Mining Brokers & Investment Companies
name: label: Series Creator
content: Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
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content: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Mining
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content: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Mining / Business Records, Marketing Material, and Other
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1880-1956; undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Mining, Subseries 4
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Mining Brokers & Investment Companies contains
material produced by brokerage firms and other companies specializing in investment in
the mining industry. These are largely companies headquartered in Eastern cities,
offering investment opportunities in operations in the American West, Canada, and
Mexico. Most of the documents date from the turn of the twentieth century. The material
consists of brochures, forms, order blanks, testimonial letters. Some of the companies
represented focus of particular species of mining (gold, cobalt, uranium), while others
offer investment possibilities in many different types of mining. The material is arranged
in alphabetical order by company name.