Description
This collection consists mostly of
business correspondence from Colorado mining agents Morris W. Smith and James A. Blanton to
Rhode Island businessmen Edwin and Paul E. Aldrich, chiefly from 1895 to 1906. They detail
the efforts made in mining the Apex lode and digging the Narragansett Tunnel and go into the
daily work Smith and Blanton carried out managing the companies that were hired to work the
mining sites.
Background
Edwin and Paul E. Aldrich were businessmen who lived in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. They both
had mining interests in Cripple Creek and Silver Plume, Colorado. Their agents in Colorado
were Morris W. Smith and James A. Blanton. The Aldrich's owned stock in several companies
including The Argentum-Juniata Mining Company, The Colorado City and Manitou Mining and
Milling Company, The Creede and Cripple Creek Milling and Mining Company, The Cripple Creek
Consolidated Mining Company, The Hart Gold Mining & Leasing Company, The Isabella Mines
Company, The Pharmacist Mining Company, and The Portland Mining Company.
Extent
3.6 Linear Feet
(3 boxes)
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