Papers, 1888-1944.

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Papers, 1888-1944.

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Collection includes geologic and mining reports on locations in the Western United States and Mexico (1907-1912); 6 notebooks; correspondence (1894-1944); legal papers (1901-1918); a photograph album of Alaska; manuscripts and articles by Spurr; certificates; maps; newspaper clippings; and miscellaneous other materials.

4.05 cubic ft. (9 boxes)

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7263362

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Spurr and Cox.

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Spurr and Company.

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Spurr, Josiah Edward, 1870-1950

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Josiah Edward Spurr, a geologist, graduated from Harvard in 1893. He was a field assistant with the Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota, where he did the first rough geologic maps of the Mesabi Iron Range (1893-1894). From 1894-1896, 1898-1900, and 1902-1906, he worked for the United States Geological Survey in Colorado, Alaska, California, Nevada, and Washington. In 1906, Spurr became chief geologist for American Smelting and Refining Company, and in 1912 became vice president of...