El Potosí Mining Company records, 1929-1952 (bulk 1931-1939).

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El Potosí Mining Company records, 1929-1952 (bulk 1931-1939).

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Reports, correspondence, blueprints and drawings, and photograph reflecting the business operations in Mexico (1929-1942) of El Potosí Mining Company. Annual reports cover both El Potosí Mining Company and Cía. Industrial "El Potosí", S.A. for the years 1931-1939, with the exception of 1937. These form the bulk of the records. Other reports include a 1934 U.S. Bureau of Mines publication by Harlan A. Walker, mine superintendent, entitled Mining methods and costa at El Potosí Mine; a 1942 report on the Carmen Mine in Chihuahua (includes 21 photographs); and reports (1952 and undated) pertaining to properties in Venezuela. The latter describe prospects for gold mining in the Amacuro Delta of Venezuela and contain descriptions of the area's geology and geography. Correspondence (bulk dates 1929-1937) relates largely to the activities of C.V. Brennan, who was Chief Engineer for the Exploration Department of Britannia Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd. and later became Assistant General Manager of the Howe Sound Company. Letters from F.C. Kilpatick, Agent in El Paso, Texas, for El Potosi Mining Co., explain company procedures and are accompanied by many of the company's business forms. Other officials or employees of the company and its affiliates who are represented in the correspondence include E.P. Ryan, general manager of the Howe subsidiaries in Mexico; H.H. Sharp, Vice-president, Howe Sound Co.; and Harlan A. Walker. Two items from 1951 and 1952 concern the prospects of gold mining operations in Venezuela. Blueprints and drawings primarly depict facilities of El Potosí Mining Company and the Carmen Mine.

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El Potosi Mining Company

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El Potosí Mining Company conducted mining operations at Santo Domingo, located in the Santa Eulalia district of the Mexican state of Chihuahua. Forerunners of the company established a presence in the area in 1881; by 1901 the company was known as El Potosí Mining Co. It maintained offices in Chihuahua and in El Paso, Texas. El Potosí Mining Co. and its affiliate, the Compañia Industrial "El Potosí", S.A., were subsidiaries of the Howe Sound Company and were affiliated with the Britannia Mi...

Compañía Industrial "El Potosí", S.A.

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Walker, Harlan

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Britannia Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.

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El Potosi Mining Company

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El Potosí Mining Company conducted mining operations at Santo Domingo, located in the Santa Eulalia district of the Mexican state of Chihuahua. Forerunners of the company established a presence in the area in 1881; by 1901 the company was known as El Potosí Mining Co. It maintained offices in Chihuahua and in El Paso, Texas. El Potosí Mining Co. and its affiliate, the Compañia Industrial "El Potosí", S.A., were subsidiaries of the Howe Sound Company and were affiliated with the Britannia Mi...

Brennan, C. V.

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C.V. Brennan was a mining engineer and also managed mines in Idaho, Montana and Utah. From the description of Papers, 1912-1949. (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCat record id: 28469813 For many years in the early 1900s, C. V. Brennan worked for a mining firm and gold mine in Howe Sound, just north of Vancouver, British Columbia. Before that time, he was Chief Engineer for the Exploration Department of Britannia Mining and Smelting Co., Lt...

Howe Sound Mining Company (Holden Village, Wash.)

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Sharp, H. (Henry), 1869-

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Kilpatrick, F. C.

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Ryan, E. P. (Eugene P.)

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