Twin Buttes Mining and Smelting Company records
Meal ticket for Merchant's Cafe issued to John Latz, employee at Twin Buttes Mining and Smelting Company, April, 1910.
Collection area: Arizona and Southwest
Collection dates: 1903-1969 bulk (bulk 1903-1927)
The collection includes correspondence, minutes of meetings, tax forms, ledgers, day books, bills, financial records, labor reports, time cards, payroll records, and maps from the daily operations of the mines, railroad and store. Also present are news clippings about Twin Buttes, Arizona and photographs of the 1926, 1928, and 1938 school classes.
Mining operation in the Twin Buttes area, Pima County, Arizona, subsequently leased or owned by Bush-Baxter, Glance Mining Company, Midland Copper Company, San Xavier Extension Copper Company. In addition to its mines the company operated a boarding house, store, and railroad.
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