Northport Smelting and Refining Company Records, 1898-1936

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Northport Smelting and Refining Company
Title
Northport Smelting and Refining Company Records
Dates
1898-1936 (inclusive)
Quantity
38 cubic feet
Collection Number
MG234 (collection)
Summary
Correspondence and organizational, financial, ore treatment, personnel, and insurance records of a Northport, Washington, lead smelter, including records of a predecessor corporation, the Northport Mining & Smelting Company.
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 Northport Mining and Smelting Company, predecessor to the Northport Smelting and Refining Company, was incorporated in Washington state in June 1898, with offices in Spokane. The original officers were C.H. MacKintosh, president; Weldon B. Heyburn (later U.S. senator from Idaho), vice-president and solicitor; and Edwin Durant, treasurer and secretary. The trustees of the company immediately authorized purchase of mining property on La Fleur Mountain in Stevens County, Washington, and in March of the following year authorized purchase of smelting plant and property from the Le Roi Mining and Smelting Co. on the bank of the Columbia River, near Northport, Washington. No capital stock records have survived from the Northport, but it seems it was created by the Le Roi company, a Canadian firm. It and its successor, Northport Smelting and Refining, were under Le Roi's control until sold to the Day interests in 1915.

In July 1901 the Northport Mining and Smelting Company was reorganized as the Northport Smelting and Refining Company, chartered under Idaho law, with offices in Wallace, Idaho. Of the 1 million shares of stock authorized for the new firm (at a par value of $1), one share each was held by Heyburn, J. Mayne Daly, Louis Odell, Bernard O'Neil, and Bernard MacDonald -- the first board of directors. The other 999,995 shares were held in trust for the Le Roi company, the successive trustees being Bernard MacDonald from 1901 to 1907, Albert Goodell until 1912, and W.S. Rugh thereafter. In its early years the smelter primarily treated copper ores from the Le Roi's mine near Rossland, British Columbia (although the "Matte Record, 1901-1911," indicates gold values consistently running several times higher than those for copper). In 1906, however, the Le Roi company contracted for treatment of its ores at the less distant Trail smelter in British Columbia, and the Northport gradually terminated its operations, shipping its last matte in May 1911.

In September 1915 a quarrel with ASARCO over smelting rates encouraged the Hercules Mining Co. and the Tamarack & Custer Consolidated Mining Co. jointly to acquire both the idle Northport plant and the Pennsylvania Smelter Co. of Carnegie, Pennsylvania. The two mining firms each paid half of $80,000 for all of Northport's capital. Eugene Day, Jerome Day, Edward Boyce, Frank M. Rothrock, and E.H. Knight received one share each on September 15, 1915, and were appointed as the new board of directors. The bulk of the shares were divided on January 11, 1917, with 499,997 going to Jerome as trustee for the Tamarack & Custer and 499,998 to Eugene as trustee for the Hercules. Jerome Day served as president for the remainder of the firm's existence. R.W. Marston became the Northport's first general manager but was succeeded by E.H. Laws in 1918.

By March 1916 the Northport plant had been renovated for the treatment of lead ores. The Hercules and the Tamarack & Custer together put up $398,736 for rehabilitation costs and working capital. To supply silica fluxes for the smelter several mines in Washington's Republic District were acquired from the Republic Consolidated Mining Co., Ltd., in July 1916. The Hercules and the Tamarack & Custer paid $150,000 for these properties, and the Northport held the mines in trust. In 1918 Northport issued two million new shares of stock to the two mining companies for the purchase of mines and remodeling of the plant, giving it three million shares outstanding, par valued at $1 each.

By 1919, the Northport plant had complete equipment for sampling, crushing, sintering, and smelting gold, silver, and lead ores, including a drossing plant, thaw house, assay office, engineering office, general office, store room, hospital, fire and electrical systems, machine shop, roaster building, and sampling mill.

Lead bullion produced at Northport was refined in Pennsylvania. Inability to secure favorable freight rates led to closure of the Northport smelter in 1921. On August 24, 1922, the Days reached an agreement with ASARCO by which the latter firm--faced with competition from the new Bunker Hill smelter--offered good terms for ores and purchased the Northport smelter for $1,200,000, which provided a $309,622 dividend to Northport stockholders. ASARCO then dismantled the smelter and the Days shipped their ores to the ASARCO plant at East Helena, Montana. After the smelter was sold to ASARCO, annual stockholders meetings continued to be held for the election of directors and to confirm actions taken by officers and directors during each preceding year, but little substantial business had to be conducted other than gradual liquidation of remaining assets.

Immediately after the Northport smelter opened, in the late 1890s, damage from fumes was evident in the surrounding countryside. After the shutdown, however, apple orchards were developed in the vicinity until 1916 when the Days revived the smelter for the treatment of lead ores. Promptly upon the reopening, local farmers began pressing claims for dying livestock. After installing a Cottrell precipitator in 1917 to recover metals lost through the chimney, the Northport refused to pay for damages. Several claims went to trial in the early 1920s. The Trombetta case was settled with the smelter purchasing a smoke easement, but when the Janni and Pfeiffer cases ended in verdicts favoring Northport pending cases were dismissed.

In December 1927 the Aurum Mining Co., another Day enterprise, purchased all remaining Northport property and equipment and all accounts receivable for 640,000 shares of the new firm. The transferred assets consisted primarily of the Republic mining properties, whose ores contained small amounts of silver and gold. Simultaneously with accepting this offer from Aurum, the Northport directors declared a dividend of all free cash and government securities in the company treasury and recommended a reduction of the outstanding capital stock. In February 1928 the stockholders agreed to reduce the outstanding capital stock from $3 million to $40,000. The Hercules and the Tamarack & Custer continued to cover the Northport's few expenses, which only increased the firm's indebtedness. In February 1934 the directors authorized forfeiture of the Northport's charter. After disposing of the last remaining asset, half the water rights for the city of Northport, and settling the firm's debts, the company filed for a decree of disincorporation, approved September 28, 1936.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The records of the Northport Smelting and Refining Company are arranged in seven series. Organizational records include the minutes, 1898-1934, of the Boards of Directors and the Stockholders. Vol. 2, 1901-1919, includes the by-laws adopted July 18, 1901.

Records relating to Annual and Special Meetings, 1923-1936, include notices of meetings; agendas; lists of stockholders; proxies; oaths and affidavits; and ballots. Frequently there are also copies of minutes, rough notes, powers of attorney, treasurer's reports, correspondence, assignments of dividends, balance sheets and other financial statements, reports of tellers, and other records. Records concerning the lease of Northport land by Peter Janni contain correspondence, a map, and a copy of the lease, Jan. 1, 1934. Records of Jerome Day's work as trustee of the Northport largely concern the dissolution of the company and include paid checks, bank statements, lists of securities, financial statements, receipts, correspondence, and other records. Also relating to the dissolution of the company are balance sheets, a release of obligations, and a decree of disincorporation dated September 28, 1936.

The volume of financial statements, July 1917-May 1922, is labelled on the spine: "N.S.& R.Co., Reports, Vol. 1, W.N. Ellis." W.N. Ellis was the metallurgist and assistant manager of the Northport company. There are gaps in the record. Also included here is the annual report of the National Metallurgical Company, 1910-1911.

A group of miscellaneous records, 1901-1919, includes documents found loose in an otherwise blank volume titled "Book of By-Laws of the Northport Smelting and Refining Co." These are: articles of incorporation, July 13, 1901; by-laws, June 3, 1918; indentures relating to the transfer of certain mining claims; and a small amount of correspondence and other documents, including draft minutes, September 25, 1915, relating chiefly to sale of Northport property and capital stock and to reimbursement of the Hercules Mining Co. for cash advanced for Northport plant rehabilitation.

The series of Capital Stock Records includes only two volumes of cancelled stock certificates, 1901-1928.

The third series, General Correspondence and Related Records, 1897-1925, is divided into eight subseries. The first consists of records, 1897-1921, most of which relate to the Le Roi's Northport, very few extending into the period of Day ownership. Most are legal records: copies of resolutions, powers of attorney, affidavits, transcripts of testimony, agreements, contracts, smoke releases, minors' releases, deeds, patents, proofs of labor, assessment lists, fire and liability insurance policies, and tax returns. There are also correspondence, proposals, vouchers, receipts, clippings, maps, plats, memoranda, and other records. Many similar Northport documents are in the records of the Aurum Mining Co.

Also included are Le Roi organizational records: articles of incorporation, agreements on freight rates, Northport site deeds, agreements with Guggenheim Smelting and with the Northport company. For the Northport, almost all predating 1916, are articles of incorporation and by-laws, 1898 and 1901; related records; an undated classification of accounts; plant, supply, and equipment inventories; real estate deeds; and correspondence covering corporate license fees, land titles, appointments of directors, annual meetings, capital stock, and real and personal property. There are records of federal and local taxes. One file concerns W.A. Rugh as secretary treasurer and another concerns the appointment of company agents at ports of entry into the United States. Other records concern the sale of copper matte to Nichols Chemical and Tacoma Smelting.

There are also questionnaires from the Treasury Department, the Bureau of Mines, the Bureau of the Census, and the Geological Survey. Legal documents and related records concern the matte-stealing case of Bartlett and Peel; fume damage to crops, timber, and livestock, including the Downs, Park, Rowe, Sterrett, Janni, Johnson, and Laird cases; industrial accidents such as the Franick, Garrison, Maras, Morrison, Olson, Sherlock, Tweedell, and Twitchell cases; and other litigation against Doyle, Knox, the Northport Mill & Smeltermen's Union, Pacific Coast Casualty, and Wrzesinski. There is a survey of lawsuits pending by Daniel H. Carey.

Equipment and supply proposals and specifications come from Bradley Engineering, Edward P. Allis Co., Heine Safety Boiler, Jeffrey Manufacturing, Link Belt, Mine and Smelter Supply, Robins Conveying Belt, Standard Oil, and Trent Engineering; others are on plant electrification and steam shovels. Files on Breen, Case, Northport Townsite, Payne, Riley, Slawson, Sly, Snyder, and Sterrett concern real estate. Files on the Spokane Falls and Northern Railway, Spokane Northern Telegraph, Case, Slawson, Upper Columbia Co., Sterrett, the Great Northern, and the Fife Brothers concern rights of way for roads, flumes, or telegraph lines. Coal supply is dealt with in the file on the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Co; limestone in files on the Floro Quarry, Idaho Lime, John Stone, and Palms; water rights in Morrill and Water Rights; and employment of minors in files on Fritz, Vaughn, and Wilcox.

The subseries "Classified Correspondence, 1915-1922," was apparently maintained by E.H. Laws, manager; W.N. Ellis, assistant manager; and W.H. Hubbard Jr., acting manager. Here are records of daily plant operation, specifications for machinery, blueprints and drawings, requests for bids, orders, freight rates, litigation, etc. Arrangement is by an alphabetical-numerical classification scheme, with general categories subdivided by specific subjects. The first item in this subseries is an outline of the classification headings, not all of which are included among the records.

The correspondence of Jerome J. Day, President, 1917-1921, includes communications between Jerome Day, in Wallace, Idaho, and the offices in Northport and in Republic, Washington. Additional records on the Northport Mining and Smelting Co., particularly on the dissolution of the firm and disposal of property and settlement of claims, may be found in the general correspondence series in the papers of Jerome J. Day.

Records kept by the Manager of Northport Smelting & Refining Co., 1916-1921, contains copies of correspondence and reports, usually addressed to Jerome Day, president, and apparently kept by the Northport manager, Samuel James and later E.L. Laws, in five ring binders and one folder of loose material. Included are statements of metal losses and gains, narrative and statistical reports, ore statements, statements of development work, reports on operating costs, reports on income, balance sheets, and other financial statistics.

Correspondence, 1917-1925, of Horatio H. Miller, General Auditor for both the Northport and the Pennsylvania smelters, primarily consists of business records of the Northport, with a relatively small amount directly concerning the Pennsylvania firm. There is also correspondence relating to Miller's personal business and family. In addition to letters, these records include financial statements of the Northport and associated forms, trial balances, receipts for Miller's paychecks and expenses, copies of minutes of meetings, notes, sheets of calculations, telegrams, tables of company costs, personal bank statements, typed and printed copies of federal regulations, affidavits, statistical reports on operations, and other records.

Among the subjects dealt with are the installation of a new accounting system, the financial position of the company, federal and local taxation, the obtaining of critical materials during wartime, plant insurance, railroad rates and railroad car availability, operations of the General Traffic Department, operations of the Northport city water system, federal silver purchase legislation and its effects, meetings of the board of governors of the American Mining Congress, and organization and operation of the Pennsylvania Smelting Co. Major correspondents include Jerome and Harry Day, company officials in Northport, Washington; Wallace, Idaho; and Carlisle, Pennsylvania; and officers of railroads and of the federal government. Arranged chronologically by month.

Chief Clerk John F. Costello's correspondence, 1922, includes copies of correspondence of E.H. Laws, manager, and other records, relating largely to routine administrative matters.

There are also records relating to industrial insurance, 1915-1922, in a separate subseries.

The correspondence of the Republic Mines Department, 1916-1917 and 1921-1924, is arranged by year. It is largely letters, often with enclosures, addressed to George W. Fairweather, as superintendent, or to George S. Bailey, as superintendent or as manager, Republic Mines Department, concerning machinery parts, property taxes, supplies, claim locations, and other routine business. One folder contains correspondence, 1922-1924, between Bailey and E.H. Laws, manager of the Northport Smelter and later of the Pennsylvania smelter. One folder, 1924, relates to the Old Dominion mine.

Financial records of the company consists of: "Department Journals," 1898-1909, an incomplete sequence of journal/voucher registers for the Northport. They detail the financial arrangements between the smelter and the Rossland, British Columbia, office of the Le Roi Mining & Smelting Co., and show the distribution of expenses and income among some twenty accounts. Vol. 1, 1898-1899, is labeled "Le Roi Mining and Smelting Co., Smelting Department." Vol. 5, 1905-1909, contains entries dealing analytically with transactions identified in vol. 4, 1904-1909, only by name of second party.

Cash Journals, 1899-1903, are in two volumes, the earlier of which is labeled, "Le Roi Mining & Smelting Co., Smelting Department."

The one volume Voucher Record/General Journal ("Combined Journal & Cash Book"), Mar. 1916-June 1917, covers vouchers 363-2512. The journal function of this record is continued by the three volume set of General Journals, 1917-1934, wherein there are monthly (later semi-monthly) summaries, with debits and credits to be transferred to general and subsidiary ledgers. The voucher record function continues in the Voucher Record, July 1917-Jan. 1923, covering vouchers 2513-9462.

Volume 1 of Ledgers, 1915-1927, contains both subsidiary ledger account sheets, 1915-1917, arranged alphabetically, and "Transfer Sheets after July 1, 1917," from the general ledger, arranged by account number. Volume 2, 1917-1921, is "Closed Account Sheets, General Ledger," and is arranged by account number. Volume 3, 1917-1927, has been disbound and its contents placed in order in thirteen folders.

The record of drafts against Pennsylvania Smelting Co., July 26, 1920-May 2, 1921, is in a volume headed "Bills Receivable," recording payments from the Pennsylvania Smelting Co., drafts 1206-1424. These numbers do not match draft numbers in the Bullion Record.

Pages 1-152 of the Northport Smelting & Refining Co., cash account, Miners & Smelters Bank, Northport, Washington, July 1, 1917-Jan. 1, 1925, provides dates, name of second party to transactions, sometimes the number of the account debited, voucher numbers (2453-10075), and check numbers. Pages 156-170 hold the Aurum Mine cash account at Wallace Bank & Trust Co. for Jan. 17, 1928-Oct. 30, 1931, covering vouchers 1-672. Pages 400-72 are the Northport cash account atWallace Bank and Trust, July 1, 1917-Jan. 1, 1931, vouchers 2527-10953.

The vouchers of Aug. 23, 1915-Feb. 10, 1916 are in numerical order, except that the earliest ones, in folder "0", lack numbers. Most voucher forms have one or more attached invoices and sometimes related correspondence, freight bills, and other records. Vouchers 313-10733, Feb. 10, 1916 to July 9, 1927 (excepting numbers 601-2250, May 11, 1916-Apr. 30, 1917, and 3436-5450, July 1, 1917-1918, missing when the collection was accessioned) have been discarded. Their contents are summarized in the Voucher Record/General Journal, 1916-1917; the Voucher Record, 1917-1923; and the Cash Book, 1917-1931.

"Construction Accounts, Dec. 31, 1920"(-Mar. 11 1921), the bound reports of E.H. Laws, manager, to Jerome Day, president, details expenditures for property, construction, and equipment.

The first section of cash journal of the Republic Mines Department, 1916-1923, apparently (see p. 15) relates to the "A.G.M.& R. Co." On p. 1 is "Inventory of Goods on Hand at Colfax, Republic County," no date; on pp. 2-19 is a journal of purchases, Oct. 1912-June 1913. Pages 22-200 contain the cash journal of the Republic Mines Department, Aug. 31, 1916-Mar. 16, 1923.

Both volumes of the purchasing records of the Republic Mines Department, 1916-1933, are labeled "Day-Book" on spine. There are chronological entries for supplies of all sorts purchased for the mines department. Vol. 1, 1916-1920, is labeled "Northport Smelting and Refining Co., Mines Department, Purchase Record." Vol. 2, 1920-1933, has, on page 2, the caption: "Purchase Invoice Record." Vol. 2 includes voucher numbers after Dec., 1924.

The "Cash-Voucher Record" of the Republic Mines Department, 1916- 1924, gives, on the first pages the "Distribution of Labor Expenses" in various parts of the Republic mines, Aug.-Nov., 1917. The rest of the volume is the "Combined Journal, Cash Book," Aug. 1916-Apr. 1924. It includes voucher numbers. [This voucher record continues in the Records of the Aurum Mining Co., MG 235, voucher record for Jan. 1928-Jan. 1934.]

Records of ore treatment and metal production include ore received ("Lot Record and Weights"), Nov. 28, 1898- Oct. 1, 1900, labeled "Le Roi Mining & Smelting Co."; record of ores purchased, Jan. 1901-Feb. 1904, labeled "Vol. 2."; record of ores treated, Jan. 1898-Apr. 1901; record of roast heaps and raw ore bins ("Matte and Shipping Record"), 1901-1907; record of ores treated raw, July 31, 1903-Apr. 1, 1909; daily report of smelting operations, 1902-1904; and "Matte Record", Aug. 20, 1901-June 17, 1911.

The first volumes document all lots of ores purchased, their weights and contents as assayed by both the supplier and the smelter, their transportation, values, and basis of settlements, pertinent dates, and voucher numbers, by which the payment for various lots can be traced into the accounting system. There are also monthly and annual totals. The three "Record of Ores Purchased" volumes record shipments from independent producers, 1916-1921, and, in vol. 3, shipments from the Aurum Mining Co. to the smelter at Trail, British Columbia, through 1928.

The Record of Ores Treated, Mar. 1916-Sep. 1, 1921, gives monthly, albeit incomplete, summary accounts of "Ores Treated," "Ores Purchased," "Ores and By-Products on Hand," "Ores Smelted," and "Metal Statements," with monthly totals and recapitulations of ore supplied by individual mining companies.

The "Bullion Record," July 1, 1917-July 6, 1922, documents silver-lead bullion sales. Included are: lot number; car number; shipment date and arrival at refinery date; both smelter and refinery weights; assay results for smelter, refinery, and split; gold, silver, and lead contents; deductions for freight, refining charges, and excess zinc; and "net value" as determined by both smelter and refinery. A space for "drafts drawn" is always left blank until May 1919. There are monthly totals for each category of information. The smelter monthly total net value is repeated in the General Journal as a debit to the bullion sales account.

The eleven folders of Bullion Statements, Oct. 9, 1916-July 1, 1917, are typed carbons issued by Northport Smelter to the Pennsylvania Smelting Co., giving numbers of bars, date, lot numbers, car numbers, weights, assay results at smelter and refinery and split, gold, silver and lead contents, deductions for freight, refining charges, and excess zinc, and amount of draft. Attached to each statement is a pencilled draft of the same, an assay certificate issued by the smelter, a settlement issued by the refinery, a railroad freight bill, and sometimes weight tickets. These statements are numbered in several sequences, but there are gaps. Folders containing statements dated July 2, 1917 through May 12, 1920 have been discarded as those are recorded in the Bullion Record, 1917-1920, described above.

Of the records relating chiefly to bullion shipments, Apr. 1916-Mar. 1917, five folders contain correspondence between the Northport, the Pennsylvania Smelter, and the Wallace National Bank regarding silver-lead bullion shipments and payments for same. These are transmittal letters, presenting drafts for payment on particular bullion lots. The "reports" are incomplete Pennsylvania settlement sheets which contain assay information, Oct.-Nov. 1916. There is one folder of correspondence with the CB&Q concerning car routings and deliveries.

The eighteen folders of coded telegrams from Pennsylvania Smelter to A.P. Ramstedt, Nov. 1917-Apr. 1921, include message forms and translation sheets giving code words and translations describing operation of the Pennsylvania plant (numbers of units in operation); amounts of bullion and lead received, produced, sold, and shipped; lead and silver price quotations; and amounts of metal on hand, in process, and inquired for. These telegrams seem to have been sent daily.

Copper matte settlements, Mar. 4, 1918-Feb. 11, 1921, were issued by the Tacoma Smelter Co. for silver-copper matte bought of the Northport Smelter; attached to each settlement are assay certificates and freight bills. There are also a few summary sheets, which indicate weights and assay results (but no financial information) of shipments made in various months. These copper matte shipments are not recorded in the bullion record, which concerns only silver-lead shipments to the Pennsylvania Smelter. Copper matte shipments seem to have been made only occasionally between the beginning of 1918 and the end of 1920.

The folder of records relating to ore contracts, 1905-1907, contains information on dealings with the First Thought Gold Mines, United Copper Mining Co., and the Hunter V Mine.

Personnel records include a one volume list of employees hired, Jan. 27-Oct. 15, 1917. Pages 32-35, headed, "Northport Smelting and Refining Co., Republic Mines Department," are a chronological list of employees hired, giving previous job or experience, and shift starting work. The remainder of the volume is divided into sections for four mines (Lone Pine, Surprise, Pearl, Last Chance) and one mill (San Poil), giving dates, cars wanted, cars loaded, destination, and signature (usually J.M. McFarland), Nov. 1914-Jan. 1915. The volume had previously been used as the "Car Book of the Western Union Mines, Republic, Washington," but this was not the same Western Union firm as the Idaho mining company whose records are described elsewhere.

Three volumes make up pay rolls, 1915-1922. Volume 1 covers employees of the Northport Mining & Smelting Co., Aug. 1915-Sep. 30, 1916, and of the Republic Mines Dept., Aug. 26, 1916-May 31, 1917. Volume 2 continues the Republic Mines Dept. to 1921. Volume 3 covers the Northport Smelter from Jan. 1920 through July 1922. For the distribution of labor expenses in the Republic Mines, Aug.-Nov. 1917, see the "Cash-Voucher Record," 1916-1924, described above.

There are also three bundles of Employment Cards, 1915-1922, of about 950 items. Organized alphabetically by employee name, these cards record place of birth, age at employment, and term of employment.

The final series, Insurance Records, consists of one volume. Three folios of this large volume record details of insurance policies and premiums paid on policies dated from Feb. 1918 through July 1922 with a synopsis of unearned premiums on policies cancelled at the sale of the property in August 1922.

Acquisition Information

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

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series I. Records of the Boards of Directors and the Stockholders , 1898-1936Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
1/1-3
Minutes
June 30, 1898-Feb. 28, 1934
1/4-16
Records relating to annual and special meetings
1923-1934
1/17
Janni lease
1934
1/18
Jerome J. Day, trustee
1/19
Final disincorporation
1/20
Financial statements
July 1917-May 1922
1/21
Miscellaneous
1901-1919

Series II. Capital Stock Records , 1901-1928Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
1/22
Cancelled stock certificates #1-24
July 20, 1901-Nov. 1, 1917
1/23
Cancelled stock certificates #251-264
Sept. 30, 1919-May 10, 1928

Series III. General Correspondence and Related Records , 1897-1925Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
A. Records
1897-1921
Box/Folder
2/24
Agents
1902-1905
2/25
Bailey, J.H.
1903
2/26-26a
Bartlett, George E. and Ernest Peel
1903
2/27
Boiler inspections
1904-1909
2/28
Bradley Engineering & Machinery Co.
1900-1901
2/29
Breen, James
1899-1900
2/30
Bureau of Mines
1914
2/31
Bureau of the Census
1909-1910
2/32
Carey, Daniel H.
1903
2/33
Case, Mrs. L.M.
1901
2/34
Case, William F.
1910-1915
2/35
County road through smelter property
1909-1910
2/36
Crow's Nest Pass Coal Co.
1906-1908
2/37
Downs, A.V. & Iva L.
1900
2/38
Doyle, S.A.
1901
2/39
Edward P. Allis Co.
1897-1901
2/40
Electric power
1901-1911
2/41
Fife Brothers
1917
2/42
Flanick, Frank
1908-1917
2/43-44
Floro placer claims #1-2
1900-1912
2/45
Flume
1903-1916
2/46
Fritz, Carl
1905
2/47
Garrison, Charles
1903
2/48
Geological survey
1912-1913
2/49
Great Northern Railway
1908-1916
2/50
Heine Safety Boiler Co.
1900-1909
2/51
Idaho Lime Co.
1907-1908
2/52
Insurance
1906-1914
2/53
Janni vs. Northport
1921
2/54
Jeffrey Manufacturing Co.
1901
2/55
Johnson, J.O.
1908
2/56
Knox vs. Smelter
1908
2/57
Laird, E. H.
1917
2/58
Lead tariff
1905-1909
2/59
Le Roi Mining & Smelting Co.
1897-1909
2/60
Link Belt Machinery Co.
1901-1902
2/61
Maras, Matt
1908-1910
2/62
Mine & Smelter Supply Co.
1901
2/63
Morrill, Robert
1900-1904
2/64
Morrison, R.C.
1906
2/65
Nichols Chemical Co.
1902
Northport Company
Box/Folder
2/66
Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws
1898-1901
2/67
Classification of Accounts
undated
2/68
Inventories
1916-1917
2/69
Minutes
1900-1910
3/70
Annual statements and foreign licenses
1899-1915
3/71
Real estate and personal property
1909-1915
3/72
Taxes
1909-1914
Box/Folder
3/73
Northport Electrical Lighting
1911
3/74
Northport Mill & Smeltermen's Union
1901
3/75
Northport Smelter--Annexation to Northport City
1907
3/76
Northport Townsite Co.
3/77
Olson, J.
1904
3/78
Pacific Coast Casualty Co.
1908-1911
3/79
Palms, Nils
1906
3/80
Park, Charles N.
1907-1915
3/81
Payne, F.E.
1910
3/82
Riley, Mason
1912
3/83
Robins Conveying Belt Co.
1901
3/84
Rowe, E.J.
1904
3/85
Rugh, W.S.
1907-1912
3/86
Sherlock, Martin
1905
3/87
Slawson, C.S.
1898-1907
3/88
Sly, L.P.
1901
3/89
Smoke releases
1906
3/90
Snyder, John
1901
3/91
Spokane Falls & Northern Railway Co.
1901
3/92
Spokane Northern Telegraph Co.
1900
3/93
Standard Oil Co.
1909
3/94
Steam shovels
1901
3/95
Sterrett, H.W.
1900-1915
3/96
Stone, John H.
1902-1906
3/97
Tacoma Smelting Co.
1904-1908
3/98
Treasury Dept.
1913-1915
3/99
Trent Engineering & Machinery Co.
3/100
Tweedell, S.H.
1903
3/101
Twitchell, Clifford
1904-1907
3/102
Upper Columbia Co.
1915-1916
3/103
Vaughn, R.S.
1905
3/104
Water rights
1897-1916
3/105
Wilcox, John and James
3/106
Wrzesinski Case
1908
B. Classified Correspondence
1915-1922
Box/Folder
3/107
Classification outline
3/108-109
4-1: Betterment--General #1-2
3/110-111
7-1: Blast Furnace Plant--General #1-2
3/112
7-2: Blast Furnace Plant--Charge Floor--Misc.
3/113-114
7-3: Blast Furnace Plant--Dump--Misc. #1-2
3/115-116
7-4: Blast Furnace Plant--Charge cars #1-2
3/117
7-5: Blast Furnace Plant--Blowers
3/118-119
7-6: Blast Furnace Plant--Jackets #1-2
3/120-121
7-7: Blast Furnace Plant--Matte pans #1-2
3/122
7-8: Blast Furnace Plant--Settlers
3/123
7-9: Blast Furnace Plant--Cranes
3/124
7-10: Blast Furnace Plant--Operation
3/125
7-11: Blast Furnace Plant--Tuyeres
3/126
10-1: By-products--General
3/127
13-1: Chimneys--General
4/128-129
16-1: Cottrell Plant--General #1-2
4/130-131
16-2: Cottrell Plant--Rectifier plant #1-2
4/132-133
16-3: Cottrell Plant--Treater #1-2
4/134
16-4: Cottrell Plant--Operation
4/135
16-5: Cottrell Plant--Spray chamber equipment
4/136
19-1: Crushing Plant--General
4/137
19-2: Crushing Plant--Crushers
4/138
19-3: Crushing Plant--Rolls
4/139
19-4: Crushing Plant--Screens
4/140-142
22-1: Drossing Plant--General #1-3
4/143
22-2: Drossing Plant--Operation
4/144-145
22-3: Drossing Plant--Building #1-2
4/146
22-4: Drossing Plant--Crane
4/147-148
22-5: Drossing Plant--Kettles #1-2
4/149
22-6: Drossing Plant--Casting machines
4/150
25-1: Electrical Department--General
4/151
25-2: Electrical Department--Operation
4/152
25-3: Electrical Department--Northport Power and Light Co.
4/153
25-4: Electrical Department--Motors
4/154
25-5: Electrical Department--Lighting system
4/155
25-6: Electrical Department--Storage battery locomotives
4/156
25-7: Electrical Department--Storage battery trucks
4/157
25-8: Electrical Department--Station equipment
4/158
25-9: Electrical Department--Transmission lines
4/159
25-10: Electrical Department--Heaters
4/160
28-1: Engineering office--General
5/161
29-1: Flue system--General
5/162
31-1: Fuel--General
5/163
31-2: Fuel--Coal
5/164-165
31-3: Fuel--Coke #1-2
5/166
31-4: Fuel--Fuel oil
5/167
31-5: Fuel--Powdered coal
5/168
31-6: Fuel--Blacksmith coal
5/169
34-1: General equipment--Belt conveyors
5/170
34-2: General equipment--Scales
5/171
34-3: General equipment--Recording instruments
5/172
34-4: General equipment--Fire apparatus
5/173
34-5: General equipment--General
5/174
37-1: General office--General
5/175
37-2: General office--Stationery
5/176
37-3: General office--Books
5/177
37-4: General office--Reports
5/178
37-5: General office--Government Reports
5/179-180
37-6: General office--Accounts #1-2
5/181
37-7: General office--Acceptances
5/182
37-8: General office--Memberships & subscriptions
5/183
37-9: General office--Office equipment
5/184
37-10: General office--Time clock equipment
5/185
37-11: General office--Lost checks
5/186
37-12: General office--General authorizations
5/187-190
37-22/25: General office--Reports on operation
1919-1922
5/191
40-1: Insurance--General
5/192
40-2: Insurance--Fire
5/193
40-3: Insurance--Boiler
5/194
40-4: Insurance--Automobile
5/195
40-5: Insurance--Industrial
5/196
40-6: Insurance--Medical aid
5/197-198
40-7: Insurance--Hospital #1-2
6/199
40-8: Insurance--Claims
6/200
40-9: Insurance--Appraisals (includes photo negs.)
6/201
40-10: Insurance--National Safety Council
6/202
40-11: Insurance--Safety committee--General
6/203
40-12: Insurance--Safety committee--Minutes
6/204
40-13: Insurance--Monthly bulletins, Washington Industrial Insurance Department
6/205
40-14: Insurance--Safe Practices, National Safety Council
6/206-210
40-15/20: Insurance--Industrial insurance cases
1915-1920
6/211-212
40-21/22: Insurance--Industrial insurance vouchers
1921-1922
6/213
43-1: Investments--Liberty bonds
6/214
43-2: Investments--General
6/215
46-1: Labor--General
6/216-216a
46-2: Labor--Wage schedules
6/217
46-3: Labor--Payroll
6/218
49-1: Laboratory--General
6/219
52-1: Legal--General
6/220
52-2: Legal--Licenses
6/221-223
52-3: Legal--Garnishments #1-3
6/224
55-1: Limerock--General
6/225
55-2: Limerock--Flora Quarry
6/226
55-3: Limerock--Janni Quarry
6/227-228
58-1: Litigation--General #1-2
6/229
58-2: Litigation--Garnishments
6/230
58-3: Litigation--Arthur W. Featherkile
6/231
58-4: Litigation--Raffle Janni
6/232
58-5: Litigation--Panfilo Trombetta
6/233
58-6: Litigation--J.D. Phillips
6/234
58-7: Litigation--C.H. Dotts
6/235
58-8: Litigation--Herman Pfeiffer
6/236
58-9: Litigation--Jupiter Lead Co.
6/237
58-10: Litigation--Hugh Waddell
6/238
58-11: Litigation--Lone Pine-Surprise Consolidated Mines Co.
6/239
58-12: Litigation--Dr. C.F. Eikenbary
6/240
58-13: Litigation--Leonard R. & Gertrude Featherkile
6/241
61-1: Mechanical Department--General
6/242
61-2: Mechanical Department--Steam locomotives
6/243
61-3: Mechanical Department--Gasoline locomotives
6/244
61-4: Mechanical Department--Locomotive cranes--proposals
6/245
61-5: Mechanical Department--Locomotive cranes--operation
6/246
61-6: Mechanical Department--Locomotive cranes--repairs
6/247
61-7: Mechanical Department--Machine tools
7/248
61-8: Mechanical Department--Oxyacetalyne welding
7/249
61-9: Mechanical Department--Arc welding
7/250
61-10: Mechanical Department--Steam heating
7/251
61-11: Mechanical Department--Stoves
7/252
61-12: Mechanical Department--Second hand machinery
7/253
64-1: Metallurgy--General
7/254
64-2: Metallurgy--Flotation
7/255
64-4: Metallurgy--By-product coke
7/256-262
70-1: Ore supply--General #1-7
7/263
70-2: Ore supply--Hercules Mining Co.
7/264
70-3: Ore supply--Tamarack & Custer Mining Co.
7/265
70-4: Ore supply--Electric Point Mining Co.
7/266
70-5: Ore supply--Quilp Gold Mining Co.
7/267
70-6: Ore supply--Amazon-Manhattan Mining Co.
7/268
70-7: Ore supply--Gladstone Mountain Mining Co.
7/269
73-1: Personal--J.J. Day
7/270
73-2: Personal--H.L. Day
7/271
73-3: Personal--E.R. Day
7/272
73-4: Personal--Samuel James
7/273
73-5: Personal--R.W. Marston
7/274
73-6: Personal--E.H. Laws
7/275
73: Personal--Code Telegrams
7/276
76-1: Plant operation--General
7/277
76-1: Plant operation--Shipments to Carnegie
7/278
76-1: Plant operation--Shipments to Trail
7/279
76-1: Plant operation--Shipments to East Helena
7/280
79-1: Power plant--General
7/281
79-2: Power Plant--Boilers
7/282
79-3: Power Plant--Engines
7/283
79-4: Power Plant--Water wheels
7/284
79-5: Power Plant--Pumps
7/285
82-1: Products--General
7/286
82-1: Products--Bullion
8/287-288
82-1: Products--Matte #1-2
8/289
82-1: Products--Silver affidavits
8/290
82-1: Products--Galena
8/291
85-1: Property--General
8/292
85-2: Property--Leases
8/293
85-3: Property--Manager's residence
8/294
88-1: Republic Mines Department--General
8/295
88-2: Republic Mines Department--Properties
8/296
88-4: Republic Mines Department--Plant & equipment
8/297
88-5: Republic Mines Department--Labor
8/298
88-8: Republic Mines Department--Supplies
8/299
88-9: Republic Mines Department--Repairs
8/300
88-10: Republic Mines Department--Taxes
8/301
88-11: Republic Mines Department--Insurance
8/302
88-13: Republic Mines Department--Shipments
8/303
88-14: Republic Mines Department--Accounts
8/304
91-1: Sampling mill--General
8/305
94-1: Sintering plant--General
8/306
94-2: Sintering plant--Operations
8/307-310
94-3: Sintering plant--Equipment #1-4
8/311
97-1: Smoke research--General
8/312
97-2: Smoke research--Claims
8/313
97-3: Smoke research--Animals
8/314
97-4: Smoke research--Crops
8/315-316
97-5: Smoke research--Weather station #1-2
8/317
97-6: Smoke research--U.S. Smelting, Refining, Mng. Co.
8/318
97-7: Smoke research--Stack photographs
9/319
97: Smoke research--Reports--Indexes
9/320-322
97: Smoke research--Reports
1917-1920
9/323
100-1: Staff--General
9/324
100-2: Staff--Laboratory
9/325
100-3: Staff--Engineering Office
9/326
100-4: Staff--General Office
9/327
100-5: Staff--Shops
9/328
100-6: Staff--Plant
9/329
100-7: Staff--Metallurgists
9/330
100-8: Staff--Hospitals--Doctors
9/331
100-9: Staff--Miscellaneous
9/332
103-1: Storehouse--General
9/333
103-1: Storehouse--General--Inventory lists
9/334
103-2: Storehouse--Operation
9/335
103-3: Storehouse--Asbestos
9/336
103-4: Storehouse--Babbit metal
9/337
103-5: Storehouse--Belting
9/338
103-6: Storehouse--Brick
9/339
103-7: Storehouse--Cement
9/340
103-8: Storehouse--Clay
9/341
103-9: Storehouse--Corrugated iron
9/342
103-10: Storehouse--Lubricants
9/343
103-11: Storehouse--Gas & kerosene
9/344
103-12: Storehouse--Packing
9/345
103-13: Storehouse--Paint
9/346
103-14: Storehouse--Steel
9/347
103-15: Storehouse--Furnace bar
9/348
103-17: Storehouse--Pipe
9/349
103-18: Storehouse--Pipe covering
9/350
103-19: Storehouse--Roofing
9/351
103-20: Storehouse--Rubber goods
9/352
103-21: Storehouse--Scrap iron
9/353
103-23: Storehouse--Tile
9/354
103-24: Storehouse--Tools
9/355
103-25: Storehouse--Wire rope
9/356
103-26: Storehouse--Lumber
9/357
103-27: Storehouse--Plumbing supplies
9/358
103-28: Storehouse--Track supplies
9/359
103-29: Storehouse--Elevator buckets
9/360
103-30: Storehouse--Lime
9/361
103-31: Storehouse--Horsefeed
9/362
103-33: Storehouse--Electrical supplies
9/363
103-34: Storehouse--Castings
9/364
103-35: Storehouse--Hose
9/365
105: T.S. Harris Mill
9/366
106-1: Taxes--General
9/367
106-2: Taxes--Property
9/368
106-3: Taxes--Income & excess profits
9/369
106-4: Taxes--Capital stock
9/370
106-5: Taxes--Poll tax
10/371-377
106-6/12: Taxes--Income & excess profits
1915-1921
10/378
106-21: Taxes--Corporation licenses
10/379
109-1: Thawing plant--General
10/380
109-2: Thawing plant--Direct firing
10/381
112-1: Traffic--Car rentals--General
10/382
112-2: Traffic--Car rentals--Agreements on costs
10/383
112-3: Traffic--Car rentals--requests for and releases of cars
10/384
112-11: Traffic--Switching--General
10/385
112-12: Traffic--Switching--Rates
10/386
112-13: Traffic--Switching--Charge adjustments
10/387
112-21: Traffic--Freight rates--General
10/388
112-22: Traffic--Freight rates--Requests for line haul--Electric Point
10/389
112-23: Traffic--Freight rates--Requests for line haul--Amazon-Manhattan
10/390
112-24: Traffic--Freight rates--Requests for line haul--Coeur d'Alene District, Gen.
10/391
112-25: Traffic--Freight rates--Requests for line haul--Misc.
10/392
112-26: Traffic--Freight rates--Bullion rates
10/393
112-27: Traffic--Freight rates--Pig lead
10/394
112-28: Traffic--Freight rates--Coal & coke
10/395
112-31: Traffic--Freight rates--Comparisons & reports
10/396
112-32: Traffic--Freight rates--Quotations
10/397
112-33: Traffic--Freight rates--Dockets, Portland District--Traffic Committee
10/398
112-34: Traffic--Freight rates--Interp. of tariffs
10/399
112-41: Traffic--Tracers--General
10/400
112-42: Traffic--Tracers--Bullion
10/401
112-43: Traffic--Tracers--Ore
10/402
112-44: Traffic--Tracers--Coal & coke
10/403
112-45: Traffic--Tracers--Contents of cars in transit
10/404
112-46: Traffic--Tracers--Diversions
10/405
112-51: Traffic--Demurrage--General
10/406
112-52: Traffic--Demurrage--Disputed
10/407
112-53: Traffic--Demurrage--Interp. of tariff
10/408
112-61: Traffic--Claims--General
10/409
112-62: Traffic--Claims--Reparation on coke
10/410
112-63: Traffic--Claims--Adjustments--Railroads
10/411
112-64: Traffic--Claims--Adjustments--Industrial
10/412
112-71: Traffic--Trackage--General
10/413
112-72: Traffic--Trackage--Track repairs
10/414
112-73: Traffic--Trackage--Repair bills
10/415
112-81: Traffic--Car supply--General
10/416
112-82: Traffic--Car supply--Bullion loading
10/417
112-91: Traffic--Routing--General
10/418
112-92: Traffic--Routing--Bullion
10/419
112-101: Traffic--General
10/420
112-102: Traffic--General--U.S. Customs
10/421
112-103: Traffic--General--Info. for Mr. Laws
10/422
115-1: Water supply--General
10/423-424
115-2: Water supply--City water works #1-2
10/425-427
115-3: Water supply--Water supply--Flume #1-3
10/428
118-1: Yard--General
10/429
118-2: Yard--Trackage
10/430
118-3: Yard--Track scale
C. Correspondence of Jerome J. Day, President
1917-1921
Box/Folder
11/431
1-1: Accidents
11/432
1-2: Acceptances
11/433
1-2a: American Smelting & Refining Co., Sale, Northport Smelting & Refining Co.
11/434
1-3: Auditing books
11/435
1-4: Applications for positions
11/436
1-5: Assays
11/437
1-6: Appraisal--Plant
11/438
1-6: Appraisal--Plant [1 vol.]
11/439
2: Ba-Be
11/440
2-1: Belting
11/441
3: Bi-Bri
11/442-446
3-1: Blast Furnace Reports
1918-1921
11/447
3-2: Black Tail Mining Claims
11/448
3-3: Boiler Plant
11/449
4a: Bro-By
11/450
4-1: Bullion shipments
11/451
4-2: Bullion rates
11/452
5: Ca-Cl
11/453
5-1: Car equipment
11/454
6: Co-Cy
11/455
6-1: Coke
11/456
6-2: Cottrell building
11/457
6-3: Concentrates
11/458
6-4: Coal
11/459
6-5: Contracts
11/460
6-6: Copper run
11/461
6-7: Locomotive cranes
11/462
7: D
11/463
7-1: Drossing and refining
11/464
7-2: Demurrage charges
11/465
7-3: Deputy Marshall, U.S.
11/466
7-4: Harry L. Day
11/467
7-5: Flume--Wood pipe
11/468
8: E
11/469
8-1: Exemptions
11/470
9: F
12/471-471a
9-1: Freight rates
12/472
9-2: Furnaces
12/473
9-3: Federal Trade Commission
12/474-475
10/11: Ga-Gy
12/476
11-1: Great Northern Railway Co.
12/477-480
12/15: H-I
12/481
15-1: Income and profit tax
12/482
16: J
12/483
16-1: W. Lon Johnson--Jupiter Lead Co.
12/484-485
17/18: K-Lh
12/486
18-1: Lead inquires
12/487
18-2: Labor reports
1918-1921
12/488
19: Li-Lz
12/489
19-2: Lone Pine Surprise Mining Co.
12/490
20: Ma-Md
12/491
20-1: Matte
12/492
21: Me-Mn
12/493
21-1: Middlings
12/494
22: Mo-Mz
12/495
23: Northport Smelting & Refining Co.--Financial statements
12/496-498
23-1: Northport Smelting & Refining Co.--General #1-3
12/499
23-1: Northport Smelting & Refining Co.--Preliminary negotiations
12/500
23-2: Northport Smelting & Refining Co.--Developments
12/501
23-5: Northport Smelting & Refining Co.--Operation
12/502
23-7: Northport Smelter directors meeting
12/503
23-8: Northport Mining Association
12/504
24: O
12/505
24-1: Oil
12/506
24-2: Ore purchases
12/507
24-4: Ore for sale
12/508
26-1: Power line
12/509
26-2: Power
12/510
28-1: Reports of manager
12/511
28-1: Reports--Ore receipts
12/512
28-3: Republic Mine--Labor trouble
12/513-515
29/31: Ro-St
12/516-517
31-1: Smoke damage #1-2
12/518
31-2: "Secret Service"
12/519
31-3: Silver price
12/520
33: Ore reserves
12/521
33-1: Sundry smelter data
12/522
33-1: Switching charges
12/523
33-2: Strikes and labor trouble
12/524
34: T
12/524a
34-0: Tamarack & Custer
12/525
34-1: Treatment charges
12/526
34-2: Trackage--Republic, Lone Pine, Surprise, Quilp
12/526a
35: U.S.
12/527
37-1: Wage scales
12/528
37-2: Water works
12/529
37-4: Comparison wage scales
12/530
38: Wh-Wy
12/531
39: Y
D. Records Kept by the Manager of Northport Smelting & Refining Co.
1916-1921
Box/Folder
13/532-534
Correspondence and financial statements
Jan. 1916-Dec. 1918
13/535
Financial statements
Jan.-Dec. 1920
13/536
Record of coke-coal and limerock received
Jan. 1919-Apr. 1921
13/537
Correspondence relating to accounting procedures, Republic Mines Dept.
Nov.-Dec. 1917
E. Correspondence of Horatio H. Miller, General Auditor
1917-1925
Box/Folder
13/538-547
Apr. 1917-Oct. 1920
14/548-553
Nov. 1920-July 1925
14/554
undated
F. Correspondence of John F. Costello, Chief Clerk
1922
Box/Folder
14/555
Correspondence
1922
G. Records Relating to Industrial Insurance
1915-1922
Box/Folder
14/556
Correspondence
14/557-558
Accident reports
1915-1921
14/559
Accounts
14/560
Firm reports on safety activities
1921-1922
14/561
Payment vouchers
H. Correspondence of the Republic Mines Department
1916-1917, 1921-1925
Box/Folder
14/562-564
Correspondence
1916-1925
14/565
Laws-Bailey
1922-1924
14/566
Old Dominion Mine
1924

Series IV. Financial Records , 1898-1933Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
15-19
"Department journals"
Apr. 1898-Apr. 1909
20
Cash journal
June 30, 1899-June 30, 1900
21
Jan. 1902-Aug. 1903
22
Voucher record/general journal ("Combined Journal & Cash Book")
Mar. 1916-June 1917
23-25
General journals
July 1917-Dec. 1934
Box/Folder
26/567
Ledger
1915-1922
26/568
1917-1921
26/569
"Ledger Index: Titles of Accounts 1927"
1927
26/570
Capital stock unissued to A9
26/571
A101, A102, summary
26/572
A102 to A10603
26/573
A17 to A901
26/574
D1
26/575
E-1 to E-3
26/576
E101-A to E217
26/577
L1 to L7
26/578
L3 to L509
26/579
R1 to R3
26/580
R104 to R304
26/581
Republic accounts A1 to A211
26/582
Record of drafts against Pennsylvania Smelting Co.
July 26, 1920-May 2, 1921
Box
27
Cash book
1917-19321
28
Voucher record
July 1917-Jan. 1923
Box/Folder
29/583-593
Vouchers
Aug. 23, 1915-Feb. 10, 1916
29/594
"Construction Accounts, Dec. 31, 1920"
Dec. 31, 1920
29/595
Republic Mines Department--Cash journal
1916-1923
Box
30-31
Republic Mines Department--Purchasing record
Aug. 1916-Feb. 1933
32
Republic Mines Department--"Cash-Voucher Record"
1916-1924
32a
General Ledger
1916-1921

Series V. Records of Ore Treatment and Metal Production , 1898-1922Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
33
Record of ore received ("Lot Record and Weights")
Nov. 28, 1898-Oct. 1, 1900
34
Record of ores purchased
Jan. 1901-Feb. 1904
35
Record of ores treated
Jan. 1898-Apr. 1901
36-37
Record of roast heaps and raw ore bins ("Matte and Shipping Record")
Mar. 1901-Apr. 1907
38
Record of ores treated raw
July 31, 1903-Apr. 1, 1909
39-40
Daily report of smelting operations
Sept. 6, 1902-Mar. 28, 1904
41
"Matte Record"
Aug. 20, 1901-June 17, 1911
42-44
Record of ores purchased
Mar. 1916-Apr. 1921
45
Record of ores treated
Mar. 1916-Sep. 1, 1921
46
"Bullion Record"
July 1, 1917-July 6, 1922
Box/Folder
47/596-606
Bullion statements
Oct. 9, 1916-July 1, 1917
Box
47
Records Relating Chiefly to Bullion Shipments
1916-1917
Box/Folder
47/607
Chicago-Burlington correspondence
June 12-Dec. 1, 1916
47/608
Correspondence and reports
Apr. 13-July 18, 1916, Oct. 28-Nov. 27, 1916
47/609-612
"Drafts, etc."
Apr. 4, 1916-Mar. 1, 1917
48/613
Coded telegrams, Pennsylvania Smelter to A.P. Ramstedt, with translations
Nov.-Dec. 1917
48/614
Coded telegrams, Pennsylvania Smelter to A.P. Ramstedt, with translations
Jan.-Feb., Dec. 1918
48/615-630
Coded telegrams, Pennsylvania Smelter to A.P. Ramstedt, with translations
Jan. 1920-Apr. 1921
48/631
Copper matte settlements
Mar. 4, 1918-Feb. 11, 1921
48/632
Records relating to ore contracts
1905-1907

Series VI. Personnel Records , 1915-1922Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
48/633
List of employees hired
Jan. 27-Oct. 15, 1917
48/634-636
Employment cards ("Identification Cards"), A-Z, (Ca. 950 Items)
1916-1922
Box
49-51
Pay rolls
1915-1922
52-55
Daily distribution of pay roll expense
Nov. 21, 1917-July 31, 1922

Series VII. Insurance Records , 1918-1922Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
56
"Insurance Record"
1918-1922

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Subject Terms

  • Metallurgical plants -- Records -- Washington (State) -- Northport
  • Smelting furnaces -- Washington (State) -- Northport -- History -- Sources

Corporate Names

  • Northport Mining & Smelting Company
  • Northport Smelting & Refining Company

Other Creators

  • Corporate Names
    • Northport Mining & Smelting Company