Bookmark this page or copy and paste URL to Email message Thomas A. Lister papers 1903-1937 (bulk 1929-1933)MS 036
Biographical NoteEntrepreneur associated with Metal Mining Properties, Lordsburg, New Mexico. Scope and Content NoteHandwritten and typescript documents pertaining mainly to Lister's mining enterprises in Grant County and Hidalgo County, New Mexico. Included are location notices, assay reports, hand-drawn maps, blueprints, notebooks, telegrams, and other documents concerning the promotion, sale, and lease of specific mines. Those in Grant County are the Gold Gulch Mine, First National Gold Mine, Billali Mine, and Minneapolis Mine. Those in Hidalgo County are the Golden Eagle Mine, Mohawk Mine, Nellie Gray Mine, Reservation West Extension Mine, Silver King Mine, Quail Mine, Robert E. Lee Mine, and Sing Fat [?] Mine. On the location notices, the locators are often listed as Lister, his son Thomas Roy Lister, and a Frank G. Cline. Minerals found included gold, silver, and copper, with some associated lead and zinc. Among miscellaneous papers are Lister's will, leaving everything to his son Thomas. A stock certificate is for 495 shares in the Reservation Mines, Inc., of Lawe, N.M. Newspaper articles attached within some of the notebooks contain information on mining, as well as the area of Lordsburg, N.M. ArrangementThis collection is organized by name of mine.RestrictionsRestrictionsThere are no restrictions on this collection. 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 TermsGeographic Name(s) Lordsburg (N.M.) -- History. Subject(s) Copper mines and mining -- New Mexico -- History -- Sources. Gold mines and mining -- New Mexico -- History -- Sources. Mines and mineral resources -- New Mexico -- Grant County -- History -- Sources. Mines and mineral resources -- New Mexico -- Hidalgo County -- History -- Sources. Silver mines and mining -- New Mexico -- History -- Sources. Administrative InformationCredit LineThomas A. Lister papers (MS 036). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries. Acquisition InformationAcquired as purchase, 1964. Processing HistoryProcessed by Staff. |