C & R Mining Company Records, 1904-1961

Overview of the Collection

Creator
C & R Mining Company
Title
C & R Mining Company Records
Dates
1904-1961 (inclusive)
Quantity
2 cubic feet
Collection Number
MG281 (collection)
Summary
Minutes of meetings, financial statements, correspondence, annual statements and reports, stock assessment records, financial journals, a voucher register, capital stock tax returns, and other records of a silver-lead mine in the Leland Mining District of the Coeur d'Alene mining region of northern Idaho.
Repository
University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives
Special Collections and Archives
University of Idaho Library
875 Perimeter Drive
MS 2350
Moscow, ID
83844-2350
Telephone: 2088850845
libspec@uidaho.edu
Languages
English
Sponsor
Funds for processing were provided by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, the U.S. Department of Education HEA Title II-C "Strengthening Research Library Resources" program, the Library Associates of the University of Idaho and other donors.
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Historical NoteReturn to Top

The C & R Mining Company was originally incorporated on June 16, 1904, and remained active through the 1920s. Its property consisted on ten unpatented claims: C & R, Botha, Sidwell Fraction, Napoleon, Captain Cash, Summit, Knob Hill, June, Russell Fraction, and the Crater Fraction, on Sunset Peak, in the Lelande Mining District, near Burke, Idaho. Money to develop the mine's three tunnels was raised through stock assessments.

The company, headquartered in Spokane, Washington, failed to file reports with the Idaho Inspector of Mines from 1929 through 1949, and its charter lapsed for nonpayment of annual license fees.

It was reorganized by associates of Henry Day and reinstated as an Idaho corporation June 30, 1950, and on November 22, 1954 applied for an extension of incorporation, the original period of incorporation being fifty years. In 1961 the company voluntarily dissolved and the stockholders were given one share of DMI stock for every 100 shares of C & R Mining Co. stock when C & R merged with Day Mines, Inc. on April 28, 1961.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The records of the C & R Mining Company span the years 1904 to 1961, but with very little information for the decades of the 30s and 40s. Included are minutes of meetings, financial statements, correspondence with stockholders, annual statements and reports, stock certificates, stock ledgers and journals, assessment records, lists of stockholders, financial ledgers and journals, a voucher registers, and capital stock tax returns.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The records of the C & R Mining Company are divided into four series.

The first series, Records of the Board of Directors and the Stockholders, includes two minute books, 1910-1928 which also contain reports to stockholders, correspondence, proofs of labor, and agreements. A folder contains the minutes of the company from 1950-1961. Loose items from the minute books include trial balances, correspondence regarding stock and other company business, notices of meetings, minutes of the July 21, 1928, November 9, 1928, and May 3, 1929 meetings, and a list of delinquent stock from assessment #7. Also included in this series are bylaws, articles of incorporation, agendas, ballots, notices of meetings, proxy statements, waiver of notice and consent to meeting forms, stockholder lists, certification of reinstatement, records relating to the dissolution of the company and financial statements.

General Correspondence and Related Records, the second series, contains correspondence with stockholders concerning assessments, stock value, and stock transfer, correspondence with the Old National Bank of Wallace concerning stock held in escrow at the bank, paid pills, including tax receipts from Shoshone County, and accounts with the Press-Times Publishing Co., and Day Mines, Inc. Also included are two leases, 1950-1951, for the Sunrise silver-lead mine.

The third series is Capital Stock Records. Included are stock ledgers and journals, one book of stock certificates, stock audits, lists of stockholders and stock assessment and exchange records.

The fourth series, Financial Records, contains general ledgers and journals, a voucher register, bank statements and paid checks for years not included in the ledgers, and capital stock tax returns.

Removal of cancelled stock certificates, returned assessment notices, vouchers, and duplicate materials reduced the size of this collection by 4 cubic feet.

Acquisition Information

The records of the C & R Mining Company are part of the records of Day Mines, Inc., donated to the University of Idaho by Henry Day in 1984 and 1985.

Processing Note

Initial processing of this manuscript group was done by Clay Williams in January 1988 and Judith Nielsen in April 1988.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series I. Records of the Board of Directors and the Stockholders , 1904-1918Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
1/1-2
Minute books
1910-1928
1/3
Minutes
1950-1961
1/4
Loose items from minute books
1916-1929
1/5
By-laws and Articles of Incorporation
1904-1955
1/6-7
Records relating to meetings
1950-1961
1/8
Certification of reinstatement
1950-1951
1/9
Records relating to dissolution
1960-1961
1/10
Financial statements
1916; 1923; 1952-1961

Series II. General Correspondence and Related Records , 1924-1960Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
1/11
Correspondence concerning stock transfers
1950-1959
1/12-15
Correspondence A-Z
1950-1958
1/16
Lease, Sunrise Silver-lead
1950-1951
1/17
Old National Bank
1924; 1950-1960
1/18
Paid bills
1950-1953
1/19
Report and correspondence related to a geological appraisal of the C & R Mining Company
1960

Series III. Capital Stock Records , 1904-1961Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
1/20
Stock ledger
1905-1958
1/21
Stock ledger
1904-1913
1/22
Stock ledger
1912-1923
1/23
Stock ledger
1912-1960
2/24
Stock journal
1955-1960
2/25
Stock certificates 1751-2000
1925-2954
2/26
Stock audits
1904-1916
2/27
Stock audit
1950
2/28
Lists of stockholders
1911; 1950-1959
2/29
Records relating to certificates and stock exchange
1961
2/30-31
Records relating to completed stock transfers, DMI
1961
2/32-34
Records relating to assessments
1923-1958

Series IV. Financial Records , 1904-1961Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
2/35
General ledger
1904-1961
2/36-37
Financial ledgers
1904-1929
2/38-39
Cash journals
1904-1926
2/40-41
General journals
1904-1923
2/42
Voucher register
1954-1961
2/43
Bills and receipts
1923-1924
2/44
Bank statements and paid checks
1912; 1950-1961
2/45
Capital stock tax
1914-1958

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Lead mines and mining -- Idaho -- Coeur d'Alene Mining District -- History -- Sources
  • Mining corporations -- Records -- Idaho -- Coeur d'Alene Mining District
  • Silver mines and mining -- Idaho -- Coeur d'Alene Mining District -- History -- Sources

Corporate Names

  • C & R Mining Company