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Title: Wiley Gold Mining Company Records
Dates (inclusive): 1905-1907
Collection Number: mssHM 72181-72222
Creator:
Wiley Gold Mining Company.
Extent: 44 items in 1 box
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 44 pieces of
documents, correspondence, and ephemera of the Wiley Gold Mining Company, incorporated in 1905 with mining claims primarily
in Lida, Nevada.
Language: English.
Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services
Department. For more information, contact Reader Services.
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to
quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such
activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is
one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
[Identification of item]. Wiley Gold Mining Company Records, The Huntington
Library, San Marino, California.
Purchased from Jack Reynolds, October 29, 1970.
The Wiley Gold Mining Company was incorporated in 1905 and its mining claims were
primarily in Lida, Nevada. Dr. James Thompson, the company's secretary, was based in
Kansas City, Missouri, and he was responsible for a great deal of the company's
day-to-day business. The other officers of the company included Roland Hughes,
president; W.F. Wyman, vice-president; and C.C. Marsh; treasurer.
This collection contains 44 pieces of
documents, correspondence, and ephemera of the Wiley Gold Mining Company. The collection is divided into two main parts, both
arranged chronologically:
The documents relate to the Wiley Gold Mining Company. James Thompson’s name or
signature appears on a majority of the documents. The documents include stock
certificates, indentures, mining claim agreements, certificates of location and
labor, company by-laws, warranty deeds, and receipts between various members of the
company, and they are drawn in Lida, Nevada; Kansas City, Missouri; and Phoenix,
Arizona. With documents that contain more than one date, the date of signature is
used in cataloging.
The correspondence also relates to the Wiley Gold Mining Company and includes
business letters between employees of the company, as well as letters from officers
of the company to potential investors. Several of the letters also include bills for
supplies, expenses, and labor. The correspondence contains letters from Big Pine,
California; Kansas City, Missouri; Lida, Nevada; and Phoenix, Arizona.
There are also two folders of ephemera, one containing two printed sketch maps of
Nevada and one containing various printed material such as newsletters and pamphlets
related to the Wiley Gold Mining Company and to other mining companies in the area.
The latter folder also contains a blank “Articles of Incorporation” form.
This collection is arranged in 1 box in the following order:
- Documents (HM 72181-72203)
- Correspondence (HM 72204-72222)
- Maps and Ephemera (2 folders)
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
Huntington Library's Online Catalog.
Wiley Gold Mining
Company.
Gold mines and mining --
Nevada.
Kansas City
(Mo.)
Lida (Nev.)
Nevada -- History --
20th century -- Sources.
Bylaws (administrative records) --
United States -- 20th century.
Claims -- United States -- 20th
century.
Deeds -- United States -- 20th
century.
Indentures -- United States -- 20th
century.
Letters (correspondence) -- United
States -- 20th century.
Maps -- United States -- 20th century.
Stock certificates -- United States --
20th century.