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Manuscript Group 323

Big Eight Group

Records, 1916-1943

0.20 cubic feet


The records of the Big Eight group of mines are part of the records of Day Mines, Inc., donated to the University of Idaho by Henry L. Day in 1984 and 1985. They were processed by Judith Nielsen in February 1993.

The Big Eight group of mines, located near Troy, Montana, in the unorganized mining district in Lincoln County, consisted of two unpatented claims, the Bangor and Galena. Henry L. Day owned 51% of the property, with 35% being owned by Edward McCaffrey and 14% by J.D. Finley. The records consist of an alphabetically arranged file correspondence concerning assessment work, leases, and the general management of the mine. Henry Day sold his share of the mine in 1943.


BIG EIGHT GROUP
INVENTORY

I. Records, 1916-1943

1	1	A, 1941
	2	Assessment work, 1936-1941
	3	Anaconda Copper Mining Co., 1928
	4	Assays, 1925-1928
	5	B, 1926
	6	Blueprints and sketches, 1929-1936
	7	C, 1932-1941
	8	Cobbledick, Harry (Contractor), 1928-1935
	9	Conditions at the Big Eight, Troy, Montana, 1916
	10	Crum, H.G. (Contractor), 1930-1937
	11	Day, Harry L., 1925
	12	Day, Henry L., 1925-1926
	13	Drake, Carl & William (Contractors), 1928-1940
	14	E, 1932-1934
	15	Equipment, 1925
	16	F-J, 1928-1941
	17	Jenkins, A.T., 1927-1929
	18	L; Leases, 1936-1941
	19	M, 1928-1941
	20	McCaffrey, Edward, 1926-1943
	21	N, 1937
	22	Power, 1925
	23	R; Reports, 1928-1939
	24	Sullivan Electrolytic Zinc Plant; S, 1927-1938
	25	T; Taxes, 1935-1938
	26	W, 1934-1936

mg323.htm / March 1995

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