Special Collections & Archives
Manuscript Group 234
Northport Smelting and Refining Company
Records, 1898-1936
38 cubic feet
The records of the Northport Company are part of the records of Day Mines, Inc., donated to the University of Idaho by Henry Day in 1984 and 1985. Processing of this manuscript group was substantially completed under the direction of Richard Davis from 1987 to 1989. Funds for processing were provided by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, the U.S. Department of Education HEA Title II-C "Strengthening Research Library Resources" program, the Library Associates of the University of Idaho and other donors.
COMPANY HISTORY
The Northport Mining and Smelting Company, predecessor to the Northport Smelting and Refining Company, was incorporated in Washington state in June 1898, with offices in Spokane. The original officers were C.H. MacKintosh, president; Weldon B. Heyburn (later U.S. senator from Idaho), vice-president and solicitor; and Edwin Durant, treasurer and secretary. The trustees of the company immediately authorized purchase of mining property on La Fleur Mountain in Stevens County, Washington, and in March of the following year authorized purchase of smelting plant and property from the Le Roi Mining and Smelting Co. on the bank of the Columbia River, near Northport, Washington. No capital stock records have survived from the Northport, but it seems it was created by the Le Roi company, a Canadian firm. It and its successor, Northport Smelting and Refining, were under Le Roi's control until sold to the Day interests in 1915.
In July 1901 the Northport Mining and Smelting Company was reorganized as the Northport Smelting and Refining Company, chartered under Idaho law, with offices in Wallace, Idaho. Of the 1 million shares of stock authorized for the new firm (at a par value of $1), one share each was held by Heyburn, J. Mayne Daly, Louis Odell, Bernard O'Neil, and Bernard MacDonald -- the first board of directors. The other 999,995 shares were held in trust for the Le Roi company, the successive trustees being Bernard MacDonald from 1901 to 1907, Albert Goodell until 1912, and W.S. Rugh thereafter. In its early years the smelter primarily treated copper ores from the Le Roi's mine near Rossland, British Columbia (although the "Matte Record, 1901-1911," indicates gold values consistently running several times higher than those for copper). In 1906, however, the Le Roi company contracted for treatment of its ores at the less distant Trail smelter in British Columbia, and the Northport gradually terminated its operations, shipping its last matte in May 1911.
In September 1915 a quarrel with ASARCO over smelting rates encouraged the Hercules Mining Co. and the Tamarack & Custer Consolidated Mining Co. jointly to acquire both the idle Northport plant and the Pennsylvania Smelter Co. of Carnegie, Pennsylvania. The two mining firms each paid half of $80,000 for all of Northport's capital. Eugene Day, Jerome Day, Edward Boyce, Frank M. Rothrock, and E.H. Knight received one share each on September 15, 1915, and were appointed as the new board of directors. The bulk of the shares were divided on January 11, 1917, with 499,997 going to Jerome as trustee for the Tamarack & Custer and 499,998 to Eugene as trustee for the Hercules. Jerome Day served as president for the remainder of the firm's existence. R.W. Marston became the Northport's first general manager but was succeeded by E.H. Laws in 1918.
By March 1916 the Northport plant had been renovated for the treatment of lead ores. The Hercules and the Tamarack & Custer together put up $398,736 for rehabilitation costs and working capital. To supply silica fluxes for the smelter several mines in Washington's Republic District were acquired from the Republic Consolidated Mining Co., Ltd., in July 1916. The Hercules and the Tamarack & Custer paid $150,000 for these properties, and the Northport held the mines in trust. In 1918 Northport issued two million new shares of stock to the two mining companies for the purchase of mines and remodeling of the plant, giving it three million shares outstanding, par valued at $1 each.
By 1919, the Northport plant had complete equipment for sampling, crushing, sintering, and smelting gold, silver, and lead ores, including a drossing plant, thaw house, assay office, engineering office, general office, store room, hospital, fire and electrical systems, machine shop, roaster building, and sampling mill.
Lead bullion produced at Northport was refined in Pennsylvania. Inability to secure favorable freight rates led to closure of the Northport smelter in 1921. On August 24, 1922, the Days reached an agreement with ASARCO by which the latter firm--faced with competition from the new Bunker Hill smelter--offered good terms for ores and purchased the Northport smelter for $1,200,000, which provided a $309,622 dividend to Northport stockholders. ASARCO then dismantled the smelter and the Days shipped their ores to the ASARCO plant at East Helena, Montana. After the smelter was sold to ASARCO, annual stockholders meetings continued to be held for the election of directors and to confirm actions taken by officers and directors during each preceding year, but little substantial business had to be conducted other than gradual liquidation of remaining assets.
Immediately after the Northport smelter opened, in the late 1890s, damage from fumes was evident in the surrounding countryside. After the shutdown, however, apple orchards were developed in the vicinity until 1916 when the Days revived the smelter for the treatment of lead ores. Promptly upon the reopening, local farmers began pressing claims for dying livestock. After installing a Cottrell precipitator in 1917 to recover metals lost through the chimney, the Northport refused to pay for damages. Several claims went to trial in the early 1920s. The Trombetta case was settled with the smelter purchasing a smoke easement, but when the Janni and Pfeiffer cases ended in verdicts favoring Northport pending cases were dismissed.
In December 1927 the Aurum Mining Co., another Day enterprise, purchased all remaining Northport property and equipment and all accounts receivable for 640,000 shares of the new firm. The transferred assets consisted primarily of the Republic mining properties, whose ores contained small amounts of silver and gold. Simultaneously with accepting this offer from Aurum, the Northport directors declared a dividend of all free cash and government securities in the company treasury and recommended a reduction of the outstanding capital stock. In February 1928 the stockholders agreed to reduce the outstanding capital stock from $3 million to $40,000. The Hercules and the Tamarack & Custer continued to cover the Northport's few expenses, which only increased the firm's indebtedness. In February 1934 the directors authorized forfeiture of the Northport's charter. After disposing of the last remaining asset, half the water rights for the city of Northport, and settling the firm's debts, the company filed for a decree of disincorporation, approved September 28, 1936.
ARRANGEMENT AND DESCRIPTION
The records of the Northport Smelting and Refining Company are arranged in seven series. Organizational records include the minutes, 1898-1934, of the Boards of Directors and the Stockholders. Vol. 2, 1901-1919, includes the by-laws adopted July 18, 1901.
Records relating to Annual and Special Meetings, 1923-1936, include notices of meetings; agendas; lists of stockholders; proxies; oaths and affidavits; and ballots. Frequently there are also copies of minutes, rough notes, powers of attorney, treasurer's reports, correspondence, assignments of dividends, balance sheets and other financial statements, reports of tellers, and other records. Records concerning the lease of Northport land by Peter Janni contain correspondence, a map, and a copy of the lease, Jan. 1, 1934. Records of Jerome Day's work as trustee of the Northport largely concern the dissolution of the company and include paid checks, bank statements, lists of securities, financial statements, receipts, correspondence, and other records. Also relating to the dissolution of the company are balance sheets, a release of obligations, and a decree of disincorporation dated September 28, 1936.
The volume of financial statements, July 1917-May 1922, is labelled on the spine: "N.S.& R.Co., Reports, Vol. 1, W.N. Ellis." W.N. Ellis was the metallurgist and assistant manager of the Northport company. There are gaps in the record. Also included here is the annual report of the National Metallurgical Company, 1910-1911.
A group of miscellaneous records, 1901-1919, includes documents found loose in an otherwise blank volume titled "Book of By-Laws of the Northport Smelting and Refining Co." These are: articles of incorporation, July 13, 1901; by-laws, June 3, 1918; indentures relating to the transfer of certain mining claims; and a small amount of correspondence and other documents, including draft minutes, September 25, 1915, relating chiefly to sale of Northport property and capital stock and to reimbursement of the Hercules Mining Co. for cash advanced for Northport plant rehabilitation.
The series of Capital Stock Records includes only two volumes of cancelled stock certificates, 1901-1928.
The third series, General Correspondence and Related Records, 1897-1925, is divided into eight subseries. The first consists of records, 1897-1921, most of which relate to the Le Roi's Northport, very few extending into the period of Day ownership. Most are legal records: copies of resolutions, powers of attorney, affidavits, transcripts of testimony, agreements, contracts, smoke releases, minors' releases, deeds, patents, proofs of labor, assessment lists, fire and liability insurance policies, and tax returns. There are also correspondence, proposals, vouchers, receipts, clippings, maps, plats, memoranda, and other records. Many similar Northport documents are in the records of the Aurum Mining Co.
Also included are Le Roi organizational records: articles of incorporation, agreements on freight rates, Northport site deeds, agreements with Guggenheim Smelting and with the Northport company. For the Northport, almost all predating 1916, are articles of incorporation and by-laws, 1898 and 1901; related records; an undated classification of accounts; plant, supply, and equipment inventories; real estate deeds; and correspondence covering corporate license fees, land titles, appointments of directors, annual meetings, capital stock, and real and personal property. There are records of federal and local taxes. One file concerns W.A. Rugh as secretary treasurer and another concerns the appointment of company agents at ports of entry into the United States. Other records concern the sale of copper matte to Nichols Chemical and Tacoma Smelting.
There are also questionnaires from the Treasury Department, the Bureau of Mines, the Bureau of the Census, and the Geological Survey. Legal documents and related records concern the matte-stealing case of Bartlett and Peel; fume damage to crops, timber, and livestock, including the Downs, Park, Rowe, Sterrett, Janni, Johnson, and Laird cases; industrial accidents such as the Franick, Garrison, Maras, Morrison, Olson, Sherlock, Tweedell, and Twitchell cases; and other litigation against Doyle, Knox, the Northport Mill & Smeltermen's Union, Pacific Coast Casualty, and Wrzesinski. There is a survey of lawsuits pending by Daniel H. Carey.
Equipment and supply proposals and specifications come from Bradley Engineering, Edward P. Allis Co., Heine Safety Boiler, Jeffrey Manufacturing, Link Belt, Mine and Smelter Supply, Robins Conveying Belt, Standard Oil, and Trent Engineering; others are on plant electrification and steam shovels. Files on Breen, Case, Northport Townsite, Payne, Riley, Slawson, Sly, Snyder, and Sterrett concern real estate. Files on the Spokane Falls and Northern Railway, Spokane Northern Telegraph, Case, Slawson, Upper Columbia Co., Sterrett, the Great Northern, and the Fife Brothers concern rights of way for roads, flumes, or telegraph lines. Coal supply is dealt with in the file on the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Co; limestone in files on the Floro Quarry, Idaho Lime, John Stone, and Palms; water rights in Morrill and Water Rights; and employment of minors in files on Fritz, Vaughn, and Wilcox.
The subseries "Classified Correspondence, 1915-1922," was apparently maintained by E.H. Laws, manager; W.N. Ellis, assistant manager; and W.H. Hubbard Jr., acting manager. Here are records of daily plant operation, specifications for machinery, blueprints and drawings, requests for bids, orders, freight rates, litigation, etc. Arrangement is by an alphabetical-numerical classification scheme, with general categories subdivided by specific subjects. The first item in this subseries is an outline of the classification headings, not all of which are included among the records.
The correspondence of Jerome J. Day, President, 1917-1921, includes communications between Jerome Day, in Wallace, Idaho, and the offices in Northport and in Republic, Washington. Additional records on the Northport Mining and Smelting Co., particularly on the dissolution of the firm and disposal of property and settlement of claims, may be found in the general correspondence series in the papers of Jerome J. Day.
Records kept by the Manager of Northport Smelting & Refining Co., 1916-1921, contains copies of correspondence and reports, usually addressed to Jerome Day, president, and apparently kept by the Northport manager, Samuel James and later E.L. Laws, in five ring binders and one folder of loose material. Included are statements of metal losses and gains, narrative and statistical reports, ore statements, statements of development work, reports on operating costs, reports on income, balance sheets, and other financial statistics.
Correspondence, 1917-1925, of Horatio H. Miller, General Auditor for both the Northport and the Pennsylvania smelters, primarily consists of business records of the Northport, with a relatively small amount directly concerning the Pennsylvania firm. There is also correspondence relating to Miller's personal business and family. In addition to letters, these records include financial statements of the Northport and associated forms, trial balances, receipts for Miller's paychecks and expenses, copies of minutes of meetings, notes, sheets of calculations, telegrams, tables of company costs, personal bank statements, typed and printed copies of federal regulations, affidavits, statistical reports on operations, and other records.
Among the subjects dealt with are the installation of a new accounting system, the financial position of the company, federal and local taxation, the obtaining of critical materials during wartime, plant insurance, railroad rates and railroad car availability, operations of the General Traffic Department, operations of the Northport city water system, federal silver purchase legislation and its effects, meetings of the board of governors of the American Mining Congress, and organization and operation of the Pennsylvania Smelting Co. Major correspondents include Jerome and Harry Day, company officials in Northport, Washington; Wallace, Idaho; and Carlisle, Pennsylvania; and officers of railroads and of the federal government. Arranged chronologically by month.
Chief Clerk John F. Costello's correspondence, 1922, includes copies of correspondence of E.H. Laws, manager, and other records, relating largely to routine administrative matters.
There are also records relating to industrial insurance, 1915-1922, in a separate subseries.
The correspondence of the Republic Mines Department, 1916-1917 and 1921-1924, is arranged by year. It is largely letters, often with enclosures, addressed to George W. Fairweather, as superintendent, or to George S. Bailey, as superintendent or as manager, Republic Mines Department, concerning machinery parts, property taxes, supplies, claim locations, and other routine business. One folder contains correspondence, 1922-1924, between Bailey and E.H. Laws, manager of the Northport Smelter and later of the Pennsylvania smelter. One folder, 1924, relates to the Old Dominion mine.
Financial records of the company consists of: "Department Journals," 1898-1909, an incomplete sequence of journal/voucher registers for the Northport. They detail the financial arrangements between the smelter and the Rossland, British Columbia, office of the Le Roi Mining & Smelting Co., and show the distribution of expenses and income among some twenty accounts. Vol. 1, 1898-1899, is labeled "Le Roi Mining and Smelting Co., Smelting Department." Vol. 5, 1905-1909, contains entries dealing analytically with transactions identified in vol. 4, 1904-1909, only by name of second party.
Cash Journals, 1899-1903, are in two volumes, the earlier of which is labeled, "Le Roi Mining & Smelting Co., Smelting Department."
The one volume Voucher Record/General Journal ("Combined Journal & Cash Book"), Mar. 1916-June 1917, covers vouchers 363-2512. The journal function of this record is continued by the three volume set of General Journals, 1917-1934, wherein there are monthly (later semi-monthly) summaries, with debits and credits to be transferred to general and subsidiary ledgers. The voucher record function continues in the Voucher Record, July 1917-Jan. 1923, covering vouchers 2513-9462.
Volume 1 of Ledgers, 1915-1927, contains both subsidiary ledger account sheets, 1915-1917, arranged alphabetically, and "Transfer Sheets after July 1, 1917," from the general ledger, arranged by account number. Volume 2, 1917-1921, is "Closed Account Sheets, General Ledger," and is arranged by account number. Volume 3, 1917-1927, has been disbound and its contents placed in order in thirteen folders.
The record of drafts against Pennsylvania Smelting Co., July 26, 1920-May 2, 1921, is in a volume headed "Bills Receivable," recording payments from the Pennsylvania Smelting Co., drafts 1206-1424. These numbers do not match draft numbers in the Bullion Record.
Pages 1-152 of the Northport Smelting & Refining Co., cash account, Miners & Smelters Bank, Northport, Washington, July 1, 1917-Jan. 1, 1925, provides dates, name of second party to transactions, sometimes the number of the account debited, voucher numbers (2453-10075), and check numbers. Pages 156-170 hold the Aurum Mine cash account at Wallace Bank & Trust Co. for Jan. 17, 1928-Oct. 30, 1931, covering vouchers 1-672. Pages 400-72 are the Northport cash account atWallace Bank and Trust, July 1, 1917-Jan. 1, 1931, vouchers 2527-10953.
The vouchers of Aug. 23, 1915-Feb. 10, 1916 are in numerical order, except that the earliest ones, in folder "0", lack numbers. Most voucher forms have one or more attached invoices and sometimes related correspondence, freight bills, and other records. Vouchers 313-10733, Feb. 10, 1916 to July 9, 1927 (excepting numbers 601-2250, May 11, 1916-Apr. 30, 1917, and 3436-5450, July 1, 1917-1918, missing when the collection was accessioned) have been discarded. Their contents are summarized in the Voucher Record/General Journal, 1916-1917; the Voucher Record, 1917-1923; and the Cash Book, 1917-1931.
"Construction Accounts, Dec. 31, 1920"(-Mar. 11 1921), the bound reports of E.H. Laws, manager, to Jerome Day, president, details expenditures for property, construction, and equipment.
The first section of cash journal of the Republic Mines Department, 1916-1923, apparently (see p. 15) relates to the "A.G.M.& R. Co." On p. 1 is "Inventory of Goods on Hand at Colfax, Republic County," no date; on pp. 2-19 is a journal of purchases, Oct. 1912-June 1913. Pages 22-200 contain the cash journal of the Republic Mines Department, Aug. 31, 1916-Mar. 16, 1923.
Both volumes of the purchasing records of the Republic Mines Department, 1916-1933, are labeled "Day-Book" on spine. There are chronological entries for supplies of all sorts purchased for the mines department. Vol. 1, 1916-1920, is labeled "Northport Smelting and Refining Co., Mines Department, Purchase Record." Vol. 2, 1920-1933, has, on page 2, the caption: "Purchase Invoice Record." Vol. 2 includes voucher numbers after Dec., 1924.
The "Cash-Voucher Record" of the Republic Mines Department, 1916- 1924, gives, on the first pages the "Distribution of Labor Expenses" in various parts of the Republic mines, Aug.-Nov., 1917. The rest of the volume is the "Combined Journal, Cash Book," Aug. 1916-Apr. 1924. It includes voucher numbers. [This voucher record continues in the Records of the Aurum Mining Co., MG 235, voucher record for Jan. 1928-Jan. 1934.]
Records of ore treatment and metal production include ore received ("Lot Record and Weights"), Nov. 28, 1898- Oct. 1, 1900, labeled "Le Roi Mining & Smelting Co."; record of ores purchased, Jan. 1901-Feb. 1904, labeled "Vol. 2."; record of ores treated, Jan. 1898-Apr. 1901; record of roast heaps and raw ore bins ("Matte and Shipping Record"), 1901-1907; record of ores treated raw, July 31, 1903-Apr. 1, 1909; daily report of smelting operations, 1902-1904; and "Matte Record", Aug. 20, 1901-June 17, 1911.
The first volumes document all lots of ores purchased, their weights and contents as assayed by both the supplier and the smelter, their transportation, values, and basis of settlements, pertinent dates, and voucher numbers, by which the payment for various lots can be traced into the accounting system. There are also monthly and annual totals. The three "Record of Ores Purchased" volumes record shipments from independent producers, 1916-1921, and, in vol. 3, shipments from the Aurum Mining Co. to the smelter at Trail, British Columbia, through 1928.
The Record of Ores Treated, Mar. 1916-Sep. 1, 1921, gives monthly, albeit incomplete, summary accounts of "Ores Treated," "Ores Purchased," "Ores and By-Products on Hand," "Ores Smelted," and "Metal Statements," with monthly totals and recapitulations of ore supplied by individual mining companies.
The "Bullion Record," July 1, 1917-July 6, 1922, documents silver-lead bullion sales. Included are: lot number; car number; shipment date and arrival at refinery date; both smelter and refinery weights; assay results for smelter, refinery, and split; gold, silver, and lead contents; deductions for freight, refining charges, and excess zinc; and "net value" as determined by both smelter and refinery. A space for "drafts drawn" is always left blank until May 1919. There are monthly totals for each category of information. The smelter monthly total net value is repeated in the General Journal as a debit to the bullion sales account.
The eleven folders of Bullion Statements, Oct. 9, 1916-July 1, 1917, are typed carbons issued by Northport Smelter to the Pennsylvania Smelting Co., giving numbers of bars, date, lot numbers, car numbers, weights, assay results at smelter and refinery and split, gold, silver and lead contents, deductions for freight, refining charges, and excess zinc, and amount of draft. Attached to each statement is a pencilled draft of the same, an assay certificate issued by the smelter, a settlement issued by the refinery, a railroad freight bill, and sometimes weight tickets. These statements are numbered in several sequences, but there are gaps. Folders containing statements dated July 2, 1917 through May 12, 1920 have been discarded as those are recorded in the Bullion Record, 1917-1920, described above.
Of the records relating chiefly to bullion shipments, Apr. 1916-Mar. 1917, five folders contain correspondence between the Northport, the Pennsylvania Smelter, and the Wallace National Bank regarding silver-lead bullion shipments and payments for same. These are transmittal letters, presenting drafts for payment on particular bullion lots. The "reports" are incomplete Pennsylvania settlement sheets which contain assay information, Oct.-Nov. 1916. There is one folder of correspondence with the CB&Q concerning car routings and deliveries.
The eighteen folders of coded telegrams from Pennsylvania Smelter to A.P. Ramstedt, Nov. 1917-Apr. 1921, include message forms and translation sheets giving code words and translations describing operation of the Pennsylvania plant (numbers of units in operation); amounts of bullion and lead received, produced, sold, and shipped; lead and silver price quotations; and amounts of metal on hand, in process, and inquired for. These telegrams seem to have been sent daily.
Copper matte settlements, Mar. 4, 1918-Feb. 11, 1921, were issued by the Tacoma Smelter Co. for silver-copper matte bought of the Northport Smelter; attached to each settlement are assay certificates and freight bills. There are also a few summary sheets, which indicate weights and assay results (but no financial information) of shipments made in various months. These copper matte shipments are not recorded in the bullion record, which concerns only silver-lead shipments to the Pennsylvania Smelter. Copper matte shipments seem to have been made only occasionally between the beginning of 1918 and the end of 1920.
The folder of records relating to ore contracts, 1905-1907, contains information on dealings with the First Thought Gold Mines, United Copper Mining Co., and the Hunter V Mine.
Personnel records include a one volume list of employees hired, Jan. 27-Oct. 15, 1917. Pages 32-35, headed, "Northport Smelting and Refining Co., Republic Mines Department," are a chronological list of employees hired, giving previous job or experience, and shift starting work. The remainder of the volume is divided into sections for four mines (Lone Pine, Surprise, Pearl, Last Chance) and one mill (San Poil), giving dates, cars wanted, cars loaded, destination, and signature (usually J.M. McFarland), Nov. 1914-Jan. 1915. The volume had previously been used as the "Car Book of the Western Union Mines, Republic, Washington," but this was not the same Western Union firm as the Idaho mining company whose records are described elsewhere.
Three volumes make up pay rolls, 1915-1922. Volume 1 covers employees of the Northport Mining & Smelting Co., Aug. 1915-Sep. 30, 1916, and of the Republic Mines Dept., Aug. 26, 1916-May 31, 1917. Volume 2 continues the Republic Mines Dept. to 1921. Volume 3 covers the Northport Smelter from Jan. 1920 through July 1922. For the distribution of labor expenses in the Republic Mines, Aug.-Nov. 1917, see the "Cash-Voucher Record," 1916-1924, described above.
There are also three bundles of Employment Cards, 1915-1922, of about 950 items. Organized alphabetically by employee name, these cards record place of birth, age at employment, and term of employment.
The final series, Insurance Records, consists of one volume. Three folios of this large volume record details of insurance policies and premiums paid on policies dated from Feb. 1918 through July 1922 with a synopsis of unearned premiums on policies cancelled at the sale of the property in August 1922.
SERIES LIST
Container or volume
I. Records of the Boards of Directors and the Stockholders, 1898-1936 1
II. Capital Stock Records, 1901-1928 1
III. General Correspondence and Related Records, 1897-1925 2-14
A. Records, 1897-1921
B. Classified Correspondence, 1915-1922
C. Correspondence of Jerome J. Day, President, 1917-1921
D. Records Kept by the Manager of Northport Smelting & Refining Co., 1916-1921
E. Correspondence of Horatio H. Miller, General Auditor, 1917-1925
F. Correspondence of John F. Costello, Chief Clerk, 1922
G. Records Relating to Industrial Insurance, 1915-1922
H. Correspondence of the Republic Mines Department, 1916-1917, 1921-1924
IV. Financial Records, 1898-1933 15-32a
V. Records of Ore Treatment and Metal Production, 1898-1922 33-48
VI. Personnel Records, 1915-1922 48-55
VII. Insurance Records, 1918-1922 55
NORTHPORT SMELTING & REFINING COMPANY
INVENTORY
Box Folder Description
I. Records of the Boards of Directors and the Stockholders, 1898-1936
1 1-3 Minutes, June 30, 1898-Feb. 28, 1934 4-16 Records relating to annual and special meetings, 1923-1934 17 Janni lease, 1934 18 Jerome J. Day, trustee 19 Final disincorporation 20 Financial statements, July 1917-May 1922 21 Misc., 1901-1919
II. Capital Stock Records, 1901-1928
Cancelled stock certificates
22 #1-24, July 20, 1901-Nov. 1, 1917 23 #251-264, Sept. 30, 1919-May 10, 1928
III. General Correspondence and Related Records, 1897-1925
A. Records, 1897-1921
2 24 Agents, 1902-1905 25 Bailey, J.H., 1903 26-26a Bartlett, George E. and Ernest Peel, 1903 27 Boiler inspections, 1904-1909 28 Bradley Engineering & Machinery Co., 1900-1901 29 Breen, James, 1899-1900 30 Bureau of Mines, 1914 31 Bureau of the Census, 1909-1910 32 Carey, Daniel H., 1903 33 Case, Mrs. L.M., 1901 34 Case, William F., 1910-1915 35 County road through smelter property, 1909-1910 36 Crow's Nest Pass Coal Co., 1906-1908 37 Downs, A.V. & Iva L., 1900 38 Doyle, S.A., 1901 39 Edward P. Allis Co., 1897-1901 40 Electric power, 1901-1911 41 Fife Brothers, 1917 42 Flanick, Frank, 1908-1917 43-44 Floro placer claims, 1900-1912 #1-2 45 Flume, 1903-1916 46 Fritz, Carl, 1905 47 Garrison, Charles, 1903 48 Geological survey, 1912-1913 49 Great Northern Railway, 1908-1916 50 Heine Safety Boiler Co., 1900-1909 51 Idaho Lime Co., 1907-1908 52 Insurance, 1906-1914 53 Janni vs. Northport, 1921 54 Jeffrey Manufacturing Co., 1901 55 Johnson, J.O., 1908 56 Knox vs. Smelter, 1908 57 Laird, E. H., 1917 58 Lead tariff, 1905-1909 59 Le Roi Mining & Smelting Co. 1897-1909 60 Link Belt Machinery Co., 1901-1902 61 Maras, Matt, 1908-1910 62 Mine & Smelter Supply Co., 1901 63 Morrill, Robert, 1900-1904 64 Morrison, R.C., 1906 65 Nichols Chemical Co., 1902 Northport Company 66 --Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws, 1898-1901 67 --Classification of Accounts, n.d. 68 --Inventories, 1916-1917 69 --Minutes, 1900-1910 3 70 --Annual statements and foreign licenses, 1899-1915 71 --Real estate and personal property, 1909-1915 72 --Taxes, 1909-1914 73 Northport Electrical Lighting, 1911 74 Northport Mill & Smeltermen's Union, 1901 75 Northport Smelter--Annexation to Northport City, 1907 76 Northport Townsite Co. 77 Olson, J., 1904 78 Pacific Coast Casualty Co., 1908-1911 79 Palms, Nils, 1906 80 Park, Charles N., 1907-1915 81 Payne, F.E., 1910 82 Riley, Mason, 1912 83 Robins Conveying Belt Co., 1901 84 Rowe, E.J., 1904 85 Rugh, W.S., 1907-1912 86 Sherlock, Martin, 1905 87 Slawson, C.S., 1898-1907 88 Sly, L.P., 1901 89 Smoke releases, 1906 90 Snyder, John, 1901 91 Spokane Falls & Northern Railway Co., 1901 92 Spokane Northern Telegraph Co., 1900 93 Standard Oil Co., 1909 94 Steam shovels, 1901 95 Sterrett, H.W., 1900-1915 96 Stone, John H., 1902-1906 97 Tacoma Smelting Co., 1904-1908 98 Treasury Dept., 1913-1915 99 Trent Engineering & Machinery Co. 100 Tweedell, S.H., 1903 101 Twitchell, Clifford, 1904-1907 102 Upper Columbia Co., 1915-1916 103 Vaughn, R.S., 1905 104 Water rights, 1897-1916 105 Wilcox, John and James 106 Wrzesinski Case, 1908
B. Classified Correspondence, 1915-1922
3 107 Classification outline 108-109 4-1 Betterment--General #1-2 110-111 7-1 Blast Furnace Plant--General #1-2 112 7-2 --Charge Floor--Misc. 113-114 7-3 --Dump--Misc. #1-2 115-116 7-4 --Charge cars #1-2 117 7-5 --Blowers 118-119 7-6 --Jackets #1-2 120-121 7-7 --Matte pans #1-2 122 7-8 --Settlers 123 7-9 --Cranes 124 7-10 --Operation 125 7-11 --Tuyeres 126 10-1 By-products--General 127 13-1 Chimneys--General 4 128-129 16-1 Cottrell Plant--General #1-2 130-131 16-2 --Rectifier plant #1-2 132-133 16-3 --Treater #1-2 134 16-4 --Operation 135 16-5 --Spray chamber equipment 136 19-1 Crushing Plant--General 137 19-2 --Crushers 138 19-3 --Rolls 139 19-4 --Screens 140-142 22-1 Drossing Plant--General #1-3 143 22-2 --Operation 144-145 22-3 --Building #1-2 146 22-4 --Crane 147-148 22-5 --Kettles #1-2 149 22-6 --Casting machines 150 25-1 Electrical Department--General 151 25-2 --Operation 152 25-3 --Northport Power and Light Co. 153 25-4 --Motors 154 25-5 --Lighting system 155 25-6 --Storage battery locomotives 156 25-7 --Storage battery trucks 157 25-8 --Station equipment 158 25-9 --Transmission lines 159 25-10 --Heaters 160 28-1 Engineering office--General 5 161 29-1 Flue system--General 162 31-1 Fuel--General 163 31-2 --Coal 164-165 31-3 --Coke #1-2 166 31-4 --Fuel oil 167 31-5 --Powdered coal 168 31-6 --Blacksmith coal 169 34-1 General equipment--Belt conveyors 170 34-2 --Scales 171 34-3 --Recording instruments 172 34-4 --Fire apparatus 173 34-5 --General 174 37-1 General office--General 175 37-2 --Stationery 176 37-3 --Books 177 37-4 --Reports 178 37-5 --Government Reports 179-180 37-6 --Accounts #1-2 181 37-7 --Acceptances 182 37-8 --Memberships & subscriptions 183 37-9 --Office equipment 184 37-10 --Time clock equipment 185 37-11 --Lost checks 186 37-12 --General authorizations 187-190 37-22/25 --Reports on operation, 1919-1922 191 40-1 Insurance--General 192 40-2 --Fire 193 40-3 --Boiler 194 40-4 --Automobile 195 40-5 --Industrial 196 40-6 --Medical aid 197-198 40-7 --Hospital #1-2 6 199 40-8 --Claims 200 40-9 --Appraisals (includes photo negs.) 201 40-10 --National Safety Council 202 40-11 --Safety committee--General 203 40-12 --Safety committee--Minutes 204 40-13 --Monthly bulletins, Washington Industrial Insurance Department 205 40-14 --Safe Practices, National Safety Council 206-210 40-15/20 --Industrial insurance cases, 1915-1920 211-212 40-21/22 --Industrial insurance vouchers, 1921-1922 213 43-1 Investments--Liberty bonds 214 43-2 --General 215 46-1 Labor--General 216-216a 46-2 --Wage schedules 217 46-3 --Payroll 218 49-1 Laboratory--General 219 52-1 Legal--General 220 52-2 --Licenses 221-223 52-3 --Garnishments #1-3 224 55-1 Limerock--General 225 55-2 --Flora Quarry 226 55-3 --Janni Quarry 227-228 58-1 Litigation--General #1-2 229 58-2 --Garnishments 230 58-3 --Arthur W. Featherkile 231 58-4 --Raffle Janni 232 58-5 --Panfilo Trombetta 233 58-6 --J.D. Phillips 234 58-7 --C.H. Dotts 235 58-8 --Herman Pfeiffer 236 58-9 --Jupiter Lead Co. 237 58-10 --Hugh Waddell 238 58-11 --Lone Pine-Surprise Consolidated Mines Co. 239 58-12 --Dr. C.F. Eikenbary 240 58-13 --Leonard R. & Gertrude Featherkile 241 61-1 Mechanical Department--General 242 61-2 --Steam locomotives 243 61-3 --Gasoline locomotives 244 61-4 --Locomotive cranes--proposals 245 61-5 --Locomotive cranes--operation 246 61-6 --Locomotive cranes--repairs 247 61-7 --Machine tools 7 248 61-8 --Oxyacetalyne welding 249 61-9 --Arc welding 250 61-10 --Steam heating 251 61-11 --Stoves 252 61-12 --Second hand machinery 253 64-1 Metallurgy--General 254 64-2 --Flotation 255 64-4 --By-product coke 256-262 70-1 Ore supply--General #1-7 263 70-2 --Hercules Mining Co. 264 70-3 --Tamarack & Custer Mining Co. 265 70-4 --Electric Point Mining Co. 266 70-5 --Quilp Gold Mining Co. 267 70-6 --Amazon-Manhattan Mining Co. 268 70-7 --Gladstone Mountain Mining Co. 269 73-1 Personal--J.J. Day 270 73-2 --H.L. Day 271 73-3 --E.R. Day 272 73-4 --Samuel James 273 73-5 --R.W. Marston 274 73-6 --E.H. Laws 275 73 --Code Telegrams 276 76-1 Plant operation--General 277 76-1 --Shipments to Carnegie 278 76-1 --Shipments to Trail 279 76-1 --Shipments to East Helena 280 79-1 Power plant--General 281 79-2 Power Plant--Boilers 282 79-3 --Engines 283 79-4 --Water wheels 284 79-5 --Pumps 285 82-1 Products--General 286 82-1 --Bullion 8 287-288 82-1 --Matte #1-2 289 82-1 --Silver affidavits 290 82-1 --Galena 291 85-1 Property--General 292 85-2 --Leases 293 85-3 --Manager's residence 294 88-1 Republic Mines Department--General 295 88-2 --Properties 296 88-4 --Plant & equipment 297 88-5 --Labor 298 88-8 --Supplies 299 88-9 --Repairs 300 88-10 --Taxes 301 88-11 --Insurance 302 88-13 --Shipments 303 88-14 --Accounts 304 91-1 Sampling mill--General 305 94-1 Sintering plant--General 306 94-2 --Operations 307-310 94-3 --Equipment #1-4 311 97-1 Smoke research--General 312 97-2 --Claims 313 97-3 --Animals 314 97-4 --Crops 315-316 97-5 --Weather station #1-2 317 97-6 --U.S. Smelting, Refining, Mng. Co. 318 97-7 --Stack photographs 9 319 97 --Reports--Indexes 320-322 97 --Reports, 1917-1920 323 100-1 Staff--General 324 100-2 --Laboratory 325 100-3 --Engineering Office 326 100-4 --General Office 327 100-5 --Shops 328 100-6 --Plant 329 100-7 --Metallurgists 330 100-8 --Hospitals--Doctors 331 100-9 --Miscellaneous 332 103-1 Storehouse--General 333 103-1 --General--Inventory lists 334 103-2 --Operation 335 103-3 --Asbestos 336 103-4 --Babbit metal 337 103-5 --Belting 338 103-6 --Brick 339 103-7 --Cement 340 103-8 Storehouse--Clay 341 103-9 --Corrugated iron 342 103-10 --Lubricants 343 103-11 --Gas & kerosene 344 103-12 --Packing 345 103-13 --Paint 346 103-14 --Steel 347 103-15 --Furnace bar 348 103-17 --Pipe 349 103-18 --Pipe covering 350 103-19 --Roofing 351 103-20 --Rubber goods 352 103-21 --Scrap iron 353 103-23 --Tile 354 103-24 --Tools 355 103-25 --Wire rope 356 103-26 --Lumber 357 103-27 --Plumbing supplies 358 103-28 --Track supplies 359 103-29 --Elevator buckets 360 103-30 --Lime 361 103-31 --Horsefeed 362 103-33 --Electrical supplies 363 103-34 --Castings 364 103-35 --Hose 365 105 T.S. Harris Mill 366 106-1 Taxes--General 367 106-2 --Property 368 106-3 --Income & excess profits 369 106-4 --Capital stock 370 106-5 --Poll tax 10 371-377 106-6/12 --Income & excess profits, 1915-1921 378 106-21 --Corporation licenses 379 109-1 Thawing plant--General 380 109-2 --Direct firing 381 112-1 Traffic--Car rentals--General 382 112-2 --Car rentals--Agreements on costs 383 112-3 --Car rentals--requests for and releases of cars 384 112-11 --Switching--General 385 112-12 --Switching--Rates 386 112-13 --Switching--Charge adjustments 387 112-21 --Freight rates--General 388 112-22 --Freight rates--Requests for line haul--Electric Point 389 112-23 --Freight rates--Requests for line haul--Amazon-Manhattan 390 112-24 --Freight rates--Requests for line haul--Coeur d'Alene District, Gen. 391 112-25 --Freight rates--Requests for line haul--Misc. 392 112-26 --Freight rates--Bullion rates 393 112-27 Traffic--Freight rates--Pig lead 394 112-28 --Freight rates--Coal & coke 395 112-31 --Freight rates--Comparisons & reports 396 112-32 --Freight rates--Quotations 397 112-33 --Freight rates--Dockets, Portland District--Traffic Committee 398 112-34 --Freight rates--Interp. of tariffs 399 112-41 --Tracers--General 400 112-42 --Tracers--Bullion 401 112-43 --Tracers--Ore 402 112-44 --Tracers--Coal & coke 403 112-45 --Tracers--Contents of cars in transit 404 112-46 --Tracers--Diversions 405 112-51 --Demurrage--General 406 112-52 --Demurrage--Disputed 407 112-53 --Demurrage--Interp. of tariff 408 112-61 --Claims--General 409 112-62 --Claims--Reparation on coke 410 112-63 --Claims--Adjustments--Railroads 411 112-64 --Claims--Adjustments--Industrial 412 112-71 --Trackage--General 413 112-72 --Trackage--Track repairs 414 112-73 --Trackage--Repair bills 415 112-81 --Car supply--General 416 112-82 --Car supply--Bullion loading 417 112-91 --Routing--General 418 112-92 --Routing--Bullion 419 112-101 --General 420 112-102 --General--U.S. Customs 421 112-103 --General--Info. for Mr. Laws 422 115-1 Water supply--General 423-424 115-2 --City water works #1-2 425-427 115-3 --Water supply--Flume #1-3 428 118-1 Yard--General 429 118-2 --Trackage 430 118-3 --Track scale
C. Correspondence of Jerome J. Day, President, 1917-1921
11 431 1-1 Accidents 432 1-2 Acceptances 433 1-2a American Smelting & Refining Co., Sale, Northport Smelting & Refining Co. 434 1-3 Auditing books 435 1-4 Applications for positions 436 1-5 Assays 437 1-6 Appraisal--Plant 438 1-6 Appraisal--Plant [1 vol.] 439 2 Ba-Be 440 2-1 Belting 441 3 Bi-Bri 442-446 3-1 Blast Furnace Reports, 1918-1921 447 3-2 Black Tail Mining Claims 448 3-3 Boiler Plant 449 4a Bro-By 450 4-1 Bullion shipments 451 4-2 Bullion rates 452 5 Ca-Cl 453 5-1 Car equipment 454 6 Co-Cy 455 6-1 Coke 456 6-2 Cottrell building 457 6-3 Concentrates 458 6-4 Coal 459 6-5 Contracts 460 6-6 Copper run 461 6-7 Locomotive cranes 462 7 D 463 7-1 Drossing and refining 464 7-2 Demurrage charges 465 7-3 Deputy Marshall, U.S. 466 7-4 Harry L. Day 467 7-5 Flume--Wood pipe 468 8 E 469 8-1 Exemptions 470 9 F 12 471-471a 9-1 Freight rates 472 9-2 Furnaces 473 9-3 Federal Trade Commission 474-475 10/11 Ga-Gy 476 11-1 Great Northern Railway Co. 477-480 12/15 H-I 481 15-1 Income and profit tax 482 16 J 483 16-1 W. Lon Johnson--Jupiter Lead Co. 484-485 17/18 K-Lh 486 18-1 Lead inquires 487 18-2 Labor reports, 1918-1921 488 19 Li-Lz 489 19-2 Lone Pine Surprise Mining Co. 490 20 Ma-Md 491 20-1 Matte 492 21 Me-Mn 493 21-1 Middlings 494 22 Mo-Mz 495 23 Northport Smelting & Refining Co.--Financial statements 496-498 23-1 --General #1-3 499 23-1 --Preliminary negotiations 500 23-2 --Developments 501 23-5 --Operation 502 23-7 Northport Smelter directors meeting 503 23-8 Northport Mining Association 504 24 O 505 24-1 Oil 506 24-2 Ore purchases 507 24-4 Ore for sale 508 26-1 Power line 509 26-2 Power 510 28-1 Reports of manager 511 28-1 Reports--Ore receipts 512 28-3 Republic Mine--Labor trouble 513-515 29/31 Ro-St 516-517 31-1 Smoke damage #1-2 518 31-2 "Secret Service" 519 31-3 Silver price 520 33 Ore reserves 521 33-1 Sundry smelter data 522 33-1 Switching charges 523 33-2 Strikes and labor trouble 524 34 T 524a 34-0 Tamarack & Custer 525 34-1 Treatment charges 526 34-2 Trackage--Republic, Lone Pine, Surprise, Quilp 526a 35 U.S. 527 37-1 Wage scales 528 37-2 Water works 529 37-4 Comparison wage scales 530 38 Wh-Wy 531 39 Y
D. Records Kept by the Manager of Northport Smelting & Refining Co., 1916-1921
13 532-534 Correspondence and financial statements, Jan. 1916-Dec. 1918 535 Financial statements, Jan.-Dec. 1920 536 Record of coke-coal and limerock received, Jan. 1919-Apr. 1921 537 Correspondence relating to accounting procedures, Republic Mines Dept., Nov.-Dec. 1917
E. Correspondence of Horatio H. Miller, General Auditor, 1917-1925
538-547 Apr. 1917-Oct. 1920 14 548-553 Nov. 1920-July 1925 554 Undated
F. Correspondence of John F. Costello, Chief Clerk, 1922
555 Correspondence, 1922
G. Records Relating to Industrial Insurance, 1915-1922
556 Correspondence 557-558 Accident reports, 1915-1921 559 Accounts 560 Firm reports on safety activities, 1921-1922 561 Payment vouchers
H. Correspondence of the Republic Mines Department, 1916-1917, 1921-1925
562-564 Correspondence, 1916-1925 565 Laws-Bailey, 1922-1924 566 Old Dominion Mine, 1924
IV. Financial Records, 1898-1933
15-19 "Department journals," Apr. 1898-Apr. 1909
20 Cash journal, June 30, 1899-June 30, 1900
21 Jan. 1902-Aug. 1903
22 Voucher record/general journal ("Combined Journal & Cash Book"), Mar. 1916-June 1917
23-25 General journals, July 1917-Dec. 1934
26 567 Ledger, 1915-1922
568 1917-1921
569 "Ledger Index: Titles of Accounts, 1927"
570 Capital stock unissued to A9
571 A101, A102, summary
572 A102 to A10603
573 A17 to A901
574 D1
575 E-1 to E-3
576 E101-A to E217
577 L1 to L7
578 L3 to L509
579 R1 to R3
580 R104 to R304
581 Republic accounts A1 to A211
582 Record of drafts against Pennsylvania Smelting Co., July 26, 1920-May 2, 1921
27 Cash book, 1917-19321
28 Voucher record, July 1917-Jan. 1923
29 583-593 Vouchers, Aug. 23, 1915-Feb. 10, 1916
594 "Construction Accounts, Dec. 31, 1920"
595 Republic Mines Department--Cash journal, 1916-1923
30-31 --Purchasing record, Aug. 1916-Feb. 1933
32 --"Cash-Voucher Record," 1916-1924
32a General Ledger, 1916-1921
V. Records of Ore Treatment and Metal Production, 1898-1922
33 Record of ore received ("Lot Record and Weights"), Nov. 28, 1898-Oct. 1, 1900
34 Record of ores purchased, Jan. 1901-Feb. 1904
35 Record of ores treated, Jan. 1898-Apr. 1901
36-37 Record of roast heaps and raw ore bins ("Matte and Shipping Record"), Mar. 1901-Apr. 1907
38 Record of ores treated raw, July 31, 1903-Apr. 1, 1909
39-40 Daily report of smelting operations, Sept. 6, 1902-Mar. 28, 1904
41 "Matte Record", Aug. 20, 1901-June 17, 1911
42-44 Record of ores purchased, Mar. 1916-Apr. 1921
45 Record of ores treated, Mar. 1916-Sep. 1, 1921
46 "Bullion Record," July 1, 1917-July 6, 1922
47 596-606 Bullion statements, Oct. 9, 1916-July 1, 1917
Records Relating Chiefly to Bullion Shipments, 1916-1917
607 Chicago-Burlington correspondence, June 12-Dec. 1, 1916
608 Correspondence, Apr. 13-July 18, 1916, and reports, Oct. 28-Nov. 27, 1916
609-612 "Drafts, etc.," Apr. 4, 1916-Mar. 1, 1917
48 613 Coded telegrams, Pennsylvania Smelter to A.P. Ramstedt, with translations, Nov.-Dec. 1917
614 Jan.-Feb., Dec. 1918
615-630 Jan. 1920-Apr.1921
631 Copper matte settlements, Mar. 4, 1918-Feb. 11, 1921.
632 Records relating to ore contracts, 1905-1907
VI. Personnel Records, 1915-1922
633 List of employees hired, Jan. 27-Oct. 15, 1917
634-636 Employment cards ("Identification Cards"), A-Z, (Ca. 950 Items), 1916-1922
49-51 Pay rolls, 1915-1922
52-55 Daily distribution of pay roll expense, Nov. 21, 1917-July 31, 1922
VII. Insurance Records, 1918-1922
56 "Insurance Record," 1918-1922
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