Elgin Bryce Holt report

MS 157
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Mining Map

Mining Map showing portion of U.S. and Northern Mexico's important railroads and smelting conters

Collection area: Borderlands

Collection dates: 1927

About this collection

Three-page typescript report from Holt to his partner, a Mr. Brock, about the Santa Eulalia group of mines near Sombrerete District, state of Zacatecas, Mexico, dated August 11, 1927. Included are four blueprints: an assay map, a geological plan, a surface plan, and a map; and also a hand-drawn map of important mining camps in the area.

Historical background

Mining engineer.

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