge Company re. Knapp Mill, M.B. Huston, H.A. Johnson (Exploration Correspondence), Kenyon Data, Thayer Lindsley, Haldstead Lindsley, William A. MacDonald, George W. McDougal, Mining Review, Page 9 -

10 B.. Correspondence C.Q. Payne, Philadelphia National Bank (Tonopah Account), Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Prentice Hall, Inc., Reports, A.H. Schwinn, Securities, Securities and Exchange Commission, Stock Inquiries, Tonopah Mines Hospital Association, Charles S. Wesley, Esq., American Smelting and Refining Company (General Metals Recovery), Applications for Positions, Annual Report -- Johnson, Quotations on Annual Reports, Etc., Cash Reports, Canadian Bank of Commerce, Capital Stock Reports, Page 10 -

11 B.. Correspondence Checks and Vouchers, Clippings, Delaware Registration Trust Company, Dividend Data, Drafts, First National Bank-Reno, Fogarty Data, General Metals Recovery Corporation, Nathan F. George, W.L. Haehnlen, M.B. Huston, Insurance, H.A. Johnson -- Exploration Data, La Luz Option, Thayer Lindsley, Lybrand, Ross Brothers and Montgomery, William A. MacDonald, Mining and Contracting Review, Page 11 -

12 B.. Correspondence Mining Journal, Nicaraguan Exploration Data, Clarence Q. Payne, Pennsylvania Corporation Income Tax, Philadelphia National Bank (Stop Payment Data), Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Reports, A. H. Schwinn, Securities, Stock Inquiries, William Huff Wagner, Charles S. Wesley, Wesley, Wagoner, Troutman and McWilliams, H. Whittingham, American Smelting and Refining Company, Annual Reports -- H.A. Johnson, Applications for Positions, Bullion Returns (American Smelting and Refining Company), Page 12 -

13 B.. Correspondence Capital Stock Data, Cash Reports, Checks and Vouchers, Curtin and Brockie (re. bonds), Delaware Registration Trust Company, Dividend Data, Drafts, First National Bank--Reno, General Metals Recovery Corporation, Nathan F. George, Income Tax, Collector of, Insurance Data (Tonopah Office), H.A. Johnson (Exploration Data), Thayer Lindsley, George W. McDougal, C.Q. Payne, Philadelphia National Bank, Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Page 13 -

14 B.. Correspondence Reports, A.H. Schwinn, Securities, Securities and Exchange Commission, Social Security Data, Stock Inquiries, Tonopah Mines Hospital Association, William Huff Wagner, H. Whittingham, Wesley, Wagoner, Troutman and McWilliams, American Mining Congress, Annual Report--Johnson, Bullion Returns (American Smelting and Refining Company), Cash Reports, Clippings, Committee on Securities, Delaware Registration Trust Company, Department of Revenue (Pennsylvania), Page 14 -

15 B.. Correspondence Dividend Data, Drafts, First National Bank-Reno, General Metals Recovery Corporation, Nathan F. George, Insurance, H.A. Johnson (Exploration Letters), La Luz Data, Lybrand, Ross Brothers and Montgomery, New York Curb Exchange, C.Q. Payne, Pennsylvania Department of Revenue, Pennsylvania Unemployment Compensation Data, Philadelphia National Bank, Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Reports, A.W. Schwinn, Securities, Page 15 -

16 B.. Correspondence Securities and Exchange Commission, Stock Inquiries, William H. Wagner, H. Whittingham, American Smelting and Refining Company, Annual Report, Applications for Work, Auditing Committee, American Mining Congress, Bullion Returns (American Smelting and Refining Company), Cash Reports, Lost Certificate Data, Checks and Vouchers, Delaware Registration Trust Company, Department of Revenue (Pennsylvania), Board of Directors Correspondence, Dividends, Drafts, Page 16 -

17 Philadelphia National Bank First National Bank-Reno, Nathan F. George, W.L. Haehnlen, Insurance (Miscellaneous), Internal Revenue, Collector of (Social Security Data), H.A. Johnson, H.A. Johnson Annual Reports, Lybrand, Ross Brothers and Montgomery, Mandy Data, Joseph Montgomery, Philadelphia National Bank, Box 4 Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Proxy Data, Reports, Ray Robb (Data), A.H. Schwinn, Securities, Page 17 -

18 Philadelphia National Bank Securities and Exchange Commission, Stock Inquiries, Tonopah Belmont Development Company. 4 Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad Company. 4 William Huff Wagner, Wesley, Wagoner, Troutman and McWilliams, Charles R. Alexander, American Mining Congress, American Mining and Securities Corporation, Annual Report (Johnson), Board of Directors, Monthly Report to Board of Directors, Bullion Returns (American Smelting and Refining Company), Cash Reports, Lost Certificate Data, Checks and Vouchers, Crowell Data, Delaware Registration Trust Company, Page 18 -

19 Philadelphia National Bank Department of Revenue (Pennsylvania), Dividend Inquiries, First National Bank-Reno, Drafts, Nathan F. George, H.A. Johnson, Thayer Lindsley, Insurance Data (Miscellaneous), Lybrand, Ross Brothers and Montgomery, Mill Data, Joseph Montgomery, J. Wesley McWilliams, McWilliams, Wagoner and Troutman, Philadelphia National Bank, Philadelphia Stock Exchange, R.H. Reilly, Jr., Reports, A.H. Schwinn, Page 19 -

20 Philadelphia National Bank Securities, Securities and Exchange Commission, Stock Inquiries, Tonopah Belmont Development Company, Tonopah Nicaragua Company (Data), Tonopah United Water Company, U.S. Department of Labor, William H. Wagner, Bullion Returns (American Smelting and Refining Company), Cash Reports, Checks and Vouchers, Delaware Registration Trust Company, Department of Commerce (Washington), Department of Revenue (Pennsylvania), Dividend Data, Drafts, Fire Loss, First National Bank of Nevada-Tonopah Branch, Page 20 -

21 Philadelphia National Bank Nathan F. George, M.B. Huston, Insurance, H.A. Johnson, Thayer Lindsley, Lybrand, Ross Brothers and Montgomery, McWilliams, Wagoner and Troutman, J. Wesley McWilliams, Millers Mill Data, Joseph Montgomery, Philadelphia National Bank, Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Proxy Data, Reports, A.H. Schwinn, Securities, Securities and Exchange Commission, J. Edward Spurr, Page 21 -

22 Philadelphia National Bank Stock Inquiries, Tonopah Belmont Development Company, Tonopah Mines Hospital Association, Charles R. Alexander, Annual Report (Johnson), Board of Directors, Monthly Report to Board of Directors (Johnson), Bullion Returns (American Smelting and Refining Company), The Canadian Bank of Commerce (Toronto and New York), Cash Reports, Lost Certificate Data, Checks and Vouchers, Delaware Registration Trust Company, Department of Revenue (Pennsylvania), Dividend Data, Drafts, Sale of Esmeralda Property, First National Bank of Nevada (Tonopah Branch), Page 22 -

23 Philadelphia National Bank Nathan F. George, Florence H. Haehnlen, Insurance, H.A. Johnson, Thayer Lindsley, Lybrand, Ross Brothers and Montgomery, Joseph Montgomery, Senator Pat McCarran, J. Wesley McWilliams, McWilliams, Wagoner and Troutman, Philadelphia National Bank, Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Reports, A.H. Schwinn, Securities, Securities and Exchange Commission, J. Edward Spurr, Stillman, Maynard and Company, Page 23 -

24 Philadelphia National Bank Stock Inquiries, The Todd Sales Company, Tonopah Belmont Development Company, Tonopah Mines Hospital Association, Tonopah Nicaragua Company, William H. Wagner, American Mining Congress, American Smelting and Refining Company, Annual Report--Johnson, Board Meeting Data, Monthly Report to Board of Directors, Bullion Returns (American Smelting and Refining Company), Canadian Bank of Commerce, Cash Reports, Lost Certificate Data, Checks and Vouchers, Crescent Claim (Federal Housing Authority Data), Page 24 -

25 Philadelphia National Bank Box Crescent Claim (Federal Housing Authority Data) - Property Line, Topographic and Utility Map, War Housing Project (Tonopah), MD-18 Delaware Registration Trust Company, Box Drafts, Equipment for Sale, Federal Reserve Bank (Foreign Funds Report), First National Bank of Nevada (Tonopah Branch), Fulton Trust Company, Nathan F. George, Florence H. Haehnlen, William G. Hubler, Insurance, Collector of Internal Revenue, Jones, Miller and Company, H.A. Johnson, Thayer Lindsley, Lybrand, Ross Brothers and Montgomery, Page 25 -

26 Philadelphia National Bank W. B. Malone, Joseph Montgomery, J. W. McWilliams, McWilliams, Wagoner and Troutman, Philadelphia National Bank, Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Reports, A.H. Schwinn, Securities and Exchange Commission, Securities Data, Stillman, Maynard and Company, Stock Inquiries, Tonopah Belmont Development Company, Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad Preferred Stock, Tonopah Mines Hospital Association, Wage Stabilization Unit, Tonopah Canadian Mines Company (Dissolution Data), William Huff Wagner, Page 26 -

27 Philadelphia National Bank West End Consolidated Mining Company, Breckenridge, McDonald and Company, Monthly Report to Board of Directors, Bullion Returns (American Smelting and Refining Company), Canadian Bank of Commerce, Cash Reports, Checks and Vouchers, Collector of Internal Revenue, Data re. Accountants, Delaware Registration Trust Company, Department of Revenue (Pennsylvania), Dividend Data, Drafts, Equipment for Sale, Federal Housing Project, First National Bank of Nevada-Tonopah, Fulton Trust Company, Nathan F. George, Page 27 -

28 Philadelphia National Bank Griffith and Company, Mrs. Florence H. Haehnlen, William G. Hubler, Insurance, H.A. Johnson, Thayer Lindsley, Lost Certificate Data, McWilliams, Wagoner and Troutman, W.B. Malone, Joseph Montgomery, Nepheline Products Ltd., Philadelphia National Bank, Rentals, Reports, Securities and Exchange Commission, Stillman, Maynad and Company, Stock Inquiries, Taxes, Page 28 -

29 Philadelphia National Bank Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad Company, Tonopah Mines Hospital Association, Tonopah Properties -- Examination, Tonopah Properties -- Examination - Flow Sheet, Proposed Ton Cyanide Plant (Tonopah), Tonopah Properties -- Examination - Sketch Contour Map and Section of Productive Zone at Tonopah, undated. 27 Box Tonopah Properties -- Examination - Preliminary Plan, Proposed Ton Cyanide Plant (Tonopah), MD-18 Tonopah Properties -- Examination - Survey -- Silver Top Mine, One Hundred Foot Level, Main Cross Cut, MD-18 Wage Stabilization Unit, Box William Huff Wagner, Water Company of Tonopah, A.H. Schwinn, Securities Data, Charles R. Alexander, American Mining Congress, Page 29 -

30 Philadelphia National Bank Annual Report -- Johnson, Board of Directors, Breckenridge, McDonald and Company, Bullion Returns (American Smelting and Refining Company), Canadian Bank of Commerce, Cash Reports, Frank Cassie, Checks and Vouchers, Delaware Registration Trust Company, Department of Mines (Ontario), Dividend Data, Drafts, Fire Loss, First National Bank of Tonopah, Fulton Trust Company, Griffith and Company, Mrs. Florence H. Haehnlen, William G. Hubler, Page 30 -

31 Philadelphia National Bank Insurance, Collector of Internal Revenue, H.A. Johnson, Thayer Lindsley, W.B. Malone, Marine Midland Trust Company, Joseph Montgomery, McWilliams, Wagoner and Troutman, Philadelphia National Bank, Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Rentals, Reports, A.H. Schwinn, Securities and Exchange Commission, Stillman, Maynard and Company, Stock Inquiries, Taxes, George W. Tower, Page 31 -

32 Philadelphia National Bank Wage Stabilization Unit, William Huff Wagner, Board of Directors Data, Breckenridge, McDonald and Company, Bullion Returns (American Smelting and Refining Company and Kennecott Copper Corporation), Canadian Bank of Commerce, Frank Cassie, Lost Certificate Data, Checks and Vouchers, Delaware Registration Trust Company, Dividend Data, Drafts, Fulton Trust Company, Griffith and Company, Mrs. Florence H. Haehnlen, William G. Hubler, Insurance, Page 32 -

33 Philadelphia National Bank Collector of Internal Revenue, H.A. Johnson, Thayer Lindsley, W. B. Malone, Marine Midland Trust Company, Merger of Tonopah Canadian Mines Claims, Joseph Montgomery (Security Transfer Tax Information), McWilliams, Wagoner and Troutman, Philadelphia National Bank, Reports, A.H. Schwinn, Securities and Exchange Commission, Stillman, Maynard and Company, Stock Inquiries, Taxes, Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad Data, Toronto Mines Finance Limited, George W. Tower, Page 33 -

34 Philadelphia National Bank Vertex Mining Company, P.P. Alexander (Metals Hydrides Company), Breckenridge, McDonald and Company, Bullion Returns (Kennecott Copper Corporation), Frank Cassie, Lost Certificate Data, Delaware Registration Trust Company, Board of Directors Data, Dividend Data, Drafts, Fulton Trust Company, Griffith and Company, Guyana Mines Limited, Florence H. Haehnlen, W.G. Hubler, Insurance, H.A. Johnson, Thayer Lindsley, Page 34 -

35 Philadelphia National Bank W.B. Malone, Marine Midland Trust Company, Joseph Montgomery, McWilliams, Wagoner and Troutman, Philadelphia National Bank, Reports, A.H. Schwinn, Stillman, Maynard and Company, Stock Inquiries, Horace F. Strong, Taxes, Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad Data, George W. Tower, U.S. Coal Corporation, Vertex Mining Company Data, Breckenridge, McDonald and Company, Bullion Returns (Kennecott Copper Corporation), Frank Cameron, Page 35 -

36 Philadelphia National Bank Lost Certificate Data, Delaware Registration Trust Company, Department of Revenue (Pennsylvania), Board of Directors Data, Dividend Data, Drafts, Eureka Corporation Limited, First National Bank of Nevada (Tonopah Branch), Fulton Trust Company, Griffith and Company, George C. Heikes, Insurance, H.A. Johnson, Thayer Lindsley, W.B. Malone, Marine Midland Trust Company, McWilliams, Wagoner and Troutman, Philadelphia National Bank, Page 36 -

37 Philadelphia National Bank Reports, Russell Lease, A.H. Schwinn, Securities and Exchange Commission, Stock Inquiries, Taxes, George W. Tower, Vertex Mining Company, Charles R. Alexander, Board of Directors Data, Breckenridge, McDonald and Company, Canadan Bank of Commerce, Lost Certificate Data, Delaware Registration Trust Company, Dividend Data, Eureka Corporation Limited, Griffith and Company, Florence H. Haehnlen, Page 37 -

38 Philadelphia National Bank Insurance, H.A. Johnson, La Luz Mines Limited, Thayer Lindsley, W.B. Malone, McWilliams, Wagoner and Troutman, Joseph Montgomery, Nepheline Products Limited, Philadelphia Baltimore Stock Exchange, Philadelphia National Bank, Reports, A.H. Schwinn, Securities and Exchange Commission, Stock Inquiries, Taxes, Data re. Sale Tonopah Property, George W. Tower, Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad Company, Page 38 -

39 Philadelphia National Bank Vertex Data, Annual Meeting Data, Annual Report Data, Breckenridge, McDonald and Company, Canadian Bank of Commerce, Lost Certificate Data, Delaware Registration Trust Company, Board of Directors Data, Dividend Data, Eureka Corporation Limited, First National Bank of Nevada (Tonopah Branch), Griffith and Company, Florence H. Haehnlen, Insurance, H.A. Johnson, La Luz Mines Limited, Thayer Lindsley, Joseph Montgomery, Page 39 -

40 Philadelphia National Bank J.W. McWilliams, Philadelphia-Baltimore Stock Exchange, Philadelphia National Bank, Registered Mail (Insurance Record), Reports, John C. Rix, Securities and Exchange Commission, J. Edward Spurr Estate, Stock Inquiries, Taxes, George W. Tower, Ventures Limited, Vertex Mining Company Data, Applications for Positions, Board of Directors Data, Breckenridge, McDonald and Co., Louis H. Bregy, Frank Cameron, Page 40 -

41 Philadelphia National Bank Frank Cassie, Lost Certificate Data, Delaware Registration Trust Co., Department of Commerce (Washington, D.C.), Dividend Correspondence, Fire Loss, Box Fire Loss - Ore Bins at Mizpah Shaft, MD-18 Griffith and Company, Box Florence H. Haehnlen, Insurance, H.A. Johnson, La Luz Mines Ltd., Box La Luz Mines Limited, Geology Plan, 750' Level, La Luz Mines Limited, 750' Level Progress Plan, undated. MD-18 MD-18 Lakefield Research Ltd., Box - Page 41 -

42 Philadelphia National Bank Thayer Lindsley, Miller Lake Mines Ltd., Mines Inc. -- Application SEC, Joseph Montgomery, Morrison Mines Ltd., McWilliams, Wagoner and Troutman, New Morrison Mines Ltd., Philadelphia National Bank, Philadelphia-Baltimore Stock Exchange, Proxy Data, Reports, Securities and Exchange Commission, Stock Inquiries, Taxes, George W. Tower, Vertex Mining Company Data, Annual Meeting Data, Louis H. Bregy, Page 42 -

43 Philadelphia National Bank Lost Certificate Data, Delaware Registration Trust Company, Board of Directors Data, Dividend Data, Falconbridge Nickel Mines Ltd., Griffith and Company, Florence H. Haehnlen, Insurance, H.A. Johnson, La Luz Mines Ltd. (See Map Drawer 18), Thayer Lindsley, McWilliams, Wagoner and Troutman, Miller Lake Mines Ltd., Joseph Montgomery, New Morrison Mines Ltd., Philadelphia-Baltimore Stock Exchange, Philadelphia National Bank, Reports, Page 43 -

44 Philadelphia National Bank Securities and Exchange Commission, Stock Inquiries, Taxes, Tonopah Nicaragua Company, Box Tonopah Nicaragua Company - Rosita Mine Plan of Claims, circa 1951, undated. MD-18 U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Box U.S. Atomic Energy Commission - Plan, unlabelled, of mining area in Tonopah, undated. 27 Vertex Mining Company Data, Wage Stabilization, Annual Meeting Data, Board of Directors Data, Louis H. Bregy, Lost Certificate Data, Delaware Registration Trust Company, Dividend Data, Gowganda Property (Canada), Page 44 -

45 Philadelphia National Bank Box Gowganda Property (Canada) - Plan, unlabelled, showing Miller Lake area and the claims of various mining companies, circa 1953, undated. MD-18 Griffith and Company, Box Florence H. Haehnlen, Insurance, H.A. Johnson, Thayer Lindsley, Mines Inc. (Miscellaneous Data and SEC Data re Application), Joseph Montgomery, McWilliams, Wagoner and Troutman, New Morrison Mines Ltd., Pennsylvania Department of Revenue, Philadelphia-Baltimore Stock Exchange, Philadelphia National Bank, Report to State of Nevada, Securities and Exchange Commission, Stock Inquiries, Page 45 -

46 Philadelphia National Bank Gordon D. Stott, Taxes, Tonopah Nicaragua Company, Annual Meeting Data, Board Meeting Data, Louis H. Bregy, Lost Certificate Data, William J. Crowell (re. Tonopah Liability), Delaware Registration Trust Company, Dividend Data, Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Company Trustee, Four Corners Syndicate: Data re. Agreement, Four Corners Syndicate: Atomic Energy Commission, Four Corners Syndicate: Financial Data, Four Corners Syndicate: Progress Reports, Four Corners Syndicate: Miscellaneous Data on the Lost Dog Group, Box Four Corners Syndicate: Plan of Lost Dog Group, undated, circa MD-18 - Page 46 -

47 Philadelphia National Bank Four Corners Syndicate: Miscellaneous Properties, Box Four Corners Syndicate: Old Dick Property, Four Corners Syndicate: Pima Property, Four Corners Syndicate: Southern Geophysical Company. 11 Four Corners Syndicate: Uranium Properties, Box Four Corners Syndicate: Uranium Properties - Moab 3 SW Quadrangle, Utah, MD-18 Box Four Corners Syndicate: Uranium Properties - Geologic Map of the Holbrook Region, Northeastern Arizona, Four Corners Syndicate: Uranium Properties - Location Map -- Moab Area -- Utah, undated (ca. 1954). 27 Griffith and Company, Florence H. Haehnlen, Insurance, H.A. Johnson, Lakefield Research Ltd., Fred W. Miller, Miscellaneous Properties Submitted, Page 47 -

48 C.. General Files Joseph Montgomery, McWilliams, Wagoner and Troutman, Philadelphia-Baltimore Stock Exchange, Rentals and Taxes, Reports, Securities and Exchange Commission, Stock Inquiries, Gordon D. Stott, Taxes, Tonopah Property (Offers), Tracers of America Inc., Paul W. Zeckhausen, Checks and Vouchers, Lost Committee Data, C.. General Files, linear feet. Annual Reports from the General Manager to the Board, Box Annual Report -- Mizpah Extension Lease, Page 48 -

49 C.. General Files W.L. Haehnlen's Resignation, Indemnity -- Group Insurance Policies, Box Jim Butler Ore Estimates Statements, MD-18 Plan, Sketch Showing vein in dispute and basis of settlement with Tonopah M'ng Co. of Nevada by Jim Butler Tonopah M'ng Co., MD-18 Plan, Plat of Tonopah, undated. 27 Box Nevada Wonder Mining Company Bond for Lost Stock Certificate, Silver Bullion, J. Edward Spurr, Stock Certificates: Nevada Copper Company, Stock Certificates: Tonopah Ajax Mining Company, Stock Certificates: Tonopah Colorado Leasing Company, Surety Bonds Applications, Surety Bonds -- Maryland Casualty Company, Tonopah Corporation Merger, Tonopah Placer Company Power Project Report, Page 49 -

50 D.. Legal documents (Agreements, Deeds and Leases) Tonopah Mining Company of Nevada records Box Plan, unlabelled, showing mining locations in Tonopah, undated. MD-18 D.. Legal documents (Agreements, Deeds and Leases), linear foot. Scope and Content Includes deeds, agreements, and leases which trace the company's early land purchases and history. American Smelting and Mining Company, Box James H. Austin, Borax Contract, Celtic Hotel, Cottages, County of Nye, Cyanide Contracts, Declaration of Trust -- W.L. Haehnlen, Fuel Oil Contracts, Jim Butler, Miscellaneous Deeds, Montana Tonopah Mining Company, Moore Filter Company Release, Page 50 -

51 E.. Financial records A.T. McKenzie, Ben Stanley Revett, Sand Grass Spurr, Southern Nevada Abstract Company, J. Edward Spurr, Tonopah Belmont Development Company, Tonopah Extension Mining Company (Apex Litigation), Tonopah Midway Construction Mining Company, Tonopah Miner Publishing Company, Tonopah Placers Company, Tonopah Railroad Company, Tonopah United Water Company, First Mortgage Between Midway and Tonopah Banking Corporation, Incorporation and Land Titles, E.. Financial records, linear feet. Scope and Content The Financial Records subseries consists of accounting records such as journals and balance sheets, tax records, stock transaction records and other records which trace the company's early growth, expansion, and eventual decline. - Page 51 -

52 E.. Financial records Annual Reports from Mine Office, Box Audits, , Balance Sheets for Tonopah Mining Company of Nevada, Monthly Balance Sheets and Schedules, 1925, 1929, Monthly Balance Sheets and Schedules, Monthly Reports for Board of Directors Meetings, Cash Book, Cash Book, Journal (Philadelphia), Journal (Tonopah Office), Percentage Depletion Case Data, Securities Owned, Securities Owned: Market Value, Securities Information, 1945, 1947, Securities Purchased and Sold, Securities and Exchange Commission Data, Capital Stock Transfers, 1927, Page 52 -

53 E.. Financial records Preferred Stock, Stock Ledger, Stock Ledger, Stock Ledger, Stock Ledger, Stock Ledger No. 2 Brokers, Stock Ledger No. 3, American Mining Congress Bulletins, Annual Information Returns, Form 1042, Correspondence with Wagner and Wilson/Wagner and Houchins, regarding taxes, Data Used in Preparation of Form D filed with Internal Revenue Department, Federal Income Tax Withheld, Federal Social Security Returns, Federal Social Security Tax, Form SS 1A, , Federal Social Security Returns (Form 940), Forms N-30A-1, , Income Tax Reports, Page 53 -

54 E.. Financial records Income Tax Returns, Form 1120, Income Tax Returns, Form 1120, Mercantile Tax and City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Franchise Tax, Also see Tonopah Mining Company of Nevada Correspondence file Dept. of Revenue (PA), for additional information, , Pennsylvania Unemployment Compensation, Philadelphia Income Tax, C.R. Russell Lease, School District of Philadelphia, K Forms, The Tonopah Mining Company Of Nevada and Subsidiary and Affiliated Companies: Adjustment of Journal Entries for Re-calculation of Federal Income Taxes, The Tonopah Mining Company Of Nevada and Subsidiary and Affiliated Companies: Annual Report and Internal Revenue Data, The Tonopah Mining Company Of Nevada and Subsidiary and Affiliated Companies: Annual Report and Internal Revenue Data (continued), The Tonopah Mining Company Of Nevada and Subsidiary and Affiliated Companies: Capital Stock Reports, Page 54 -

55 II. Subsidiary and Affiliated Companies The Tonopah Mining Company Of Nevada and Subsidiary and Affiliated Companies: Consolidated Internal Revenue Department Reports (including Amended Reports and Worksheets), The Tonopah Mining Company Of Nevada and Subsidiary and Affiliated Companies: Exhibits, The Tonopah Mining Company Of Nevada and Subsidiary and Affiliated Companies: Miscellaneous Worksheets, The Tonopah Mining Company Of Nevada and Subsidiary and Affiliated Companies: Prewar Data, The Tonopah Mining Company Of Nevada and Subsidiary and Affiliated Companies: Report by Field Auditors and Exceptions to Report of Federal Income Tax Bureau, undated. 17 The Tonopah Mining Company Of Nevada and Subsidiary and Affiliated Companies: Report of Audit by Internal Revenue Department, Philadelphia, Worksheets, II. Subsidiary and Affiliated Companies, Scope and Content Consists of annual reports and board of directors minutes, subject files, legal and financial records for twenty-one subsidiary companies. The records are useful for examining the formation and operation of the subsidiary companies such as La Luz Mines, Limited (Nicaragua) and Tonopah Canadian Mines Company. - Page 55 -

56 A. Minutes and annual reports A. Minutes and annual reports, ,. 1 linear foot. Box Jim Butler Mining Company: Board of Directors Minutes (Jim Butler Tonopah Mining Company, Jim Butler Mining Company: Directors Minutes, Jim Butler Mining Company: Board of Directors Minutes, La Luz Mines Mines Limited: Annual Reports, Mandy Mining Company/American Mining and Securities Corporation: Board of Directors Minutes, Mandy Mining Company/American Mining and Securities Corporation: Board of Directors Minutes, Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad Company: Annual Reports, , 1920, 1922, Tonopah Canadian Mines Company: Board of Directors Minutes, Tonopah Corporation: Board of Directors Minutes, Tonopah Corporation: Board of Directors Minutes, B. Subject files, ,. 3.3 linear foot. Box Desert Power And Mill Company: Annual Reports -- Superintendent to Board of Directors, Page 56 -

57 B. Subject files Eureka Corporation Limited: Block Diagram of Core Drill Holes B, C, D, E, & F, undated.. 27 Eureka Corporation Limited: Property Map Showing Mining Area of The Eureka Corporation Limited, Eureka Corporation Limited: Diamond Drill Hole Sections E, D, A, Eureka Corporation Limited: Diamond Drill Hole Sections C, F, B, Eureka Corporation Limited: Ore Reserve Map, Eureka Corporation Limited: Plan of the Locan 900' Level, Eureka Corporation Limited: Vertical Projection A-A, Jim Butler Mining Company: American Bank Note Company, 1942, Jim Butler Mining Company: Louis H. Bregy, Jim Butler Mining Company: Bullion Returns (American Smelting and Refining Company), Jim Butler Mining Company:?C?, 1942, Jim Butler Mining Company: Department of Justice, Jim Butler Mining Company: Delaware Registration Trust Company, Jim Butler Mining Company: Department of Revenue (Pennsylvania), Jim Butler Mining Company: Dividend Data, Jim Butler Mining Company: Engineering and Mining Journal, undated Page 57 -

58 B. Subject files Jim Butler Mining Company: Financial Information Company, Jim Butler Mining Company: Mrs. Florence H. Haehnlen, Jim Butler Mining Company: W.G. Hubler, Jim Butler Mining Company: Insurance, Jim Butler Mining Company: Internal Revenue, Collector of, Jim Butler Mining Company: H.A. Johnson, Jim Butler Mining Company: B.S. Lichtenstein, Jim Butler Mining Company: Mines Register, , Jim Butler Mining Company: Nevada Sierra Baptist Convention, Jim Butler Mining Company: Nevada State Journal, Jim Butler Mining Company: H.B. Pease, Jim Butler Mining Company: Tax Department -- Delaware, Jim Butler Mining Company: Taxes, Jim Butler Mining Company: George W. Tower, Jim Butler Mining Company: Tonopah Belmont Development Company (Unclaimed Division Correspondence), Jim Butler Mining Company:?U?, 1945, Jim Butler Mining Company: William Huff Wagner, Page 58 -

59 B. Subject files Jim Butler Mining Company: Wesley, Wagoner, Troutman & McWilliams, 1944, Jim Butler Mining Company: West End Consolidated Mines Corporation, Mandy Mining Company: Balance Sheets, Mandy Mining Company: George R. Bancroft - Claims, Mandy Mining Company: George R. Bancroft - General, Mandy Mining Company: George R. Bancroft - Sale of Machinery to Mason Mines Company, Mandy Mining Company: H.C. Carlisle - Development Report, Report of Operations, Mandy Mining Company: H.C. Carlisle - Drilling, Mandy Mining Company: Capital Stock Reduction, Mandy Mining Company: Capital Stock Reports, Mandy Mining Company: Claim Data, , Mandy Mining Company: Delaware Registration Trust Company, Mandy Mining Company: Department of Provincial Secretary, Mandy Mining Company: Diamond Drilling Record, Mandy Mining Company: Mrs. R.A. Hazelwood, Mandy Mining Company: C.A. Hight, Page 59 -

60 B. Subject files Mandy Mining Company: Income Tax Correspondence, Mandy Mining Company: Income Tax Reports, Mandy Mining Company: Fred C. Jackson, Mandy Mining Company: Jackson Litigation, Mandy Mining Company: Mine and Ore Deposits -- Machinery at Mandy Mines, Mandy Mining Company: Mixed Ore Treatment, Mandy Mining Company: Morgan Contract, Mandy Mining Company: McCraney, McKenzie and Hutchinson, Mandy Mining Company: Ore Calculations, Mandy Mining Company: Ore Shipments to Smelter, Mandy Mining Company: Power of Attorney, Mandy Mining Company: Reports to Canadian Government, Mandy Mining Company:?S?, Mandy Mining Company: Sale of Boats, Mandy Mining Company: Smelter Returns: Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada, Mandy Mining Company: J.E. Spurr, Mandy Mining Company: Taxes - Finance Department, Page 60 -

61 B. Subject files Mandy Mining Company: Taxes - Canadian, Mandy Mining Company: Treatment of Ore -- E.E. Carpenter, undated. 18 Morrison Mines, Limited: Agreement with Horace F. Strong, Morrison Mines, Limited: Annual Report, Morrison Mines, Limited: Balance Sheets, Morrison Mines, Limited: Bank of Nova Scotia, Morrison Mines, Limited: Bank Statements, Morrison Mines, Limited: Board of Directors Minutes, Morrison Mines, Limited: William Deadman, Morrison Mines, Limited: Debit Slips, Morrison Mines, Limited: Department of Mines, Morrison Mines, Limited: L.S. Eiler, Morrison Mines, Limited: M.B. Huston, Morrison Mines, Limited:?I?, Morrison Mines, Limited: Insurance -- Curtin and Brockie, Morrison Mines, Limited: J.M. Macdonnell, Morrison Mines, Limited: Joseph Montgomery, Morrison Mines, Limited: W. H. Moore, Page 61 -

62 B. Subject files Morrison Mines, Limited: Proxy, Morrison Mines, Limited: Northern Mining Company Limited, Morrison Mines, Limited: Reports, Morrison Mines, Limited: Horace F. Strong, , Morrison Mines, Limited: Horace F. Strong - Plan, Underground Plan Morrison Mines Limited, Gowganda Ont., , Morrison Mines, Limited: Frank L. Smith, Morrison Mines, Limited: Statements, Morrison Mines, Limited: Sterling Trusts Corporation, Morrison Mines, Limited: Superintendent -- E. Craig and F.L. Smith, Morrison Mines, Limited: Taxes, Morrison Mines, Limited: Workmen's Compensation Board, Tonopah Canadian Mines Company: Accounts, Tonopah Canadian Mines Company: Accounts Receivable, Tonopah Canadian Mines Company: Alderson and McKay, Tonopah Canadian Mines Company: Analysis of Exploration Expense Account, Tonopah Canadian Mines Company: Appropriations, Tonopah Canadian Mines Company: Assay Reports: Morrison Property, Page 62 -

63 B. Subject files Tonopah Canadian Mines Company: Balance Sheets, Tonopah Canadian Mines Company: Bank of Nova Scotia, Tonopah Canadian Mines Company: Bank Statements - Bank of Nova Scotia, Tonopah Canadian Mines Company: Bank Statements - Fourth Street National Bank, Tonopah Canadian Mines Company: Bank Statements - Royal Bank of Canada, Tonopah Canadian Mines Company: Bank Statements - Walsh and Miller Lake Property, Tonopah Canadian Mines Company: Bemis Bro. Bag Company, Tonopah Canadian Mines Company: Booth, Garrett and Blair, Tonopah Canadian Mines Company: Canadian Ingersoll Rand Company, Tonopah Canadian Mines Company: Canadian Mining Lists, Tonopah Canadian Mines Company: Castle-Tretheway Mines Ltd., Tonopah Canadian Mines Company: C.R. Connors, Tonopah Canadian Mines Company: Copper Properties -- Quebec, Tonopah Canadian Mines Company: Thomas B. Cotter, Tonopah Canadian Mines Company: Ernest Craig -- Telegrams, Tonopah Canadian Mines Company: Credit Slips, Page 63 -

64 B. Subject files Tonopah Canadian Mines Company: Curtin & Brockie, Tonopah Canadian Mines Company: Daily Mill and Mine Reports and Report Correspondence, Tonopah Canadian Mines Company: Debit Slips, Tonopah Canadian Mines Company: Delaware Registration Trust Company, Tonopah Canadian Mines Company: J.J. Denny, Tonopah Canadian Mines Company - J.J. Denny - Plan, unlabelled, showing mechanical drawings, , undated. 27 Tonopah Canadian Mines Company: Department of the Interior, Tonopah Canadian Mines Company: Deposits, Tonopah Canadian Mines Company: Drafts, Tonopah Canadian Mines Company: L.S. Eiler, Tonopah Canadian Mines Company: Equipment, Tonopah Canadian Mines Company: Expenditures - Canadian, , Tonopah Canadian Mines Company: Expenditures - Chance Property, Tonopah Canadian Mines Company: Expenditures - Duprat Property, Tonopah Canadian Mines Company: Expenditures - Miller Lake O'Kelly Property, Page 64 -