Collection M 199:
Evans-Crumbo mining collection inventory (Taos County, N.M.)
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Years this material was created:
1905-1997 (bulk 1955-1980)
Quantity: 1.25 linear shelf feet (in 3 document cases)
Arranged and described by student archival assistants and
J. Todd Ellison, Archivist, October 2002 - February 2003.
© 2003 by Fort
Lewis College Foundation, Center of Southwest Studies account
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M 199
Evans-Crumbo mining
collection inventory
1905-1980
(bulk 1955-1980)
1.25 linear shelf feet (in 3 document cases) (153
folders)
These are records and correspondence, etc., (many of them, photocopies, from an age when photocopying was rather primitive) regarding various mining operations in Arizona, New Mexico, and Nevada, ca. 1905-197-, especially by those of Max Evans and Woody Crumbo, partners in Taos Uranium and Exploration, Co.; Taos Minerals Co.; and Solar Minerals. (Scarcely any of the records pertain directly to Mr. Crumbo.)
Historical/
biographical note
Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Crumbo was a Potawatomie artist; the first Indian artist of note to work in oils.
He had over 500 paintings in museums before he was 40 years old. Born in
Lexington, Oklahoma, he lived with a Creek Indian family as a boy, and graduated from Bacone
Indian College in Muskogee, Oklahoma where he became Director of the Art Department a week after he graduated with his
degree. He was a principal art buyer for the Thomas Gilcrease Foundation in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Mr. Crumbo selected and purchased a large collection representing the Taos Art Colony and its founders.
He was adopted into many tribes including the Sioux and Creeks, and taught at Oklahoma University and Wichita State University.
He was Mr. Evans’ artistic mentor and they became mining full partners and were headquartered in Taos, New Mexico.
Company names included: Taos Uranium and Exploration, Co.; Taos Minerals Co.; and Solar Minerals.
Administrative information
Acquisition of this collection: This collection is the Center of Southwest Studies' accession 2002:10004, donated by Max Evans on October 4, 2002
About the organization of this collection: Because we do not expect to add to this collection, the boxes are numbered in one single numbering scheme starting with 1, and there is a single alphabetically arranged series of subject files.
Processing information: In the fall of 2002, students in Todd Ellison's SW 340 Archives class arranged and described this collection at the Southwest Studies, under his supervision. Southwest Studies student library intern Bertina Nez prepared the folder list (which Ellison edited), in January-February of 2003. This inventory was produced by Todd Ellison in February of 2003 (last revised October 2005).
Box 1 |
Folder description |
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Folder 1 |
Adams and Buie (Santa Fe, N.M.) stock certificate held by Max Evans, 1956 February 22. |
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Folder 2 |
Anaconda and adjacent lode (Red River, N.M.) geological assessment records, 1957 January 31. |
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Folder 3 |
Anaconda mining claim number 3- Red River (Taos County, N.M.) assay reports, 1955-1956 November 22, 7 pages. |
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Folder 4 |
Anaconda reconnaissance report on several properties owned and leased by Taos Uranium and Exploration Company and Evans Mineral Company, 1956 November 11. |
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Folder 5 |
Anderson mining claim number 1 (Taos County, N.M.) notice of lode mining location, 1948 July 1. |
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Folder 6 |
Antoine Le Rouy Grant (Taos County, N.M.) mineral rights transfer records, 1956, 12 pages. |
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Folder 7 |
Antoine Le Rouy Property (Taos County, N.M.) preliminary report, 1955 April. |
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Folder 8 |
Bishop Cap Fluorspar prospect (Dona Ana County, N.M.) map, 1944. |
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Folder 9 |
Bitter Creek Claims assay reports (Taos County, N.M.),1956. |
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Folder 10 |
Black Copper and Rio Hondo Mining District (Taos County, N.M.) lode mining location notices, 1955. |
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Folder 11 |
Blue Feather mining claims (Taos County, N.M.) assay identification certificates, 1954 December 14. |
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Folder 12 |
Blue Feather mining claims (Taos County, N.M.)
history of discovery, exploration and development, [undated], 6 pages
[2x]. (See also Box 3,
Folder 20.) |
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Folder 13 |
Blue Feather Lode mining claim numbers 1-30 (Taos County, N.M.) mining location notices, 1955. |
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Folder 14 |
Blue Feather Lode mining claim numbers 31-50 (Taos County, N.M.) mining location notices, 1954-1955. |
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Folder 15 |
Blue Feather Lode mining claim numbers 51-70 (Taos County, N.M.) mining location notices, 1954. |
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Folder 16 |
Blue Feather Lode mining claim numbers 80-85 (Taos County, N.M.) mining location notices, 1955. |
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Folder 17 |
Blue Feather Lode mining claim numbers 103-109 (Taos County, N.M.) mining location notices, 1955. |
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Folder 18 |
Boner mining claim numbers 1-4 (Taos County, N.M.) notices of location, 1957. |
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Folder 19 |
Boner mining claim numbers 1-4 (Taos County, N.M.) drill hole records, 1957 June 3. |
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Folder 20 |
Bureau of Indian Affairs leasing of tribal lands for mining, 1957 Feb 28. |
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Folder 21 |
Colfax County (N.M.) mineral lease records, 1955 March 19. |
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Folder 22 |
Cora Gibson development records, 1945-1955 June, 14 pages. |
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Folder 23 |
The Cornerstone Masonic Newsletter (Taos County, N.M.), 1957 April 15. |
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Folder 24 |
Deldosia mining claim numbers 1 and 2 (Red River Mining District, Taos County, N.M.) lode mining location notice, 1949. |
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Folder 25 |
Dutch Joe and Solid Gold claims (Taos County, N.M.) mine option records, 1921 January 20. |
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Folder 26 |
Dutch Joe and Solid Gold claims (Taos County, N.M.) mining patent, 1915 December 18. |
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Folder 27 |
Dutch Joe and Solid Gold quit claims deed, special warranty deed, and mineral and royalty quit claim deed, 1955. |
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Folder 28 |
Embudo mining claim numbers 1-7 (Taos County, N.M.) notices of lode mining location, 1955 August 1. |
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Folder 29 |
Evans, Max, correspondence, 1968 June 25. |
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Folder 30 |
Evans Mineral Company certificate of incorporation, 1956. |
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Folder 31 |
Evans Mineral Company mineral deeds, 1956-1957. |
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Folder 32 |
Evans Mineral Company (Taos, N.M.) business cards of Max Evans, [195-?] [3x]. |
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Folder 33 |
Fluorspar resources of New Mexico, Bulletin #21, 1946. |
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Folder 34 |
Fraser Mountain Mines (Taos County) report, 1909. |
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Folder 35 |
Fraser Mountain Mines ((Taos County, N.M.) report, with annotations, by F. W. Traphgen. Ph.D., F.C.S. (London), 1909 November, 10 pages. |
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Folder 36 |
Fraser Mountains Mines (Taos County, N.M.) pamphlet, [1900]. |
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Folder 37 |
Fraser Mountain Mines (Rio Hondo Mining District, Taos County, N.M.) report by Ira M. Gilman, 1895 November 15, 6 pages. |
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Folder 38 |
Fraser Mountain Mines (Rio Hondo Mining District, Taos County, N.M.) report by R. B. Turner, 1899 July 8, 6 pages. |
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Folder 39 |
Fraser Mountain Mines (Taos County, N.M.) report by L. S. Judd, M.E. December 14. |
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Folder 40 |
Fraser Mountain Mines (Taos County, N.M.) report by James T. Sparks, E.M., 1914 July 15, 5 pages. |
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Folder 41 |
Frazier Creek (N.M.) molybdenum sample reports, 1953 July 18. |
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Folder 42 |
Fraser Group of copper, gold and silver mines (Taos County, N.M.) reports, 1895 November 19. |
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Folder 43 |
Geologic cross sections of Eastern Gallians Mountains (Lincoln County, N.M.) map, 1944. |
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Folder 44 |
Hot Mountain mining claim numbers 1 to 19 (Taos County, N.M.) lode mine location notices, 1956 August 30. |
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Folder 45 |
Hot Mountain mining claims of the Rio Del Medoi (Taos County, N.M.) maps and certificate of analysis reports, 1956 Oct. 11. |
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Folder 46 |
Hound Dog mining claim numbers 1-18 (Taos County, N.M.) notices of locations, 1957. |
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Folder 47 |
Hound Dog Groups of Claims (Taos County, N.M.) preliminary geological reports, 1958 January 28. |
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Folder 48 |
Huckleberry Mine (Catron County, N.M.) map, 1944. |
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Folder 49 |
Hunley, Daniel B., resume, 1956 November 23. |
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Folder 50 |
“Indians at Work” pamphlet by U.S. Department of Interior, January /February 1940. |
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Folder 51 |
Johns-Manville Sales Corporation letter, 1978 March 7. |
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Folder 52 |
Last Change prospect geologic map, 1944. |
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Box 2 |
Folder description |
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Folder 1 |
Max Evans business correspondence, 1910-1912. |
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Folder 2 |
Max Evans business correspondence, 1955-1956. |
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Folder 3 |
Max Evans business correspondence, 1957-1958. |
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Folder 4 |
Max Evans business correspondence, 1959-1960. |
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Folder 5 |
Max Evans business correspondence, 1962-1968 and 1974, 1977. |
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Folder 6 |
Max Evans lode mining location receipt, 1954 December 13-17. |
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Folder 7 |
Max A. Evans banking reference letter from Santa Fe National Bank, 1957 January 11. |
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Folder 8 |
Max Evans and Chet N. Mitchell quitclaims deeds, 1956 November, 18 pages. |
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Folder 9 |
McKinley Group (Taos County, N.M.) map, 1904 August 15. |
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Folder 10 |
Memphis Group of Mining Claims (Red River, N.M.) maps. |
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Folder 11 |
Memphis Group of Mining Claims (Bitter Creek, Taos County, N.M.) records, 1957. |
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Folder 12 |
Mercy Group of Claims (Taos County, N.M.) report, 1957 February 18 and March 30. |
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Folder 13 |
Mercy Mine (Taos County, N.M.) affidavit of discovery on mining claims and checks, 1957 May 13. |
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Folder 14 |
Mercy mining claim numbers 1-8 (Taos County, N.M.) notices of lode mining locations, 1957, March 18. |
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Folder 15 |
Mercy mining claim numbers 1-8 (Taos County, N.M.) notices of location, 1957. |
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Folder 16 |
Molybdenum Cooperation of America report, 1956 Sept. 25, 20 pages. |
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Folder 17 |
Montgomery, Blackie, freight bill, 1967 Oct. 17. |
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Folder 18 |
Morrow, Edward O., correspondence, 1961 January 2. |
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Folder 19 |
Mew Mexico fluorspar deposits and access facilities report. |
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Folder 20 |
Octoroon mining claim numbers 1-3 and Nellie Lode claims (Bernalillo County, N.M.) mining claims patent, 1954 May. |
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Folder 21 |
Oxbow Sunny Side mining claim numbers 1-4 (Taos County, N.M.) notices of mine locations, 1950-1957. |
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Folder 22 |
Pattison/ Twining (Taos County, N.M.) lease and preliminary report, 1956-1957, 8 pages. |
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Folder 23 |
Pattison copper property (Taos County, N.M.) second preliminary geological report, 1956 November 3. |
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Folder 24 |
Perlite mining records and correspondence, 1956-1957. |
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Folder 25 |
And farther on was gold in Twining, New Mexico, pamphlet by Philip Reno, Sage Books (Denver, Colo.), 1962, 40 pages. Inscribed to Max Evans by Phil Reno. |
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Folder 26 |
Picuris Reservation lease assay report, 1954 December 17. |
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Folder 27 |
Picuris Reservation letter and mining lease, 1955 May – August. |
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Folder 28 |
Picuris Reservation letter, 1957 April 30. |
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Folder 29 |
Pikes Peak Lode Number 5 (Taos County, N.M.) mining location notice, 1956. |
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Folder 30 |
Pioneer Canyon (Red River Mining District, Taos County, N.M.) assay report, undated, 2 pages. |
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Folder 31 |
Pioneer Canyon (Red River Mining District, Taos County, N.M.) mining claims owned by Charles F. W. Young and R. T. Keeling, description [undated], 4 pages. |
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Folder 32 |
Porcupine Bluff- High Gear claims (Taos Piedras, N.M.) records, 1957 April 23- 1997 July 24. |
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Folder 33 |
R. Wesley Nichols mining claims forfeiture records, 1956. |
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Folder 34 |
Rainbow Claim #2 (Red River, N.M.) notice of lode mining location, 1955 July 27. |
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Folder 35 |
Red Fissure Group map, 1905 Sept. 27. |
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Folder 36 |
Red River Properties, mining report, circa 1955. |
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Folder 37 |
Red River Mining District (Taos County, N.M.) discovery and assessment records, 1956 January 26. |
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Folder 38 |
Red River/ Twining District (Taos County, N.M.) geology and ore deposits Circular No. 18, 1948. |
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Folder 39 |
Red River Mining District (Taos County, N.M.) mining lease, 1956 Sept. 6. |
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Folder 40 |
Red River (Taos County, N.M.) copper mining lease, 1957-1958. |
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Folder 41 |
Red River Area (Taos County, N.M.) mineral possibilities reports by Geophysical Engineering Company (Colorado Springs, Colo.), prepared by Carl Bailey, 1958 January 25, 10 pages. |
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Folder 42 |
Red River and Twining District (Taos County, N.M.), geology and ore deposits report, 1948. |
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Folder 43 |
Red River Mining District (Taos County, N.M.) mining deed, 1956 March 21. |
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Folder 44 |
Rio Hondo Copper Company (Taos County, N.M.) geological report by C. L. Herrick, Ph.D., Consulting Geologists, 1900 November, 7 pages [2x]. |
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Folder 45 |
R. L. Harrison Company Inc. bill of sale and letter, 1957 September 18. |
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Folder 46 |
Sabino Francisquita Mondragon mining lease agreement, 1955 September. |
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Folder 47 |
Salspia (Lander County, Nev.) mineral claims report, 1920 April 16. |
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Folder 48 |
Santa Fe National Bank (N.M.) cancelled checks and balance sheets, 1950-1955. |
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Folder 49 |
Selected list references on mineral and related subjects by D. G. Runner, U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1949 September (info circular #7521). |
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Folder 50 |
Silver Tip mining claim numbers 1-48 (Taos County, N.M.) mining location notices, 1924-1931. |
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Folder 51 |
Tillie Simon autobiography, 1987(?). |
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Box 3
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Folder description
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Folder 1 |
Solar mining claims numbers 1 and 2 (Taos County, N.M.) affidavit of discovery of mining claims, 1957. |
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Folder 2 |
Solar mining claims numbers 1-6 (Taos County, N.M.) notices of location, 1957. |
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Folder 3 |
Solar Metals Inc. (Taos County, N.M.) certificate of incorporation. |
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Folder 4 |
Solar Metals, Inc. (Taos County, N.M.) perlite deposits records, 1956 August 15, 20 pages. |
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Folder 5 |
Solar Metals Inc. (Taos County, N.M.) business envelope, undated |
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Folder 6 |
Solar Lode (Taos County, N.M.) mining claims notices, 1955-1956. |
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Folder 7 |
Solo mining claim number 1 (Taos County, N.M.) records, 1955 November – 1958 May. |
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Folder 8 |
State Inspector of Mines 45th annual report (N.M.), 1957 June 30. |
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Folder 9 |
Sun Dog Mining Claims 1-17 (excluding #4) (Taos County, N.M.) notices of lode mining locations, 1958 April 11. |
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Folder 10 |
Taos, poem by Max Evans, undated, 1 page. |
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Folder 11 |
Taos County notice of lode mining location, Tres
Piedras District, 1957. (See
also Box 3, Folder 42.) |
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Folder 12 |
Taos County abstract of title for Mercy mining claims, 1955-1957. |
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Folder 13 |
Taos County abstract of title assignment supplement agreement. |
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Folder 14 |
Taos County brief outline of copper, preface, 1900s, 7 pages. |
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Folder 15 |
Taos U.S. Geological Survey map portion (photocopy), undated. |
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Folder 16 |
Taos County preliminary geological report, 1957 February 18, 5 pages. |
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Folder 17 |
Taos and Evans Mining Company (N.M.) certificate of consolidation, 1956. |
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Folder 18 |
Taos and Evans Mining Company (N.M.) list of directors and offices and royalty agreement. |
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Folder 19 |
Taos Company (N.M.) brochures, ca. early 1960s. |
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Folder 20 |
Taos Harding or Pilar Mining District quit claims for the Blue Feather Lode mining claims, 1957 February. |
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Folder 21 |
Taos Minerals Company, Inc. (N.M.) title opinion, 1957 March 11. |
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Folder 22 |
Taos Minerals Company, Inc. (N.M.) ballots, 1959 January. |
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Folder 23 |
Taos Minerals Company, Inc. (N.M.) delinquent mining lease rental cancellation notices by State land offices (Santa Fe, N.M.), 1959 January 19, 10 pages. |
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Folder 24 |
Taos Minerals Company, Inc. (N.M.) amendment to memorandum of agreement, 1956 July 31. |
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Folder 25 |
Taos Minerals Company, Inc. (N.M.) bylaws. |
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Folder 26 |
Taos Mineral Company (N.M.), property description records, undated. |
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Folder 27 |
Taos Minerals Company (N.M.) title opinion letter to Security Exchange Commission, 1957. |
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Folder 28 |
Taos Mining Company (N.M.) development records, 1914 July 15, 18 pages. |
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Folder 29 |
Taos Minerals Company (N.M.) pamphlet, undated. |
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Folder 30 |
Taos Uranium and Exploration Company (N.M.) royalty amendment, 1960 August 6. |
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Folder 31 |
Taos Minerals Company, Inc. (N.M.) lease agreement, 1956 January 10. |
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Folder 32 |
Taos Minerals Company, Inc. (N.M.) company picnic notice, 1957 August 29. |
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Folder 33 |
Taos Mining Company, Inc. (N.M.) share certificate #457 (blank), undated. |
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Folder 34 |
Taos Uranium and Evans Minerals Company (N.M.) stock shares tally sheets, undated. |
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Folder 35 |
Taos Uranium and Exploration Company (N.M.) indentures, 1955, October 15. |
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Folder 36 |
Taos Uranium and Exploration Company (N.M.) legal agreement, circa 1956. |
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Folder 37 |
Taos Uranium and Exploration Company (N.M.) list of stockholders, undated. |
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Folder 38 |
Taos Uranium and Exploration Company (Taos, N.M.) minutes of special meeting of stockholders, 1956 December 21. |
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Folder 39 |
Taos Uranium and Exploration Company, Inc. (N.M.) milling agreement, 1956 September 25. |
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Folder 40 |
Taos Uranium and Exploration Company, Inc. (N.M.) stock sales correspondence, 1956 July 6- December 31. |
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Folder 41 |
Taos Uranium and Exploration Company (N.M.) transportation agreement, 1956 October. |
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Folder 42 |
Tres Piedras Mining District (Taos County, N.M.)
mining lease options agreement, 1957, February 12 and June 1.
(See also Box 3, Folder 11.) |
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Folder 43 |
Twining Mining District and Bull of the Woods (N.M.) records and correspondence, 1956 June 21. |
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Folder 44 |
Uranium Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 10, 1955 October. |
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Folder 45 |
Virginia Lode map, 1906 October 23. |
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Folder 46 |
W. B. Evans bills of sale from Raynel Velasquez and his wife Senaida Velasquez, and from K. E. Pilkington, 1957 August 28-29. |
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Folder 47 |
White Eagle Fluorspar Mine Grant geologic map, 1945 July. |
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Folder 48 |
Woody Crumbo, newspaper articles about him, 1952 May 8 and June 8. Also, a one-page undated biographical sketch by Den Galbraith, after 1987. |
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Folder 49 |
Young and Smith Silver Tip mining claims by Taos Mineral Company, Inc. (N.M.) affidavit of witness, et al., 1956 October 27. |
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Folder 50 |
Evans/ Crumbo collection oversize maps. |
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