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From dates entered into his personal diary, it can be established that
W.E. Defty was born in England on March 20, 1862. Of Mr. Defty's activities in
England, prior to his arrival in the United States, little is mentioned in
these papers. Defty emigrated to the United States from England, and arrived in
New York City via Liverpool on October 7, 1887. He proceeded by rail to Los
Angeles, arriving on October 15, 1887.
In southern California, Defty assisted his father, Henry Defty, and his
uncle, Jacob Defty, in the procurement and sale of real estate to English
investors, including the purchase of Santa Catalina Island. All of the Deftys
were involved in mining activities in the San Bernadino Mountains during the
late 1880s and early 1890s. At this time, also, Defty and his wife Ione joined
in the social life of the Los Angeles area, participating in various musical
performances and events.
In 1890, Defty moved to Gila Bend, Arizona, and worked as engineer on
the Gila Bend Canal Co. By 1891, he worked as a mining engineer, geologist and
mining consultant, with offices in Phoenix. For the next thirty-five years, Mr.
Defty operated this business, specializing in detailed mining reports, the
acquisition and sale of small mining properties, the formation of joint-stock
mining companies, and the management of mining properties. While the majority
of his work was done in Arizona, Defty also inspected properties in Alabama,
California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, South Carolina,
Jamaica and Mexico.
Between 1890 and 1910, Defty was extensively involved with a series of
mining ventures in Sonora, Mexico as a mining engineer, mine broker and mine
manager. His most notable tenure in Sonora was as general manager and
part-owner of the La Gran Proveedora de Cobre, an American-owned copper mining
company with properties in the Altar Mining District.
He died in Los Angeles in July, 1925 after a short illness and was
buried in Phoenix.
This collection is organized into two subgroups: personal and family
papers from 1868 to 1927, most of which date from the late 1880s, and business
records from the late 1880s to 1925.
Most of the personal and family papers consist of clippings and
invitations relating to the Deftys' musical interests, but also include a few
family photographs and two diaries. The diary entries generally contain very
brief statements of activities for a particular day and can be related to the
mining reports and field notebooks by date.
The business records which include correspondence, field notebooks,
mining reports, other non-mining business reports and maps and blueprints are
the bulk of this collection. These records relate to Defty's business
activities which consisted largely of preparing detailed mining reports,
commissioned by both individuals and large investment and mining concerns. For
the most part, the reports pertain to mining sites in Arizona and Sonora,
Mexico, but there are also some other states in the U.S. and countries as far
away as Jamaica. Other business records relate to his involvement with several
irrigation companies engaged in developing lands for agricultural purposes in
Arizona and California. The mining reports can be specifically tied into the
field notebooks and the diaries. For a given mining report with a date, the
researcher can refer to the same date in a field notebook and diary and find
additional information on an individual mine. The field notebooks contain the
most detailed information since they have all of the basic field data from
which Defty wrote his reports for clients. For a more detailed description of
each series, see below.
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William Emmanuel Defty papers (MS 272).Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries.
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Subgroup II: Business Records,
1886-1925 |
|
| Series I: Correspondence,
1887-1910 |
| | Contains 1 folder of general business correspondence received by
W.E. Defty, concerning various mining properties he inspected. Contains 8 other
folders, divided into correspondence from various individuals, regarding
Defty's mining interests, as either an engineer, general manager, part owner,
or investment broker. |
| | Much of this correspondence can be traced to mining activities
mostly in Yavapai and Maricopa counties, Arizona. The Gunther business
correspondence discusses Defty's involvement with A.P. Gunther as a mining
broker, and relates to the Maricopa Copper Mining Company, and several
different groups of mining properties including the Gunther properties, the
Independence group of mines and the Keystone mines. It also includes
correspondence from Evans, another partner who was involved with Gunther in
some of these operations. |
| | Letters received from F.A. Bradley concerned the operations of the
Ibex Mine in California. |
| | The Leigh correspondence contains letters primarily from Leigh,
but also from two other partners, Helzard and Jones, and describes a business
partnership Defty entered into with these three men, who were engaged in
buying, selling, leasing and promoting mines. It also includes letters
regarding daily activities at the Maricopa Copper Mining Company properties,
where Defty was general manager, and letters relating to the Little Jesse mine,
in which Leigh, Defty, Helzard and Jones were all involved in promotion and
management activities. |
| | The Meston correspondence includes letters from Francis and George
Meston, investment and securities brokers in Pueblo, Colorado, and Boston,
Massachusetts, and was primarily concerned with the operations of the Ozborn
Mines near Wickenburg, Arizona, where Defty functioned as the general manager.
The Mestons appear to have been the major financial backers of this mining
venture. |
| | The Price correspondence relates primarily to the Maricopa Copper
Mining Company and also discussed the Gunther property and the Little Jesse
mine. |
| | The Stewart correspondence contains letters regarding Stewart and
Defty's activities as brokers for mining properties, but also contains letters
concerning the Vulture Gold Company, where Stewart served as secretary and
treasurer and for whom Defty did engineering work. It also refers to the
Chicago group of mines and the Gunther property. |
|
box | folder |
2 | 1 | | | General Business.
, 1887-1910 |
2 | 2 | | | Bradley, F.A.
, 1898 |
2 | 3 | | | Gunther, A.P.
, 1899-1902 |
2 | 4 | | | Leigh, George.
, 1898 |
2 | 5-7 | | | Meston, Francis and George.
, 1899-1902 |
2 | 8 | | | Price, John E.
, 1899-1901 |
2 | 9 | | | Stewart, H.W.
, 1899-1902 |
|
| Series II: Field notebooks,
1886-1925 |
| | Contains 19 field notebooks, concerning his inspection of mines.
Includes sketches of shafts, ore values, and geological notes. The notebooks
can be specifically correlated with dated individual mining reports for all of
the locations Defty examined. These notebooks served as his primary source of
information for generating his mining reports. Individual entries may be
several pages in length and quite detailed. |
|
box | folder |
2 | 10-17 | | | Field Notebooks.
, 1886-1925 |
|
| Series III: Mining reports,
1886-1925 |
| | Contains primarily mining reports, but may include company
prospectus, assay reports, receipts, photographs, letters, maps and drawings.
Some folders may include series of engineer and supplementary reports, other
folders may contain only a single handwritten report, or only a letter. |
|
| Arizona |
| Cochise |
box | folder |
3 | 1 | | | | | California - Chiricahua Copper Mining Co.
, 1905? |
3 | 2 | | | | | California - White Marble Placer.
, 1912 |
3 | 3 | | | | | Cochise - Tungsten Properties.
, 1900 |
3 | 4 | | | | | Cochise - Wolframite Claims.
, 1900 |
3 | 5 | | | | | Tombstone - Louise and Randolph Claims.
, 1920 |
3 | 6 | | | | | Tombstone - Old Guard Mine.
, 1886-1887 |
3 | 7 | | | | | Tombstone - Woolery Group/Dumpling.
, 1920 |
3 | 8 | | | | | Cochise - Warren - Copper King Properties.
, 1901 |
| |
| Coconino |
box | folder |
3 | 9 | | | | | Grand Canyon - Highland Mary.
, 1916 |
3 | 10 | | | | | Grand Canyon/Tayasan Copper.
, 1916 |
| |
| Gila |
box | folder |
3 | 11 | | | | | Gila County Claims.
, No
Date |
3 | 12 | | | | | Globe - Irene Group.
, 1914-1925 |
| |
| Graham |
box | folder |
3 | 13 | | | | | Lakenan Mines.
, 1901 |
| |
| Maricopa |
box | folder |
3 | 14 | | | | | Camp Creek - Parker Mines.
, 1910 |
3 | 15 | | | | | Cave Creek - Cave Creek Gold Mine.
, 1914 |
3 | 16 | | | | | Cave Creek - Chas Fleming Group.
, No
Date |
3 | 17 | | | | | Cave Creek - Lone Star Mining/Golden Reef.
, 1922 |
3 | 18 | | | | | Cave Creek - Mormon Girl.
, 1910 |
3 | 19 | | | | | Ellsworth - Mountain Chief.
, 1899-1901 |
3 | 20 | | | | | Pinal - Gold Field/Mesa Gold Mining.
, 1913 |
3 | 21 | | | | | Magazine - Cram Mountain Claims.
, 1909 |
3 | 22 | | | | | Magazine - Red Rover Mine.
, 1910 |
3 | 23 | | | | | Magazine - Chicago & Arizona Copper & Gold.
, No
Date |
3 | 24 | | | | | Maricopa - Independence Group/North Star.
, 1911-1915 |
3 | 25 | | | | | Moore - Cabinet Group.
, 1923 |
3 | 26 | | | | | Moor - Hualapai Copper Co.
, 1908 |
3 | 27 | | | | | Osborne - Arizona Lead Property.
, 1913 |
3 | 28 | | | | | Ozborn - Maricopa Copper Mines/Ozborn Mines.
, 1899 |
3 | 29 | | | | | San Domingo - Lotowana Gold Mine.
, 1911-1916 |
3 | 30 | | | | | Sunflower - McClintock Property.
, 1908 |
3 | 31 | | | | | Sunflower - National Group.
, 1922 |
3 | 32-33 | | | | | Sunflower - Sunflower Cinnabar.
, 1914-1916 |
3 | 34 | | | | | Vulture - Buffalo Group.
, 1900 |
3 | 35 | | | | | Vulture - Vulture Mine.
, 1901-1916 |
3 | 36 | | | | | White Tank - Sterling group.
, 1910 |
3 | 37 | | | | | White Tank - White Tank Mining Claims.
, 1914 |
3 | 38 | | | | | Winifred - Amalagamated Copper.
, 1921-1922 |
3 | 39 | | | | | Arizona Commercial Slate.
, 1915? |
3 | 40 | | | | | Center Street Group/Contest Mine.
, 1920 |
3 | 41 | | | | | U.S. v. Arizona Court Case.
, 1924 |
3 | 42 | | | | | Bismuth Mining Claims.
, 1903 |
| |
| Mojave |
box | folder |
3 | 43 | | | | | Chloride - Arizona Ore Reduction/General Metals.
, 1916 |
3 | 44 | | | | | Chloride - Chloride & Ray Mining Co.
, 1917 |
3 | 45 | | | | | Junction - Antler Gold Mine.
, 1911 |
3 | 46 | | | | | Maynard - Wallapai & Victor Copper.
, 1917-1920 |
3 | 47 | | | | | Peacock - Hackberry Extension Mining.
, 1918 |
3 | 48 | | | | | San Francisco - Katherine Mining Co.
, 1921 |
3 | 49 | | | | | San Francisco - United Western Mining Co.
, 1915 |
3 | 50 | | | | | Weaver - Klondyke Mining Claims.
, 1915 |
3 | 51 | | | | | White Hills Mining & Milling.
, 1899 |
3 | 52 | | | | | Berkley Mine.
, 1920 |
| |
| Pima |
box | folder |
4 | 1 | | | | | Old Hat - Daily Arizona Copper Claims.
, 1914 |
4 | 2 | | | | | Old Hat - Guerin Property.
, 1920 |
4 | 3 | | | | | Old Hat - Keystone Group.
, 1905 |
4 | 4 | | | | | Pima - Azurite Copper Group.
, 1899 |
4 | 5 | | | | | Quijotoa - Arizona & Calumet Copper/Brownell.
, 1912-1918 |
4 | 6 | | | | | Santa Rosa - Middleton Group.
, 1917 |
4 | 7 | | | | | Silverbell - Silverbell.
, 1901 |
4 | 8 | | | | | Twin Buttes - Twin Buttes & Arizona Mining Co.
, 1917 |
| |
| Pinal |
box | folder |
4 | 9 | | | | | Casa Grande - Shamrock.
, 1911 |
4 | 10 | | | | | Casa Grande - Silver Queen.
, 1922 |
4 | 11 | | | | | Growler - Golden Range Mining & Milling.
, 1924 |
4 | 12 | | | | | Mineral Creek - Cash Entry Mining Claims.
, 1912 |
4 | 13 | | | | | Mineral Creek - Ray Copper Mines.
, 1899 |
4 | 14 | | | | | Pioneer - Arizona King.
, 1902 |
4 | 15 | | | | | Pioneer - Maine 1 and 2.
, 1912-1916 |
4 | 16 | | | | | Pioneer - Potts Canyon Mining Co.
, 1918 |
4 | 17 | | | | | Superstition - Young Mines.
, 1923 |
4 | 18 | | | | | Arizona Gypsum Co.
, 1917 |
| |
| Santa Cruz |
box | folder |
4 | 19 | | | | | Harshaw - Patagonia Chief Property.
, 1907 |
4 | 20 | | | | | Harshaw - Red Mountain Group.
, 1906 |
4 | 21 | | | | | Oro Blanco - Gold Rock Consolidated.
, 1900 |
4 | 22 | | | | | Tucson - Charles George/Red Bird.
, 1902 |
4 | 23 | | | | | Nogales Area Mines.
, 1907 |
4 | 24 | | | | | Promontorio Silver Mines.
, 1906 |
| |
| Yavapai |
box | folder |
4 | 25 | | | | | Agua Fria - Baumann Mining Property.
, 1898 |
4 | 26 | | | | | Agua Fria - Little Daisy Group.
, 1917 |
4 | 27 | | | | | Big Bug - big Ledge Copper Co./Henrietta &
Butternut Mines.
, 1916 |
4 | 28 | | | | | Big bug - Boone county Mining/Wizard Claim.
, 1911-1918 |
4 | 29 | | | | | Big bug - Galena Mine.
, 1910? |
4 | 30 | | | | | Big Bug - Klondyke/I,X,L Claims.
, 1900-1910? |
4 | 31 | | | | | Big Bug - Little Jesse Group.
, 1896-1901? |
4 | 32 | | | | | Big Bug - Lone Pine, Dewey, Eureka Claims.
, 1898 |
4 | 33 | | | | | Black Canyon - Gold Note Group.
, 1904 |
4 | 34 | | | | | Black Canyon - Manganese Property.
, 1918 |
4 | 35 | | | | | Black Canyon - Mascot Group/Smith Property.
, 1917 |
4 | 36 | | | | | Black Rock - Burson Group.
, 1900 |
4 | 37 | | | | | Black Rock - Elsie Group.
, 1902 |
4 | 38 | | | | | Black Rock - Gold Bug Claim.
, 1895 |
4 | 39 | | | | | Black Rock - Gold Properties.
, 1901 |
4 | 40 | | | | | Gunther Property/Great Scott.
, 1899-1900 |
4 | 41 | | | | | Black Rock - Keystone Mines.
, 1905 |
4 | 42 | | | | | Black Rock - McGowan Group.
, 1917 |
4 | 43 | | | | | Black Rock - Minerva Group.
, 1909 |
4 | 44 | | | | | Black Rock - Oro Grande Gold Mine.
, 1901-1902 |
4 | 45 | | | | | Blue Tank & Buckhorn - Alaric Group.
, 1901 |
4 | 46 | | | | | Blue Tank - Great Northern.
, No
Date |
4 | 47 | | | | | Blue Tank - Independence.
, 1899-1903 |
4 | 48 | | | | | Blue Tank - Sweet Sextette.
, 1902 |
4 | 49 | | | | | Castle Creek - Campbell Claims.
, 1902 |
4 | 50 | | | | | Castle Creek - Lehman Gold Property.
, 1902 |
4 | 51 | | | | | Chaparral - New Years Group.
, 1916 |
4 | 52 | | | | | Cherry Creek - Statehood Group.
, 1914 |
4 | 53 | | | | | Congress - Planet Saturn Mining Co.
, 1905 |
4 | 54 | | | | | Congress - Powell Mining Claim.
, 1904 |
box | folder |
5 | 1 | | | | | Congress - Senate Gold Mining Co.
, 1904 |
5 | 2 | | | | | Copper Basin - Arizona Portland Mines.
, 1916 |
5 | 3 | | | | | Eureka - Seven Stars Gold Co.
, 1892 |
5 | 4 | | | | | Groom Creek - Success Group.
, 1913 |
5 | 5 | | | | | Hassayampa - Bodie Group.
, 1902 |
5 | 6 | | | | | Hassayampa - Chicago Group.
, 1903 |
5 | 7 | | | | | Jerome - Jerome Mountain Copper Co.
, 1919 |
5 | 8 | | | | | Martinez - Gold Dollar Group.
, 1915 |
5 | 9-10 | | | | | Martinez - United Gold Mines/Alaska Mines.
, 1913-1915 |
5 | 11 | | | | | Mayer - Big Reef Copper Co.
, 1919 |
5 | 12 | | | | | Peck - Carder Group.
, 1902 |
5 | 13 | | | | | Peck - Gladiator Mine.
, 1898 |
5 | 14 | | | | | Pine Grove - Western Star Gold Property.
, 1903 |
5 | 15 | | | | | Squaw Peak - Squaw Peak Copper Co.
, 1916 |
5 | 16 | | | | | Tip Top - Bar Copper Mining Co.
, 1917 |
5 | 17 | | | | | Tip Top - Buckeye Group.
, |
5 | 18 | | | | | Tip Top - Harris Consolidated Copper.
, 1913-1915 |
5 | 19 | | | | | Verde - Boston-Jerome Mining Co.
, 1916 |
5 | 20 | | | | | Verde - Cleopatra Mining Co.
, 1911-1916 |
5 | 21-27 | | | | | Verde - Dundee Arizona Copper Co.
, 1915-1921 |
5 | 28 | | | | | Verde - Grand Island Mining Co.
, 1916 |
5 | 29 | | | | | Verde - Green Monster Mining Co.
, 1916 |
5 | 30 | | | | | Verde - Jerome Daisy Copper Co.
, 1915-1916 |
5 | 31 | | | | | Verde - Jerome Pacific/Midland-Vale Group.
, 1916 |
5 | 32 | | | | | Verde - Lone Pine Verde Group.
, 1916 |
5 | 33 | | | | | Verde - Pittsburgh Jerome Property.
, 1916 |
5 | 34 | | | | | Verde - Shea Copper Co.
, 1915 |
5 | 35 | | | | | Verde - Sinclair/Lord Caithness Property.
, 1915 |
5 | 36 | | | | | Verde - Sullivan Burke.
, 1914 |
5 | 37 | | | | | Verde - Ventura Hill Mining/Socrates Claim.
, 1901 |
5 | 38 | | | | | Verde - Verde Cobre Mining/Larson Group.
, 1916-1923 |
5 | 39 | | | | | Verde - Verde Combination Copper Co.
, 1917 |
5 | 40 | | | | | Verde - Verde Hub Copper Co.
, 1917-1918 |
5 | 41 | | | | | Walker - Collins Group/Penn Arizona.
, 1910-1911 |
5 | 42 | | | | | Walnut Grove - Pioneer.
, 1914 |
5 | 43 | | | | | Weaver - Alvarado Gold Mine.
, 1907 |
5 | 44 | | | | | Weaver - Sayer Gold Mining Co.
, 1904 |
5 | 45 | | | | | Weaver - Southern Yavapai Gold Mining.
, 1915? |
5 | 46 | | | | | Weaver - Yarnell Property.
, 1909 |
5 | 47 | | | | | White Picacho - Swininger Group.
, 1901 |
5 | 48 | | | | | Colossal Group.
, 1918 |
5 | 49 | | | | | Ideal Mining and Deve. Co.
, No
Date |
5 | 50 | | | | | McKinley Mine.
, 1917 |
5 | 51 | | | | | Monica Mine.
, 1902 |
5 | 52 | | | | | Old Boaz Mine.
, No
Date |
5 | 53 | | | | | Sunnyside Claim.
, 1914-1915 |
5 | 54 | | | | | Reports on Bumble Bee & Chaparral Districts.
, No
Date |
| |
| Yuma |
box | folder |
5 | 55 | | | | | Ellsworth - Carmelita Mining Co.
, 1917-1919 |
5 | 56 | | | | | Ellsworth - Cunningham Pass Group.
, 1914 |
box | folder |
6 | 1 | | | | | Ellsworth - Maid of the Mist Group.
, 1914 |
6 | 2 | | | | | Ellsworth - Socorro Mine.
, 1900 |
6 | 3 | | | | | Ellsworth - Wall Street Group.
, No
Date |
6 | 4 | | | | | Hydra - Glorioso Gold and Copper.
, 1912 |
6 | 5 | | | | | Kofa - Hi Henry Mining Claims.
, 1911 |
6 | 6 | | | | | La Paz - Bentley Group.
, No
Date |
6 | 7 | | | | | Planet - Iron King Manganese Claims.
, 1918 |
6 | 8 | | | | | Plomosa - Ibex Plomosa.
, 1907 |
6 | 9 | | | | | Plomosa - Swastika Group.
, 1910 |
6 | 10 | | | | | Bondurant Copper Claims.
, No
Date |
6 | 11 | | | | | Havlin Deposit.
, 1918 |
6 | 12 | | | | | Martin Property.
, 1898 |
6 | 13 | | | | | Mohawk Mining Claims/Norton Property.
, 1900? |
6 | 14 | | | | | Yuma - General Map.
, No
Date |
| |
| Other States |
| Alabama |
box | folder |
6 | 15 | | | | | Cherokee - Rock Run Furnace.
, 1888 |
| |
| California |
box | folder |
6 | 16 | | | | | Kern - Red Rock - REd Rock Placer Claims.
, 1896 |
6 | 17 | | | | | Riverside - Ironwood - Arica Group.
, 1901 |
6 | 18 | | | | | Riverside - Stephens Property/Ironchief and Eagle
Mountain Iron Deposits.
, 1901 |
6 | 19 | | | | | San Bernadino - Black Metal - Philadelphia Mine.
, 1890 |
6 | 20 | | | | | San Bernadino - Daggott - Gunsight Group.
, 1889 |
6 | 21 | | | | | San Bernadino - Exchequer - Cashier Mines.
, 1889 |
6 | 22 | | | | | San Bernadino - Monumental - Black Metal Mining.
, 1891 |
6 | 23 | | | | | San Diego - Ogilby - Lone Jack Gold Mining.
, 1890 |
6 | 24 | | | | | San Diego - Gold Rock Group.
, 1890 |
6 | 25 | | | | | San Gabriel - San Gabriel - Gold Placer/Roberts
Property.
, 1893 |
6 | 26 | | | | | Sierra - Dewey Quartz Mine.
, 1908 |
| |
| Colorado |
box | folder |
6 | 27 | | | | | List of mine oweners in Colorado.
, No
Date |
6 | 28 | | | | | Clear Creek - West Comet Group.
, 1908 |
6 | 29 | | | | | Hinsdale - white Cross and Danville Group.
, 1908 |
6 | 30 | | | | | Ouray - Uncompahgre - Bright Diamond Group.
, 1908 |
6 | 31 | | | | | Ouray - Uncompajgre - Moslem and Japan Claims.
, 1908 |
6 | 32 | | | | | Summit - Wellington Mine.
, 1908 |
| |
| Idaho |
box | folder |
6 | 33 | | | | | Kootenai - Suprise - Boulder Creek Property.
, 1890 |
| |
| Montana |
box | folder |
6 | 34 | | | | | Jefferson - Colorado - Angelica Mining.
, 1920 |
6 | 35 | | | | | Jefferson - Colorado - Rose Gold Mine Co.
, 1904 |
| |
| Nevada |
box | folder |
6 | 36 | | | | | Churchill - Great Eastern Group.
, 1903 |
| |
| New Mexico |
box | folder |
6 | 37 | | | | | Luna - Tres Hermanas - Zinc Property.
, 1903 |
| |
| South Carolina |
box | folder |
6 | 38 | | | | | York - Magnolia Mining Property.
, 1908 |
| |
| Other Countries |
| Mexico/Sonora |
box | folder |
7 | 1 | | | | | Maps and Clippings.
, 1901/1903 |
7 | 2 | | | | | San Pedro - Tucson and Gulf Railroad.
, 1902-1910 |
7 | 3 | | | | | Altar - La Belen/Arizona-Mexican Copper Co.
, 1903-1904 |
7 | 4 | | | | | Altar - La Calara/Arizona-Mexican Copper Co.
, 1901-1903 |
7 | 5 | | | | | Altar - La Cananea Copper Co.
, 1903-1904 |
7 | 6 | | | | | Altar - El Carmen.
, 1903 |
7 | 7 | | | | | Altar - Cerro Prieto Gold Mine.
, 1902 |
7 | 8 | | | | | Altar - El Congreso.
, 1902-1904 |
7 | 9 | | | | | Altar - Colorado Iron Works Smelter (for
Arizona-Arizona Mexican Copper Co.).
, 1904-1905 |
7 | 10 | | | | | Altar - Gigante and Josefina/Coast Line.
, 1901-1902 |
7 | 11-14 | | | | | Altar - La Gran Proveedora/Arizona-Mexican.
, 1901-1905 |
7 | 15-17 | | | | | Altar - Juarez Mine.
, 1904-1906 |
7 | 18-19 | | | | | Altar - El Porvenir De Sonora/Coast Line.
, 1901-1902 |
7 | 20 | | | | | Altar - San Francisco Group.
, 1890/1899 |
7 | 21-23 | | | | | Altar - Sonora Milling and Mining.
, 1904-1906 |
7 | 24 | | | | | Altar - Tubatama Mining and Reduction.
, 1902 |
7 | 25 | | | | | Arizpe - Cerro Tordillo Copper Mines.
, 1905 |
7 | 26 | | | | | Arizpe - Cochise and Dewey Mines.
, 1903 |
7 | 27 | | | | | Arizpe - San Carlos.
, 1904 |
7 | 28 | | | | | Arizpe - San Felipe.
, 1901 |
7 | 29 | | | | | Cerro del Oro - La Seguama Mine.
, 1902 |
7 | 30 | | | | | Hermosillo - Barranca.
, 1906 |
7 | 31 | | | | | Hermosillo - Chipiona and Colorado Mine.
, 1901 |
7 | 32 | | | | | Hermosillo - Sonora Silver Mining Co.
, 1887 |
7 | 33 | | | | | Magdalena - Promontorio.
, 1901 |
7 | 34 | | | | | Moctezuma - Santa Fe Mines.
, 1901 |
7 | 35 | | | | | Ures - Las Coches Mining Property.
, 1907-1910 |
7 | 36 | | | | | Ures - El Oro Gold Properties.
, 1901-1903 |
7 | 37 | | | | | Zambona Development Co.
, 1906 |
| |
| Mexico/Baja |
box | folder |
7 | 38 | | | | | Jan Juan y Los Flores - El Toro Mine/Gulf Copper.
, 1909 |
| |
| Mexico/Michoacan |
box | folder |
7 | 39 | | | | | Henderson Property.
, 1902 |
| |
| Mexico/Sinoloa |
box | folder |
7 | 40 | | | | | Regional Report.
, 1900? |
| |
| Jamaica |
box | folder |
7 | 41 | | | | | Cedar Hurst Property.
, 1914-1916 |
|
| Series IV: Other business reports,
1891-1923 |
| | Contains maps and engineering reports relating to irrigation
projects, along with records and correspondence regarding a ramie fiber company
in which Mr. Defty's family was involved. This series also contains
miscellaneous maps, drawings, receipts, and assay reports that could not be
conclusively identified, and various mining equipment catalogs. |
|
| Arizona |
box | folder |
8 | 1 | | Maricopa - Gila Irrigation/Valley Land &
Canal/Arizona Construction Co.
, 1891-1893 |
8 | 2 | | Maricopa - New York Canal and Irrigation Co.
, 1893-1894 |
8 | 3 | | Pinal - Queen Creek Reservoir Co.
, 1912 |
8 | 4 | | Yavapai - Pacific Water Power Co.
, 1909-1911 |
| |
| California |
box | folder |
8 | 5 | | Antelope Valley Reservoirs, Dams and Irrigation.
, 1891 |
8 | 6-8 | | Anglo-American and Anglo-Dutch Ramie Fibre and Paper
Companies.
, 1895-1896 |
8 | 9 | | Miscellaneous Business Records.
, 1899-1922 |
8 | 10 | | Stock Certificates, Deeds, Agreements, Powers of
Attorney.
, 1890-1906 |
8 | 11 | | Miscellaneous Assay Reports.
, 1899-1906 |
8 | 12 | | Mining Equipment Catalogs, Brochures.
, 1900-1920 |
|
| Series V: Maps and blueprints,
1886-1925 |
| | Maps and blueprints are located in the map case in the northeast
corner of the building. Materials associated with existing mining or other
business reports are indicated as such with the box and folder number of the
original report. For example, 3/4 Cochise - Wolframite Claims, 1900 indicates
that the original mining report is found in Box 3, Folder 4. In addition, there
are maps and blueprints not directly associated with existing reports. For
example, Warren - Copper Mines, 1910 has no box and folder number preceding it,
which means there is no original report. Numbers in parentheses following a
mine or company name indicate the number of items for that mine or company in
that box. The pound sign (#) indicates that for that mine or company,
additional large maps or blueprints can be found in box 12. |
| | The bulk of the materials in boxes 9, 10 and 11 contain oversized
maps and blueprints that are supplemental to the mining and other business
report series. Box 11 also contains miscellaneous maps and mining equipment
blueprints. Box 12 contains very large oversize material, including several
hand colored items. |
|
| Mining Reports |
| Arizona |
| | | | | | Cochise |
box | |
9 | | | | | | | Cochise -- Wolframite Claims (box 3 folder 4).
, 1900 |
9 | | | | | | | Tombstone -- Woolery Claims (box 3 folder 7).
, 1920 |
9 | | | | | | | Warren -- Copper Mines.
, 1910 |
9 | | | | | | | Warren -- Mining District.
, 1910 |
| |
| | | | | | Coconino |
box | |
9 | | | | | | | Grand Canyon -- United States Platinum Co.
, No
Date |
| |
| | | | | | Gila |
box | |
9 | | | | | | | Globe -- Irene Group (box 3 folder 12).
, 1914-1925 |
| |
| | | | | | Maricopa |
box | |
9 | | | | | | | Camp Creek -- Parker Mines (box 3 folder 14).
, 1910 |
9 | | | | | | | Cave Creek -- Lone Star/Golden Reef (box 3, folder
17).
, 1922 |
9 | | | | | | | Magazine -- Cram Mountain Claims (box 3 folder
21).
, 1909 |
9 | | | | | | | Maricopa -- Independence Group/North Star (box 3
folder 24).
, 1911-1915 |
9 | | | | | | | Moor -- Hualapai Copper Co. (box 3 folder 26).
, 1908 |
9 | | | | | | | Ozborn -- Maricopa Copper Mines/Ozborn (box 3
folder 28).
, 1899 |
9 | | | | | | | Sunflower -- Sunflower Cinnabar (box 3 folders
32-33).
, 1914-1916 |
9 | | | | | | | Vulture -- Vulture Mine (box 3 folder 35).
, 1901-1916 |
9 | | | | | | | Winifred/Pinal -- North and South Groups (box 3
folder 38).
, No
Date |
| |
| | | | | | Mojave |
box | |
9 | | | | | | | Maynard -- Wallapai & Victor Copper (box 3
folder 46).
, 1917-1920 |
9 | | | | | | | Peacock -- Hackberry Extension Mining (box 3
folder 47).
, 1918 |
| |
| | | | | | Pima |
box | |
9 | | | | | | | Greaterville -- Liberty Silver Mining Co.
, 1917 |
| |
| | | | | | Pinal |
box | |
9 | | | | | | | Superstition -- Young Mines (box 4 folder 17).
, 1923 |
9 | | | | | | | Sam Thorpe Claims.
, No
Date |
9 | | | | | | | Woodbury Copper Co.
, 1917 |
| |
| | | | | | Santa Cruz |
box | |
9 | | | | | | | Harshaw -- Patagonia Chief Property (box 4 folder
19).
, 1907 |
| |
| | | | | | Yavapai |
box | |
9 | | | | | | | Agua Fria -- Little Daisy Group (box 4 folder 26).
, 1917 |
9 | | | | | | | Big Bug -- Little Jesse Group (box 4 folder 31).
, 1896-1901 |
9 | | | | | | | Black Canyon -- Gold Note Group (box 4 folder 33).
, 1904 |
9 | | | | | | | Black Rock -- Gunther Property (box 4 folder 40).
, 1899-1900 |
9 | | | | | | | Blue Tank -- Independence (box 4 folder 47).
, 1899-1903 |
9 | | | | | | | Blue Tank -- Big Tufa.
, No
Date |
9 | | | | | | | Chaparral -- New Years Group (box 4 folder 51).
, 1916 |
9 | | | | | | | Eureka -- Lawler Group (box 5 folder 3).
, No
Date |
9 | | | | | | | Eureka -- Seven Stars Gold Co.
, 1892 |
box | |
10 | | | | | | | Martinez -- United Gold Mines (box 5 folders
9-10).
, 1913-1915 |
10 | | | | | | | Santa Maria -- Central Group.
, 1908 |
10 | | | | | | | Verde -- Cleopatra Mining Co. (box 5 folder 20).
, 1911-1916 |
10 | | | | | | | Verde -- Pittsburg Jerome Property (box 5 folder
33).
, 1916 |
10 | | | | | | | Verde -- Verde Cobre Mining Co. (box 5 folder 38).
, 1916-1923 |
10 | | | | | | | Verde -- Washburn Group.
, 1916 |
10 | | | | | | | Verde -- Mining District.
, 1916 |
10 | | | | | | | Weaver -- Alvarado Gold Mine (box 5 folder 43).
, 1907 |
10 | | | | | | | Weaver -- Yarnell Property (box 5 folder 46).
, 1909 |
| |
| | | | | | Yuma |
box | |
10 | | | | | | | Ellsworth - Carmelita Mining Co. (box 5 folder
55).
, 1917-1919 |
10 | | | | | | | Plomosa -- Ibex Plomosa (box 6 folder 8).
, 1907 |
10 | | | | | | | Mohawk Mining Claims.
, 1900 |
| |
| California |
box | |
10 | | | | | | Riverside -- Stephens Property (box 6 folder 18).
, 1901 |
10 | | | | | | San Bernadino -- Calico -- Mining District.
, 1889 |
10 | | | | | | San Bernadino -- Daisy/Lily/Violet Quartz.
, No Date
|
10 | | | | | | San Bernadino -- Victoria Silver Mines.
, 1888 |
10 | | | | | | Sovereign Cons Mines.
, No
Date |
| |
| Montana |
box | |
10 | | | | | | Jefferson -- Colorado -- Angelica Mining Co. (box 6
folder 34).
, 1920 |
| |
| Mexico/Sonora |
box | |
11 | | | | | | Altar -- El Congreso Mining Certificate with revenu
stamp (box 7 folder 8).
, 1902-1904 |
11 | | | | | | Altar -- La Gran Porveedora/Arizona-Mexican Co. (box
7 folders 11-14).
, 1901-1905 |
11 | | | | | | Altar -- Juarez Mine (box 7 folders 15-17).
, 1904-1906 |
11 | | | | | | Arizpe -- Cerro Tordillo Copper Mines (box 7 folders
25).
, 1905 |
11 | | | | | | Hermosillo -- Sonora Silver Mining Co. (box 7
folders 32).
, 1887 |
11 | | | | | | Sonora Mining Districts.
, 1905 |
| |
| Other Business Reports |
box | |
11 | Maricopa -- Gila Irrigation/Valley Land &
Canal/Arizona Construction Co. (box 8 folder 1).
, 1891-1893 |
11 | Maricopa -- New York Canal & Irrigation Co. (box 8
folder 2).
, 1893-1894 |
11 | Yavapai -- Pacific Water Power Co. (box 8 folder 4).
, 1909-1911 |
11 | Anglo-American and Anglo Dutch Ramie Fibre & Paper
Companies (box 8 folders 6-8).
, No
Date |
| |
| Miscellaneous |
box | |
11 | Nevada -- Washoe County -- Reno & Sparks.
, No
Date |
11 | Nevada -- California State Line -- Unprospected Area.
, No
Date |
11 | Arizona -- The Mineral District Tributary to Prescott.
, No
Date |
11 | Arizona & California & Mexico -- The Colorado
Desert, Sonora, Mesa and Delta of the Rio Colorado.
, 1893 |
11 | Arizona.
, 1907 |
11 | Arizona & California -- Western
Arizona/Southeastern California, Mining & Agricultural Districts.
, 1907 |
11 | Mining equipment blueprints.
, No
Date |
| |
| Mining Reports |
box | |
12 | Mexico/Sonora -- Altar --La Gran
Proveedora/Arizona-Mexican (box 7 folders 11-14).
, 1901-1905 |
12 | Arizona/Yavapai -- Big Bug -- Little Jesse (folder 4
box 31).
, 1896-1901 |
| |
| Miscellaneous |
box | |
12 | Arizona territory.
, 1903 |
12 | Blueprints for Nogales & Sonora Mfg Co.
, No
Date |
12 | Fly wheel and coupling support.
, No
Date |
12 | Smelting furnace/Henry Defty.
, 1888 |
12 | California -- Los Angeles -- Palmdale irrigation
district.
, 1891 |