Twin Buttes Mining and Smelting
Company records,
1903-1969 (bulk 1903-1927)
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Twin Buttes Mining and Smelting
Company records,
1903-1969 (bulk 1903-1927) AZ 183 Creator:
Twin Buttes Mining and Smelting Company
(Ariz.) Collection Name: Twin Buttes Mining
and Smelting Company records,
Inclusive Dates: 1903-1969 (bulk
1903-1927) Physical Description: 36 linear feet Abstract: The collection includes correspondence, minutes
of meetings, tax forms, ledgers, day books, bills, financial records, labor
reports, time cards, payroll records, and maps from the daily operations of the
mines, railroad and store. Also present are news clippings about Twin Buttes,
Arizona and photographs of the 1926, 1928, and 1938 school classes. Collection Number: AZ 183 Repository:
University of Arizona Libraries, Special
Collections
Mining operation in the Twin Buttes area, Pima County, Arizona,
subsequently leased or owned by Bush-Baxter, Glance Mining Company, Midland
Copper Company, San Xavier Extension Copper Company. In addition to its mines
the company operated a boarding house, store, and railroad.
The collection includes correspondence, minutes of meetings, tax forms,
ledgers, day books, bills, financial records, labor reports, time cards,
payroll records, and maps from the daily operations of the mines, railroad and
store. Also present are news clippings about Twin Buttes, Arizona and
photographs of the 1926, 1928, and 1938 school classes.
Restrictions
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Corporate Name(s) Bush-Baxter (Firm) -- Records and
correspondence
Glance Mining Company -- Records and
correspondence
Midland Copper Company -- Records and
correspondence
San Xavier Extension Copper
Company
Twin Buttes Mining and Smelting Company
(Ariz.) -- Archives
Twin Buttes Railroad Company (Ariz.) --
Records and correspondence
Geographic Name(s) Twin Buttes (Ariz.)
Subject(s) Copper miners -- History -- Sources
Copper mines and mining -- Arizona -- History --
Sources
Mineral industries -- Arizona -- Finance --
Sources
Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- Pima County --
History -- Sources
Mining corporations -- Arizona -- Records and
correspondence
Railroad companies -- Arizona -- History --
Sources
Genre Form(s) Correspondence
Ledgers
Payroll
Time Cards
Credit Line
Twin Buttes Mining and Smelting Company records (AZ 183). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries.
Container List Series I: Administrative Papers and Correspondence,
1903-1927 box folder 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 1 6 1 7 Includes photographs, notes, meal tickets, newspaper clippings,
dance tickets and various miscellaneous items. 1 8 1 9 1 10 1 11 1 12 1 13 1 14 box 2 box 3 box 4 box 5 box 6 box folder 6a 1-2 6a 3 6a 4-5
Series II: Financial Records (part 1),
1904-1927 Taxes, Forms and Miscellaneous Financial Papers,
1904-1927 box folder 7 1 7 2 7 3 7 4 7 5 7 6 7 7 7 8-14 7 15 Ledgers and Cash Accounts,
1906-1918 box 8 Includes ledgers from:
July-September 1906
October 1906
October 1906-April 1907 (Butcher Shop)
box 9 Includes ledgers from:
1906-1910
May-June 1912
July 1912-April 1913
1916-1918 (San Xavier Extension Copper Company)
volume 10 An additional Cash Account Record for 1913 is in box 67.
Series III: Store Records,
1905-1912 Store Day Books and Journal,
1905-1911 volume 10 volume 11 11 box 12 Thirteen books with the following date ranges:
May 12, 1905-February 1906
February-March 1906
March 10-30, 1906
March 28-April 16, 1906
April 17-May 5, 1906
May-June 1906
June 26 -August 7, 1906
August 7-31, 1906
September 1-30, 1906
October 1-30, 1906
October 30-December 2, 1906 (Boletos and railroad fares)
September 3-December 8, 1906 (Boletos)
November 17, 1906-March 13, 1907
box 13 Seven books with the following date ranges:
April 5-June 22, 1907 (includes individual accounts)
June 24-September 30, 1907
May 25-October 9, 1907 (Butcher Shop)
October 1907-April 1908 (includes individual
accounts)
May 1-August 31, 1908
August-November 1909 (includes individual accounts)
December 1909-May 1910 (includes individual
accounts)
box 14 Six books with the following date ranges:
June 6-September 27, 1910
October 20, 1910-January 16, 1911
June 1911
February 14-June 4, 1911 ("Book #1")
January 17-May 22, 1911 ("Book #2")
March 8-July 8, 1911 ("Book #3")
Miscellaneous Store Papers,
1906-1912 box folder 15 1 15 2 October inventory includes also materials in the assay office,
mines, and buildings in Twin Buttes. 15 3 15 4 15 5
Series IV: Financial Records (part 2),
1903-1929 box 16 box 17 box 18 box 19 box 20 box 21 box 22 box 23 box 24 box 25 box 26 box 27 box 28 Miscellaneous Business Records,
1907-1917 box folder 29 1 29 2-3 29 4 29 5 29 6 29 7 box 30 30 30 30 box 31 31 box folder 32 1 32 1 32 1 32 2 32 2 32 2 32 3 32 3 32 4 32 5 32 6 32 7 32 8 box folder 33 1-2 33 3-4 33 5 33 6 Payrolls,
1904-1929 box folder 34 1 34 2 34 2 34 3 34 3 34 4 34 5 34 5 34 6 34 6 34 7 34 7 34 7 box folder 35 1 35 2 35 3 35 4 35 5 35 6
Series V: Mine Records,
1906-1926 box folder 36 1-6 36 7 36 8 36 9 box 37 Reports consist of notes of individual miners; some of these are
on printed forms other are on scraps of paper. box folder 38 1 38 2-3 38 4 38 5 38 6 38 7 38 8 38 9 38 10
Series VI: Time Cards and Books,
1906-1910 box folder 39 1 39 2 39 3 39 4 39 4 39 5-7 box folder 40 1 40 2 40 3 40 3 40 3 40 4 40 5 40 6 40 7 40 7 40 7 40 8 40 9 40 10 box 41 box 42 box 43 box 44 box 45 box 46 box 47 box 48 48 box 49 49 box 50 50 50 box 51 box 52 box 53 53 53 box folder 54 1 54 2 54 3 54 3 54 3 54 4 54 5 54 6 54 7 54 8 54 9 54 10 54 11 54 12 54 13
Series VII: Identification Cards and Pay Account Records,
1907-1913 box folder 55 1 55 2 55 3 55 4 55 5-7 55 8-10 box 56
Series VIII: Railroad Records,
1904-1964 box folder 57 1 57 2 57 3 57 4 57 5 57 6 57 7 57 8 57 9 57 10 57 Arizonian , v. 5, nos. 1-2.
, 1964 box folder 58 1 58 2 58 3 58 4 58 5 58 6 58 7 58 8 58 9 58 10 box 59 On original wire, hung in the Twin Buttes Depot. 59 1 59 2 59 3 59 4 59 5 59 6 box folder 60 1-2 60 3 60 4-6 box 61 61 volume 62 62 1 62 2-3 box folder 64 1 64 2 64 3 64 4 64 5 64 6-10 box folder 65 1-6 65 7-8
Series IX: Miscellaneous Material,
1906-1926 box 66 box folder 67 1 67 2 67 3 67 4 67 5 67 6 67 7 67 8 67 9 67 10 67 11 Includes:
Relocation of railroad
Right of Way for highway through mining claims, 1920
Location of water pumping station of Tucson in relation to
the Twin Buttes Railroad, 1908
Amended ground plan drawing, Morgan Mine, no date
Glance Mine and Queen Mine, no date
67 11 volume 68 volume 69 69
