Downing Investment Company records, 1905-1912.

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Downing Investment Company records, 1905-1912.

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Collection consists of four Downing Investment Company ledgers covering the period between 1905 and 1912, with the exception of 1908. The ledgers document mining activities at a series of mines in Cripple Creek, Colorado and Goldfield, Nevada.

4 oversize boxes.

Harold B. Lee Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7383406

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Downing, James M. (James Mount), 1849-1907

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Downing, Warwick Miller, 1875-1964

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Downing was an attorney, petroleum pioneer, investor and conservationist from Denver, Colorado. Originally from Illinois, he began practicing law in Denver in 1895 with special interest in cases relating to the oil industry. He later entered the oil industry and became a major developer of the Oregon Basin and Salt Creek oil fields in Wyoming. He served as a corporate officer of the Reiter Foster Oil Corporation, Oregon Basin Oil & Gas Corporation, and the Fremont Petroleum Comp...

Downing Investment Company

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The Downing Investment Company was owned and operated by Warwick Miller Downing and James M. Downing. Warwick Downing was a lawyer, born in Illinois in 1875. He was the son of James M. Warwick and Ella Margaret Summers Downing. Prior to entering business with his son Warwick, James was a real estate developer. Warwick Miller Downing graduated from East Denver High School in 1891 and from the University of Michigan Law School in 1895. He was assistant city attorney as well as special counsel for ...