Correspondence, legal and financial documents, from 1881-1904,
that include location notices, mining and quit-claim deeds, proofs of labor,
contracts, powers of attorney, leases, receipts, bills, promissory notes,
injunctions, subpoenas, and bills of complaint.
Collection Number:
MS 237
Repository:
University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
University of Arizona
PO Box 210055
Tucson, AZ 85721-0055
Phone: 520-621-6423
Fax: 520-621-9733
URL: http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/
Biographical Note
Edward Leland Bartlett was born in Maine in 1847. He attended Bowdin
College, studied law at the University of Michigan and in Kansas where he was
admitted to the Bar in 1871. He practiced law in Kansas City until 1880. He
then moved to Santa Fe where he was active with the regular troops and militia.
Bartlett was appointed Solicitor General of New Mexico in 1889. He was active
in establishing the New Mexico Bar Association and was a member of the Knights
Templars, Masons, and Lodge of Odd Fellows.
According to the seal on one of the documents, Edward L. Bartlett was
U.S. Court Commissioner for the Territory of New Mexico, in Santa Fe. Other
documents indicate that, as a lawyer, he held power of attorney for the various
owners of these mines. He died in Santa Fe on October 19, 1904.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, legal and financial documents, from 1881-1904, that
include location notices, mining and quit-claim deeds, proofs of labor,
contracts, powers of attorney, leases, receipts, bills, promissory notes,
injunctions, subpoenas, and bills of complaint. Two sketch maps are present.
One shows the Lone Star and Gold King Mines; the other depicts those of the
Good Hope Mill and Mining Co.: Clare D., Croesus, Grand Mogul, Little Casino,
and Mary E. Steel.
It 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 Terms
Personal Name(s)
Bartlett, Edward L.
Corporate Name(s)
Good Hope Mill and Mining Co. -- Records
and correspondence
New Mexico Mining Co. -- Records and
correspondence
Pecos River Mining Co. -- Records and
correspondence
Geographic Name(s)
Lone Star Mine (Cerillos, N.M.)
Ruby King Mine (Cerrillos, N.M.)
Santa Fe County (N.M.) -- History -- Sources
Cerrillos (N.M.) -- History -- Sources
Clare D. Mine (Tres Piedras, N.M.)
Croesus Mine (Tres Piedras, N.M.)
Dolores (N.M.) -- History -- Sources
Galena Chief Mine (Cerillos, N.M.)
Gold King Mine (Cerrillos, N.M.)
Grand Mogul Mine (Tres Piedras, N.M.)
Little Casino Mine (Tres Piedras, N.M.)
Mary E. Steel Mine (Tres Piedras, N.M.)
San Pedro Coal Mines (Dolores, N.M.)
Subject(s)
Mining corporations -- New Mexico -- History -- 19th
century
New Mexican mining documents collection(MS 237). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries.
Container List
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Galena Chief Mine, Cerrillos, New Mexico.
, 1881-1900
Correspondence between Edward L. Bartlett and various individuals,
including Cyrus Wells, William Minters, M. O'Neil, O. H. Warner, W. H. Morris,
R. M. Cooke, Frank W. Clancy, and L. Bradford Prince. Correspondence relates to
the sale and development, operations and financial matters of the mine.
Legal documents include location notices, mining and quit-claim
deeds, proofs of labor, contracts, power of attorney and leases, and a decision
by a sheriff in the case of David K. Osbourn vs. John Sherman, Jr. Financial
documents include receipts for work assessments.
1
2
Good Hope Mill and Mine, Hopewell and Tres Piedras, New
Mexico.
, 1884-1901
Mines include the Clara D., Croesus, Grand Mogul, Little Casino, and
the Mary E. Steel. Correspondence is between Edward L. Bartlett and various
individuals, including D. A. Chambers, Walter E. Hope, Mornay Williams, E. C.
Sterling, Lord Sterling, J. L. Sterling, W. B. Twitchell, and Francisco C.
Chavez. Correspondence relates to patents, conditions of the mines, possible
sales of mines and taxes.
Legal documents include a form letter announcing patents on mines
filed in the U. S. Land Office and financial documents include a receipt. Also
included is a sketch map and claims.
1
3
Lone Star and Gold King Mines, Cerrillos, New Mexico.
, 1885-1892
Correspondence is between Edward L. Bartlett and Samuel A. Losch, J.
P. O'Brien and Edwin B. Seward regarding the value and condition of the mine,
work assessment, power of attorney, and financial concerns. Legal documents
include a Notice of Location, leases, a meeting notice and proofs of labor.
Financial documents include promissory notes, receipts and contracts.
1
4
Ruby King Mine, Pecos River Mining Co., Cerrillos, New
Mexico.
, 1881-1885
Correspondence is between Edward L. Bartlett and various
individuals, including Eugene H. Cowles, S. R. Buchanan, Chambers McKibbin and
John A. Mills. Correspondence is regarding sale of stock and mining interests.
Legal documents include location notices, mining and quit-claim deeds, an order
for injunction, a subpoena and extracts of court proceedings and bills of
complaint. Financial documents include promissory notes, receipts, statements
of stock and ownership of the Ruby King Mine.
1
5
San Pedro Coal Mines, Dolores, New Mexico.
, 1888-1897
Includes miscellaneous mining documents and a Shoshone mining claim.
Correspondence is between Edward L. Bartlett and J. W. Ricketts, W. J. Jackson
and Alfred Wolf. Correspondence is regarding legal cases, and potential law
suits. Legal documents relate to the case of Gildersleeve vs. New Mexico Mining
Co.
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1
Francisco Montes Vigil Land Grant.
, 1883-1904
Correspondence between Edward L. Bartlett and various individuals,
including Urbano Chacon and S. I. Hallett, relating to the sale of portions of
the grant which is located on the western slope of the Las Truchas Mountains,
Rio Arriba County, New Mexico.
Legal documents include assignment of title, land claims court
documents, release of mortgage, sale contracts, a partial genealogy of
Francisco Montes Vigil, transcript of field notes describing the grant, notes
regarding land claimants, and other conveyances, deeds, agreements, and
invoices. Financial records include receipts and a check book for 1904.
2
2
Petaca Land Grant.
, 1883-1896
Correspondence between Edward L. Bartlett and George Howard
concerning the claim in Taos and Rio Arriba Counties, New Mexico. Also included
is a partial genealogy for Jose Julian Martinez and Antonio Martinez.
Legal documents include an abstract of title, private land claims
court documents, affidavits as to interests of heirs by Tomas Rivera and Jose
Maria Vigil, state of case in claim of Farwell v. United states, translation of
petition to the court of Jose Julian Martinez, handwritten transcripts of
testimony of Jose Julian Martinez, notice of land claim conflict, case notes,
and court decree.
2
3
Railroad Right of Way, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
, 1880-1898
Correspondence between Edward L. Bartlett and representatives of
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company, and others. Legal documents including
warranty deeds between E. C. Manning and T. B. Myers; memorandum of conveyance,
power of attorney, text of land claims court final decree in the claim of Juan
Chaves, handwritten right of way agreement between the Indians of San Juan
Pueblo in Rio Arriba County, a Santa Fe citizens petition protesting the right
of way, and notes on the text of the articles of incorporation for the Denver
and Rio Grande Railroad Co. Also included are maps depicting the right of way
location.
