Reorganized Blue Bull Mining Company Records

Collection

Identifier: 2017-10

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Reorganized Blue Bull Mining Company Records includes materials that documents a small portion of company operations from before and during its merger with the other companies to create the Goldfield Deep Mines Company of Nevada. Materials include stockholder information (stockholder cards); and financial information (corporation income tax returns, an account ledger for certificates surrendered and issued, and development work ledger sheets). Of interest are the two folders of ledger sheets marked "Wingfield Companies."

Dates

1912-1929

Creator

Reorganized Blue Bull Mining Company (Creator, Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research. Materials must be used on-site; advance notice suggested. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Administrative History

Goldfield, Nevada is most well-known for the boom that occurred between 1901 when it was settled and 1910 when peak production reached over $10 million dollars. Most major mining operations had ceased by 1920, although a number of mines continued operations into the 1940s. The Goldfield Merger Mines Company was incorporated just after the peak mining had occurred in Goldfield in 1912.

The Reorganized Blue Bull Mining Company was organized in 1912 to acquire title to property of the Blue Bull Mining Company, which was sold at a sheriff’s sale on June 14, 1912. Officers in 1920 were: George Wingfield, president; W. E. Zoebel, vice president and assistant secretary; C. F. Burton, secretary-treasurer; and L. N. French, director.

The company owned eight claims over 148 acres in the Goldfield Mining District. By 1920, a shaft of 730 feet with workings at the 500-foot and 700-foot levels opened up the Victor and Blue Bull veins. Crosscuts ran into ground owned by the C. O. D. Consolidated Mining Company, which was developed under a lease agreement.

The Goldfield Deep Mines Company of Nevada was incorporated in 1920 as a merger between the Reorganized Blue Bull Mining Company, Reorganized Atlanta Mining Company, Goldfield Merger Mines Company, C.O.D. Consolidated Mines Company, Goldfield Combination Mining Company, Milltown Mining Company, five claims of the Goldfield Consolidated Mines Company and other small parcels of ground in the Goldfield Mining District.

Extent

0.4 Linear Feet (1 box)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The Goldfield Blue Bull Mining Company was incorporated in 1912 to acquire title to the property of the Blue Bull Mining Company, which was sold at a sheriff's sale on June 14, 1912. Collection includes materials documenting a small portion of company operations including stockholder information and financial information.

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The Reorganized Blue Bull Mining Company Records were received in April 1989 as part of a group of papers that had previously been stored in the Goldfield Hotel.