Potosi Placers

Records, 1935-1941
0.5 cubic feet

The records of the Potosi Placers 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 Dixie Miller in April 1988, with funds provided by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Processing was completed by Judith Nielsen in July 1992.

COMPANY HISTORY

Potosi Placers, a partnership between Henry Day and L.J. Burrows, involved developing some placers in the Potosi and Pony Gulches in the Beaver Mining District near Dixie, Idaho. The partnership lasted only from August-September, 1936, and the records are accordingly slim. Day and Burrows' problems getting money owed them by an E.T. Vincent generated some documentation.

SCOPE AND CONTENT

The records of the Potosi Placers span the years 1935 to 1941, with the bulk of the material covering the period July - September 1936. Included are correspondence, financial statements, contracts, insurance forms, drillers field logs, and vouchers.

ARRANGEMENT AND DESCRIPTION

The records of the Potosi Placers are divided into two series.

General Correspondence and Related Records, the first series, is an alphabetically arranged series containing correspondence, reports, real estate contracts, insurance compensation forms from the State insurance fund, leases, drillers field logs, photographs, and financial statements.

The only items in the second series, Financial Records, are vouchers.

SERIES LIST

								Container
I.	General Correspondence and Related Records, 1935-1941	1
II.	Financial Records, 1936	1

POTOSI PLACERS
INVENTORY

Box	Folder	Description

I. General Correspondence and Related Records, 1935-1941

1	1	Burrows, L.J., June 1936-September 1937
	2	D; Eyster, Mrs. Sophia, July 1935-November 1936
	3	Field logs, Drillers, August-September 1936
	4	Hansom Brothers, July 1936
	5	Harwood, Benjamin, July-August, 1936
	6	Hillman, C. Kirk, Co., August-September 1936
	7	Insurance, Compensation, August 1936
	8	Mather, William - Lease, May 1935
	9	Patent plats, July-August 1936
	10	Photographs, n.d.
	11	Placer location notices, August 1936
	12	Reports; S, September-November 1936
	13	Sheep Creek Placers, September 1936
	14	Statements; U, June 1936-April 1937
	15	Vincent, E.T., 1936-1941
	16	W, July-August 1936

II. Financial Records, 1936

	17	Vouchers, August-November 1936

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