Blue Grouse Mining Company Records

Blue Grouse Mining Company Records, 1898-1920

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Blue Grouse Mining Company, Limited
Title: Blue Grouse Mining Company Records
Dates: 1898-1920 (inclusive)
18981920
Quantity: 0.33 cubic feet
Collection Number: MG261 (collection)
Summary: Stock ledger and journal, list of stockholders, financial ledger and list of disbursements of a small mining company in the Coeur d'Alene mining district 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

Very little is known of the Blue Grouse Mining Company, other than that it eventually passed into the ownership of the Monitor Mining Company, eventually part of Day Mines, Inc.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The records of the Blue Grouse Mining Company span the years 1898 to 1920. Included are a stock ledger and journal, a list of disbursements and another of stockholders, and a financial ledger.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The records of the Blue Grouse Mining Company are not divided into series, but the records are in the same order as series designations in larger collections.

Acquisition Information

The records of the Blue Grouse 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 ca. 1987.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series I. Records , 1898-1920Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
1/1	Stock ledger	1898-1920
1/2	Stock journal	1898-1920
1/3	List of stockholders	undated
1/4	Financial ledger	1898-1914
1/5	List of disbursements	1916-1917

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

Blue Grouse Mining Company, Ltd.

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