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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  

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