Born in Lexington, Kentucky December 3, 1847, Oliver Louis Greer came to
Arizona in the 1890s and lived in Congress Junction and Martinez, Yavapai
County. At various times during his stay in Arizona he was the manager of
the Martinez Mercantile Company, the general manager of the Arizona Development
and Improvement Company, President of the Arizona Gold Company, and agent
for the Krom Dry Concentrator Company and the Home Fire and Marine Insurance
Company. He was elected to the Territorial Legislature in 1900 as a Democrat. He
died in June of 1921 in La Verne, California.
The bulk of the material is from 1903-1910. The collection consists of business
and personal correspondence regarding mining companies and mining equipment.
| Box:Folder |
Description |
Dates |
| 1:1 |
Business and Personal Correspondence: Development and
Improvement Company of Arizona; Theodore Stegner; Harqua-Hala Mining
and Milling Company |
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| 1:2 |
Business and Personal Correspondence: Colorado Utah and
Wyoming Land Company; Southwestern Arkansas and Indian Territory Railroad
Company; Chicago Arizona Improvement Company |
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| 1:3 |
Business and Personal Correspondence: Harqua-Hala mining
and Milling Company; Southwestern Arkansas and Indian Territory Railroad
Company; Smithton Lumber Company; Development and Improvement Company
of Arizona; Briar Hill Coal and Coke Company, West Virginia; W. H. Peterson |
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| 1:4 |
Business and Personal Correspondence: Krom Dry Concentrator
Company, Martinez, Arizona; Industrial Manufacturing Company, Camden,
New Jersey; American Machine and Operating Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| 1:5 |
Business and Personal Correspondence: Arizona Mine Supply
Company, Prescott, Arizona; Charles T. Joslin; Arizona Gold Company;
Octave Mining Company, Octave, Arizona; Mildred Mining Company, Stanton,
Arizona; Fen S. Hildreth; International Ore Treating Machinery Company,
Los Angles, California; Samuel P. Kishler; Lightfoot Gold Dredging Company,
New York City; Lakeside Forge and Wrench Company, Erie, Pennsylvania |
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| 1:6 |
Business and Personal Correspondence: Phoenix Railway
Company; Franklin W. Smith and George A. Laird, Consulting Mining Engineers;
Arizona Mining Journal; Sayer Gold Mining Company, Denver, Colorado |
|
| 1:7 |
Business and Personal Correspondence: Clarkson Clothier;
Usal Redwood Company, Humbolt and Mendocino Counties, California |
|
| 1:8 |
Business and Personal Correspondence: Southwestern Arkansas
and Indian Territory Railroad Company; Jerome Miners Union No. 101; Cottonera
Lumber Company, Rockport, California |
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| 1:9 |
Business and Personal Correspondence: Old Channel Mining
Company, Congress Junction, Arizona; Empire State Gas Improvement Company,
New York City; Harford Insurance Company, Hertford, Connecticut |
|
| 2:10 |
Business and Personal Correspondence: International Electric
Transit Company, New York City; Federal Labor Union Lodge No. 8822, Jerome,
Arizona |
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| 2:11 |
Business and Personal Correspondence: Cottonera Lumber
Company, Rockport, California; Synopsis of the Alice Mine, Clear Creek
County, Colorado; Southwestern Arkansas and Indian Territory Railroad
Company; International Electric Transit Company, New York State |
|
| 2:12 |
Business and Personal Correspondence: Harqua-Hala Mining
and Milling Company of Arizona; Rockland Copper Company, Ltd. Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania; Intercolonial Copper Company, Providence, Rhode Island;
Industrial Manufacturing Company, Camden, New Jersey; Arizona Development
Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Valensuella Copper Company, Denver,
Colorado; B. J. Quinn; National Gold and Silver mining Company, Chicago,
Illinois; Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix Railway Company; Horace J. Beemer;
Hayden Flour Mills, Tempe, Arizona; Martinez Mining Company; Rincon Mine
Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; D. J. Sayer; Providence Oil and
Gas Company, Providence, Rhode Island; Everett E. Ellinwood; A, L. Stetson;
Gordon-Tiger Mining and Reduction Company of Colorado |
|
| 2:13 |
Business and Personal Correspondence: John Jamison; Bradshaw
Copper Mining and Smelting Company, Prescott, Arizona; Marcus A. Smith;
Almalgamated Gold Mines Company, Quartside, Arizona; Butterfly-Terrible
Gold Mining Company, Opher, Colorado |
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| 2:14 |
Business and Personal Correspondence: Old Channel Mining
Company, Congress Junction, Arizona; Harqua-Hala Mining Company of Arizona;
Planet-Saturn Mining Company, Martinez, Arizona; S. B. Coughlin; De Haren
Lumber Company, Westport, California |
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