Pontiac Mining Company papers
Scope and Contents
Portions of the financial information, company correspondence, stocks, insurance, and bills of the Pontiac Mining Company of Murray, Idaho, to and from H. C. Stapleton, general manager. Personal correspondence to and from H.C. Stapleton may also be found.
Dates
- Creation: 1919-1935
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Biographical / Historical
The Pontiac Mine is located outside of Murray, Idaho in Shoshone County was a secondary mine for the Terrible Edith Mine. It was primairly zinc and lead. The records are mostly related to refinancing the Pontiac Mining Company and reactivating the Terrible Edith mine in Shoshone County, Idaho. Little is known about the company as a whole.
Extent
0.5 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The personal and financial correspondence of H.C. Stapleton concerning the Pontiac Mining Company from 1919 to 1935.
Source
- Culver, Floyd E., 1925-2017 (Person)
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Guide to Pontiac Mining Company papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Knox Carter.
- Date
- 2024
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives Repository