Special Collections & Archives
Manuscript Group 236
Hercules Mining Company
Records, 1892-1947
73 cubic feet
The records of the Hercules Mining Company are part of the records of Day Mines, Inc., donated to the University of Idaho by Henry Day between 1972 and 1985. Processing of this manuscript group was done by Richard Davis in 1987 and 1988. Funds for processing were provided by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, the U.S. Department of Education HEA Title II-C "Strengthening Research Library Resources" program, the Library Associates of the University of Idaho and other donors.
COMPANY HISTORY
In August 1889, Harry L. Day, a bookkeeper and clerk in his father's general store in Wardner, Idaho, and Fred H. Harper, a prospector, walked one and one half miles up the pack trail between Burke and Murray to stake mining claims on the nearby mountain. These two claims, the "Hercules" and the "Firefly," later formed the Hercules mine, one of the richest silver and lead mines in the Coeur d'Alene region. Though Day and Harper began working their claims immediately, their lack of resources, regional labor troubles in 1891-1892, and a recession in 1893-1894, slowed progress. By 1895 Harper had sold his half to his father-in-law, a barber, C.H. "Dad" Reeves.
In need of cash and labor, Day and Reeves together sold a 1/4 share to August Paulsen, a farm laborer. Paulsen paid for it mostly in work at the mine. By 1899 Reeves had sold much of his remainder: a 3/32 share went to railroad engineer Levi W. Hutton (husband of May Arkwright Hutton, later the author of a famous tract on the Coeur d'Alene labor violence of 1899, and a champion of woman's suffrage); 1/8 to dairyman Sylvester Markwell; 1/16 to teamster Harry Orchard; and 1/32 each to butcher Frank M. Rothrock and lawyer Henry F. Samuels. Orchard (later notorious for the 1906 assassination of Frank Steunenberg, former Idaho Governor) soon forfeited his share to storekeeper Damian Cardoner for debt. Harry Day divided his 3/8 with his siblings--Eugene, Jerome, and Eleanor--and by 1900 the Hercules partnership had stabilized, if only temporarily.
A dozen years of development saw no production, but all efforts paid off on June 2, 1901: Paulsen struck a rich silver-lead vein in the No. 2 Tunnel. The first commercial shipments went out that fall, and in December the partners received their first dividend. By the end of 1903 the Hercules was netting $40,000 a month.
Disgusted with price manipulation by the "smelter trust" -- the American Smelting & Refining Co. (ASARCO), -- the Hercules in its early years sought out independent smelters, settling primarily,after 1903, on the Selby Smelting and Refining Company of Vallejo, California. However, when ASARCO gained control of the Selby two years later, the Hercules began shipments to the trust's Perth Amboy, New Jersey smelter and later its East Helena, Montana plant.
In 1912 ASARCO and the Hercules temporarily settled their differences on terms quite favorable to the latter company: Harry Day became president and general manager on a three year contract of an ASARCO subsidiary in the Coeur d'Alenes, the Federal Mining and Smelting Co., and Hercules ore received preferential terms at East Helena. With Harry occupied at Federal, Eugene Day took over the management of the Hercules. Harry devoted his three years to evaluating and acquiring new properties for Federal, but when the contract expired in 1915, the Hercules discovered that ASARCO proposed a drastic increase in rates. The Days then bought their own smelters, an old copper treatment plant at Northport, Washington, called the Northport Smelting and Refining Company, and the Pennsylvania Smelting Co. at Carnegie, Pennsylvania. For several years Jerome Day managed the Northport, Eugene continued as head of the Hercules, and Harry coordinated work between the companies--Hercules, Northport, Pennsylvania, and other mines in the Coeur d'Alenes (most notably the Tamarack & Custer Consolidated Mining Co.) which the Days had begun acquiring during the depression of 1907. This arrangement lasted until 1921 when the Days closed the Northport, later selling it to ASARCO, which once again contracted to buy Hercules ore.
Rich crude Hercules ore went directly to the smelter until late 1905 when the first Hercules mill opened in Burke. When that plant burned on Labor Day, 1909, the Hercules leased the Tiger Mill, operating it until their new plant opened in Wallace in April 1911. Here Hercules ore was reduced to concentrates or slimes until the mine shut down in 1925, while custom milled ore from other regional mines kept it going until 1932. The Wallace plant operated under lease to the Sullivan Mining Co. in 1935-1936, and then opened again as the Hercules Custom Mill from 1937 to 1942, when it closed for good.
In the early years, the Days and their partners had been friendly to labor organizations in the Coeur d'Alenes. Levi Hutton was implicated in the dynamiting of the Bunker Hill Mill during the strike of 1899, and in 1901, shortly before the family struck it rich at the Hercules, Eleanor Day married Edward Boyce, then the president of the Western Federation of Miners. But during the resurgence of union activity at the height of World War I, the Hercules management feared sabotage or even revolution. Jerome fired the entire Tamarack crew, suspecting they were members of the Industrial Workers of the World, and Eugene discharged a quarter of the Hercules workforce for the same reason.
By 1911 the Hercules had become the third most profitable mine in the Coeur d'Alenes, trailing only Federal and Bunker Hill. The market slowed briefly when Congress reduced tariff duties on lead and zinc in 1913, but the outbreak of World War I and continuing chaos in Mexico soon drove metal prices upward. The Hercules was the most profitable mine in the district in 1916, and dividends peaked at $3,800,000 in 1917. Lead prices plunged after the Armistice, however, and the mining industry was sharply depressed by 1919. The Hercules shut down and opened only in April of 1919, and then at reduced wages. Thereafter, the Hercules mine would reopen or close depending on the market.
During this period ownership of the Hercules was consolidated, although the number of partners increased later as shares passed to children and other relatives. In 1906 Hutton, Paulsen, and Markwell bought out Samuels' 1/16, and Reeves sold his last 1/16 share to Eleanor Day in 1911, giving the Day family almost half of the mine. Since Frank Rothrock consistently voted with the Days, they maintained practical control, and after Cardoner died in 1916, Eugene bought his share, bringing the Day ownership to 33/64. This majority was threatened when Eugene Day died in 1922 and his estranged wife began a bitter dispute over his estate.
After the war the Hercules partnership operated in a new business environment. Costs were much higher, the burden of federal and state regulation much greater, the income taxes imposed on the partners onerous...and the mineral wealth seemed near its end. Perhaps primarily for tax reasons, on Dec. 31, 1923 the Hercules partnership was dissolved and the Hercules Mining Company incorporated in the state of Delaware. The new company had an authorized capitalization of $5 million divided into 500,000 shares, 430,280 of which were initially distributed among the seventeen owners in proportion to their holdings in the former partnership. Eleanor Day Boyce was the largest single stockholder. The first directors of the company were Harry Day, president and treasurer; Jerome Day. vice president; Eleanor Day; August Paulsen; Levi Hutton; Frank Rothrock; and Frank Markwell.
Harry's son Henry Lawrence Vincent Day served as assistant manager, then as manager, and succeeded to the presidency upon his father's death in 1941. Under his direction the last car of ore left the Hercules on Mar. 25, 1925, as the mine finally bottomed out, and the company evolved from a mine operating firm to a holding company for new properties and, until 1942, the manager of a custom mill. In 1947 the Hercules Mining Company merged with eleven other Day dominated mining companies in the Coeur d'Alenes to form Day Mines, Inc. For each 1000 shares of the Hercules, stockholders received 692 shares of Day Mines Inc.
ARRANGEMENT AND DESCRIPTION
I. Records of the Board of Directors and the Stockholders, 1901-1947
A. Minutes, Dec. 1923-Sept. 1947, 3 vols. These volumes contain, in addition to the official proceedings of regular and special meetings, typed copies of the certificate of incorporation, by-laws, election inspectors' oaths and certificates, stock documents, secretary's oath, a sample stock certificate, meeting notices and waivers of notice, and lists of stockholders entitled to vote.
B. Records Relating to Meetings, 1925-1947, 19 folders. Included are copies of the minutes of annual and special meetings, correspondence, notes, notices of meetings, affidavits of mailing notices, proxies, stockholders lists, election ballots, election inspection oaths, memoranda, balance sheets, and a map of the East Coeur d'Alene Mining District. One folder contains documents, 1945, primarily relating to change of the designated statutory agent. Arranged chronologically.
C. Annual Reports, 1926-1946, 2 folders. Sometimes titled "Manager's Reports," the annual reports describe each calendar year's activity and the firm's financial position at the end of the year. The reports are signed by Henry L. Day as assistant manager or manager and often accompanied by cover letters addressed to Harry L. Day as president, or, after 1941, to the shareholders. The narrative portion of each report contains sections on the divisions of the firm (Ambergris, Tamarack, Hercules Custom Mill, etc.) or on other operating properties. Some of the annual reports have "Balance Sheets" and "Operating Statements", listing major categories of income and expense for the year ending Dec. 31. Reports exist for every year from 1927 through 1940 and for 1945, each dated in February or March of the following year. The years 1941 through 1944 are covered in one combined report. There is a similar but brief report, July 14, 1926, of status of the work being done at that time and a short report from Harry Day to stockholders, Feb. 15, 1939. Most of these reports are typed originals; those for 1929 and 1931-1934 are carbon copies.
D. Financial Statements, Nov. 1901-Sept. 1947, 46 folders. Variously titled Statement of Financial Position, Monthly Financial Statement, or simply Monthly Statement or Statement, these typed documents, sometimes ribbon copies but more often onion-skin carbons, cover every month from Nov. 1901 through Sept. 1947. There are long-hand drafts as well as typescripts for Jan.-Feb., April-Oct., and Dec., 1903. The exact contents vary, becoming more complex over time. For the period Nov. 1901-Dec. 1902 there is only a "Trial Balance" for each month. From Jan. 1903 onward, each statement usually comprises a list of "Receipts and Disbursements", expressed in general categories, as well as a "Trial Balance" or "Balance Sheet." By the 1940s statements had grown to include, in addition to these documents, lists of "Accounts Receivable," bond holdings, "Profit and Loss" statements for the company and for the mine plant, trucks, dwellings, community hall, heating plant, and mill; reports on "Composite Metallurgy"; and "Operating Statements". There are occasional additional documents filed among the Statements, such as letters from Harry Day to his sister Mrs. E.B. Boyce dated Feb. 1904 and Feb. 1905, explaining dividend policy and commenting on family matters; a letter to the partners dated Oct. 2, 1909, describing the burning of the Hercules mill; letters from H.H. Miller, general auditor, in May 1919, and Jan., June, Sept., and Nov. 1920 discussing the income account for 1919 and the tax effects of dividend policies, proposed changes in form and substance of the Monthly Statements, and the company's income and excess profits tax liabilities. There are monthly memos to Harry Day analyzing operating profits in 1919. Other letters during the partnership period comment on the amount of dividends that should be paid, and many years have preliminary trial balances, often with correspondence, and lists of stockholders in 1931 and 1932. Arranged chronologically.
E. Statements of Subsidiary Accounts, 1924-1932, 5 folders. Arranged alphabetically by name of company or operation and thereunder chronologically. There are records for each of the following projects although some sequences are incomplete:
4th of July Drift, Nov. 1926-Mar. 1928
Hercules New Drift, Nov.-Dec. 1927
Honolulu, Jan.-Nov. 1927
Humming Bird Mining Co., Mar. 1926-Dec. 1929
Humming Bird Mining Co., Fairview Drift, Nov. 1926-June 1927
Humming Bird Shaft, Mar.-June 1926
Humming Bird Mining Co., Apr. 1924-Oct. 1932
Maher-Hearn, (Gertie), Nov. 1925-Dec. 1929
Maintenance--Assay Office, Jan. 1927-Dec. 1929
Maintenance--Mill, May 1927-Dec. 1929
Maintenance--Test Plant, Jan.-Dec. 1929
Marsh Operation, July-Nov. 1929
Ores Purchased, Jan. 1928-Nov. 1929
Selkirk Drift, Nov. 1926-Mar. 1928
Sherman Crosscut, Feb. 1926
Sherman Drift, Dec. 1925-Mar. 1926
Sherman Shaft-Raise-Station, Mar.-July 1926
II. General Correspondence and Related Records, 1892-1947
A. Correspondence, Dec. 28, 1892-May 1929, 149 folders. Mostly routine business correspondence. For 1902 and 1903 there are letters from speculators hoping to buy the Hercules. In 1909 there are many letters to and from Fred T. DuBois in Washington, D.C. about the proposed lead tariff. In 1918 and 1919 there are letters from former employees asking about the Liberty Bonds they had purchased while working for the Hercules. Post-1919 correspondence is mainly between Harry Day, Henry Day, and W.H. Hoover of the office staff regarding routine office matters. Throughout there are letters between the company and its lawyers concerning lawsuits as well as routine legal matters; job applications; letters of reference for former employees; and letters from people looking for relatives believed to be working at the mine. There are also copies of salary scales, dividend records, accident reports, contracts, assay reports, a blueprint and description of the Hercules Mine dated 1892, and reports on the treating of timber at the mine. Arranged chronologically throughout, except for two folders of correspondence with the Coeur d'Alene Iron Works, Jan.-June 1913 and July-Dec. 1913. Appendix 1 is an alphabetical list of correspondents.
B. Miscellaneous Records, 1903-1941, 64 folders. Correspondence and other records on a wide variety of subjects relating to the operation of the Hercules, mostly prior to 1925, and possibly in part a remnant of a former series which may have been similar in structure to the General Records, 1925-1927, described below. Included in addition to letters and telegrams are receipts, bills, an application for land patent, minutes, motor vehicle registration documents, insurance policies, blueprints, leases, mining claim notices, proofs of labor, contracts, memoranda, lists, notes, reports, inventories, tax returns, lists of stockholders, notices of meetings, legal briefs, lode claim notices, lists of men employed, affidavits, and other records.
C. Correspondence, 1919-1920, 1928-1931, 8 folders. Arranged by filing number 1522-1628 (1919-1920), 2328-2437 (1928-1931). Routine business letters mostly regarding minor matters of personnel and supplies; some correspondence on ore, taxes, forest fire protection, and metal prices; and inventories of supplies on hand, contracts, and reports on work done at the Hercules.
D. General Records, 1927-1947, 716 folders. Primarily correspondence, telegrams, memoranda, ore settlements; also annual reports, pamphlets, notes, receipts, employment applications, photographs, assay certificates, financial statements, disbound ledger sheets, accident reports, billing statements, tax forms, subpoenas, legal briefs, leases, deeds, affidavits, contracts, technical reports, blueprints, inventories and other lists, miscellaneous minutes, and other types of records. Arranged in chronological periods, usually covering two or three years, and thereunder alphabetically by subject or name of correspondent. Subject headings recur from period to period. Appendix 2 is an index to the folder titles.
E. General Records of the Hercules Mill, 1925-1947, 107 folders. Primarily correspondence, financial statements, and inventory lists, with lesser amounts of most of the various record types described above for the Hercules Mining Co. Arranged similarly to the Hercules Mining Co. General Records. Other records of the Hercules mill are to be found in the above General Records of the Hercules Mining Company. Arranged alphabetically by subject.
III. Capital Stock Records, 1923-1947
A. Stock Ledger, 1923-1947, 1 vol.
B. Cancelled Stock Certificates, 1924-1943, 1 vol. Attached to some certificates are related correspondence, wills, receipts, and other legal documents.
C. Miscellaneous Dividend Records, 1922-1942, 2 folders. Includes a Memorandum Dividend Record, 1922-1923, summarizing dividends paid, 1901-1923; and Dividend Records, Oct. 3, 1940-Aug. 24, 1942. There are other folders of dividend records in the General Records described above.
IV. Accounting Records, 1901-1948
General Journals, 1903-1947, 18 vols. Cash Received Journals, 1932-1947, 2 vols. Journals of the Hercules Mill, 1927-1947, 3 vols. General Ledgers, 1903-1947, 17 vols. Accounts Receivable Ledger, 1933-1945, 1 vol. A few accounts from 1916 are in the front of the volume. Ledger of the Hercules Mill, 1927-1947, 1 vol. Accounts 1927-1941 in back of this vol.
V. Ore Production and Shipment Records, 1891-1941
A. Ores Purchased Record, 1926-1932, 1937-1941, 2 vols.
B. Daily Assays Records, 1906-1909, 2 vols. The Daily Assays Record gives the results of sampler assays at each stage of ore milling during each working shift (i.e., three times a day), giving content of silver, lead, zinc, and iron. Vol. 1, 1906, is labeled "Assays Record", but actually contains a Daily Assays Record, 1906; a Shipment Assay Record for slimes and concentrates, 1906; and a Shipment Assays Record for crude, 1905-1906. In the front of Vol. 2, 1907-1909, is a table of total mill tonnage and a daily average for each month, 19071908.
C. Ore Shipment Record, 1919-1931, 1 vol. Apparently a preliminary record used in preparing data on ore shipped from the Hercules Mill for entry in the permanent Ore Record volumes.
D. Ore Records, Jan. 9, 1911-Nov. 29, 1941, 9 vols. These record assay results, smelter destination, and financial returns on each shipment of ore. The volumes before 1925 record the production of the Hercules mine; those after 1925 record the output of the Hercules mill. All volumes after the first relate to specific classes of ore, as follows:
Vol. 1: 1911-1913
Vol. 2: Slimes and concentrates, 1913-1916.
Vol. 3: Crude, 1913-1919.
Vol. 4: Zinc, 1913-1941.
Vol. 5: Slimes and concentrates, 1916-1918.
Vol. 6: Iron ore concentrates, 1917-1923.
Vol. 7: Concentrates, 1918-1925.
Vol. 8: Slimes, 1918-1925.
Vol. 9: Crude, 1920-1925; Slimes and concentrates, 1927-1941.
E. Shipment Assays Records, 1907-1917, 3 vols. Compares assay results on ore shipments leaving the mill and received at the smelter and records the reconciliation of any differences. Each volume lists specific classes of ore, as shown below. There is also a shipment assays record for slimes and concentrates 1906, and for crude 1905-1906, on pp. 50-71 in the volume labeled "Assays Records" listed above in Series 21, "Daily Assays Records."
Vol. 1: 1907-1914
Pp. 1-38: Crude and Slimes.
Pp. 75-149: Slimes and Concentrates
Vol. 2: 1914-1917: Slimes and Concentrates
Vol. 3: 1914-1917: Crude.
F. Ore Settlements and Related Records, 1903-1914, 22 folders. Ore settlements, receipts issued by the buyer of ore to the seller, list the weight, assay results, value per ton, and total value of the ore, and are often accompanied by freight bills, assay certificates, lists of splits and umpired assays, receipts, correspondence, price quotations, tally sheets, summaries, sheets of calculations, and other records. Ore settlements provide detailed information on financial returns from Hercules ore prior to the beginning of the Ore Records described above. Hercules Ore Settlements dated after Apr. 30, 1913, have been discarded. Remaining in the present series are settlements of the American Metal Company, 1903-1904; assay certificates issued by LeDoux and Company, 1903-1905; Selby Smelting & Lead Co. settlements, 1903-1905; price quotations by ASARCO, 1908-1912; ASARCO lists of splits and umpired assays, 1909; ASARCO settlements, 1912; ASARCO assay certificates, 1912; Ohio and Colorado Smelting and Refining Company Settlements, 1909; and Tacoma Smelting Co. Settlements, 1909-1911. Many later Ore Settlements and related records remain among the General Records.
G. Mine Notebooks, 1891-1903, 1 folder. Three small volumes, as follows:
Vol. 1: 1891-1898. Harry Day's record of lead, silver, and gold content of ore from the Happy Day (1891), Hercules and Firefly (18961898), and Salvador (1890s?) mines.
Vol. 2: 1898-1902? Seemingly random notes relating to purchases of supplies and other expenses for the Hercules, estimates for a flume, estimates for a new tunnel, numbers of employees at various mines (not all Day properties), "normal monthly production" statistics for certain mines. Most entries are not dated.
Vol. 3: Oct. 1, 1901-Jan. 23, 1903. An Ore Shipment Record, giving dates commenced loading; dates of bill of lading; car numbers; lot numbers; weight; kind of ore; consignee and destination; routing for Hercules ore lots 1 to 215. It is the only known record of Hercules ore production for this period.
H. Mill Recovery Records, 1912-1921, 1923-1925, 1929-1932, 1937-1941, 12 folders and 2 vols. Monthly reports with annual recapitulations, variously called "Mill Savings Statements," "Mill Recoveries," and "Calculated Metal Payments" records. They record the efficiency of the Hercules mill in separating metal-bearing ore from the barren rock. The information contained varies but generally includes tons of ore sent to the mill, assay results, amounts of silver and lead (and later zinc and copper) saved and lost, amounts and content of ore sent to smelter, gross value, deductions, net returns, and calculated cost to market ore as percentage of gross value. The volumes after 1929 relate to the production of the Tamarack, Sherman, Dayrock, and Humming Bird mines. The reports for Oct. 1924-Mar. 1925 are simply lists of amounts of ore sent to the mill.
I. Daily Reports of the Northport Smelter, 1919-1921, 3 folders.
J. Daily and Monthly Reports of the Pennsylvania Smelting Co., 1919-1921, 2 folders.
K. Silver Affidavits, 1937-1941, 6 folders. Notarized "Silver Affidavits," which document compliance with the bullion transfer tax provisions of the federal Silver Purchase Act of 1934, affirm the shipment of amounts of silver to specified smelters, usually in the form of concentrates. The format varies slightly, but all provide essentially the same kind of information. Accompanying each Silver Affidavit is an "Affidavit of Miner," also notarized, affirming that a specified mining company (usually Dayrock, Tamarack and Custer, or Sherman Lead) had delivered the same amount of silver to the Hercules between certain dates.
L. Miscellaneous Ore Correspondence, 1922-1923, 1935, 3 folders. Included is ASARCO correspondence relating to contract adjustments, 1922-1923, accompanied by charts detailing smelter payments; correspondence with the Battick brothers relating to a surface lease of the Hercules Mine, 1935; and correspondence and other records relating to the lease of the Hercules Mill, by the Sullivan Mining Co., 1935.
VI. Plant and Equipment Records, 1902-1947
A. Monthly Reports on Plant Maintenance, Apr. 1930-May 1931, 1 folder. Describing the condition of electrical and mechanical equipment.
B. Proposals for Installation of Equipment, 1902-1903, 1 folder. Includes correspondence with the California Wire Works concerning construction of a tramway; with Pelton Water Wheel Company regarding pipelines; and with Allis-Chalmers Company for iron work. There are also blueprints, drawings, and receipts.
C. Cost Records, 1910-1916, 1 vol. and 1 folder. A loose-leaf notebook containing descriptions of mill, hoisting, and other equipment, with the cost, usually including shipping charges for each item, invoice dates and numbers. Inserted in a pocket were typed lists and a few clippings giving costs of number 5 shaft construction; names of owners, addresses, dates, and acreage for various mining claims; annual, or sometimes monthly statistics, generally covering 1901-1912, on dividends, smelter returns and deductions, ore milled and shipped, wages, employees, and taxes paid.
D. Voucher Registers, 1916-1947, 9 vols. Voucher registers record basic information from the voucher, such as date, summary description, voucher number, amount of transaction. Registers also record the distribution of credits and expenses among various accounts. This series covers Hercules vouchers no. 313 to no. 21,252. The vouchers themselves, in 187 binders and measuring 62-1/3 lineal feet, have been discarded as the Voucher Registers and the Invoice Records described below provide an adequate summary.
E. Voucher Registers of the Hercules Mill, 1941-1947, 2 vols. The Voucher registers of the Hercules Mill provide a detailed distribution of credits and expenditures which the general Voucher Registers described above simply lump into a "Mill Balance Account." These mill accounts constitute the majority of the entries in the general voucher registers during this period; they may be identified in the ledger of the Hercules Mill, 1941-1947, listed above under Accounting Records.
F. Invoice Records, 1916-1928, 3 vols. These volumes identify the items purchased, distributed in columns alphabetically, give "filing number" (i.e., invoice or voucher number) for each transaction, date of invoice, name of the other party to the transaction, and the subject of the transaction. The Invoice Record is sometimes more complete than the Voucher Register, including some voucher numbers missing from the corresponding register.
VII. Personnel Records, 1901-1947
A. Pay Rolls, 1901-1947, 3 boxes and 10 vols. Pay Rolls record employees, their jobs, and their pay and deductions for each pay period. Recapitulation sheets for each pay period summarize various parts of the company's operations and list firms and persons to whom deductions were credited, with amounts. Pay rolls for administrative personnel are included on separate pages in the regular pay roll before Apr. 1923 and from Jan. 1937-Oct. 1940; the administrative pay roll Apr. 1923-Dec. 1936 and Nov. 1940-Oct. 1947 appears in separate volumes, numbered 12 and 13 of this series. Vol. 13 contains, in addition to the administrative pay roll from Nov. 1940-Oct. 1947, administrative Compensation Records for the same years.
B. Compensation Records, 1936-1943, 4 vols. While pay rolls are arranged chronologically by pay period, compensation records are arranged alphabetically by last name of employee and give wages and deductions for each employee over the entire period of his employment. They also give such additional information as the name of whom to notify in case of accident, reasons for termination, and taxable income. These volumes include personnel of all of the Day companies. The first three cover names A-F, G-M, and N-Z, respectively; vol. 4 covers selected personnel, chiefly administrative, and is not in alphabetical order. Compensation Records for most Hercules administrative personnel after 1940 are in Pay Roll vol. 13, described above.
C. Daily Summaries, Jan. 1933-Dec. 1936, Jan. 1942-Apr. 1944, 13 folders. A record of the numbers of workers at particular maintenance tasks during a period in which the Hercules mine was shut down, including assignment at other properties owned by the Hercules.
D. Daily Mill Reports, Jan. 1933-Sept. 1935, May 1937-Dec. 1937, Jan. 1942-Dec. 1943, 10 folders. These reports record the names of workers on each mill shift; the jobs to which they were assigned; the date, mines, lot numbers, and times for ore fed and milled; number of hours of mill operation or shutdown each day.
E. Employment Cards, 1918-1927, 3 boxes. A record of biographical and personal data on each employee hired by the Hercules, including address, birthplace, marital and family status, citizenship, age, previous injuries, work experience, physical description, and languages spoken. Bundled in alphabetical order by last name of the employee; one bundle not in sequence includes cards dated into the early 1930s.
VIII. Accident Records, 1914-1934
A. Miscellaneous Accident Records, 1914-1923, 1 folder. Memoranda regarding the Reynolds case, 1914; request for accident information from the State of Idaho Mining Department, 1915; Hecla Mining Co. accident reports on Frank Miklas, 1923, later reinjured at the Hercules fire.
B. Accident Reports, 1917-1923, 37 folders. These reports cover accidents numbered 3131 to 4000, which occurred from November 1917 until May 1923, when the Hercules Mining Company ceased to be self-insured. The reports include a variety of forms, such as "First Notice of Injury" or "First Notice of Death," "Hospital Admittance and Discharge Notice," "Employer's Supplemental Report," "Attending Physician's Report," correspondence with the Industrial Accident Board, receipts for compensation payments, agreements on settlement of claims, transcripts of hearings, award reports, and other documents. For some accidents, correspondence and payment receipts continue as late as 1934.
C. Accident Summaries ("Detailed Account of Each Accident"), 1918-1921, 4 folders. One-page summaries showing the status of each case active in a given year, its cause and disposition. Arrangement is by accident number.
D. Personal Injury Charts, 1918-1921, 4 folders. Summary charts listing each accident victim during the year in alphabetical order and showing disposition of the case.
E. Consolidated Accident Reports, Aug. 1927-May 1930, 2 folders. There are five types of accident reports in this series, including individual accident reports from the Sherman Lead Co., 1928-1930; individual accident reports from the Dayrock Mining Co., 1929; individual accident reports from the Humming Bird Mining Co., 1928-1929; monthly statistical reports summarizing accidents at the Hercules Mining Company, 1927-1929; and Consolidated Accident Reports providing statistical summaries of accidents at the Hercules and its subsidiaries, 1928.
F. Accident Reports, Hercules Mill, Sept. 1928-Jan. 1930, 1 folder.
G. Industrial Accident Board Correspondence and Reports, 1929-1934, 1 folder. Communications with the Idaho State Industrial Accident Board regarding compensation payments for accidents which occurred prior to 1923 while Hercules Mining Company was self-insured. The reports cover each month, May 1930-Jan. 1934, and concern payments resulting from the fatal accidents of E.M. Wright (1918) and M.E. Welsh (1922). There is also a chart of extended accident compensation payments made by the Tamarack, Dayrock, and Hercules, 1933-1936.
H. Accident Payment Record, Mar. 26, 1918 to Sept. 9, 1924, 1 vol. A register of compensation payments for injuries suffered at the Hercules, Ambergris, and Humming Bird mines; this may have been used as a preliminary record for preparing information for entry into the Accident Compensation Register described below. Arrangement is chronological by date of payment, but there is also an alphabetical distribution of victim's names.
I. Accident Compensation Register ("Compensation Voucher Register"), 1918-1935, 1 vol. The first part of this volume is a record of compensation payments to injured employees or their survivors, of the Hercules, Ambergris, and Humming Bird mines, Mar. 26, 1918 to Jan. 3, 1934. Arrangement is chronological by date of payment. There are also monthly totals of payments. The latter half of the volume is a register of compensation payments by the Hartford Accident and Indemnity Co., May 1, 1923 to Aug. 6, 1935. Arrangement is chronological by date payment received in Burke or Wallace.
IX. Insurance Records, 1911-1940
A. Policy Register, 1911-1917, 1 vol. This volume is issued by the London Assurance Company but actually contains policies of a number of firms, relating to personal property of members of the Day family as well as insurance policies of the Hercules Mining Co. Written portions of the policies are pasted in.
B. Fire Insurance Policies, 1917-1930, 2 folders. All issued to the Hercules Mining Co.
C. Liability Insurance Policy, 1912, 1 folder.
D. Appraisements, 1929-1940, 5 vols. and 1 folder. All by General Appraisal Co., Seattle, each appraisement gives new replacement values and depreciated values and sometimes insurance values of specific items of machinery, equipment, supplies, and buildings, and summary recapitulations.
Vol. 1: Hercules Mining Co., equipment not in use, 1929.
Vol. 2: Hercules plants at Wallace and Burke, comparing new replacement and depreciated values, Nov. 13, 1929 and Apr. 22, 1932.
Vol. 3: Complete appraisement, Hercules plant at Wallace, Oct. 25, 1937, including diagrams and photographs.
Vol. 4: Complete appraisement, Hercules plant at Burke and Maher-Hearn plant, Oct. 25, 1937, including diagrams and photographs.
Vol. 5: Partial appraisement, Hercules plant at Burke, July 28, 1940.
E. Miscellaneous, 1929-1932: Loose pages giving recapitulations for the entire plant and insurance exclusions, Wallace and Burke plants, Apr. 22, 1932; diagrams of Hercules plants at Burke and Wallace, Nov. 1929; diagram of Wallace plant, Aug. 24, 1932, by the Idaho Surveying and Rating Bureau. The loose sheets accompany vol. 2, above.
X. Tax Records, 1913-1944
A. Federal Tax Records, 1913-1944, 32 folders. This series is arranged chronologically by tax year regardless of the particular tax involved. For most years there are the following principal record types: Corporate Tax Returns (standard forms, including those for income, profits, and excess profits taxes); Capital Stock Tax Returns; Annual Information; Returns, 1918-1930, summarizing dividend payments of $500 or more or other income payments of $1500 or more; and groups of "Working Papers," apparently used in preparing returns, including penciled sheets of calculations and attached copies of balance sheets, trial balances, income accounts, financial statements, and other documents. The corporate tax returns are often accompanied by correspondence, exhibits, and other documents. Many information returns have attached lists of names, addresses, and amounts paid.
B. Federal Tax Correspondence, 1914-1932, 2 folders. The federal tax correspondence is largely between the Hercules and members of the Day family and other partners or between the Hercules and the U.S. Commissioner of Internal Revenue and concerns distribution of dividends, the sources of dividends, the determination of tax liability of Hercules Mining Company (HMC) and of the partners, depletion allowances, personal tax returns of HMC partners and shareholders, claims for tax abatement, and whether or not there were any affiliated companies. Much of the correspondence concerns HMC's claim that, as a mining partnership under Idaho law, it should be taxed as a corporation rather than the partners bearing the whole burden.
C. Charts, 1 folder. Included are a variety of documents, many of them undated but apparently prepared for tax purposes, such as a Statement of Metallic Content and Value of Ore and Concentrates Marketed 19011912; Valuation Table of the HMC 1909-1915; Analysis of Operating Costs, Depreciation etc. 1909-1915; lists of ore shipments, 1915; lists of dividend payments for various years; worksheet of depreciation charges 1905-1917; charts of HMC ownership at different times during the partnership; Statement of Net Profits, 1919; tables of Dividend Distribution, 1913-1920; and balance sheets and financial statements. Many of these documents are typed and for many there are also penciled drafts. Similar records are often filed among the federal tax records described above.
D. Shoshone County Tax Records, 1903-1916, 1925-1929, 2 folders. The principal county tax records include: Shoshone County Tax Returns, 1903-1909, 1911-1913, and 1929; Shoshone County Final Tax Receipts, Jan. 1, 1916, issued to Hercules, Humming Bird, and related companies and concerning various pieces of real property, accompanied by a list of assessed properties for the year 1915; and receipts and correspondence from other years concerning taxes on improvements in mining claims, real estate, equipment, patented grounds, yearly net profits, and ore shipments. The folder for 1925-1929 also contains some state tax documents.
XI. Diaries, 1916-1922
Diaries, Aug. 25, 1916-Oct. 18, 1922, 6 vols. Brief records of the weather, the whereabouts of important Hercules employees and partners, and phone calls. The diaries were apparently kept by someone in the office in Burke. Newspaper clippings about mines are enclosed.
SERIES LIST
Container or volume I. Records of the Board of Directors and the Stockholders, 1901-1947 1-3 II. General Correspondence and Related Records, 1892-1947 4-37 A. Correspondence, Dec. 28, 1892-May 1929 B. Miscellaneous Records, 1903-1941 C. Correspondence, 1919-1920, 1928-1931 D. General Records, 1927-1947 E. General Records--Hercules Mill, 1925-1947 III. Capital Stock Records, 1923-1947 37 IV. Accounting Records, 1901-1948 38-79 V. Ore Production and Shipment Records, 1891-1941 80-99 VI. Plant and Equipment Records, 1902-1947 99-113 VII. Personnel Records, 1901-1947 114-135 VIII. Accident Records, 1914-1934 136-139 IX. Insurance Records, 1911-1940 140-141 X. Tax Records, 1901-1944 142 XI. Diaries, 1916-1922 142
HERCULES MINING COMPANY
INVENTORY
Box Folder Description
I. Records of the Board of Directors and the Stockholders, 1901-1947
1 1-3 Minutes, 1923-1947 4 Records relating to meetings, 1919-1931 5 1935 6-12 1937-1942 13-16 1943 17 1944 18 Documents loose in Minute Book, 1945 19 Mar. 20, 1945 20-21 1946 22 Sept. 24, 1947 23-24 Annual reports, 1926-1946 2 25-60 Financial statements, 1901-1937 3 61-70 1938-1947 Statements of subsidiary accounts: 71 4th of July drift-Humming Bird shaft, 1924-1932 72 Humming Bird Mining Co., 1924-1932 73 Maher-Hearn (Gertie)-Maintenance, Assay Office, 1924-1932 74 Maintenance, Mill-Marsh operation, 1924-1932 75 Ores purchased-Sherman shaft, 1924-1932
II. General Correspondence and Related Records, 1892-1947
A. Correspondence, Dec. 28, 1892-May 1929
4 76 1892-1893, 1897-1899 77-85 1901-1903 5 86-91 1904 6 92-98b Jan.-Sept. 1905 7 99-108 Oct. 1905-July 1906 8 109-116 Aug. 1906-Oct. 1907 9 117-124 Nov. 1907-Dec.1908 10 125-132a 1909 11 133-138 1910 12 139-146 Jan. 1911-June 1912 13 147-153 July 1912-Dec. 1913 154-155b Coeur d'Alene Iron Works, 1913 14 156-163 Jan. 1914-Apr. 1915 15 164-171 May 1915-Mar. 1916 16 172-180 Apr.-Dec. 1916 17 181-188 Jan.-Aug. 1917 18 189-199 Sept. 1917-July 1918 19 200-212 Aug. 1918-Dec. 1921 20 213-223 Jan. 1922-Dec. 1928 223a No date
B. Miscellaneous Records, 1903-1941
224 Ajax Mining Co., 1924-1925 225 Ambergris vs. Day, 1903-1904 226 American Metal Co., 1904-1905 227 ASARCO contract, 1916-1922 228 Borah, W.E., 1903-1905 229 Bunker Hill vs. Williams, 1910 230 Census of mines, 1919-1920 231 Check alteration policy, 1922-1923 232 Corporation Trust Co., 1923-1926 233 Dividends, 1910-1929 234 Easton, Stanly, 1911-1914 235 Electric motor, Hercules Mill, 1908-1909 236 Exemptions from military service, 1918 237 Federal Mining and Smelting Co., 1909 238 George B. Whitcomb Co., contracts, 1911 239 Hargis vs. Paulson, 1914 240 Hecla Mining Co., Jas. F. McCarthy, 1922 241 Hercules Mill, 1924 242 Hercules Mine--fire, 1923 243 --Geological Exploration, 1938 244 Hospital Fees, 1908 245 Humming Bird Mining Co., Stock assessments, 1907-1930 246 Jessup, Paul--Correspondence, 1936-1938 247 --Hercules Directors and Stockholders meeting, Feb. 15, 1937 248 Kroetch Brothers vs. Empire Mill Co., n.d. 248a Laden and Logan Lawsuits, 1918 21 249 Laws, E.H.--Hercules mill, 1923 250 --Hercules sorting plant, 1923 251 --Iron concentrates, smelter feed 252 --Personal, 1923 253 Liberty bonds, 1917-1922 254 Maggy, P.J., 1922 255 Mill Lease, Northern Pacific, 1910-1923 256 Mill supplies and equipment, 1905 257 Mine rescue station, 1922-1924 258 Minerals Separation North America Corp., 1918-1924 259-260 Mining Claims, 1897-1928 261 Miscellaneous, 1903-1937 262 Motor vehicle, 1928 263 Nordburg Manufacturing Co., 1907 264 Northern Pacific Railroad, 1910-1913 265-268 Northport Smelting & Refining Co., 1916-1921 269 Pelton Water Wheel Co., 1903 270 Pennsylvania Smelting Co.--Minutes of Stockholders Meeting, Feb. 7, 1917 271-272 Pipelines, 1903-1927 273 Ramstadt, A.P.--ASARCO Contract, 1922 274 --Correspondence, 1934-1937 275 Ray-Jefferson Mill--Construction, 1916 276 --Monthly Meter Readings, 1917 22 277 Reynolds vs. Day, 1917 278 Selby Smelting and Lead Co., 1903-1905 279 Selby Stock, 1904 280 Stock--Albert M. Lobaugh, 1940-1941 281 Stockholders--1914-1933 282 --Meeting, Feb. 20, 1933 283 Tiger Hotel boarders, n.d. 284 Timberlands, 1906-1907 285 Tramway, 1903-1904 286 Wourms, John H., 1922-1931
C. Correspondence, 1919-1920, 1928-1931
287-294 Correspondence, 1919-1920, 1928-1931
D. General Records, 1927-1947 (see Appendix 2)
295-312 A-G, 1927-1928 23 313-357 H-Z, 1927-1928 24 358-376 A-D, 1929 25 377-423a D, 1929-A, 1930 26 423b-479 A, 1930-A, 1931 27 480-533 B-V, 1931-1933 28 534-599 W-N, 1933-1935 29 600-684 O, 1934-1935 to F, 1936-1938 30 685-764 G-U, 1936-1938 31 765-827 V, 1936-1938 to K, 1939-1940 32 828-875 L-Z, 1939-1940 33 876-923 A-P, 1941-1944 34 924-977 S, 1941-1944 to O, 1945-1947 35 978-1013 P-Z, 1945-1947
E. General Records--Hercules Mill, 1925-1947
1014 A 1015 Accidents 1016 Ahlers, J.R.--Metallurgist 1017 American Cyanamid co. 1018 Anderson, Sven A. 1019 Assay--Determinations 1020 B 1021 Black Cloud Mill of the Dayrock Mining Co. 1022 Blue Creek, Patchen-Wold Lease 1023 Bureau of Mines 1024 Burns & Small 1025 C 1026 Callahan Zinc-Lead Co., Carl Evans, Lessee 1027 --Rossi-George Lease 1028 Canyon Creek Tailings Assoc., H.O. Solum Lease 1029 Coeur d'Alene Mines Corp. 1030 Concentrates in Transit 1031 D 1032 Day, Henry L., assistant manager 1033 Depreciation 1034 Dorr Co. 1035 Du Val Kirk Co. 1036 E 1037 Eastern Iron & Metal Co. 1038 Electric Steel Foundry 1039 English, W.J. 1040 F 1041 Falk Corp. 1042 Federal Pipe & Tank Co. 1043 Flotation Research Corp. 1044 Ford Motor Co. 1045 G 1046 Gem State Mining Co. Lease 1047 General Appraisal Co. 1048 General Engineering Co. 1049 H 36 1050 Insurance, State Insurance Fund 1051 Inventory--Assay Office 1052 --Mill 1053 --Monthly Concentrate 1054 James Manufacturing Co., D.O. 1055 Jasper Products Co. "Jasper Silica" 1056-1057 K-L 1058 Lease--Demetrovich (Federal M&S) 1059 --Neipsic 1060 --Documents re: Lease on Fumes, Maps, Water Right, State Engineer's Receipts, etc. 1061 --Roberts #4 1062 M 1063 Manganese Steel Forge Co. 1064 Merrick Scale Mfg. Co. 1065-1066 Metallurgist 1067 --Ahlers, 1940 1068 --R.D. McCafee 1069 Metallurgy 1070 Midland Mining Co. 1070A Mill equipment & Other miscellaneous records, 1937-1940 1071 Morse Bros. Machinery & Supply Co. 1072 N 1073 National Tank & Pipe Co. 1074 Nordburg Mfg. Co. 1075 Northern Electric Co. 1076 O 1077 Ore testing 1078 P 1079 Pacific Goodrich Rubber Co. 1080 R 1081 Reports--Superintendent's monthly report of cars received, shipped, etc. 1082 S 1083 Scales, Track 1084 Silver cable 1085 Southwestern Engineering Corp. 1086 Starky, Walter B., Co. 1087 St. Elmo Mining Co.--Lease 1088-1094 Statements, Dec. 1932-1944 1095 Summary, Milling, 1938 1096 T 1097 Tank, Water 1098 Tariff Rates, N.P. R.R. Co. 37 1099-1110 Transactions, 1936-1947 1111 Traffic, Ore Cars 1112 Traylor Vibrator Co. 1113 Tyler, W.S., Co. 1114 Union Iron Works 1115 U.S. Director of the Mint 1116-1117 V-W 1118 Water Right, Placer Creek 1119 Western Blower Co. (Union Heaters) 1120 Western Machinery Co. 1121 Young America Mine
III. Capital Stock Records, 1923-1947
1122 Ledger, 1923-1947 1123 Cancelled stock certificates, 1924-1943 1124 Dividend records, 1901-1923 1125 Oct. 3, 1940-Aug. 24, 1942
IV. Accounting Records, 1901-1948
38 General journal, 1903-1904 39-50 1905-1916 51 1917-1919 52 1920-1923 53 1923-1928 54 1928-1935 55 1935-1947 56 Cash received journal, 1932-1940 57 1941-1947 58 Journal of the Hercules Mill, 1927-1938 59 1939-1940 60 1941-1947 61 General ledger, 1903-1904 62-73 1905-1916 74 1917-1919 75 1920 76 1921-1940 77 1941-1947 78 Accounts receivable ledger, 1933-1945 79 Ledger of the Hercules Mill, 1927-1947 79a Transfer ledger sheets, Hercules Mill, 1927-1939
V. Ore Production and Shipment Records, 1891-1941
80 Ores purchased record, 1926-1932, 1937 81 1937-1941 82 Daily assays records, 1906 83 1907-1909 84 Ore shipment record, 1919-1931 85 Ore records, 1911-1913 86 Slimes and concentrates, 1913-1916 87 Crude, 1913-1919 88 Zinc, 1913-1941 89 Slimes and concentrates, 1916-1918 90 Iron ore concentrates, 1917-1923 91 Concentrates, 1918-1925 92 Slimes, 1918-1925 93 Crude, 1920-1925; Slimes and concentrates, 1927-1941 94 Shipment assays records, 1907-1914 95 1914-1917: Slimes and concentrates 96 1914-1917: Crude Ore Settlements and Related Records, 1903-1914 97 1126 American Metal Co. settlements, 1903-1904 1127 LeDoux & Co. assay certificates, 1903-1905 1128-1132 ASARCO--Price quotations, 1908-1912 1133 --Splits and umpired assays, 1909 1134-1137 --Settlements, 1912-1137 1138 --Assay certificates, 1912 98 1139 Settlements--Ohio & Colorado Smelting & Refining Co., 1909 1140-1144 --Tacoma Smelting Co., 1909-1911 1145-1147 --Selby Smelting & Lead Co. 1903-1905 1148 Mine Notebooks, 1891-1903 1149-1158 Mill Recovery Records, Jan. 1912-Dec. 1921 1159 Jan.-Dec. 1923 1160 Jan. 1924-Mar. 1925 1161 Jan. 1929-Feb. 1931 1162 Mar. 1931-Sept. 1932, Aug. 1937-July 1941 99 1163-1165 Daily reports--Northport Smelter, 1919-1921 1166-1167 Daily and monthly reports--Pennsylvania Smelting Co., 1919-1921 1168-1173 Silver affidavits, 1937-1941 Miscellaneous Ore Correspondence, 1922-1935 1174 ASARCO, 1922-1923 1175 Battick Brothers Lease, 1935 1176 Sullivan Mining Co. Lease--Hercules Mill, 1935
VI. Plant and Equipment Records, 1902-1947
1177 Monthly reports--plant maintenance, 1930-1931 1178 Proposals--installation of equipment, 1902-1903 1178a-b Cost records, 1910-1916 100 Voucher register, Nov. 1916-Mar. 1920 101 Mar. 1920-Nov. 1924 102 Nov. 1924-Feb. 1929 103 Feb. 1929-June 1934 104 June 1934-Nov. 1937 105 Nov. 1937-Mar. 1940 106 Apr. 1940-Oct. 1942 107 Nov. 1942-Oct. 1945 108 Nov. 1945-Nov. 1947 109 Voucher registers--Hercules Mill, 1941-1946 110 1946-1947 111 Invoice records, May 1916-July 1919 112 July 1919-Nov. 1923 113 Nov. 1923-Mar. 1928
VII. Personnel Records, 1901-1947
114 Pay Rolls, Dec. 1901-Dec. 1908 115 Jan. 1909-Dec. 1913 116 Jan. 1914-Aug. 1916 117 Sept. 1916-Sept. 1917 118 Oct. 1917-June 1919 119 July 1919-Dec. 1920 120 Jan. 1921-May 1923 121 June 1923-Oct. 1925 122 Nov. 1925-Oct. 1929 123 Nov. 1929-Dec. 1936 124 Jan. 1937-Dec. 1942 125 Apr. 1923-Dec. 1936 126 Nov. 1940-Oct. 1947 Compensation records, 1936-1943 127 A-F 128 G-M 129 N-Z 130 Selected personnel, 1936-1943 Daily summaries 131 1179-1186 Jan. 1933-Dec. 1936 1187-1191 Jan. 1942-Apr. 1944 Daily mill reports 1192-1196 Jan. 1933-Aug. 1937 132 1197-1201 Sept. 1937-Dec. 1943 Employment cards, 1918-1927 133 A-G and cards out of order 134 H-M 135 N-Z
VIII. Accident Records, 1914-1934
136 1202 Misc. accident records, 1914-1923
Accident reports
1203-1215 Nov. 1917-Sept. 1918
137 1216-1229 Sept. 1918-Nov. 1920
138 1230-1239 Dec. 1920-May 1923
1240-1243 Accident summaries ("Detailed account of each accident"), 1918-1921
1244-1247 Personal injury charts, 1918-1921
1248-1249 Consolidated accident reports, 1927-1930
1250 Accident reports, Hercules Mill, 1928-1930
1251 Industrial Accident Board correspondence and reports, 1929-1934
139 Accident payment record, Mar. 1918-Sept. 1924
140 Accident compensation register ("Compensation Voucher Register"), 1918-1935
IX. Insurance Records, 1911-1940
141 Policy register, 1911-1917 142 1252-1253 Fire insurance policies, 1917-1930 1254 Liability insurance policy, 1912 1255 Appraisements, Hercules--Equipment idle, 1929 1256 --Wallace and Burke, 1929-1932 1257 --Wallace, 1937 1258 --Burke; Maher-Hearn, 1937 1259 --Burke, 1940 1260 Miscellaneous, 1929-1932
X. Tax Records, 1901-1944
143 1261-1292 Federal tax records, 1913-1944 1293-1294 Federal tax correspondence, 1914-1932 1295 Charts, 1901-1920 1296 Shoshone County tax records, 1903-1916 1297 1925-1929
XII. Diaries, 1916-1922
1298-1303 Diaries, 1916-1922
Appendix 1: Index to Correspondents in Correspondence, 1892-1929.
Indexed prepared by Judith Nielsen, 1981.
See repository for information.
Appendix 2: Index to folder titles, General Records, 1927-1947.
A 1927-1928 A 1929 A 1930 A 1931-1933 A 1934-1935 A 1936-1938 A 1939-1940 A 1941-1944 A 1945-1947 Accidents 1939-1940 Accidents 1941-1944 Aetna Mining and Milling Company 1936-1938 Aetna Mining and Milling Company 1939-1940 Air Hygiene Foundation of America 1936-1938 Air Hygiene Foundation of America 1939-1940 Ambergris Mining Company 1927-1928 [2] Ambergris Mining Company 1929 Ambergris Mining Company 1930 [2] Ambergris Mining Company 1936-1938 Ambergris Mining Company 1939-1940 American Bureau of Metal Statistics 1934-1935 American Bureau of Metal Statistics 1936-1938 American Bureau of Metal Statistics 1939-1940 American Bureau of Metal Statistics 1941-1944 American Mining Congress 1934-1935 American Mining Congress 1936-1938 American Mining Congress. Western Meeting 1934-1935 American Mining Congress. Western Meeting 1936-1938 American Outlook 1936-1938 American Smelting and Refining Company 1927-1928 American Smelting and Refining Company 1929 American Smelting and Refining Company 1930 American Smelting and Refining Company 1931-1933 American Smelting and Refining Company 1934-1935 American Smelting and Refining Company 1936-1938 American Smelting and Refining Company. East Helena 1939-1940 American Smelting and Refining Company. East Helena 1945-1947 American Smelting and Refining Company. Ore Settlements 1929 [2] American Smelting and Refining Company. Ore Settlements 1930 American Smelting and Refining Company. Tacoma, Washington 1939-1940 Anaconda Copper Mining Company 1927-1928 Anaconda Copper Mining Company 1929 Anaconda Copper Mining Company 1930 Anaconda Copper Mining Company 1931-1933 Anaconda Copper Mining Company 1934-1935 Anaconda Copper Mining Company 1936-1938 Anaconda Copper Mining Company 1939-1940 Anaconda Copper Mining Company. Zinc Settlements 1927-1928 Anaconda Copper Mining Company. Zinc Settlements 1929 Anaconda Copper Mining Company. Zinc Settlements 1930 Anaconda Copper Mining Company. Zinc Settlements 1931-1933 Andrews Group 1931-1933 Andrews Group 1934-1935 Andrews Group 1936-1938 Applications, Employment 1934-1935 Applications, Employment 1936-1938 Applications, Employment 1939-1940 Applications, Employment 1941-1944 Assay Reports 1927-1928 Assay Reports 1929 Assay Reports 1930 Assay Reports 1931-1933 Assay Reports 1936-1938 Assessment Work 1931-1933 Assessment Work 1936-1938 Assessment Work 1939-1940 Associated Metals and Minerals Corporation 1927-1928 Aurum Mining Company 1927-1928 Aurum Mining Company 1929 Aurum Mining Company 1930 Aurum Mining Company 1931-1933 Aurum Mining Company 1936-1938 B 1927-1928 B 1929 B 1930 B 1931-1933 B 1934-1935 B 1936-1938 B 1939-1940 B 1941-1944 Barns 1939-1940 Basin Mining Company 1936-1938 Bennett, C.E., Master Mechanic 1927-1928 Bennett, C.E., Master Mechanic 1929 Bennett, C.E., Master Mechanic 1930 Bennett, C.E., Master Mechanic 1931-1933 Bennetts Chemical Laboratory 1939-1940 Bonds 1934-1935 Bonds 1936-1938 Bonds. Australian 1939-1940 Bonds. Stuart and Company 1934-1935 Bonds. Stuart and Company 1936-1938 Bullard, E.D., Company 1936-1938 Bunker Hill 1936-1938 Bunker Hill 1939-1940 Burke Community Xmas Tree Committee 1934-1935 Burke Community Xmas Tree Committee 1936-1938 Burke Industrial Union 1936-1938 Burke Industrial Union 1939-1940 Burke Public Schools 1939-1940 Burke Public Schools 1941-1944 Burke Public Schools 1945-1947 Burroughs Adding Machine Company 1936-1938 C 1927-1928 C 1929 C 1930 C 1931-1933 C 1934-1935 C 1936-1938 C 1939-1940 C 1941-1944 C 1945-1947 C and R Mining Company 1927-1928 C and R Mining Company 1930 C and R Mining Company 1934-1935 C and R Mining Company 1936-1938 Callahan Zinc Lead Company 1939-1940 Capital Stock Tax 1936-1938 Capital Stock Tax Suits 1939-1940 Cascade Machinery and Electric Company 1939-1940 Cascade Machinery and Electric Company 1941-1944 Central Mine Rescue Station 1936-1938 Chamber of Commerce. North Idaho 1936-1938 Citizens Utilities Company 1939-1940 Civil Works Administration 1934-1935 Claims 1931-1933 Claims 1941-1944 Clark, Walter C. 1939-1940 Clayton, James 1939-1940 Code, Lead 1934-1935 Code, Zinc 1934-1935 Community Hall 1934-1935 Connolly and Kroetch 1936-1938 Connolly and Kroetch 1941-1944 Consolidated Insurance Agency 1939-1940 Consolidations 1934-1935 Contract, I.U.M.M. and S.W. 1945-1947 Contract, Hansen 1936-1938 Contracts 1931-1933 Contracts, Fairview 1945-1947 Contracts, Hospital 1941-1944 Contracts, Zinc 1936-1938 Cooney Group 1945-1947 Cougar Creek Timber Land 1936-1938 D 1929 D 1930 D 1931-1933 D 1934-1935 D 1936-1938 D 1939-1940 D 1941-1944 D 1945-1947 Day, Harry L. 1936-1938 Day, Harry L. 1939-1940 Day, Henry L. 1936-1938 Day, Henry L. 1939-1940 Dayrock Mining Company 1929 [2] Dayrock Mining Company 1930 Dayrock Mining Company 1931-1933 Dayrock Mining Company 1934-1935 Dayrock Mining Company 1936-1938 Debris Land Fund 1934-1935 Depreciation Schedules 1931-1933 Dividend Roll 1939-1940 Dredge of Mining Companies 1934-1935 Dust 1939-1940 E 1927-1928 E 1929 E 1930 E 1931-1933 E 1934-1935 E 1936-1938 E 1939-1940 E 1941-1944 E 1945-1947 Easement, New Hilarity 1945-1947 Employment 1941-1944 Equipment Sales, Used 1934-1935 Examinations, Physical 1939-1940 Examinations, Physical 1941-1944 F 1927-1928 F 1929 F 1931-1933 F 1934-1935 F 1936-1938 F 1939-1940 F 1941-1944 F 1945-1947 Fair Labor Standards Act 1941-1944 Fairview, Wild West 1945-1947 Firehall 1936-1938 Firehall 1939-1940 Firehall 1941-1944 Fires 1936-1938 Flood Control, South Fork 1934-1935 Florence Mining and Milling Company 1934-1935 Florence Mining and Milling Company 1936-1938 G 1927-1928 G 1929 G 1930 G 1931-1933 G 1934-1935 G 1936-1938 G 1939-1940 G 1941-1944 G 1945-1947 General Appraisal Company 1934-1935 General Appraisal Company 1936-1938 General Electric 1936-1938 General Electric 1939-1940 Generator, Kerr Burke 1934-1935 Giant Ledge Property 1936-1938 Gold Back Mine 1941-1944 Grinell Company 1941-1944 Group, C and R 1941-1944 Guelph Mining Company 1927-1928 [2] Guelph Mining Company 1929 H 1927-1928 H 1929 H 1930 H 1931-1933 H 1934-1935 H 1936-1938 H 1939-1940 H 1941-1944 H 1945-1947 Hecla Mining Company 1927-1928 Hecla Mining Company 1929 Hecla Mining Company 1930 Hecla Mining Company 1934-1935 Hecla Mining Company 1936-1938 Heitfield, S.F. 1931-1933 Heitfield, S.F. 1934-1935 Heitfield, S.F. 1936-1938 Heitfield, S.F. 1939-1940 Hercules Exploration Company 1927-1928 Hercules Mill 1927-1928 Hercules Mill 1929 Hercules Mill. Misc. 1930 Hercules Mill. Misc. 1931-1933 Hercules Mill. Misc. 1934-1935 Hercules Mill. Power Plant 1934-1935 Hercules Mill. Statements 1934-1935 [2] Hidden Treasure 1931-1933 Hidden Treasure 1936-1938 Highland Surprise Mining Company 1939-1940 Honolulu Mining Company 1927-1928 Honolulu Mining Company 1929 Hoover, W.H., Asst. Treas. 1927-1928 Hoover, W.H., Asst. Treas. 1929 Hoover, W.H., Asst. Treas. 1930 Hoover, W.H., Asst. Treas. 1931-1933 Howard Cooper Corporation 1939-1940 Hummingbird Mining Company 1929 Hummingbird Mining Company 1930 Hummingbird Mining Company 1934-1935 Hummingbird Mining Company 1936-1938 Hummingbird Mining Company. Zinc 1927-1928 I 1927-1928 I 1930 I 1931-1933 I 1934-1935 I 1936-1938 I 1939-1940 I 1941-1944 I 1945-1947 Idaho and Eastern Mining and Milling Company 1936-1938 Idaho First National Bank 1936-1938 Idaho First National Bank 1939-1940 Idaho Mining Association 1934-1935 Idaho Mining Association 1936-1938 Idaho Mining Association 1939-1940 Idaho Transmission Company 1934-1935 Idaho, State of 1934-1935 Idaho, State of 1936-1938 Idaho, State of. Bureau of Industrial Hygiene 1939-1940 Idaho, State of. Bureau of Industrial Hygiene 1941-1944 Idaho, State of. Department of Income Tax 1936-1938 Idaho, State of. Industrial Survey 1936-1938 Idaho, State of. Public Utilities Commission 1934-1935 Idaho, State of. Public Utilities Commission 1939-1940 Idaho, State of. Secretary of State 1934-1935 Idaho, State of. State Insurance Fund 1939-1940 Idaho, State of. State Insurance Fund 1941-1944 Idaho, State of. Unemploment Compensation Benefits 1936-1938 Industrial Accident Board 1927-1928 Industrial Accident Board 1931-1933 Industrial Accident Board 1941-1944 Insurance 1931-1933 Insurance, Idaho State Fund 1939-1940 Insurance, Idaho State Fund 1941-1944 Insurance, Idaho State Fund. Bulletins 1939-1940 Insurance, Idaho State Fund. Bulletins 1941-1944 Insurance. Compensation 1934-1935 Insurance. Compensation 1936-1938 Insurance. Fire 1934-1935 Insurance. Fire 1936-1938 International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers 1941-1944 Iron Mountain Mining Company 1941-1944 Iron, Coke, Zinc Differentials 1927-1928 J 1927-1928 J 1930 J 1931-1933 J 1934-1935 J 1936-1938 J 1939-1940 J 1941-1944 J 1945-1947 Jessup, P.B., Comptroller 1939-1940 K 1927-1928 K 1931-1933 K 1934-1935 K 1936-1938 K 1939-1940 K 1941-1944 K 1945-1947 L 1927-1928 L 1929 L 1930 L 1931-1933 L 1934-1935 L 1936-1938 L 1939-1940 L 1941-1944 L 1945-1947 Laclede Mining Company 1931-1933 Laclede Mining Company 1939-1940 Lathes 1939-1940 Lead Industries Association 1934-1935 Lead Industries Association 1936-1938 Lead Industries Association 1939-1940 [2] Lead Tariff 1934-1935 Leary, Dan J., Foreman 1939-1940 Leary, Dan J., General Foreman 1931-1933 Leary, Dan J., General Foreman 1934-1935 Leary, Dan J., General Foreman 1936-1938 Lease, Aurum Lone Pine 1936-1938 Lease, Conn, Harry H. 1936-1938 Lease, Federal 1936-1938 Lease, Hodgins 1936-1938 Lease, Maki and Talo 1941-1944 Lease, Paulsen and Tapper 1936-1938 Lease, Paulsen and Tapper 1939-1940 Lease, Roberts, Wm. 1936-1938 Lease, Tapper, Etc. 1936-1938 Lease, Vose, Loy L. 1939-1940 Leases 1936-1938 Leland, W.S., Chief Electrician 1927-1928 Linde Air Products Company 1931-1933 Linde Air Products Company 1934-1935 Linde Air Products Company 1939-1940 Lists of Men Working 1929 Locomotive, Trolley Locomotive, G.E. 1934-1935 M 1927-1928 M 1929 M 1930 M 1931-1933 M 1934-1935 M 1936-1938 M 1939-1940 M 1941-1944 M 1945-1947 Macafee, Robert D., Jr. 1936-1938 Machinery, Used 1939-1940 Mc 1945-1947 Metal Prices. Daily Quotations 1934-1935 Metal Prices. Daily Quotations 1936-1938 Metal Prices. Daily Quotations 1939-1940 Metal Prices. Weighted Averages 1934-1935 Metal Prices. Weighted Averages 1936-1938 Metal Prices. Weighted Averages 1939-1940 Metal Prices. Weighted Averages 1941-1944 Metal Prices. Weighted Averages 1945-1947 Metal Reserves Company 1941-1944 Mileage, Auto 1939-1940 Mill Costs 1927-1928 Mill Maintenance 1927-1928 Mill Operating 1927-1928 Mill Operating 1929 Mill Operating 1930 Mill Operating 1931-1933 Miller, H.H, Auditor 1927-1928 Miller, H.H, Auditor 1929 Miller, H.H, Auditor 1930 Mine Operators Committee 1927-1928 Mine Operators Committee 1929 Mine Operators Committee 1930 Mine Operators Committee 1931-1933 Mine Operators Committee 1934-1935 Mine Rescue 1927-1928 Mine Rescue 1929 Mine Rescue 1930 Mine Rescue 1931-1933 Mine Rescue 1934-1935 Minerals Separation North American Corporation 1939-1940 [2] Minerals Separation North American Corporation 1941-1944 Mining Exhibit. San Fransico 1939-1940 Mining Machinery 1927-1928 Mining Machinery 1929 Mining Machinery 1930 Mining Machinery 1931-1933 Mining Stocks 1941-1944 Montana Power Company 1939-1940 Moore, F. Cushing 1927-1928 N 1927-1928 N 1929 N 1930 N 1931-1933 N 1936-1938 N 1939-1940 N 1941-1944 N 1945-1947 National Pipe and Tank Company 1941-1944 National Zinc Company 1927-1928 Nelson, H.F., Chief Electrician 1931-1933 Nelson, H.F., Chief Electrician 1934-1935 Nelson, H.F., Chief Electrician 1936-1938 Nelson,H.F., Chief Electrician 1939-1940 Net Profits Tax 1927-1928 Net Profits Tax 1929 Net Profits Tax 1931-1933 Net Profits Tax 1934-1935 Net Profits Tax. Misc. Correspondence 1927-1928 Nonferrous Metals Commission 1941-1944 Northern Pacific Railway Company 1927-1928 Northern Pacific Railway Company 1929 Northern Pacific Railway Company 1930 Northern Pacific Railway Company 1931-1933 Northern Pacific Railway Company 1934-1935 Northern Pacific Railway Company 1936-1938 Northern Pacific Railway Company 1939-1940 Northern Pacific Railway Company 1941-1944 Northern Pacific Railway Company 1945-1947 Northport Smelting and Refining Company 1936-1938 O 1927-1928 O 1929 O 1930 O 1931-1933 O 1934-1935 O 1936-1938 O 1939-1940 O 1941-1944 O 1945-1947 Option Mining Company 1929 Option Mining Company 1930 Ore Records, Zinc. Hummingbird, Ambergris 1931-1933 P 1927-1928 P 1929 P 1930 P 1931-1933 P 1936-1938 P 1939-1940 P 1941-1944 Pacific Northwest Advisory Board 1941-1944 Payroll 1936-1938 Payroll 1939-1940 Payroll 1941-1944 Payroll 1945-1947 Payroll. Orders 1945-1947 Payroll. Statistics. All Companies 1936-1938 [2] Payroll....monthly, September To September 1945-1947 [13] Pennsylvania Smelting Company 1931-1933 Pennsylvania Smelting Company 1936-1938 Pipe 1936-1938 Pollution 1934-1935 Pollution 1936-1938 Portal Number Five. Photograph 1939-1940 Power 1931-1933 Power 1934-1935 Power 1936-1938 Power 1939-1940 Power Contracts 1934-1935 Premium Affidavits 1945-1947 Press Times Publishing Company 1936-1938 Progress 1936-1938 Public Utilities Consolidated Corporation 1934-1935 Pumps. Suzler 1934-1935 Q 1931-1933 Quota Committee 1945-1947 R 1927-1928 R 1929 R 1930 R 1931-1933 R 1934-1935 R 1936-1938 R 1939-1940 Ramstedt, A.P., Comptroller 1927-1928 Ramstedt, A.P., Comptroller 1929 Ramstedt, A.P., Comptroller 1931-1933 Ramstedt, A.P., Comptroller 1934-1935 Ramstedt, A.P., Comptroller 1936-1938 Reconstruction Finance Corporation 1934-1935 Rent Schedule 1936-1938 Reorganization 1939-1940 Reports, Accidents 1945-1947 Reports, Production 1945-1947 Reports, Progress 1945-1947 Reports. Annual 1931-1933 Reports. Annual 1934-1935 Reports. Annual 1936-1938 Rice's Bakery 1934-1935 Roanoke Mining Company 1936-1938 Rosenblatt Trading Company 1927-1928 Ruth Case 1931-1933 S 1927-1928 S 1929 S 1930 S 1931-1933 S 1934-1935 S 1936-1938 S 1939-1940 S 1941-1944 S 1945-1947 Safe, York Manganese 1934-1935 Saint Joseph's Orphanage 1939-1940 School District Number Eleven 1934-1935 Seattle Curb and Mining Exchange 1931-1933 Seattle Curb Exchange 1929 Seattle Curb Exchange 1930 Sherman Lead Company 1929 Sherman Lead Company 1930 Sherman Lead Company 1934-1935 Sherman Lead Company 1936-1938 Sherman Lead Company 1939-1940 Shoo Fly Number Two Lode 1945-1947 Shoshone County 1934-1935 Shoshone County 1936-1938 Shoshone County. Board of County Commissioners 1936-1938 Shoshone Credit Association 1936-1938 Shoshone Credit Association 1939-1940 Shoshone Credit Association 1941-1944 Silver 1931-1933 Silver Cable Mining Company 1934-1935 Silver Cable Mining Company 1936-1938 Simons, W.H., Supt. 1930 Social Security 1936-1938 Social Security 1939-1940 Spokesman Review 1934-1935 Standard Oil Company 1936-1938 Stoble Assessment Work 1930 Stockholders 1927-1928 Stockholders and Directors Meetings 1927-1928 Stockholders and Directors Meetings 1929 Stockholders and Directors Meetings 1930 Stockholders and Directors Meetings 1931-1933 Stockholders and Directors Meetings 1934-1935 Stockholders and Directors Meetings 1936-1938 Stratton Mines Company 1927-1928 Stroble Mining Company 1929 Success Mining Company 1927-1928 Success Mining Company 1929 Sullivan Mining Company 1936-1938 Sullivan Mining Company. Assays 1936-1938 Sundry Stocks 1931-1933 Sunshine Mining Company 1934-1935 T 1927-1928 T 1929 T 1930 T 1931-1933 T 1934-1935 T 1936-1938 T 1939-1940 T 1941-1944 T 1945-1947 Tariff. Lead and Zinc 1936-1938 Tax, Forest Protection 1934-1935 Tax, Mines Tax Act 1934-1935 Taxes 1931-1933 Taxes 1934-1935 Taxes 1936-1938 Taxes 1941-1944 Taxes, Employee Witholding 1941-1944 Taxes. Assessed Valuations 1936-1938 Thatcher, E.F., Master Mechanic 1931-1933 Thatcher, John E., Mill Supt. 1927-1928 Tinling and Powell 1939-1940 Tinling and Powell 1941-1944 Tintic Stand Mining Company 1941-1944 Trade Dollar Mining Company 1945-1947 Traffic Department 1936-1938 Trout Mining Company 1934-1935 Truck 1945-1947 Truck Quotations 1934-1935 U 1927-1928 U 1929 U 1931-1933 U 1934-1935 U 1936-1938 U 1939-1940 U 1941-1944 U 1945-1947 Union Pacific Railroad Company 1939-1940 Union Pacific Railroad Company 1945-1947 United States V. Hercules 1939-1940 United States V. Hercules 1941-1944 United States. War Production Board. Quota 1945-1947 United States. Bond Payroll Deductions 1941-1944 United States. Bureau of Mines 1934-1935 United States. Bureau of Mines 1936-1938 United States. Bureau of Mines 1945-1947 United States. Civilian Defense 1941-1944 United States. Civilian Production Administration 1945-1947 United States. Department of Labor 1934-1935 United States. Department of Labor 1936-1938 United States. Employment Service 1941-1944 United States. Forest Service 1934-1935 United States. Forest Service 1936-1938 United States. Office of Defense Transportation 1941-1944 United States. Office of Price Administration 1941-1944 United States. Securities and Exchange Commission 1934-1935 United States. Securities and Exchange Commission 1936-1938 United States. Treasury Department 1936-1938 United States. Treasury Department 1939-1940 United States. Treasury Department 1941-1944 United States. Treasury Department 1945-1947 United States. 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George Gulch 1939-1940 Western Star Group 1934-1935 Western Union Mining Company 1927-1928 Western Union Mining Company 1929 Western Union Mining Company 1930 Western Union Mining Company 1931-1933 Western Union Mining Company 1934-1935 White, Congressman Compton I. 1939-1940 Wilbur Mining Company 1927-1928 Wilson, Harry R., Metallurgist 1929 Wilson, Harry R., Metallurgist 1930 Works Progres Administration 1936-1938 Wourms, John H. 1930 Wourms, John H. 1931-1933 Wourms, John H. 1934-1935 Wourms, John H. 1936-1938 Wourms, John H. 1939-1940 XYZ 1945-1947 Y 1931-1933 Y 1934-1935 Y 1936-1938 Y 1939-1940 Y 1941-1944 Z 1927-1928 Z 1929 Z 1930 Z 1931-1933 Z 1936-1938 Z 1939-1940 Z 1941-1944 Zinc Institute, American 1934-1935 Zinc Institute, American 1936-1938 Zinc Institute, American 1945-1947 Zinc Statistics 1934-1935 Zinc Statistics 1936-1938
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