Alta Mining Financial Records (Accn 1575)
The Alta Mining Financial Records (c. 1920) consist of financial
documents stemming from mining activities in Alta, Utah.
Included is a canceled stock certificate issued to, and endorsed
on the back by, Carl Bauer of Eureka, Utah, for 42,500 shares of
the Alta Peruvian Mining and Milling Co. The collection also contains
approximately 26 grocery receipts from Stilwell and Despain, "Dealers in
General Merchandise and Mining Supplies." The receipts record the use of
credit by the South Hecla Mines Company, what was available for groceries
and mining supplies, and the prices for such supplies in the early
1920s. An inventory is available.