Chisos Mining Company records, 1907-1942.

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Chisos Mining Company records, 1907-1942.

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Consists primarily of business records of the Chisos Mining Company. Materials include accounting records, correspondence, legal documents, freight bills of lading, advertising flyers, insurance papers, receipts, and requisitions.

2.5 linear in.

University of Texas at El Paso

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SNAC Resource ID: 7393537

University of Texas at El Paso

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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...