Special Collections & Archives
Manuscript Group 263
Idora Mining Company
Records, 1906-1929
0.33 cubic feet
The Records of the Idora Mining Company are part of the records of Day Mines, Inc., donated to the University of Idaho by Henry Day in 1984 and 1985. Initial processing of this manuscript group was done by Judith Nielsen in July 1987. Processing was completed by Michael Tarabulski in January 1992. 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 Associated of the University of Idaho and other donors.
COMPANY HISTORY
In 1906 the officers and trustees of the Idora Mining Company were W.F. Weiman, president, George P. Larsen, vice president, D.W. Peterson, secretary, A.G. Gardner, treasurer, and A.D. Tollefson. The capitalization was 1,500,000 shares at a par value of $1.00 per share. Although the Mine was in the Coeur d'Alene District of Idaho, the main office was in Tacoma, Washington. This appears to have been the situation through 19l0.
There is no further record of the mine until the Inspector of Mines report for 1922. From it and the following annual reports, we learn that The Idora Mining Company, Ltd., was incorporated April 23, 1915, by James C. Broad, president, C.E. Mallette, secretary-manager, J.B. Carson, A. Landen, and C.J. Orland. The offices were in the Jamieson Block, Spokane. Its capital stock consisted of 1,500,000 shares with a par value of 10 cents per share. In 1928 the Idora group consisted of 1 patented claim, the Colwyn, one patented fraction, the Triangle, and 5 unpatented claims, Idora 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. The plant had one electrically driven compressor and the mill a 100 ton concentrator. Development consisted of 8000 feet of tunnels, drifts and rises. The property had been idle since 1917 with annual labor only being performed. To pay for the labor stock assessments of 2-1/2 mills were levied on February 11, 1922 and June 2, 1924. Between 1927 and 1929 the property was under lease to Yolanda Mining Company which employed three men and did a small amount of development. A two mill stock assessment was levied on August 9, 1930.
In 1931 the company reported its property had been sold to Consolidated Mining Corporation, Donald A. Callahan of Wallace, secretary, a company organized May 18, 1931 to acquire the properties of Tuscumbia Mining Company and Idora Mining Company. The Idora is last listed in the 1939 Inspector of Mines report with this note: "The Idora Mining Co., Ltd. has sold all property of every kind and description to the Consolidated Mines Corporation and has no property of any kind except unpaid accounts and its charter; we are simply keeping the corporation alive for future use and to collect amounts due."
In 1942 the Portland Mining Company purchased the Idora and Tuscumbia claims as they were adjacent to other Portland holdings in the Beaver District. In 1943 the Portland Mining Company merged with Monitor Mining Company.
SCOPE AND CONTENT
The records of the Idora Mining Company span the years 1906 to 1929, with the bulk of the records covering the period 1906 to 1910. Included are a correspondence letterpress book, four bound volumes of financial records and one of assay records.
ARRANGEMENT AND DESCRIPTION
Since there are so few records for the Idora Mining Company no series designations were made; however, the order follows that of larger groups.
The correspondence letterbook also contains a voucher register, 1902-1906, for the International Oil and Mining Syndicate and the National Mining Company.
The financial records include a ledger, journal, and monthly segregation ledger which also contains a check register for March-September 1907.
The assay ledger is not identified as belonging to Idora, but there are four assay certificated laid in, two of them identified as Idora. The dates correspond to the time the mine was under lease to the Yolanda Mining Company.
IDORA MINING COMPANY
INVENTORY
Box Folder Description 1 Letterpress correspondence book, 1906-1907 2 Financial ledger, 1906-1909 3 Financial journal, 1906-1910 4 Monthly segregation ledger, 1907 5 Assay records, January-May, 1929
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