M199 Evans-Crumbo mining collection
Collection Summary
| Title | Evans-Crumbo mining collection |
| Dates (Inclusive) | 1905-1980 |
| Dates (Bulk) | 1955-1980 |
| Creator | Max Evans and Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Crumbo |
| Abstract | This collection contains mining records, correspondences, and other documents pertaining to Evans and Crumbo and the Taos Uranium and Exploration, Co. |
| Unique ID | M199 |
| Quantity | 1.25 linear shelf feet in 3 document cases |
Biographical Note
Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Crumbo was a Potawatomi 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 Muscogee (Creek), and taught at Oklahoma University and Wichita State University. He was Mr. Evans’
artistic mentor; they became mining partners and were headquartered in Taos, New Mexico.
Company names included: Taos Uranium and Exploration, Co.; Taos Minerals Co.; and Solar Minerals.
Arrangement
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.
Scope & Contents
These are records and correspondence (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 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.)
Restrictions
Access. There are no access restrictions on the use of these materials for research purposes. This collection is open to the public for use in the Delaney
Southwest Research Library at the Center of Southwest Studies.
Use and Copyright. These materials are for use only in the Delaney Southwest Research Library;
they are noncirculating. Limited duplication of print materials is allowed for research purposes.
The user assumes full responsibility for observing all applicable laws regarding copyright, property
rights, and libel.
Preferred Citation
Evans-Crumbo mining collection, Fort Lewis College. Center of Southwest Studies.
Processing Info
In the fall of 2002, students in the SW 340 Archives class arranged and described this collection under the supervision of the archivist. Southwest Studies student library intern Bertina Nez prepared the container list in January-February of 2003.
This finding aid was produced by the archivist in February of 2003. The finding aid was updated and reformatted by
archival student worker Daryl Begaye in the Winter of 2012.
Acquisition Info
This collection has accession # 2002:10004, donated by Max Evans on October 4, 2002.
Separated Materials
None.
Related Materials
| M 239 | Artists of the Southwest vertical files (Hensler artist files), a collection of Native American Artists and Artists of the Southwest, includes material on Woody Crumbo. |
| Pathfinder #14 | Mines and mining collections, a listing of available resource material on mines and mining in the southwest, including uranium, coal, and other precious metals . |
| P 003 | Theodore Hetzel photographs of Native America, photgraphy collection by Theodore Hetzel, includes photographs of Woody Crumbo. |
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Series/Container List
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Box 1: Evens and Crumbo documents Box 2: Evens and Crumbo documents Box 3: Evens and Crumbo documents |
Box 1: Certificates, geological and mining records, reports, maps, leases and deeds, 1895-1968, 52 folders. back to RG list
| Description | Date | Box/Folder |
| Adams and Buie (Santa Fe, NM) stock certificate held by Max Evans | 1956 | 1/1 |
| Anaconda and adjacent lode (Red River, NM) geological assessment records | 1957 | 1/2 |
| Anaconda mining claim number 3- Red River (Taos County, NM) assay reports | 1955-1956 | 1/3 |
| Anaconda reconnaissance report on several properties owned and leased by Taos Uranium and Exploration Company and Evans Mineral Company | 1956 | 1/4 |
| Anderson mining claim number 1 (Taos County, NM) notice of lode mining location | 1948 | 1/5 |
| Antoine Le Rouy Grant (Taos County, NM) mineral rights transfer records | 1956 | 1/6 |
| Antoine Le Rouy Property (Taos County, NM) preliminary report | 1955 | 1/7 |
| Bishop Cap Fluorspar prospect (Dona Ana County, NM) map | 1944 | 1/8 |
| Bitter Creek Claims assay reports (Taos County, NM) | 1956 | 1/9 |
| Black Copper and Rio Hondo Mining District (Taos County, NM) | 1955 | 1/10 |
| Blue Feather mining claims (Taos County, NM) assay identification certificates | 1954 | 1/11 |
| Blue Feather mining claims (Taos County, NM) history of discovery, exploration and development | ---- | 1/12 |
| Blue Feather Lode mining claim numbers 1-30 (Taos County, NM) mining location notices | 1955 | 1/13 |
| Blue Feather Lode mining claim numbers 31-50 (Taos County, NM) mining location notices | 1954-1955 | 1/14 |
| Blue Feather Lode mining claim numbers 51-70 (Taos County, NM) mining location notices | 1954 | 1/15 |
| Blue Feather Lode mining claim numbers 80-85 (Taos County, NM) mining location notices | 1955 | 1/16 |
| Blue Feather Lode mining claim numbers 103-109 (Taos County, NM) mining location notices | 1955 | 1/17 |
| Boner mining claim numbers 1-4 (Taos County, NM) notices of location | 1957 | 1/18 |
| Boner mining claim numbers 1-4 (Taos County, NM) drill hole records | 1957 | 1/19 |
| Bureau of Indian Affairs leasing of tribal lands for mining | 1957 | 1/20 |
| Colfax County (NM) mineral lease records | 1955 | 1/21 |
| Cora Gibson development records | 1945-1955 | 1/22 |
| The Cornerstone Masonic Newsletter (Taos County, NM) | 1957 | 1/23 |
| Deldosia mining claim numbers 1 and 2 (Red River Mining District, Taos County, NM) lode mining location notice | 1949 | 1/24 |
| Dutch Joe and Solid Gold claims (Taos County, NM) mine option records | 1921 | 1/25 |
| Dutch Joe and Solid Gold claims (Taos County, NM) mining patent | 1915 | 1/26 |
| Dutch Joe and Solid Gold quit claims deed, special warranty deed, and mineral and royalty quit claim deed | 1955 | 1/27 |
| Embudo mining claim numbers 1-7 (Taos County, NM) notices of lode mining location | 1955 | 1/28 |
| Evans, Max, correspondence | 1968 | 1/29 |
| Evans Mineral Company certificate of incorporation | 1956 | 1/30 |
| Evans Mineral Company mineral deeds | 1956-1957 | 1/31 |
| Evans Mineral Company (Taos, NM) business cards of Max Evans | 195? | 1/32 |
| Fluorspar resources of New Mexico, Bulletin #21 | 1946 | 1/33 |
| Fraser Mountain Mines (Taos County, NM) report | 1909 | 1/34 |
| Fraser Mountain Mines ((Taos County, NM) report, with annotations, by F. W. Traphgen. Ph.D., F.C.S. (London) | 1909 | 1/35 |
| Fraser Mountains Mines (Taos County, NM) pamphlet | 1900 | 1/36 |
| Fraser Mountain Mines (Rio Hondo Mining District, Taos County, NM) report by Ira M. Gilman | 1895 | 1/37 |
| Fraser Mountain Mines (Rio Hondo Mining District, Taos County, NM) report by R. B. Turner | 1899 | 1/38 |
| Fraser Mountain Mines (Taos County, NM) report by L. S. Judd, M.E. | 1914 | 1/39 |
| Fraser Mountain Mines (Taos County, NM) report by James T. Sparks, E.M. | 1914 | 1/40 |
| Frazier Creek (NM) molybdenum sample reports | 1953 | 1/41 |
| Fraser Group of copper, gold and silver mines (Taos County, NM) reports | 1895 | 1/42 |
| Geologic cross sections of Eastern Gallians Mountains (Lincoln County, NM) map | 1944 | 1/43 |
| Hot Mountain mining claim numbers 1 to 19 (Taos County, NM) lode mine location notices | 1956 | 1/44 |
| Hot Mountain mining claims of the Rio Del Medoi (Taos County, NM) maps and certificate of analysis reports | 1956 | 1/45 |
| Hound Dog mining claim numbers 1-18 (Taos County, NM) notices of locations | 1957 | 1/46 |
| Hound Dog Groups of Claims (Taos County, NM) preliminary geological reports | 1958 | 1/47 |
| Huckleberry Mine (Catron County, NM) map | 1944 | 1/48 |
| Hunley, Daniel B., resume | 1956 | 1/49 |
| "Indians at Work" pamphlet by U.S. Department of Interior | 1940 | 1/50 |
| Johns-Manville Sales Corporation letter | 1978 | 1/51 |
| Last Change prospect geologic map | 1944 | 1/52 |
Box 2: Correspondences, deeds, maps, claim records, and leases, 1900-1968, 51 folders. back to RG list
| Description | Date | Box/Folder |
| Max Evans business correspondence | 1910-1912 | 2/1 |
| Max Evans business correspondence | 1955-1956 | 2/2 |
| Max Evans business correspondence | 1957-1958 | 2/3 |
| Max Evans business correspondence | 1959-1960 | 2/4 |
| Max Evans business correspondence | 1962-1968, 1974,1977 | 2/5 |
| Max Evans lode mining location receipt | 1954 | 2/6 |
| Max A. Evans banking reference letter from Santa Fe National Bank | 1957 | 2/7 |
| Max Evans and Chet N. Mitchell quitclaims deeds | 1956 | 2/8 |
| McKinley Group (Taos County, NM) map | 1904 | 2/9 |
| Memphis Group of Mining Claims (Red River, NM) maps | ---- | 2/10 |
| Memphis Group of Mining Claims (Bitter Creek, Taos County, NM) records | 1957 | 2/11 |
| Mercy Group of Claims (Taos County, NM) report | 1957 | 2/12 |
| Mercy Mine (Taos County, NM) affidavit of discovery on mining claims and checks | 1957 | 2/13 |
| Mercy mining claim numbers 1-8 (Taos County, NM) notices of lode mining locations | 1957 | 2/14 |
| Mercy mining claim numbers 1-8 (Taos County, NM) notices of location | 1957 | 2/15 |
| Molybdenum Cooperation of America report | 1956 | 2/16 |
| Montgomery, Blackie, freight bill | 1967 | 2/17 |
| Morrow, Edward O., correspondence | 1961 | 2/18 |
| Mew Mexico fluorspar deposits and access facilities report | ---- | 2/19 |
| Octoroon mining claim numbers 1-3 and Nellie Lode claims (Bernalillo County, NM) mining claims patent | 1954 | 2/20 |
| Oxbow Sunny Side mining claim numbers 1-4 (Taos County, NM) notices of mine locations | 1950-1957 | 2/21 |
| Pattison/ Twining (Taos County, NM) lease and preliminary report | 1956-1957 | 2/22 |
| Pattison copper property (Taos County, NM) second preliminary geological report | 1956 | 2/23 |
| Perlite mining records and correspondence | 1956-1957 | 2/24 |
| And farther on was gold in Twining, New Mexico, pamphlet by Philip Reno, Sage Books (Denver, CO) | 1962 | 2/25 |
| Picuris Reservation lease assay report | 1954 | 2/26 |
| Picuris Reservation letter and mining lease | 1955 | 2/27 |
| Picuris Reservation letter | 1957 | 2/28 |
| Pikes Peak Lode Number 5 (Taos County, NM) mining location notice | 1956 | 2/29 |
| Pioneer Canyon (Red River Mining District, Taos County, NM) assay report | ---- | 2/30 |
| Pioneer Canyon (Red River Mining District, Taos County, NM) mining claims owned by Charles F. W. Young and R. T. Keeling, description | ---- | 2/31 |
| Porcupine Bluff- High Gear claims (Taos Piedras, NM) records | 1957-1997 | 2/32 |
| R. Wesley Nichols mining claims forfeiture records | 1955 | 2/33 |
| Rainbow Claim #2 (Red River, NM) notice of lode mining location | 1905 | 2/34 |
| Red Fissure Group map | ---- | 2/35 |
| Red River Properties, mining report | 1955 | 2/36 |
| Red River Mining District (Taos County, NM) discovery and assessment records | 1956 | 2/37 |
| Red River/ Twining District (Taos County, NM) geology and ore deposits Circular No. 18 | 1948 | 2/38 |
| Red River Mining District (Taos County, NM) mining lease | 1956 | 2/39 |
| Red River (Taos County, NM) copper mining lease | 1957-1958 | 2/40 |
| Red River Area (Taos County, NM) mineral possibilities reports by Geophysical Engineering Company (Colorado Springs, CO), prepared by Carl Bailey | 1958 | 2/41 |
| Red River and Twining District (Taos County, NM), geology and ore deposits report | 1948 | 2/42 |
| Red River Mining District (Taos County, NM) mining deed | 1956 | 2/43 |
| Rio Hondo Copper Company (Taos County, NM) geological report by C. L. Herrick, Ph.D., Consulting Geologists | 1900 | 2/44 |
| R. L. Harrison Company Inc. bill of sale and letter | 1957 | 2/45 |
| Sabino Francisquita Mondragon mining lease agreement | 1955 | 2/46 |
| Salspia (Lander County, NV) mineral claims report | 1920 | 2/47 |
| Santa Fe National Bank (NM) cancelled checks and balance sheets | 1950-1955 | 2/48 |
| Selected list references on mineral and related subjects by D. G. Runner, U.S. Bureau of Mines | 1949 | 2/49 |
| Silver Tip mining claim numbers 1-48 (Taos County, NM) mining location notices | 1924-1931 | 2/50 |
| Tillie Simon autobiography | 1958 | 2/51 |
Box 3: Certificates, deposit records, claim notices, maps, geological reports, and correspondeces, 1900-1960, 50 folders. back to RG list
| Description | Date | Box/Folder |
| Solar mining claims numbers 1 and 2 (Taos County, NM) affidavit of discovery of mining claims | 1957 | 3/1 |
| Solar mining claims numbers 1-6 (Taos County, NM) notices of location | 1957 | 3/2 |
| Solar Metals Inc. (Taos County, NM) certificate of incorporation | ---- | 3/3 |
| Solar Metals, Inc. (Taos County, NM) perlite deposits records | 1956 | 3/4 |
| Solar Metals Inc. (Taos County, NM) business envelope | ---- | 3/5 |
| Solar Lode (Taos County, NM) mining claims notices | 1955-1956 | 3/6 |
| Solo mining claim number 1 (Taos County, NM) records | 1955-1958 | 3/7 |
| State Inspector of Mines 45th annual report (NM) | 1957 | 3/8 |
| Sun Dog Mining Claims 1-17 (excluding #4) (Taos County, NM) notices of lode mining locations | 1958 | 3/9 |
| Taos, poem by Max Evans | ---- | 3/10 |
| Taos County notice of lode mining location, Tres Piedras District | 1957 | 3/11 |
| Taos County abstract of title for Mercy mining claims | 1955-1957 | 3/12 |
| Taos County abstract of title assignment supplement agreement | ---- | 3/13 |
| Taos County brief outline of copper, preface | 1900 | 3/14 |
| Taos U.S. Geological Survey map portion (photocopy) | ---- | 3/15 |
| Taos County preliminary geological report | 1957 | 3/16 |
| Taos and Evans Mining Company (NM) certificate of consolidation | 1956 | 3/17 |
| Taos and Evans Mining Company (NM) list of directors and offices and royalty agreement | ---- | 3/18 |
| Taos Company (NM) brochures. | ca. 1960 | 3/19 |
| Taos Harding or Pilar Mining District quit claims for the Blue Feather Lode mining claims | 1597 | 3/20 |
| Taos Minerals Company, Inc. (NM) title opinion | 1957 | 3/21 |
| Taos Minerals Company, Inc. (NM) ballots | 1959 | 3/22 |
| Taos Minerals Company, Inc. (NM) delinquent mining lease rental cancellation notices by State land offices (Santa Fe, NM) | 1959 | 3/23 |
| Taos Minerals Company, Inc. (NM) amendment to memorandum of agreement | 1956 | 3/24 |
| Taos Minerals Company, Inc. (NM) bylaws | ---- | 3/25 |
| Taos Mineral Company (NM), property description records | ---- | 3/26 |
| Taos Minerals Company (NM) title opinion letter to Security Exchange Commission | 1957 | 3/27 |
| Taos Mining Company (NM) development records | 1914 | 3/28 |
| Taos Minerals Company (NM) pamphlet | ---- | 3/29 |
| Taos Uranium and Exploration Company (NM) royalty amendment | 1960 | 3/30 |
| Taos Minerals Company, Inc. (NM) lease agreement | 1956 | 3/31 |
| Taos Minerals Company, Inc. (NM) company picnic notice | 1957 | 3/32 |
| Taos Mining Company, Inc. (NM) share certificate #457 (blank) | ---- | 3/33 |
| Taos Uranium and Evans Minerals Company (NM) stock shares tally sheets | ---- | 3/34 |
| Taos Uranium and Exploration Company (NM) indentures | 1955 | 3/35 |
| Taos Uranium and Exploration Company (NM) legal agreement | 1956 | 3/36 |
| Taos Uranium and Exploration Company (NM) list of stockholders | ---- | 3/37 |
| Taos Uranium and Exploration Company (Taos, NM) minutes of special meeting of stockholders | 1956 | 3/38 |
| Taos Uranium and Exploration Company, Inc. (NM) milling agreement | 1956 | 3/39 |
| Taos Uranium and Exploration Company, Inc. (NM) stock sales correspondence | 1956 | 3/40 |
| Taos Uranium and Exploration Company (NM) transportation agreement | 1956 | 3/41 |
| Tres Piedras Mining District (Taos County, NM) mining lease options agreement | 1957 | 3/42 |
| Twining Mining District and Bull of the Woods (NM) records and correspondence | 1956 | 3/43 |
| Uranium Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 10 | 1955 | 3/44 |
| Virginia Lode map | 1906 | 3/45 |
| W. B. Evans bills of sale from Raynel Velasquez and his wife Senaida Velasquez, and from K. E. Pilkington | 1957 | 3/46 |
| White Eagle Fluorspar Mine Grant geologic map | 1945 | 3/47 |
| Woody Crumbo, newspaper articles | 1952 | 3/48 |
| Young and Smith Silver Tip mining claims by Taos Mineral Company, Inc. (NM) affidavit of witness, et al. | 1956 | 3/49 |
| Evans/Crumbo collection oversize maps | ---- | 3/50 |