The Newhouse Mines and Smelters records. 1904-1907.

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The Newhouse Mines and Smelters records. 1904-1907.

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Contains fifteen drawings, most in black ink, but a few in pencil, including both architectural drawings and schematic plans that depict buildings, land, and operation details that were part of a mining area in Beaver County, Utah.

0.5 linear ft.

University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7678684

University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott Library

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Moser, R. F.

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University of Utah. Libraries. Manuscripts Division

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Newhouse Mines and Smelters.

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In 1905, Samuel Newhouse, a mining profiteer from Pennsylvania, bought these mines, originally named the Cactus Mines, renamed them the Newhouse Mines and Smelters, and built the small town Newhouse around the mines. Because of debt and other economic hardships, Newhouse sold and abandoned the town and mines in 1910. All of the drawings and plans in the collection were drawn by R.F. Moser, a mechanical engineer in Salt Lake City. From the description of The Newhouse Mines and Smelter...