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Title: Northern Belle Extension Mining Company
Records
Dates (inclusive): 1922-1932
Collection Number: mssNorthern Belle Mining Records
Creator:
Northern Belle Extension Mining Company.
Extent: 218 items in 2 boxes
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
Manuscripts Department
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2129
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Abstract: This collection contains records of the Northern Belle Extension Mining company,
a silver mining company with headquarters in New York City and mining operations based in Candelaria, Nevada, in the Columbia
Mining District during the 1920s.
The collection includes four reports, financial records, ephemera, and correspondence. The majority of the correspondence
is to and from
William E. Pomeroy, the company's Vice President and manager.
Language: English.
Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services
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The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to
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one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
[Identification of item]. Northern Belle Extension Mining Company Records, The
Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Gift of Mrs. Charles Yeatman Estate, August 27, 1968.
1. For the years between 1922 and 1925, the company is referred to as the Candelaria
Hills Mining Company (distinct from the Candelaria Mines Company). It appears that
there was a name change in 1925, coinciding with a financial reorganization of the
company. Thereafter the Candelaria Hills Mining Company is called the Northern Belle
Extension Mining Company.
2. References to W.E. Pomeroy are referring to William E. Pomeroy.
3. Many of the items have water damage and a number of others have been torn or
otherwise damaged.
4. Most of the letters sent by William E. Pomeroy are copies of his originals and
only sometimes contain a signature. However, Pomeroy has been attributed authorship
in nearly all cases.
The Northern Belle Extension Mining Company was a silver mining company with
headquarters in New York City and mining operations based in Candelaria, Nevada, in
the Columbia Mining District during the 1920s. The Candelaria and Columbia district
mines, the biggest of which was named Northern Belle, had been a boon to silver
miners and speculators during the last quarter of the nineteenth century but
production dropped off in the 1890s due to the economic downturn. The district
experienced a slight resurgence in the late 1910s and 1920s when the Candelaria
Mines Company reinitiated operations in the region. The Northern Belle Extension
Mining Company also began operations during this period but the district never
returned to its previous prosperity. The Northern Belle Extension was a small
operation directed largely by two men, William E. Pomeroy, Vice President and
Manager and John Winn, President and Treasurer of Northern Belle Extension Mining
Company. Pomeroy was a longtime miner and resident of the American West who lived in
Candelaria during the 1920s. He managed the company’s daily operations, surveying of
new claims, and its business contacts in Nevada, Arizona, and California. As a
prospector and engineer, Pomeroy both worked in the mining operations and assessed
new areas for potential silver ore deposits. He was involved in a number of
additional business ventures with individuals in Nevada and California, regarding
real estate, oil leases, and swine contracting. He had business contacts in Los
Angeles and on several occasions travelled between Los Angeles and Candelaria. John
H. Winn lived in New York City and managed the company’s finances.
The records of the Northern Belle Extensions Mining Company contain 218 items
spanning the years 1922 to 1932 and are housed in two boxes. The collection is
divided into three sections: Manuscripts (Box 1), Correspondence (Box 1-2), and
Financial Records and Ephemera (Box 2). The manuscripts consist of 4 items and are
arranged alphabetically by title. They include unpublished reports on various mining
districts and geologic conditions of the ore deposits in Candelaria, Nevada and the
Red Cloud Mine in Arizona. There is an incomplete report by William E. Pomeroy on
his activity in the Superstition Mountains of Arizona during the 1880s entitled “A
Hundred to One.” There is also an incomplete report of the history of Candelaria as
well as an incomplete report on the Brown Group of Mining claims located in the
Candelaria region.
The correspondence is arranged alphabetically by author and consists of 167 items.
The majority of the correspondence is to and from William E. Pomeroy, the Vice
President and manager of the Northern Belle Extension Mining Company. The bulk of
the letters are between Pomeroy and the Northern Belle Extension’s President, John
H. Winn. They discuss matters such as financing, potential new mining claims, and
land and equipment purchases. Many of Pomeroy’s letters report on his work in
Candelaria and his surveys of mines around the Columbia Mining District, his
purchases of mining claims at the Gilbert Mines near Tonopah, Nevada, and his
ventures and assessment of the Red Cloud Mine near Yuma, Arizona. Pomeroy also
discusses his endeavors in business enterprises such as oil, agricultural, and real
estate in California and other western states such as Arizona and Texas. The
remaining of Pomeroy’s correspondence is to a number of individuals and companies
related to the mining industry. The majority of the letters concern Pomeroy’s
various business deals, real estate ventures, land and mining claim purchases,
mining practices, geologic makeup of mining claims, and his opinion of new areas for
future mining operation. Some of the individuals with who he corresponds more
frequently include Edgar T. Wallace, I.J. Cambell, attorney Roland R. Wooley, and
his brother F.A. Pomeroy. For most other correspondents, however, there is only a
single item.
The financial records and ephemera are arranged alphabetically by type and then by
date when necessary and consist of 47 items. There are a number of bills from a
Candelaria retail merchant and the Reno Mercantile Company. In addition there is a
contract with the Central U.S. Swine Company, Notices of Location of new mining
veins found by Pomeroy, and Pomeroy’s leases of mining claims. In addition, there is
one map of the Georgene Mine operated by the Northern Belle Extension Mining
Company.
Subjects include: Agriculture—California; Borderlands (Mexico and U.S.); Boyle,
Emmet Derby, 1880-1972; Candelaria (Nev.); Columbia Mining District (Nev.); Fairview
Mining Claim; Georgene Extension Mine; Gilbert Mammoth Mine; Good Faith Mining
Claim; Hawthorne (Nev.); Los Angeles (Calif.); Magma Chief Copper Company; Mina
(Nev.); Mineral County (Nev.); Mines and mineral resources—Nevada—Mineral County;
Odd-fellows, Independent order of; Potosi Mining District (Nev.); Red Cloud Mine;
San Joaquin Valley (Calif.); Silver—China; Silver—India; Silver—Prices—United
States; Silver mines and mining—Nevada; Silver mining—Mexico—1890-1930; Tonopah
(Nev.); Yuma (Ariz.); Reno (Nev.).
Arranged in the following order:
- Box 1: Manuscripts; Correspondence, “Babe” – Pomeroy, W.E. to L.W. Whiting
- Box 2: Correspondence, Pomeroy, W.E. to John H. Winn – unknown; Financial Records; Ephemera
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
Huntington Library's Online Catalog.
Boyle, Emmet Derby,
1880-1972.
Independent Order of
Odd Fellows.
Northern Belle
Extension Mining Company.
Agriculture -- California.
Mines and mineral resources --
Arizona.
Mines and mineral resources --
Mexico.
Mines and mineral resources --
Nevada.
Silver -- China.
Silver -- India.
Silver -- United States.
Silver mines and mining --
Arizona.
Silver mines and mining --
Mexico.
Silver mines and mining --
Nevada.
Candelaria
(Nev.)
Comstock Lode Mining
District (Nev.)
Goodsprings Mining
District (Nev.)
Los Angeles
(Calif.)
Mineral County
(Nev.)
Reno (Nev.)
San Joaquin Valley
(Calif.)
West (U.S.)
Yuma
(Ariz.)
Claims -- United States -- 20th
century.
Financial records -- United States --
20th century.
Letters (correspondence) -- United
States -- 20th century.
Reports -- United States -- 20th
century.
Hunt, George W. P. (George Wylie
Paul), 1859-1934, recipient.
Pomeroy, W. E.
Magma Copper Company.
Hunt, George W. P. (George Wylie Paul), 1859-1934
- Recipient of W.E. Pomeroy letter (1926, Nov. 4) to George W. P. (George Wylie Paul) Hunt, 1859-1934. Box 1 (25)
Magma Chief Copper Company
- Author on verso of W.E. Pomeroy letter (1922, Nov. 8) to Irving S. Josephs. Box 1 (26).
- Author on verso of W.E. Pomeroy letter (1922, Nov. 7) to L.L. Mundy. Box 1 (34).
- Author on verso of [W.E. Pomeroy] letter [1922] to [John H. Winn]. Box 2 (2).
Agriculture—California
- Subject in W.E. Pomeroy letter (1926, Sep. 21) to Franklin Waterman. Box 1 (54).
Borderlands (Mexico and U.S.)
- Subject in W.E. Pomeroy letter (1923, Mar. 7) to Kim. Box 1 (27).
Boyle, Emmet Derby, 1880-1972
- Subject in W.E. Pomeroy letter (1925, Nov. 29) to John H. Winn. Box 2 (1).
Magma Chief Copper Company
- Subject in W.E. Pomeroy letter (1929, Jan. 9) to Carl Lee Smith. Box 1 (50).
- Subject in W.E. Pomeroy letter (1923, June 23) to John. H. Winn. Box 2 (1).
Odd-fellows, Independent order of
- Subject in W.E. Pomeroy letter (1922, Nov. 7) to L.L. Mundy. Box 1 (34).
Salt Lake Smelters
- Subject in W.E. Pomeroy letter (1925, Feb. 22) to John H. Winn. Box 2 (1).
San Joaquin Valley (Calif.)
- Subject in W.E. Pomeroy letter (1926, Dec. 3) to Jack B. Newman. Box 1 (37).
- Subject in W.E. Pomeroy letter (1926, Sep. 25) to John H. Winn. Box 2 (1).
Silver—China
- Subject in W.E. Pomeroy letter (1930, June 8) to Dan Dwyer. Box 1 (19).
- Subject in W.E. Pomeroy letter (1930, Aug. 28) to F.A. Pomeroy. Box 1 (40).
Silver—India
- Subject in W.E. Pomeroy letter (1930, June 8) to Dan Dwyer. Box 1 (19).
- Subject in W.E. Pomeroy letter (1930, Aug. 28) to F.A. Pomeroy. Box 1 (40).
Silver—Prices—United States
- Subject in W.E. Pomeroy letter (1930, June 8) to Dan Dwyer. Box 1 (19).
- Subject in W.E. Pomeroy letter (1930, Aug. 28) to F.A. Pomeroy. Box 1 (40).
- Subject in W.E. Pomeroy (1930, Sep. 5) to Spike. Box 1 (52).
- Subject in W.E. Pomeroy letter (1930, April 9) to John H. Winn. Box 2 (1).
- Subject in John H. Winn letter (1923, Apr. 30) to W.E. Pomeroy. Box 2 (12).
- Subject in John H. Winn letter (1929, June 5) to W.E. Pomeroy. Box 2 (12).
Silver mining—Mexico—1890-1930
- Subject in W.E. Pomeroy letter (1930, Aug. 28) to F.A. Pomeroy. Box 1 (40).
- Subject in W.E. Pomeroy letter (1930) to -----. Box 2 (4).