Chisos Mining Company records, 1909-1932.

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Chisos Mining Company records, 1909-1932.

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Consists of correspondence, receipts, time books, communication logs, company store accounts, money orders sold at the Terlingua Post Office, supply catalogs, and an alien registry card. Messages to and from Howard Perry were often in code. One file relates to the wrongful death of a mine worker, Matías Martínez. Names of mine management staff are on many receipts, orders, and pieces of correspondence. Some of these names include Wayne R. Cartledge, Robert Cartledge, Arthur Ekdahl, and C. A. Hawley. Lawyer Eugene Cartledge is another correspondent. Some of the materials are in Spanish.

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University of Texas at El Paso

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University of Texas at El Paso

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Ekdahl, Arthur.

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Martínez, Matías.

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Cartledge, Eugene.

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Perry, Howard E., 1858-1944

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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...

Cartledge, Robert L.

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Cartledge, Wayne

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Hawley, C.A.

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Resident of Monroe, Connecticut. From the description of Papers, [1820s-1840s]. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 22432880 ...