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Amazon-Manhattan Mining Company Records, 1917-1941
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Amazon-Manhattan Mining Company
- Title
- Amazon-Manhattan Mining Company Records
- Dates
- 1917-1941 (inclusive)19171941
- Quantity
- 1 cubic foot
- Collection Number
- MG260 (collection)
- Summary
- Financial statements, correspondence with suppliers and stockholders, annual statements and reports to state agencies, stock ledgers and lists of stockholders, financial ledgers and journals, vouchers, check registers and tax returns of a silver-lead mine in the Beaver Mining District of the Coeur d'Alene mining region of northern Idaho.
- Repository
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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 Amazon-Manhattan Mining Company was located in the Beaver Mining District in Shoshone County, Idaho. The claims included the Amazon, Manhattan, New York, Ajax, Staten Island, Glenwood, Monitor, Monitor Fraction, and Merrimac. The principle ores extracted were silver, zinc, and lead.
The Amazon-Manhattan was never a consolidated mine but rather it existed as a partnership with Eugene Day as general manager. A certificate of ownership from 1921 lists the following: Jerome Day, Joseph Morton, Frederick Robertson, Fred Miller, and John Gleason. Since the mine was never incorporated, we do not have the benefit of board of directors' minutes or stockholders' meetings.
The Amazon-Manhattan was never a big producer. Most activity associated from the mine came in 1918. According to the tax return for that year, the company's total assets were $42,826.00. Otherwise, the mine filed their returns as a "non-productive" company. According to the documents, the only function of the company was to hold the title to the property itself. Assay records do indicate that the mine was excavated from the 500 foot level to the 1500 foot level. Most of this work appears to have taken place between 1917 and 1922.
It would seem that the Amazon-Manhattan was part of a larger conglomerate of consolidated interests namely, the Callahan Mining Company New York. A 1919 letter from the United States Fuel Administration concerning the Amazon-Manhattan was addressed to this New York company.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The records of the Amazon-Manhattan Mining Company span the years 1917 to 1941, with the bulk of the material covering the years 1917 to 1925. Included are financial statements, correspondence with suppliers and stockholders, annual statements and reports to state agencies, stock ledgers and journals, cancelled stock certificates, assessment records, lists of stockholders, financial ledgers and journals, vouchers, check registers, and tax returns.
Related materials can be found in the records of Henry Day and the Monitor Mining Company.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
The records of the Amazon-Manhattan Mining Company are divided into three series; General Correspondence and Related Records, Ore Production and Shipment Records, and Financial Records.
The first series, General Correspondence and Related Records, is an alphabetically arranged series containing bills of lading, court cases, contracts, correspondence, financial information such as tax returns, bank statements, and annual reports, contracts, accident reports, and leasing arrangements.
The second series contains information on the shipments of zinc for the year 1918.
The third series is Financial Records and contains a 1918 voucher register and a ledger for the years 1917-1922.
Payroll records for 1917-1919 can be found among the records of the Monitor (item 362). Monthly time books for these years were discarded. Removal of cancelled stock certificates, returned assessment notices, vouchers, paid checks, bank statements, and duplicate materials reduced the size of this collection by one cubic foot.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Series I. General Correspondence and Related Records , 1917-1941Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/1 | A |
1917-1928 |
| 1/2 | Anchor Group |
1919-1924 |
| 1/3 | Annual Statements |
1922-1927 |
| 1/4 | B |
1917 |
| 1/5 | Bills of lading |
1918 |
| 1/6 | Board account |
1918 |
| 1/7 | Burke, Patrick: court case |
1918 |
| 1/8 | C |
1917-1922 |
| 1/9 | Capital Stock Returns |
1924-1926 |
| 1/10 | Contracts, Mining |
1918 |
| 1/11 | Coeur D'Alene Hardware & Foundry Co. |
1918-1923 |
| 1/12 | D-E |
1918 |
| 1/13 | Estate of Dennis Riordan |
1918 |
| 1/14 | Explosives |
1918 |
| 1/15 | F-H |
1917-1919 |
| 1/16 | Hospital contract |
1919-1920 |
| 1/17 | I |
1918-1920, 1933 |
| 1/18 | Income tax |
1920-1930 |
| 1/19 | Industrial Accident Board |
1918-1921 |
| 1/20 | Industrial Accident Board: cases |
1918-1920 |
| 1/21 | Insurance, fire |
1918-1919 |
| 1/22 | J-L |
1917-1921, 1932 |
| 1/23 | Labor contracts |
1918-1919 |
| 1/24 | Liberty loan records |
1918 |
| 1/25 | Lovette, Mike |
1918 |
| 1/26 | Lumber and stulls |
1917 |
| 1/27 | M |
1917-1920 |
| 1/28 | Miscellaneous lists and statements |
1918 |
| 1/29 | Minerals Separation Corporation |
1918 |
| 1/30 | N |
1917-1923 |
| 1/31 | Northport Smelting and Refining Co. |
1918-1919 |
| 1/32 | O |
1917-1918 |
| 1/33 | Ownership file |
1918-1923 |
| 1/34 | R |
1917-1925, 1937 |
| 1/35 | Requisition for supplies |
1917-1918 |
| 1/36 | Road tax |
1917-1918 |
| 1/37 | S |
1917-1927 |
| 1/38 | Statements |
1917-1921, 1937 |
| 1/39 | State Mine Inspector reports |
1918-1921 |
| 1/40 | T-W |
1917-1927, 1937 |
| 1/41 | Washoe sampler, zinc quotations |
1918 |
| 1/42 | Workmen's compensation |
1925 |
Miscellaneous records |
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| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/43 | Annual reports |
1928-1941 |
| 1/44 | Bank statements |
1917-1939 |
| 1/45 | Carlisle tunnel |
1940 |
| 1/46 | Federal income tax returns |
1928-1932 |
| 1/47 | Lease: Evans, Carl |
1937 |
| 1/48 | Miscellaneous |
1926-1938 |
Series II. Ore Production and Shipment Records , 1918Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/49-50 | Zinc Shipments |
1918 |
Series II. Financial Records , 1917-1922Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/51 | Voucher register |
1918 |
| os/52 | Ledger |
1917-1922 |
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
- Amazon-Manhattan Mining Company
Finding aid prepared by Michael Tarabulski
1991
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