Dudley L. Davis papers, 1946-1987.

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Dudley L. Davis papers, 1946-1987.

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This collection contains reports and correspondence of Dudley L. Davis during his career as a geologist and engineer from approximately 1940 to 1987. Reports are of mine property potentials, budget proposals for mining projects, feasability studies and field exploration results. There is discussion in the reports and correspondence of the Darwin mines in California, the Inyo County mining district in California, the Battle Mountain mining district in Nevada and the King Midas mines in Arizona. Other western states represented in the collection include Colorado, Montana, South Dakota, New Mexico, Oregon, Idaho, Utah and Wyoming. Countries represented are Canada, Mexico, South Africa, Honduras, Haiti, Peru, Indonesia and the Dominican Republic. There is discussion of gold, silver, diamond, copper, uranium, coal, lead, kaolin, barite, tungsten, pumice and beryllium. There are license agreements, records of mine claims and patents, assays, sampling reports and memoranda to mine company stockholders. The collection includes U. S. Geological Survey maps and mining company maps. There are mine history records that date to the 1890s and the 1920s. Davis' personal correspondence and papers include letters to professional organizations, awards, resumes at different stages of his life and a few letters to his mother regarding her mining interests. There are papers regarding the D. L. Davis Associates company.

24.5 cubic ft. (77 boxes)

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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