Alexander and Brooklyn Mines Records, 1921-1950

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Summary

Title:
Alexander and Brooklyn Mines Records
Dates:
1921-1950
Creators:
Mudd, Harvey Seeley, 1888-1955.
Abstract:
This collection contains records of the Alexander and Brooklyn Mines in Nye County, Nevada including general correspondence of the company from 1921-1944; correspondence dealing with the purchase of the Alexander and Brooklyn Mines by the Coronado Copper and Zinc Company, 1949-1950; and assays and smelter returns from the Alexander and Brooklyn Mines, 1921-1941.
Extent:
294 pieces in 1 box.
Language:
English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. Alexander and Brooklyn Mines Records, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection comes from the files of Harvey Seeley Mudd and is divided into three separate sections. The first consists of correspondence dealing with the history of the Alexander and Brooklyn Mines from 1921 to 1944 and covers the following subjects: leasing of the property, difficulties in mining the sulphide ore, status reports on the mines from L. W. (L. Webster) Wickes, the strained partnership of the Mudds with William J. Webster, and the unwatering of the Mitchell mining shaft to explore for ore. The next section contains correspondence that deals with the purchase of the Alexander and Brooklyn Mines by the Coronado Copper and Zinc Company and the last section consists of assays and smelter returns from the Alexander and Brooklyn Mines.

Biographical / historical:

The Alexander and Brooklyn Mines, also known as the Silver Palace Mines, Old Grantsville Mine or the Webster Mines, are located in the Union Mining District of Nye County, Nevada, south of Ione. P. A. Haven discovered the Union District in 1863 and the city of Ione and camp of Grantsville were established that same year. The mines were owned by Harvey Seeley Mudd (1888-1955), his father Seeley Wintersmith Mudd (1861-1926), and their associates, including a William J. Webster of the Webster Mines Corporation. They did considerable work there, but the mines were eventually abandoned after unsuccessful attempts to make them profitable both through mining and leasing.

Acquisition information:
Purchased from Fred Holabird Americana, November 4, 2002.
Arrangement:

This collection is organized in three sections as follows, with materials arranged in descending chronological order:

  • 1. General Correspondence 1921-1944 (5 folders)
  • 2. Sale 1949-1950 (2 folders)
  • 3. Assays and Smelter Returns 1921-1941 (2 folders)

Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Mitchell W. K. Toda, December 30, 2002.
Date Prepared:
© 2002
Date Encoded:
Machine readable finding aid encoded by Diann Benti in May 2017 from PDF finding aid originally in the Huntington Digital Library.

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. Alexander and Brooklyn Mines Records, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Location of this collection:
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108, US
Contact:
(626) 405-2191
reference@huntington.org
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