W. Keesey collection, 1843-1964.

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W. Keesey collection, 1843-1964.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26982675

Contains 67 ledgers, 17,367 leaves: documents relating to the Big Bend Cinnabar Mining Co., Chisos Mining Co., E. G. Gleim Co., Keesey & Co., Study Butte Mining Co., and the Union Trading Co.

3 boxes.

Bryan Wildenthal Memorial Library, Sul Ross State University Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7175622

Bryan Wildenthal Memorial Library, Sul Ross State University Library

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Union Trading Company

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Chisos Mining Company

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The Chisos Mining Company was established and began operations in 1903 near what would become Terlingua, Texas. The company specialized in quicksilver mercury mining. The marketability was established in 1799 when Charles Harvard discovered that compounding the element generated fulminate mercury crystals. These crystals can be used to cause small explosions and are useful in the manufacture of gunpowder cartridges and shells. The Chisos Mining Company was preceded in th...

Keesey, Whitaker.

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Big Bend Cinnabar Mining Company.

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Union Mercantile Company.

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Keesey & Co.

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Keesey, Otis (O. M.)

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Burcham, William Ernest

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Gleim, Edgar (E. G.)

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Keesey, Whitaker, 1843-1918.

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Study Butte Mining Company

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