Peirce, Thomas Wentworth, d. 1923

Thomas Wentworth Peirce, Jr., son of developer of Texas railroads, Thomas Wentworth Peirce, was a member of the board of directors of the Corralitos Company from 1903 until his death in 1923. He also served as a director of the Candelaria Mining Company and the León Mining Company, which were associated with the Corralitos Company. The companies operated mining and ranching interests in the northern part of the state of Chihuahua, Mexico, during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

From the description of Thomas Wentworth Peirce, Jr. papers, 1900-1923. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 30605864

Thomas Wentworth Peirce, Jr., son of developer of Texas railroads, Thomas Wentworth Peirce, was a member of the board of directors of the Corralitos Company from 1903 until his death in 1923. He also served as a director of the Candelaria Mining Company and the León Mining Company, which were associated with the Corralitos Company. The companies operated mining and ranching interests in the northern part of the state of Chihuahua, Mexico, during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

• 1880: “Corralitos Company's property... in Mexico was acquired by the present owners about the year 1880, from the Mexican owners.” (Houghton, 30 Apr 1919, to the Nat. Assoc. for the Protection of American Rights in Mexico)
• 1883: Francis Holbrook ingeniero en jefe de las minas de Cía. Corralitos
• 1895: E.C. Houghton first employed [on ranch]
• 1900: Edwin D. Morgan first became responsible for ranch
• 18 Feb 1902: Compañía Ramos Sociedad Anónima organized in Mexico City; to consolidate title to properties belonging to Corralitos in the Prohibited Zone; entire capital stock of Ramos owned by Corralitos.
• 18 Feb 1902: Compañía de San Pedro Sociedad Anónima organized in Mexico City; to consolidate title to properties belonging to Candelaria Mining Company in the Prohibited Zone; entire capital stock of San Pedro owned by Candelaria.
• 4 Dec 1903: E.D. Morgan is president of Candelaria; C.I. Reeves is Sec/Treas; Britton Davis is General Manager, El Paso
• c. 1904: “About the year 1904 the Corralitos Company undertook extensive improvements...” (Houghton, 30 Apr 1919)
• 12 Apr 1904: T. W. Peirce notified of election on 10 Apr as director on boards of both Corralitos (Colorado) and Candelaria; (on 26 he acknowledged this as re-election)
• 11 Apr 1905: TWP elected director of Candelaria and Corralitos
• 11 Apr 1905: Candelaria officers: Morgan, pres; Reeves, sec; E. [Edmund] DeGoncer, Resident Director, El Paso; N. C. Thompson, Manager, El Paso.
• 11 Apr 1905: Corralitos officers: Morgan, pres; Reeves, sec/treas; E. DeGoncer, Resident Director; E.C. Houghton, Manager.
• 9 Apr 1907: TWP elected director Corralitos and Candelaria
• 30 Mar 1908: León Mining Company organized [in New York]; mentioned on Candelaria letterhead
• July 1908: Thompson resigned
• 30 July 1908: TWP director of León Co.
• 11 Jan 1909: TWP sent check for $12,000 to León Mining Co. as loan
• 18 Feb 1909: Candelaria NJ to purchase Candelaria, Colorado
• 13 May 1909: TWP purchased stock in León Co.; Reeves said it would be Candelaria stock, but the León Co. could endorse the check.
• 17 Jan 1911: resolution to dissolve León Co. to be voted on January 23
• 11 Feb 1911: Reeves to Peirce: “We will shortly call in the León Mining shares and issue Candelaria Mining Co. in its place.”
• May 1911: Walter P. Bliss became president of Corralitos
• 9 Apr 1911: TWP elected director Corralitos
• Apr 1913: Reeves lost place on board to E. H. Wright? (letter of Apr 11)
• 4 Jun4 1914: TWP elected director Corralitos
• 10 Oct 1915: p.3 refers to Candelaria: drugs left at mines; must have been closed already
• 4 June 1916: Raynal Bolling president Corralitos
• 27 Oct 1916: “Going to lose Bolling; Oct 27 Shearson mentioned.
• 1917: “In 1917 the Punitive Expedition... was withdrawn, and with [it] all of the American and foreign settlers from the northwestern part of Chihuahua abandoned their properties. This was the case with the Corralitos Company.” (Houghton, 30 Apr 1919)
• 20 Jan 1917: Shearson to become president of Company (doesn't say which); Morgan to retire form active management but remain on board of directors
• 10 Apr 1917: TWP elected director Corralitos
• 18 June 1917: Candelaria adjudged insolvent by Court of Chancery of the State of New Jersey; Charles I. Reeves appointed Receiver.
• 9 May 1920: León Co. still alive: “holds the Candelaria stock in its treasury”
• 1921: Edward Shearson is president of Corralitos
• 10 Apr 1923: TWP elected director of Corralitos Company (April 12).
• 30 Oct 1923: E. Townsend Irvin is president, The Corralitos Company
• 1927: La Candelaria Mining Co. se vió obligada suspender sus actividades en la época revolucionaria y hasta ahora no las ha reanudado (Boletín Minero)
• May 1927: The National Agrarian Commission obtained a writ expropriating Corralitos lands [Corralitos Cattle Company] for ejidos. Ignored writ of injunction and were to take over property on July 31, 1927.

From the guide to the Thomas Wentworth Peirce, Jr. Papers 30605864., 1900-1923, (Benson Latin American Collection, General Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin)