Tuscumbia Mining Company records
Scope and Contents
The records of the Tuscumbia Mining Company span the years 1911 to 1941. Included are a copy of the company's by-laws, correspondence with suppliers and stockholders, stock ledgers and journals, ore settlement sheets, assessment records, a financial ledger, a voucher register/cash book, and a cash book.
Dates
- Creation: 1911-1941
Language of Materials
English
Biographical / Historical
The Tuscumbia Mining Company was incorporated August 14, 1911 by E.C. Meiklejohn, G.W. Dougherty, D.L. McGrath, and H.C. Osborn of Wallace, D.J. Whaley of Stevensville, Montana, and John Wolfe of Tekoa, Washington. The authorized capital was $750,000.00 divided into 1,500,000 shares with a par value of 50 cents each. The property consisted of 1 patented and 6 unpatented claims in the Beaver District of Wallace. Stock assessments were levied to pay for annual labor. The company failed to file annual reports with the Inspector of Mines after 1925. In 1931 the Consolidated Mining Company, D.A. Callas, president, was formed to take over the properties of the Tuscumbia and Dire Mines. In 1940 the Tuscumbia property was sold to Earl B. Bowen and became part of a larger mining company. In 1942 Tuscumbia became part of the Portland Mining Company, which merged with Monitor Mining Company in 1943.
Extent
0.5 cubic feet
Abstract
Minutes of meetings, by-laws, stock ledgers and journal, stock assessment records, and financial records of a mining company in the Beaver Mining District of the Coeur d'Alene region of northern Idaho.
Arrangement
Since there are so few items in this records group no series designation was made. However, the records are arranged in the same sequence as those in other mining groups.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The records of the Tuscumbia Mining Company are part of the records of Day Mines, Inc., donated to the University of Idaho by Henry Day in 1984 and 1985.
Processing Information
Initial processing of this manuscript group was done by Judith Nielsen in October 1987 and June 1988. Processing was completed by Michael Tarabulski in February 1992.
- Title
- Tuscumbia Mining Company Records1911-1941
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Michael Tarabulski
- Date
- ©1992
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is in English
- Sponsor
- Funds for processing were provided by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, the U.S. Department of Education HEA Title II-C "Strengthening Research Library Resources" program, the Library Associates of the University of Idaho and other donors. Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives Repository