George W. Tower papers 1900-1968

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George W. Tower papers 1900-1968

Papers for this mining engineer whose work focused on South America.

13.95 cubic ft. (31 boxes)

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Northfield Mines Inc.

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Southfield Mines Limited.

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Silver Eureka Corporation.

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Wiles, Gloyd M.

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Eureka Corporation

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Tower, George W., 1900-1968

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George W. Tower, a mining engineer, began a long association with Thayer Lindsley and his company, Ventures Limited, when he worked as a mineral scout from 1925-1927. After working in several other mining jobs, he rejoined Ventures as a mining engineer (1935-1947) and became president and director of two Ventures subsidiaries, La Luz Mines (1942-1955) and Eureka Corporation (1942-1947). From 1947-1953 Tower was general manager for Hochschild Companies' South American mining interests. In 1955, h...

Lindsley, Thayer, 1882-1976.

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Thayer Lindsley, a mining executive, was born in 1882 in Yokahama, Japan to American parents. He studied civil engineering at Harvard and did post graduate work in geology at Columbia University. He made his first mining profits in the Pacific Northwest and northern Ontario in the early 1920s and in 1928 founded Ventures Ltd., a Canadian holding company with worldwide mining interests. At the height of his career, Lindsley held the presidency of 10 mining companies, directorships in 15 others, a...

Tower & Bowers.

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Still & Still.

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Ruby Hill Mining Company.

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Ventures Limited.

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Still, Arthur R.

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Tower-Wiles & Associates.

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Heller, A. H. (Albert Henry), 1866-1906

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Westfield Minerals Limited.

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Still, John W.

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Bowers, Carlos G.

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Hochschild Companies.

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Wright, Charles Will, 1879-

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