Sloan Flack Papers
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Sherman Library and Gardens
614 Dahlia Ave.
Corona del Mar, California 92625
(949) 673-1880
paul@slgardens.org
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2017
Descriptive Summary
Title: Sloan Flack Papers
Dates: 1919-1951; bulk 1930-1950
Collection Number: 2017_05
Creator/Collector:
Flack, Sloan
Extent: 1 archives box.
Repository:
Sherman Library and Gardens
Corona del Mar, California 92625
Abstract: The collection consists of correspondence, contracts,
reports, and articles primarily concerning the mining and petroleum industries in
California in the years preceding and including World War II.
Language of Material: English
Access
This collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Property rights to the physical object belong to the Sherman Library. Literary
rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the
responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The Sherman
Library do not hold the copyright.
Preferred Citation
Sloan Flack Papers. Sherman Library and Gardens
Acquisition Information
The collection was donated to the library by Mrs. William J. (Christine) Shirley,
daughter of Sloan Flack.
Biography/Administrative History
Sloan Flack was a lawyer and investor in Los Angeles, California. The 1941 Los
Angeles city directory lists his office location as 411 W. 7th Street, and he lived
on Genesee Avenue with his wife, Louise.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection consists of correspondence, contracts, reports, and articles primarily
concerning the mining and petroleum industries in California in the years preceding
and including World War II. There are contracts between several mining and smelting
and refining companies which demonstrate the output and prices of various metals,
including gold, silver, lead and zinc, and there are also documents concerning the
cost of ore shipments. Some of these files include materials related to the
productivity and output of the Darwin Silver Mines in Inyo County, California, and
the San Manuel Mines in El Pomo, Sonora, Mexico. There are also materials concerning
various oil production facilities and companies, including those of the Signal Oil
and Gas Company, the Midway Northern Oil Company, and the Kendon Petroleum Company.
Individuals who appear in the collection who were involved with some of these
companies include Samuel B. Mosher (founder and owner of Signal Oil Company), Henry
Workman Keller (owner of the San Manuel Mines in Mexico), and mining engineer
Henning E. Olund. Additional items in the collection include correspondence of a
personal nature.
Indexing Terms
Silver mines and mining - California
Petroleum industry and trade - California
Lawyers - California - Los Angeles - Archives
American Smelting and Refining Company
Estelle Mines Corporation
Imperial Metals, Inc.
Imperial Smelting and Refining Company
United States Smelting and Mining Company
Kendon Petroleum Company
Signal Oil and Gas Company
Tarr & McComb Oil Company
Utah Ore Sampling Company
Box:Fld 1:1
American Smelting and Refining Company - Schedules
1939-1940
Box:Fld 1:2
American Smelting and Refining Company - Selby Smelting Works (San Francisco, Calif.)
1937-1943
Box:Fld 1:3
Clipping - "The Lead and Zinc Industry," Wall Street Journal, Pacific Coast edition, June 5, 1942
1942
Box:Fld 1:4
Contracts - Estelle Mines Corporation and American Smelting & Refining Company
1933
Box:Fld 1:5
Contracts - Imperial Metals, Inc. and American Smelting and Refining Company 1942
Box:Fld 1:6
Contracts - Imperial Smelting and Refining Company and Henning E. Olund
1940-1941
Box:Fld 1:8
Contracts - K.C. Wallace and J.H. Raney - Kern County, Calif.
1926-1930, n.d.
Box:Fld 1:9
Contracts - United States Smelting and Mining Company and Imperial Metals, Inc. - Darwin Silver Mine
1942
Box:Fld 1:10
Contracts - United States Smelting Refining and Mining Company and Imperial Metals, Inc. and/or S.B. Mosher - Darwin Silver
Mine
1942
Box:Fld 1:11
Contracts - United States Smelting Refining and Mining Company and S.B. Mosher - Black Eagle Mine
1939
Box:Fld 1:13
Imperial Metals, Inc. - Darwin Mines (Inyo County, Calif.) - Report
1943-1945
Box:Fld 1:14
Imperial Metals, Inc. - San Manuel Mines (El Plonio, Sonora, Mexico)
1934-1942
Box:Fld 1:15
Interstate Commerce Commission
1939-1941, n.d.
Box:Fld 1:16
Kendon Petroleum Company (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1929-1931
Box:Fld 1:17
Midway Northern Oil Company (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1926
Box:Fld 1:18
The Oil and Gas Journal - Articles
1942, n.d.
Box:Fld 1:19
The Oil and Gas Journal - Articles - Index of titles
n.d.
Box:Fld 1:21
Signal Oil and Gas Company (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1950-1951
Box:Fld 1:22
Tarr & McComb Oil Co., Ltd. (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1940
Box:Fld 1:23
United States Department of the Interior - Application to practice as an attorney
1938-1939, n.d.
Box:Fld 1:24
United States Smelting Refining and Mining Company (Salt Lake City, Utah)
1942-1943, n.d.
Box:Fld 1:25
Utah Ore Sampling Company
1942
