Clifton Mines photographs and miscellany, 1864-1969.
Collection Number: 3458

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Clifton Mines photographs and miscellany, 1864-1969.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
3458
Abstract:
Photographs, clippings and magazine articles, and typescripts of newspaper articles ca.1867-ca.1941 concerning the Clifton Iron Co., St. Lawrence County, New York. Also, certificates of increase of capital stock, 1864, 1868; consent to mortgage, 1866; and typescripts of the certificate of incorporation and financial documents.
Creator:
Clifton Mines (Clifton, N.Y.)
Quanitities:
.1 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

Clifton Mines was located in Clifton, St. Lawrence Co., New York. The company and the railroad it owned operated for only a few years, 1864-1870. The ore bed was later bought (1942) and mining operations revived in 1944 by the M.A. Hanna Co.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Photographs, clippings and magazine articles, and typescripts of newspaper articles ca.1867-ca.1941 concerning the Clifton Iron Co., St. Lawrence County, New York. Also, certificates of increase of capital stock, 1864, 1868; consent to mortgage, 1866; and typescripts of the certificate of incorporation and financial documents.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

Clifton Mines photographs and miscellany, #3458. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Clifton Iron Company
M.A. Hanna Company
Places:
St. Lawrence County (N.Y.)
Clifton (N.Y.)
Subjects:
Railroads -- New York (State) -- St. Lawrence County.
Ores.
Mines and mineral resources.
Form and Genre Terms:
Photographs.

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Box 1 Folder 1
Documents
1864-1871
Box 1 Folder 2
Photographs and negatives
1941, n.d.
Box 1 Folder 3
Typescripts of documents
n.d.
Box 1 Folder 4
Articles
1941-1969
Box 1 Folder 5
Notes, articles, clippings
-1968