Mining and Mineral Industries Collection Descriptions

Oil derricks in Texas. From collection SUNP3157 - Harold Henderson and Dorothy Van Dyke Leake Papers.
Oil derricks in Texas. From collection C4011 - Harold Henderson and Dorothy Van Dyke Leake Papers.

Papers and records of miners, mining engineers, and other individuals; records of mining firms and mineral industries; records of professional and trade organizations; and miscellaneous materials dealing with mining and mineral industries, including photographs, maps, and production data. Researchers may also want to consider the mining related holdings of the Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Rolla.

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Blount Family, Papers, 1861-1947, (C0047)
4 linear feet
15 volume(s)
Family correspondence and legal and financial records. Business papers recording farming, mining, and mercantile activities in southeast Missouri, particularly Potosi and Washington County. Medical notebooks.

Connor, Thomas ( -1907), Papers, 1893-1909 (C0244)
1 folder
1 volume
Connor's will and other papers connected with his estate. Lead and zinc ore register, 1893-1909, from Joplin, Missouri.

Farmers Bank, Mt. Vernon, Missouri, Papers, 1844-1931, (C0044)
5 linear feet
28 volume(s)
Records of a bank organized in 1890 and liquidated in 1930. Also records of local businesses and schools.

Frewen, Moreton (1853-1922), Papers, 1823-1922, (C0879)
MICROFILM
Papers concerning Frewen's personal life, money-making ventures, and interest in bimetallism and silver. Frewen was a member of Parliament for Northeast Cork and long interested in Irish problems. Originals in the Library of Congress.

Grawe, Oliver Randolph (1901-1965), Papers, 1930-1962, (C3578)
6 folder(s)
Miscellaneous papers of a professor and author of University of Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy at Rolla. Included are manuscripts about minerals and ores of Missouri, and a copy of Noel Hubbard's history of Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy and duplication of engineering education in Missouri in 1938.

Joplin Consolidated Mining Company Books, 1887-1928, (C0649)
2 volume(s)
Minute book containing articles of incorporation and minutes of meetings, and account book with accounts of sales and labor.

Katy C. Mining Company, Joplin, Missouri, Books, 1900-1906, (C0650)
2 folder(s)
V. 1 Accounts with Miners Bank, payrolls, and miscellaneous accounts, 1900-1903. V. 2 Articles of association, by-laws and minutes of meetings of directors, 1900-1906.

Lead Mining Companies, Washington County, Missouri, Records, 1809-1954, (C3893)
MICROFILM
This collection contains business records of lead mining companies and company stores in Washington County, MO. The companies include R. Smith and Company; Stone Manning and Company; Manning, Smith and Company; the Missouri and Pennsylvania Lead Company; the Palmer Lead Company; and the Renault Lead Company.

Limerick, J.F., Letter, 1890, (C3276)
1 folder(s)
To G.C. Broadhead, Columbia, MO, from Alma, KS, Feb. 15, 1890. Concerns coal mining in Kansas.

Mine La Motte Estate, Madison County, Missouri, Records, 1875-1897, (C1260)
1 volume(s)
Miners' register including two sets of mining rules and regulations and the signatures of miners employed.

Missouri Lumber and Mining Company, Photographs, 1906-1916, (C3875)
2 folder(s)
Photographs of various Missouri Lumber and Mining Company operations in and around the Ozark town of Grandin, MO. Taken and collected by Harry M. Griffith, a company physician.

Oglesby Coal Company Papers, 1865-1931 (C0150)
0.5 linear feet
Deeds, abstracts, and correspondence referring to the sinking of a vertical mine shaft for the Oglesby coal mine, Oglesby, La Salle County, IL. Includes a will of Preserved Smith, Dayton, Ohio, January 5, 1887.

Schroeder, Adolf E. and Rebecca, Collection, (WUNP5410)
0.1 linear feet
INVENTORY. Addition of oral interviews, musical recordings, interview transcriptions, and interview notes relating to Old Mines and the French in Missouri.

Sullivan, John Laurance (1890- ), Collection, 1906-1972, (C3771)
1 linear feet
5 volume(s)
Histories, articles, newspaper clippings, photographs, sketches, and scrapbooks of St. Francois County and Flat River, MO, collected by a lifelong resident. Covers local events in Flat River and St. Francois County over the last 150 years and also contains extensive information on mining in the "Lead Belt" region. See also collections 995.441 and 995.727.

Sutton, John L. (1830- ), Papers, 1881-1909 (C0172)
7 folders
Deeds, receipts, shares of stock, and a few letters in connection with the Justice Gold Mining Company and Queen Mineral Ranch Company of Colorado. Also papers on real estate in St. Louis owned by Sutton.

Truitt, Cyrus R., Scrapbooks, 1893-1963, (C1432)
6 volume(s)
Scrapbooks of photographs of Novinger and Adair County, MO, 1893-1963, with explanations and captions by Truitt. Pictorial history of coal mining in western Adair County.

Wibaux, Pierre A.V. (1858-1913), Papers, 1881-1927, (C2656)
1 linear feet
Negative photostats of letters from Wibaux, who immigrated from France to Montana in 1881, to his brother Joseph. Includes business letters and contract re. His cattle ranch and gold mine, newspaper articles, photographs and Joseph's notes. English translation follows each item.