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Mining corporations-Idaho-History-Sources.

 Subject
Subject Source: Source Not Specified

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Henry F. Samuels papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2/0567
Summary

Correspondence; Teton Coal Co. stock certificate; "Report of Idaho Cokoal Co"; various letterheads; state platform of the Progressive party of Idaho; newspaper clippings; and typewritten biography of Samuels, resident of Wallace, Idaho.

Dates: 1863 - 1951

Irvin Elmer Rockwell papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0420
Summary

Correspondence and photographs concerning the Borah Memorial Statue Commission (1942-1948); information on various mining companies; and miscellaneous legal and personal papers.

Dates: 1919 - 1952

Israel B. Cowen papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0028
Summary

Personal and business correspondence; and other papers, including material relating to the execution of several Chinese in Shoshone County in 1885 and papers concerning labor disturbances in Mullan and Gem, Idaho.

Dates: 1865 - 1922

King of the West Mine papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2/1560
Content Description

Material related to King of the West Mine in Hailey, Alturas County, from the Little Smoky Mining District; includes deeds, titles, ore sampling reports, an 1882 employee payroll, correspondence, and other documentation.

Dates: 1879 - 1965

Sunshine Mining Company papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0623
Summary

Collection consists of private company and federal reports and assessments, mostly photocopies relating to Sunshine Mine fire of May 2, 1972. The fire was one of the largest mine disasters in the United States resulting in the deaths of 91 miners.

Dates: 1972 - 1976