MSNC9 John T. Reid Collection Nevada Historical Society Series I. MINING RECORDS A. MINES DEVELOPMENT COMPANY OF NEVADA 1. An Arizona corporation, 9/1/1904. In 1904, Reid was President & Director; P.K. Reid was Vice- President & Director; Emmet E. Reid, Secretary & Director. By-laws were adopted Oct. 24, 1904. a. Thirteen mining claims located in Battle Mountain Mining District, b. Lander County, Nevada include Aurum, Ajax, Blise, Clearwater, Cable, Carmen, Fanny, Fanny No. 1, Fanny No. 2, Fanny No. 3, Gold Coin, Modac, and Victor and certain interests in and to the waters of Trenton Canyon (covered by Application 3339 in Office of State Engineer, State of Nevada] In 1924 Paul G. Reid was President. 2. Correspondence a. General, 1904-1939 3. Legal Records a. Articles of Incorporation, By-Laws Copy of By-laws are in the Minutes book. " 3. Corporation reports; filed with state- nothing available 4. Contracts a. 1912-Proposed merger with Nevada United Mining Company in March, 1912; both companies to be managed by Juniper Mining Company. b. 1914-With C.A. Hitchcock to sell J.T. Reid's mining claims and railroad franchise. c. 1916 5. Deeds- nothing listed available 6. Location notices -Handwritten summary of claims located by J.T. Reid; includes some claims located for Buffalo Valley Gold Mining & Leasing Company. See also location notices for Fanny, Fanny #1 and Fanny#2 included in packet of notices for BVGM&L Co. (E. 2 e. below). 7. Mineral surveys a. Directions for filing application for mineral surveys. Not sure of Company. This paper is signed by Matthew Kyle, U.S. Surveyor General for Nevada; he was a surveyor at turn of century. 8. Notice of Intention to hold mining claims, proof of labor a. 1917-1919 b. 1936-1938; Notice of ownership and Suspension of Labor, Pershing County 9. Insurance policies-nothing available 10. Tax returns a. Capital Stock Tax returns, 1924-1941, See also Minutes below (3 a.) b. Corporation Income Tax Returns, 1923-1934 c. Corporation Income and Excess-Profits Tax Returns, 1935-1940 11. Licenses - none 12. Filing fees - none 13. Miscellaneous a. Proof of Application of water to beneficial use, 1911 b. Minutes & proceedings c. Minutes of Board of Directors & Stockholders meetings 1) Ledger, 1904-1917; 1924-1925. Includes a 1918 Capital Stock Tax return and 1917 Corporation Income Tax return. Also included is a contract with Buffalo Valley Mines Company, July 15, 1924 to do assessment work for Buffalo Valley Mines Company. 2) Jan. 16, 1917 Notices of Annual meetings 4. Financial records a. Journals 1) Blank accounting sheets b. Ledger 1) circa 1906-1907 Cash/Expenses for a few people, including C.A. Hitchcock 2) "Ledger C" , 1925 Includes information on P.K. Reid estate c. Stock journals and ledgers 1) 1912; 1913; 1912-1926 2) Proxies 3) List of Stockholders; returned to J.T. Reid from O.G. Jennings in 1912. 4) List of Treasury Stock, #1-161 5) List of certificates #1-209 6) Stock certificates d. Invoices and receipts 1) 1905 2) 1907-1908 3) 1916 4) 1924 Box 2 5 Invoice ledgers, First volume Sept. 1904-Dec. 1927 Second volume 1913-1926 Box 3 e. Bank statements, checks & check registers 1) Cancelled cks #1-246; 1st National Bk of Lovelock, Mar 3, 1907-Jan. 25, 1915 2) Cancelled cks #404-710; 1st National Bk of Lovelock, Nov. 3, 1915-Feb. 6, 1917 3) Mine Account, Jan. 22-31, 1916 (not sure of company) Mines Development Company of Nevada f. Payroll 1) 1912 Payroll and invoices for operating Juniper Mountain Mining District 2) May-June, 1912 operate Payroll and invoices; Juniper Mountain Mining District 3) Feb.-May, 1912, Payroll & checks; Reid's Camp, J.T. Reid Mine Account g. Prospectuses-nothing available h. Reports 1) Annual Statement, Dec. 31, 1912 2) Reports, 1905-1916 i. Trial Balance sheets 1) 1912-1926 j. Misc. 1) misc. financial papers 2) 1906-1916, Mines at Juniper Mountain 3) 1918 5. Operational records a. Mine captain reports nothing available b. Inventories 1) 1911 c. Assays 1) 1912-1915, W. Harold Tomlinson, Petrological Laboratory 2) 1913-1916 3) 1924-1925 4) 1925, U.S. Smelting & Refining Co. d. Geology reports-nothing available e. Mining/engineering reports 1) Report by Horace V. Winchell, May 1912 f. Field survey books--nothing available g. Misc. 1) misc. papers 6. Maps, graphs, sketches a. One sketch of Mines Dev. Co. at Juniper Mt. Mines b. Oversize maps are filed separately. B. C.A. Hitchcock, correspondence 1892-1906 Longtime associate and good friend of J.T. Reid. Hitchcock was an attorney and capitalist; he solicited investors for many of J.T. Reid's mining ventures; he also sold various properties for Reid and his brothers. Hitchcock established and ran the New York office for the Mines Development Company. Box 4 C. WHITE CLOUD COPPER MINING COMPANY Preceded the Nevada United Mining Co. Oliver G. Jennings purchased White Cloud in 1895. There is a background paper on the White Cloud Mining District in the Print file of the Nevada Historical Society under "White Cloud District." This was the mine at Coppereid. In 1892 C.A. Hitchcock was Superintendent. 1. Correspondence a. General, 1893-1903 1) 1942 correspondence re: White Cloud Copper Mine 2. Legal Records a. Articles of Incorporation, By-Laws-nothing available b. Corporation reports; filed with state-nothing available c. Contracts 1) 1899 d. Deeds 1) 1895 Deeds and misc. e. Location notices 1) 1890 Mill site located by George Lovelock; copy request by Reid 5/27/07 2) 1892; C.A. Hitchcock, locator 3) 1892; three claims, 5 acres of land, millsites; Reid request copy 5/27/07. 4) 1900 f. Mineral surveys-nothing available g. Notice of Intention to hold mining claims, proof of labor 1) 1901-1905; certificates of assessment work h. Insurance policies-nothing available i. Tax returns-nothing available j. Licenses-nothing available k. Filing fees-nothing available I. Misc. 1) 1895; George Lovelock, Plaintiff vs. the Co; Reid filed for record, Oct. 23, 1931 3. Minutes & proceedings a. Stockholders meetings: November 23, 1895 4. Financial records a. 1898-1899 b. 1900-1903 c. Journals: June- August 1906 d. Invoices and receipts 1) 1894 2) 1903-1905; Balances owed Lovelock Commercial Company 3) 1905-1906 Nevada United Copper Mines e. Payroll 1) 1906 2) May 1906-Aug. 1906 Time and Payroll sheets 5. Operational records a. Mine captain reports-nothing available b. Inventories-nothing available c. Assays-nothing available d. Misc. 1) 1892 Analysis of Water 6. Maps, graphs, sketches a. one sketch of mine, 9/1/1903 by J.T. Reid; part of map is missing. Mine name is missing. D. NEVADA UNITED MINING COMPANY Arizona Corporation incorporated 7/26/1906; Reid was the manager; Oliver G. Jennings was the President. Thirty-three claims in the j White Cloud Mining District included the following Patented claims in 1910- * Imperial (formerly Copper Ingot), Pacific (formerly Vulcan), Sierra (formerly Mount Vesuvius), Planet (formerly Copper Glance), Emperor (formerly Mount Aetna), Uncle Tom (formerly Stone Cabin), Red Oxide, Carbonate, Copper Giant and Copper Ring. These ten claims patented by 1910; they were acquired by deed from O.G. Jennings; purchased 1 1/1/1906. Unpatented claims in 1910- New York claim acquired from O.G. Jennings by deed 11/1/06. The King Pin, Chief Prize, Choice Copper, Dandy Copper, Banner Copper, & Copper Prince were secured by deed from J.T. Reid; purchased 9/18/1906. The Clifton, Bisbee, Cananea, Bingham, Hecla, St. Lawrence, Cuprite, Azurite, and Jerome claims were acquired by deed from J.T. Reid; purchased April 22, 1907. Other claims included the Phoenix, Eclipse, Merkel, Burghard, Gillig, Fowler and Lowther. These 23 claims were in the process of being patented in 1910. In 1910 O.G. Jennings was still President; David R. Fowler was Secretary and J.T. Reid was Resident Agent of the company. Nevada United Mining Company In December of 1906 there is correspondence with Jennings regarding another mining company with a similar name; i.e., "Nevada / United Mine5Company" also an Arizona corporation with head offices in Denver, CO operating at Ward, Nevada (16 miles south of Ely); resident agent was H.R. Plate (sp.?) 1. Correspondence a. General 1) no date 2) 1905-1914 3) 1915 with Utah Ore Sampling Co. regarding copper ores 4) 1920 with M. G. Basadre in South America regarding coal deposits 5) 1920 with Nevada Tax Commission 6) 1921 7) 1923 8) 1923 with Nevada Tax Commission and County Assessor 9) 1924-1931 10) 1941 11) 1942 12) 1942, with Ressie W. Croxdale regarding Prospectus of Copperied Deposit, White Cloud Mining District, Churchill County. 13) 1943 Box 5 b. With Oliver Gould Jennings (d. 10/13/36) & Associates. This also includes correspondence regarding the other mining companies. 1) 1902-1912 2) 1924-1932 3) 1932 with Albert Siebert (Jennings' attorney) 4) 1932 with Albert E. Siebert regarding notice of sale of Nevada United Mining Co. 5) 1933-1937 c. Correspondence with Jennings and associates regarding establishment and transfer of company assets to the COMPANION MINERAL MINING CO. The transfer was abandoned. 1) July 1931-Feb. 1932 with Stoddard Incorporating Co. and Nevada Secretary of State regarding Companion Industrial Mineral Mining Company. 2) 1931-1932 with Jennings' attorney regarding transfer of property from Nevada United Mining Comg Box 6 2. Legal Records White Cloud Copper Co. Agreement to establish White Cloud Copper Co., or whatever name the committee (O.G. Jennings, Louis J. Merkle, & Edward M. Burghard) shall determine, May 1906. O.G. Jennings the major investor; Reid's claims equal $12,029.