United State Smelting, Refining and Mining Company records 1924-1961

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United State Smelting, Refining and Mining Company records 1924-1961

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The United State Smelting, Refining, and Mining Company records contain purchase orders, equipment files, inventories, supply list, correspondence, memoranda, inspection reports, and technical drawings all documenting the operations of its subsidiary, the Fairbanks Exploration Company, in the Fairbanks area. The bulk of the equipment files pertain to the dredges, drilling equipment, and the power plant.

13 cubic feet; 13 boxes

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University of Alaska Fairbanks Alaska Polar Regions Collections & Archives

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United State Smelting, Refining and Mining Company

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In 1924, the United State Smelting, Refining, and mining Company from Massachusetts began its gold prospecting and drilling operations in the Fairbanks area, working through its local subsidiary the Fairbanks Exploration (F.E.) Company. It brought in eight gold dredges in all for its hydraulic sluicing operations on Pedro, Cripple, Goldstream, Cleary, and Fairbanks Creeks among other. In 1925, it built the Davidson Ditch north of Fairbanks to bring water from the Chatanika River to ...

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Fairbanks Exploration Company (Alaska)

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