Bookmark this page or copy and paste URL to Email message William Field Staunton papers, 1852-1947AZ 152
Biographical NoteMining Engineer in Arizona and California. Staunton was mill and mine superintendent at the Tombstone Mill & Mining Co., Charleston, Ariz. from 1885 to 1894, superintendent of the Congress (Ariz.) Gold Co. 1894 to 1910. He was also general manager of the Tombstone Consolidated Mines Co. 1901 to 1910; vice-president and general manager of the Imperial Copper Co., Silverbell, Ariz., and of the Arizona Southern Railroad Co. from 1903 to 1910; and held those positions in the Southern Arizona Smelting Co., Sasco, Ariz. during 1904 to 1910. In 1910, in Los Angeles, he established a consulting practice to develop oil and copper properties in Arizona and California. In 1911 he became vice-president, treasurer, and later president of Calumet Oil Co., Los Angeles, and president of the Verde Central Mines, Inc., Jerome, Ariz. Scope and Content NoteCorrespondence, diaries, financial records, photographs, newspaper clippings, maps, and other papers, relating to mining and Staunton's personal activities in Arizona and California. Personal papers consist of diaries, notebooks, photographs and his memoirs. Mining records which include correspondence, reports, newspaper clippings, photographs, blueprints, maps, and articles by Staunton form the bulk of the collection. Correspondents include Frank M. Murphy, V.L. Mason, Henry M. Robinson, and James S. Douglas. OrganizationThis collection is organized into three series:Series I: Personal and Family Papers, 1852-1947 Series II: Mining Papers, 1879-1938 Series III: Mining Photographs, Blueprints, and Maps, 1910-1938 RestrictionsRestrictionsNone. CopyrightIt is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Arizona Board of Regents for the University of Arizona, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright. Access TermsPersonal Name(s) Douglas, James Stuart, -- 1868-1949 --
Correspondence Murphy, Frank Morrell, -- 1855-1917 --
Correspondence Robinson, Henry Mauris, -- 1868-1937 --
Correspondence Staunton, William Field, -- 1860-1947 --
Archives Corporate Name(s) Western Land and Cattle Company --
Records and correspondence Congress Consolidated Mines Company --
Records and correspondence Congress Gold Company -- Records and
correspondence Tombstone Consolidated Mines Company --
Records and correspondence Tombstone Mill and Mining Company --
Records and correspondence Subject(s) Copper mines and mining -- Arizona -- History -- Sources
Gold mines and mining -- Arizona -- History -- Sources
Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- Cochise County --
History -- Sources Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- Pima County --
History -- Sources Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- Yavapai County --
History -- Sources Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- Yavapai County --
History -- Sources Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- Yavapai County --
History -- Sources Ostrich farming -- Arizona -- History -- Sources
Railroad passes -- Specimens Railroads -- Arizona -- History -- Sources Silver mines and mining -- Arizona -- History --
Sources Genre Form(s) Blueprints Correspondence Diaries Maps Photographs Photoprints Administrative InformationCredit LineWilliam Field Staunton papers (AZ 152). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries. Container List
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