Theodore Bryant Comstock letter books

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Page 169 from Theodore Bryant Comstock Letter Book, December 16, 1899

Page 169 from Theodore Bryant Comstock Letter Book, December 16, 1899

Collection area: University of Arizona

Collection dates: 1898-1902

About this collection

Holograph letters to R. J. Ferguson and F. T. Blandy, local superintendents, mostly about operations of the Elkhart Mine, Chloride, Mohave County, Arizona, to the British Syndicate owners of the mine. Includes letters of chief clerk M. P. Dodge. Also includes letters about Prescott Development Syndicate, the Security Mining and Development Syndicate, the Mineral Hill Copper Syndicate (mainly pp. 401-451) and other mine enterprises mostly in Arizona.

Historical background

Professional geologist, mining engineer and consultant. Assistant state geologist of Texas, Head of The University of Arizona School of Mines, first president of The University of Arizona, 1894-1895.

Letters kept while a commercial consultant in Los Angeles.

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