La Plata Abstract Company (Colo.) records

M017 - La Plata Abstract Company (Colo.) records

Collection Overview

Creator: La Plata Abstract Company
Dates: 1874-1938
Extent: 6 linear shelf feet (in 1.5 document cases and 9 flat lidded boxes)
Abstract:
This collection contains incorporation documents, land abstracts, and mining claim records related to property in La Plata County, Colorado, primarily compiled by the La Plata Abstract Company. Materials date from 1874 onward and are useful for researching land ownership and local business history. Records are arranged alphabetically by business name.
Language: English
Collection Identifier: M017
Physical Location: This collection is located at the Center of Southwest Studies on the campus of Fort Lewis College (1000 Rim Dr. Durango, CO).

Using these Materials

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Preferred Citation: [Identification of item], [Collection Title], [Collection Number], Center of Southwest Studies, Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado.

Collection Description

Historical/Biographical Note: La Plata Abstract Company is the oldest continuously operating title company in southwestern Colorado. The donor Mrs. Ptolemy's son Rob Ptolemy bought La Plata Abstract Company from her husband (his father); the company now (2005) has approximately fifty employees and includes Colorado Land Title Company and Rocky Mountain Mortgage, with offices in Durango, Bayfield, Cortez, and Pagosa Springs. The Durango office has company records dating back to 1874, including microfilm rolls (produced by the Company) of all deeds recorded in La Plata County from 1874 to the present, and indexing books from 1874 to 1994. Mining claims are almost always 1,800 feet by 300 feet (i.e., 10 acres), and in southwestern Colorado they generally are on (or, in the case of patented claims, surrounded by) public lands.

Scope & Contents: The articles of incorporation, abstracts of records of lode mining claims, and various other instruments in this collection pertaining to property in La Plata County can be useful in a variety of local history research purposes. The compilation of land documents, arranged alphabetically by names of area businesses, can allow the tracing of land ownership. For a more extensive set of records see the La Plata County Clerk and Recorder.

Arrangement: The series and boxes are numbered consecutively. Because we do not expect to add to this collection, the boxes are numbered in one single numbering scheme starting with 1.

Processing Information: This inventory was prepared by Fort Lewis College archivist Todd Ellison, January 2002 (last updated November 2005). The list was initially produced (handwritten) on July 25, 1983, possibly by Ruth Boyd. Initial data entry was by Delaney Library assistant Rob Yazzie, August 6-7, 2002; assistance with further listing of contents of volumes was by archival student assistant Haley Sladek, November 2005. Website design was by Todd Ellison, August 7, 2002.

Subjects:

La Plata County (Colo.)
Mining claims--Colorado

Detailed Description of the Collection

Series descriptions

Note regarding the organization of this collection: Materials in this collection are arranged by series. The series are numbered consecutively. Because we do not expect to add to this collection, the boxes are numbered in one single numbering scheme starting with 1. Folder numbers start with 1 in each box. Items within each series (e.g., correspondence, reports) and within each folder are arranged chronologically, unless noted otherwise. The series are organized from highest hierarchical level to lowest; from most general to most specific.

Series 1: La Plata County businesses, typescripts of articles of incorporation, circa 1878-1937. 24 folders, in 1.5 document cases. Arrangement is alphabetical by name of company.

Series 2: La Plata County mining lodes claims abstracts of record, circa 1873-1926. 7 oversize volumes and 2 unbound items, in 7 flat boxes. Not yet described in further detail. These include (for the most part) grantor-grantee lists/indexes pertaining to ownership of lodes of ore deposits in numerous mining districts in La Plata County (especially California and Needle Mountain). The mining districts include Baker, California, Cascade, Castle Rock, Florida, Junction Creek, and Needle Mountain.

Series 3: Other ledgers, circa late 19th century-early 20th century. 2 oversize volumes, in 2 flat boxes.

Contents list:

Series 1: Articles of incorporation (in boxes 1 and 2)

Box 1: Folder list:

Folder	Title
1	Original index and updates index of La Plata Abstract Company's articles, etc.
2	Original index and updates index of La Plata Abstract Company's various filed instruments.
3	Articles of incorporation (typescripts) for businesses -A-
4	Articles of incorporation (typescripts) for businesses -B-
5	Articles of incorporation (typescripts) for businesses -C-
6	Articles of incorporation (typescripts) for businesses -D-
7	Articles of incorporation (typescripts) for businesses -E-
8	Articles of incorporation (typescripts) for businesses -F-
9	Articles of incorporation (typescripts) for businesses -G-
10	Articles of incorporation (typescripts) for businesses -H-
11	Articles of incorporation (typescripts) for businesses -I-
12	Articles of incorporation (typescripts) for businesses -J-
13	Articles of incorporation (typescripts) for businesses -K-
14	Articles of incorporation (typescripts) for businesses -L-
15	Articles of incorporation (typescripts) for businesses -M-

Box 2: Folder list:

Folder	Title
1	Articles of incorporation (typescripts) for businesses -N-
2	Articles of incorporation (typescripts) for businesses -P-
3	Articles of incorporation (typescripts) for businesses -R-
4	Articles of incorporation (typescripts) for businesses -S-
5	Articles of incorporation (typescripts) for businesses -T-
6	Articles of incorporation (typescripts) for businesses -U-
7	Articles of incorporation (typescripts) for businesses -V-
8	Articles of incorporation (typescripts) for businesses -W-
9	Articles of incorporation (typescripts) for businesses -Y-

Series 2: Mining lodes claims abstracts of record (in boxes 3 through 9)

Box 3: Abstracts of lode mining claims in La Plata County, ledger book, circa 1873-1897 (1 volume; 229 numbered double-wide pages). (Arbitrarily numbered by the Center of Southwest Studies as volume 1 in this collection.) Also, the following two unbound oversize items:

"Block Book of Mines" register of entries of mineral lands at Land Office, circa 1875-1897 (unbound; 15 double pages).
Mines of La Plata County register of entries of mineral lands at Land Office, circa 1882-1886, 1891, 1898 (unbound; 18 double pages).

Box 4: Abstracts of lode mining claims in La Plata County, ledger book, circa 1878-1906 (1 volume; 318 numbered double-wide pages). (Volume 2 in this collection.)

Box 5: Abstracts of lode mining claims in La Plata County, ledger book, circa 1880-1887 (1 volume; 318 numbered double-wide pages). (Volume 3 in this collection.)

Box 6: Abstracts of lode mining claims in La Plata County, ledger book, circa 1880-1923 (1 volume; 318 numbered double-wide pages). (Volume 4 in this collection.) Pages 320-318 in this volume are unused.

Box 7: Abstracts of lode mining claims in La Plata County, ledger book, circa 1881-1897 (1 volume; 319 numbered double-wide pages). (Volume 5 in this collection.) Pages 284-319 in this volume are unused.

Box 8: Abstracts of lode mining claims in La Plata County, ledger book, circa 1874-1926 (1 volume; 311 numbered double-wide pages). (Volume 6 in this collection.)

Box 9: Index to abstracts of lode mining claims in La Plata County, ledger book, circa 1880-1883 (1 volume; 640 single-page-numbered pages). (Volume 7 in this collection.) Pages 172-640 in this volume are unused.

Series 3:

Box 10: Abstracts of title reference ledger No. 1 of D. W. Ayres, undated (1 volume; 640 single-page-numbered pages). (Volume 8 in this collection.) Includes lists of local streets and the business owners. The following pages (and a number of other pages) in this volume are unused: 310-405, 485-489, 493-509, 514-519, and 562-640.

Box 11: Melville and Rohrer ledger, undated (1 volume; pages are not numbered). (Volume 9 in this collection.) Includes names of individuals and organizations, followed by a column of numbers, for example this" 8x147-1x171-". Arrangement is alphabetical. Alphabetical tabs that (presumably originally) were spaced throughout the book on the right edge of the pages, are missing (the places of original attachment of those tabs are discolored). We have, thus far, been unable to ascertain the original function of this ledger, which contains the names of many founders of Durango and other pioneers, including Hans Aspaas and Alva Adams, as well as a listing of such entities as the Animas City Town Site Co.

Item list of articles of incorporation (in boxes 1 and 2)

Name of company	Earliest date filed
Adams, Posey and Bayly Hardware Co. (amended to San Juan Hardware)	1885/01/28
Alexander Charcoal Co.	1894/03/14
Alice K. Mining & Development Co.	1911/12/29
Allard Mining Co.	1917/01/02
Allison Community Church	1921/04/26
Allison Livestock Co.	1927/11/16
Allison-Tiffany Cemetery Association	1920/08/24
American Mining, Prospecting, & Investment Co.	1912/05/16
American Smelting & Refining Co.	1899/05/01
Animas City	1878/12/13
Animas Mutual Ditch Co.	1898/03/11
Arboles Land & Water Co.	1899/05/13
Arizona & Colorado Railroad. CO.	1904/08/05
Arnold Trading Co.	1898/10/20
Atlas Assurance Co.	1895/11/26
Aurora Mining & Investment Co.	1902/10/17
Aztec Gold & Copper Mining Co.	1900/07/03
Ball, A. A., Reality Co.	1944/11/24
Bash Mining Co.	1895/12/30
Basin Apartments Incorp.	1937/03/10
Basin Gulch Mining Co.	1911/05/29
Baxter Silver Mining Co.	1899/08/23
Bayfield Construction Co.	1911/07/31
Bayfield Investment Co.	1920/02/19
Bayfield Land & Development Co.	1913/04/14
Bayfield Mercantile	1912/05/31
Bayfield Milling & Power Co.	1922/11/21
Beaver Creek Lumber Co.	1896/09/26
Belle-Button Mining Co., Incorp.	1915/01/02
Bell Hamilton Copper Mines Co.	1900/03/19
Beneficial Life Insurance Co.	1918/10/22
Biggs Furniture Co.	1910/04/05
Black Prince Oil Shale Co.	1916/09/19
Boren Gulch Mining Co.	1905/09/08
Boston & Colorado Investment Co.	1886/10/07
Brennan Lumber Co.	1910/03/24
The British America Assurance Co.	1895/06/26
Buckley Lumber Co.	1905/05/29
Buffalo Bristol Mines Co.	1910/08/22
Bulldozer Mining Co.	1914/01/23
Bullion Mountain Mining Co.	1900/11/07
Burns-Hall Mercantile Co.	1909/06/09
Burnt Timber Gold Mining Co.	1900/05/22
Caledonian Insurance Co.	1895/08/13
Calvary Presbyterian Church of Pine River	1898/05/23
Capitol Life Insurance Co.	1923/02/19
Carbon Coal & Coke Co.	1905/04/17
Cathedral of St. John, the Evangelist	1920/11/24
Cave Basin Construction Copper Mining & Milling. Co.	1916/08/30
Cave Basin Silver Copper Mines Co.	1916/10/05
Cave Basin Exploration & Drainage Co.	1916/10/09
Central Christian Church	1909/04/27
Champion Coal Leasing Coal Co.	1897/03/12
Chapman Hardware Co.	1909/06/19
Chase, F.L. – Shoe Co.	1894/01/07
Chief Gold Mining, Milling & Tunnel Co.	1903/01/14
Church of the Nazarene (Durango, Colo.)	1947/08/14
Citizens Animas Irrigation Co.	1918/02/28
City Market & Packing Co.	1906/02/13
Colorado Coal & Fuel Co.	1912/01/29
Colorado Development & Ditch Co.	1903/07/14
Colorado Grubstake & Mining co.	1912/01/26
Colorado and Gulf Railway Co.	1901/07/18
Colorado Land & Water Supply Co.	1906/04/25
Colorado Lumber & Coal Co.	1907/02/18
Colorado-New Mexico Fair Association	1900/08/28
Colorado & Northwestern Investment Co.	1889/10/07
Colorado Real Estate Co.	1890/02/08
Colorado & Southern Railway Co	1898/12/22
Colorado State Bank (Durango, Colo.)	1886/12/29
Colorado Telephone Co.	1901/07/29
Colozona Mines Co.	1909/02/17
Columbia Savings & Loan Association	1901/08/08
Columbine Mining, Milling, Smelting & Power Co.	1901/09/28
Columbus Mines Co.	1911/09/02
Combined Copper-Silver Mining Development Co.	1917/03/03
Commercial Union Assurance Co. Limited	1895/06/08
Community Ditch Co.	1912/10/21
Conestoga Mining Reduction Co.	1896/11/18
Contact Mining & Milling. Co.	1900/01/05
Continental Insurance Co.	1895/08/01
Continental Oil Co.	1913/04/03
Copper Hill Mining Co.	1913/10/18
Copper Plate Mining & Milling Co.	1916/09/25
Coronado Investment Co.	1929/01/31
Cortez Mercantile Co.	1912/06/21
Cudahy Packing Co.	1905/10/18
Cumberland Mines Co.	1917/11/08
Decker’s Livestock	1934/02/19
Democrat Printing Co.	1899/04/11
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Co.	1907/05/15
Desert Development Co.	1908/02/08
Dixon Investment Co.	1906/07/24
Durango Beer & Ice Co.	1901/09/14
Durango Credit Men’s’ Association	1903/07/27
Durango Farmers’ Cooperative Milling, Elevator, & Mercantile Co.	1908/06/17
Durango Filling Station Co.	1921/04/25
Durango Film Producing Co.	1914/11/07
Durango Gas & Coke Co.	1900/05/05
Durango Girl Gold Mining & Milling Co.	1904/07/25
Durango Hardware Co.	1921/05/13
Durango Land & Coal Co.	1897/01/31
Durango Lumber Co.	1921/10/15
Durango Masonic Building Association	1920/08/12
Durango Mercantile Co.	1911/04/27
Durango Milling & Elevator Co.	1897/11/06
Durango Oil Co.	1902/03/19
Durango Ore Sampling Co.	1912/05/27
Durango Planning, Mill & Lumber Co.	1903/02/06
Durango Plumbing Co.	1902/04/01
Durango Plumbing & Heating Co.	1909/07/21
Durango Pressed Brick Co.	1916/08/21
Durango Printing Co.	1895/02/09
Durango Railway & Realty Co.	1892/07/15
Durango Real Estate Co.	1904/01/23
Durango Reality & Investment Co.	1906/02/20
Durango Shoe & Clothing Co.	1899/04/28
Durango Tile & Silo Construction Co.	1917/01/15
Durango Trust Co.	1909/07/19
Durango Undertaking Co.	1899/01/09
Durango Wage Earner Printing Co.	1896/11/10
Dyke Mining & Milling Co.	1911/03/08
Eagle Pass Mining & Milling Co.	1913/05/12
Eden Canal Land & Power Co.	1909/04/27
Eldredge, Frank, Investment Co.	1905/04/04
Electra Sporting Club	1910/03/07
Electrum Leasing & Mining Co.	1896/04/23
Elliot Lumber Co.	1896/01/03
Empire Gold Mines Co.	1904/01/04
Empire Realty Co.	1910/04/16
Enterprise Ditch Co.	1907/06/22
Episcopal Church in Western Colorado	1893/08/14
Evangelical Lutheran Church Zion’s Congregation	1909/01/06
Famous Stoles Co.	1903/01/05
Farmers’ & Merchants’ Bank (Bayfield, Colo.)	1910/09/07
Fidelity & Deposit Co.	1902/01/13
Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co.	1895/06/19
Fire Association of Philadelphia	1895/08/20
First Church of Christ Scientists (Durango, Colo.)	1907/01/07
First Methodist Episcopal Church (Bayfield, Colo.)	1916/01/02
First Presbyterian Church (Allison, Colo.)	1910/12/24
First Presbyterian Church (Durango, Colo.)	1903/11/28
First Presbyterian Church (Oxford, Colo.)	1910/09/10
Florida Canal Co.	1895/10/18
Florida Enlargement Canal Co.	1908/05/25
Florida Farmers’ Ditch Co.	1889/05/01
Florida Mesa Irrigation District	1910/03/21
Florida Mesa Land & Development Co.	1912/06/13
Florida Mesa Reservoir Co.	1908/06/05
Florida Mesa Telephone Co.	1906/05/11
Florida Mesa Presbyterian Church	1899/12/07
Florida Threshing Co.	1908/08/01
Florman Mercantile Co.	1928/09/21
Foree Printing & Publishing Co.	1899/02/18
Free Methodist Church (Bayfield, Colo.)	1901/02/06
Free Methodist Church (Marvel, Colo.)	1919/08/23
Free Methodist Church- Spring Creek (Colo.)	1923/07/23
Fruend Arms Sporting & Novelty Co.	1897/02/15
Fruit Belt investment Co.	1910/04/19
Fulton Meat & Produce Co.	1910/06/30
Galena Mountain Gold & Silver Mine Co.	1907/02/25
Gallotti Investment Co.	1909/03/11
German American Insurance Co.	1895/06/28
Gibson Lumber & Coal Co.	1910/01/26
Globe Express Co.	1911/12/26
Golden La Plata’s Tunnel Mining & Development Co.	1899/02/23
Goodman Paint & Wallpaper Co.	1899/01/30
Goulding Land & Investment Co.	1905/09/28
Graders Insurance Co.	1895/08/06
Graffin, William M., and beneficiaries	1919/12/08
Grange Mutual Fire Insurance Co. of Colorado	1915/08/16
Grassy Hill Deep Mining & Tunnel Co.	1897/09/27
Greenwich Insurance Co.	1895/08/29
Harrisburg Monitor Silver Mining Co.	1886/06/17
Hatcher Mercantile Co.	1921/05/24
Hazard Mining & Milling Co.	1903/06/24
Hazel M. Mining Co.	1904/03/08
Herald Publishing Co.	1921/-/31
Hermosa Cemetery Association	1906/06/24
Herr, C. E., Manufacturing Co.	1901/08/12
Hersch Investment Co.	1933/11/24
Hesperus Fuel Co.	1917/06/19
Hesperus Town & Improvement Co.	1897/05/03
H.H. Ditch Co.	1938/12/30
Hinsdale Mining, Smelting, & Milling Co.	1924/05/22
Home Mutual Insurance Co. of California	1895/06/10
Homeowners’ Loan Corp.	1938/07/28
Hood Investment Co.	1907/05/23
Hood Wallpaper, Paint, & Undertaking	1898/02/10
Hopper-Kerlee Mercantile & Milling Co.	1919/06/02
Houston Farm Co.	1923/08/22
Iglesia Presbiteriana de Emanuel	1905/09/11
Ignacio Creek Extension Ditch Co.	1919/02/24
Ignacio Mesa Ditch & Reservoir	1904/12/27
Ignacio State Bank	1910/03/24
Ignacio Town Site& Development Co.	1909/08/26
Incas Mining, Milling, & Leasing Co.	1910/03/24
Income Property Co.	1907/08/09
Income Property Corporation	1929/03/22
Independent Hardware & Lumber Co.	1908/08/04
Industrial Building & Loan Association	1901/03/09
Inland Investment Co.	1889/08/27
Interstate Investment Co.	1889/06/28
Jackson Hardware & Implement Co.	1899/09/07
Junction Creek & North Durango Domestic Irrigating Ditch Co.	1885/05/02
Klem, E. B., Petroleum Corp.	1930/05/13
Kline Cooperative Farming & Trading Co.	1911/11/20
Kline Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene	1915/06/01
Krille-Nichols Wool & Hide Co.	1917/02/01
La Plata Canyon Toll Road & Mining Co.	1876/09/14
La Plata County Bank	1909/10/26
La Plata County Placer Mining Co.	1897/01/23
La Plata Ditch & Reservoir Co.	1908/12/02
La Plata Grocery & Meat Co.	1900/10/23
La Plata Land Co.	1936/03/30
La Plata Land & Investment Co.	1910/07/14
La Plata Land & Stock Co.	1903/10/01
La Plata Mines Co.	1927/12/19
La Plata Motors, Inc.	1935/11/01
La Plata River & Cherry Creek Ditch Co.	1908/02/13
La Plata Tunnel Co.	1877/08/08
Lavaline Manufacturing Co.	1903/09/25
Leidecker Petroleum Corp.	1924/11/08
Little Giant Mining Co.	1894/12/27
Liverpool & London & Globe Insurance Co.	1895/10/14
Local Agency Co.	11908/01/18
Local Security Co.	1898/05/03
Loftus Construction Co.	1908/11/30
Londonderry Gold Mining Co.	1902/09/08
London & Lancashire Fire Insurance Co.	1895/07/19
Lower Beaver Creek Ditch Co.	1904/11/26
Magdeburg Fire Insurance Co.	1895/09/20
Mancos Coal Co.	1906/02/21
Mancos Mining & Milling Co.	1899/04/19
Marshall Lumber Co.	1918/05/24
Marvel Milling & Elevator Co.	1916/04/19
Marvel State Bank of Kline - Post Office (Marvel, Colo.)	1920/07/14
Mastodon Group of Gold & Silver Mines	1876/03/17
McAlpine, W. W., Lumber Co.	1904/01/28
McEwen Oil, Gas, & Mineral Co.	1904/07/26
McKinney Clothing Co.	1909/07/03
Methodist Episcopal Church (Ignacio, Colo.)	1912/04/21
Methodist Episcopal Church (Red Mesa, Colo.)	1910/04/15
Metropolitan Surety Co.	1906/12/31
Morrison Consolidated Ditch Co.	11931/01/02
Mountain Meadow Mining & Milling Co.	1921/07/11
Mount Runlett Metals Co.	1927/11/04
Mount Windom Mining Co.	1896/04/28
National Fire Insurance Co.	1895/03/01
Navajo Canal, Land, & Power Co.	1910/02/28
Needle Notch Mining & Milling Co.	1896/06/20
Neglected Mining Co.	1903/10/28
Newman Investment Co.	1905/10/04
New Way Construction Co.	1914/03/19
Niagara Insurance Co.	1895/08/01
North British & Mercantile Co.	1895/08/29
Northern Coal & Coke Co.	1900/06/06
North Star Mining and Development Co.	1898/12/23
Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society	1895/08/30
Palatine Insurance Co.	1895/10/07
Parrott City Gold Placer Ming & Water Power Co.	1879/10/30
Parrott Town & Improvement Co.	1894/05/02
Peterburg Gold Mining Co.	1916/10/23
Phoenix Insurance Co. (Brooklyn, N.Y)	1895/06/13
Phoenix Assurance Co.	1895/09/10
Pine River Canal Co.	1907/10/01
Pine River Cemetery Association	1905/05/31
Pine River Irrigation Co.	1911/07/31
Pine River Irrigation & Power Co.	1899/03/06
Pine River Loan & Investment Co.	1909/11/17
Pine River Lumber Co.	1903/10/27
Pine River Park Canal Co.	1912/05/18
Pine River Power Co.	1937/03/11
Pinion Mesa Land & Investment Co.	1924/02/09
Pioneer Construction Co.	1910/07/07
Pittman Motor Co.	1922/02/27
Plymouth Realty Co.	1913/07/28
Porter Fuel Co.	1898/01/13
Potter Investment Co.	1929/08/13
Prewitt investment Co.	1890/01/11
Providence of Washington Insurance Co.	1895/08/26
Railway Savings & Building Association	1922/02/16
Red Mesa Reservoir & Ditch Co.	1914/10/07
Red Mesa Ward Reservoir & Ditch Co.	1923/09/01
Revival Ditch Co.	1915/04/10
Richey, A. L., Confectionery & Stationery Co.	1907/03/29
Rio Florida Coal Co.	1877/11/12
Rio Grande-Durango Southwestern Railroad Co.	1896/05/07
Rocky Mountain Coal Co.	1899/09/22
Rosa-Ignacio Telephone Co.	1916/05/13
Royal Coal & Coke Co.	1908/01/10
Royal Exchange Assurance of London (England)	1895/07/19
Royal Insurance Co.	1897/03/30
St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Co.	1895/08/13
Salvation Army	1929/04/12
Sanburg, John, Ranch & Livestock Co.	1915/04/03
San Juan Bottling Co.	1896/08/25
San Juan Broadcasting Co.	1937/06/15
San Juan Coal & Coke Co.	1876/10/20
San Juan Coke & Gas Co.	1902/04/21
San Juan Creamery Co.	1913/05/20
San Juan Development Co.	1909/10/11
San Juan Ditch Co.	1901/04/22
San Juan Farm & Livestock Co.	1920/03/15
San Juan Farm & Produce Co.	1917/03/29
San Juan Oil & Gas Co.	1901/06/03
San Juan Oil Co.	1930/03/24
Scottish Union & National Insurance Co.	1895/03/22
Schroeder Irrigating Ditch Co.	1907/04/05
Schutt Commission Co.	1900/10/23
Silver-Copper Combined Mines & Metals Co.	1919/03/12
Silver State Securities Co.	1928/04/12
Sisters of Mercy of Colorado	1891/12/03
Sitting Bull Tribe No.48 Improved Order of Redman (Colo.)	1904/05/09
Smelter City Brewing Co.	1900/12/22
Smelter City Fuel Co.	1895/10/08
Smelter City State Bank of Durango (Colo.)	1896/04/27
Snow Storm Mining & Milling Co.	1882/05/05
Snyder Grocery Co.	1913/03/18
Snyder-Lightner Grocery Co.	1906/10/18
Southern Boy Gold Mining & Tunnel Co.	1903/09/03
Southern Colorado Land & Irrigation Co.	1900/02/17
Southern Insurance Co.	1895/08/20
Southern Ute Reservation Ditch Co.	1911/11/25
Southwestern Investment Co.	1920/06/04
Spring Creek Extension Co.	1901/12/19
Spring Valley Irrigation Co.	1895/03/12
Standard Construction Co.	1909/12/06
Stein Mercantile Co.	1908/04/02
Stewart’s Pharmacy Co.	1927/12/22
Strater Hotel Co.	1912/04/11
Sueno de Oro Mining Co.	1916/08/25
Sunetha Ranch & Stock Co.	1916/10/23
Sunset Lumber Co.	1909/04/07
Sutton Land & Cattle Co.	1917/05/11
Svea Fire & Life Insurance Joint Stock Co. (of Sweden)	1895/11/08
Swamp Angel Gold Mining Co.	1903/03/02
Thirty-thirteen Canal Reservoir & Land Co.	1909/06/14
Thompson-Epperson Ditch Co.	1930/12/13
Three-Metals Deep Mines Co.	1903/10/21
Thuringia Insurance Co.	1896/09/12
Tibercio Gold Mining co.	1912/02/05
Tiffany Town-site Land & Water Co.	1909/09/13
Tirbircio Gold Mining Co.	1917/02/17
Title Guaranty & Surety Co.	1908/03/31
Town Site Ditch Co.	1907/02/11
Transatlantic Fire Insurance Co.	1895/10/08
Travelers Insurance Co.	1886/08/16
Trick, George, Furniture Co.	1895/04/13
Trimble Hot Springs Resort, Inc.	1931/05/13
Turner Investment Co.	1929/03/22
Turner Securities	1938/11/28
Twentieth Century Investment Co.	1909/02/24
Union Assurance Society of London	1896/01/25
Union Church of Bayfield (Colo.)	1901/07/22
Union Land & Investment Co.	1910/03/14
Union Mesa Irrigating Ditch Co.	1899/05/06
United Securities Co.	1926/04/28
United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.	1907/01/23
United Theatre Co.	1911/03/02
Utah Power & Light Co.	1912/11/16
Ute Creek Ditch Co.	1913/05/29
Ute Land, Light, Power & Water Co.	1903/11/27
Ute Reservation Ditch Co.	1895/02/27
Vallecito Live Stock Co.	1928/11/25
Vallecito Tunneling, Mining, & Milling Co.	1919/12/19
Van Emmet Gold Mining & Milling Co.	1912/08/02
Vitagraph Mining, Milling, & Leasing Co.	1914/07/22
Wahler Co.	1923/03/06
Wake Up Gold Mining & Milling Co.	1910/07/21
Western Assurance Co.	1895/06/26
Western Colorado Power Co.	1913/03/15
Western States Sugar Co.	1920/12/06
Wetter Mercantile Co.	1908/11/18
White Hall Shoe & Clothing Co.	1902/03/21
Wood & Morgan Land & Livestock Co.	1908/02/26
Woods-Turner Investment Co.	1918/01/05
Yellow Pine Lumber Co.	1901/07/11

Creator	La Plata Abstract Company
Dates	1874-1938
Extent	6 linear shelf feet (in 1.5 document cases and 9 flat lidded boxes)
	This collection contains incorporation documents, land abstracts, and mining claim records related to property in La Plata County, Colorado, primarily compiled by the La Plata Abstract Company. Materials date from 1874 onward and are useful for researching land ownership and local business history. Records are arranged alphabetically by business name.
Language	English
Collection Identifier	M017
Physical Location	This collection is located at the Center of Southwest Studies on the campus of Fort Lewis College (1000 Rim Dr. Durango, CO).

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