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Nevada Copper Co and Kennecott Copper Records from McGill, Nevada [133720]

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Nevada Copper Co and Kennecott Copper Records from McGill, Nevada  [133720]
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A variety of ledgers, notebooks, and documents of historical, geological, and metallurgical noteworthiness from the Nevada Consolidated Copper Corporation (NCCC) and Kennecott Copper Corporation (KCC), which purchased NCCC in 1932: 1) Large KCC ledger book, 15 x 17 inches, recording monthly purchases of precious metal-bearing fluxes and copper ore for the McGill smelter from January 1936 to December 1939. Each record includes the shipper (individuals and mining companies), wet pounds, assays, processing and other costs, freight charges, and mine royalties. Beautiful for the handwritten figures made in ink with no erasures. 2) KCC ledger book, spine labeled CUSTOM LOTS (4) May 26, 1939 to May 3, 1940, and CUSTOM LOTS (5) May 2, 1940 to February 19, 1941. Records the origin of custom ore lots received from various small miners including the Date of Receipt, Assay Date, Au, Ag, SiO2, Fe, CaO, Al2O3, S, and H20 values for that ore. These ledgers are a great chronicle of small mine production in Nevada and the Western US. 3) KCC ledger recording Molybdenum Plant Production at the McGill facility from Sep 20, 1940 to July 31, 1945. This provides a glimpse into the molybdenum supply during WWII when the US was using moly instead of tungsten in steel production. 4) Two, three-ring notebooks: Kennecott Minerals Company 1980-1984 Operating Plan and the 1981-1985 Operating Plan. Each includes sections on financial, operational, and environmental issues. 5) Two 1944 contracts between KCC and Consolidated Coppermines Corporation regarding the ability of both companies to adequately mine their respective, separate holdings in the open-pit copper mine adjacent to Ruth, Nevada. These specifically relate to the Liberty Pit and the Veteran Pit. Basically the contracts describe how each company can mine without adversely affecting the other company's ability to mine. 6) Undated NCCC diazo blue-line Property Map (claim map) of the Robinson Mining District at Ruth, Nevada. Hand drawn boundaries show locations of various waste rock dumps. Approx 55 x 27 inches, folded but in good condition. 7) A group of various NCCC and KCC correspondence, telegrams bound together with a Acco-type metal binder clip at the top. Subjects seem to center on refining contracts for the Steptoe smelter in McGill. 8) Two-page diazo blue-line chart comparing the mine and mill assays for the ore from the Veteran Mine. 9) presentation folder containing an artist's hand-painted color rendering of the open-pit mines of the Robinson Mining District and a black and white aerial photograph of the Nevada Copper Division (KCC) reduction plant (mill and smelter) in McGill. 10) Correspondence regarding the difference in tonnage charges between ores from Consolidated Coppermines and those from Giroux. 11) A folder of four, 11x4-inch color photographs: one showing 12 freshly poured and unmarked gold ingots, and three images of the Bingham Canyon open-pit copper mine. 12) looseleaf ledgers recording copper produced at the Sunshine, Puritan, Keystone, and McGill precipitation plants in 1948. 13) Personal logbook of F.A. Lawrence, 3 x 5 inches, Aug 7, 1934, to July 1935. 14) Personal logbook of George Allen, KCC employee. Starts with notes on what to do when coming on shift and includes many figures and notes about the operations of the acid plant, which captured sulfur dioxide gas from the smelter furnace and converted it to sulfuric acid. Includes a detailed sketch of the acid plant process flow. 15) 1907 correspondence between NCCC Auditor H. J. Douglas and Senator Simon Guggenheim of Colorado requesting his assistance in appointing a new postmaster for the McGill Post Office, and further requesting that the name of that Post Office be changed from McGill to Smelter!

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State: Nevada
City: McGill
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