Guide to the Clifton Mines Photographs And Miscellany,
1864-1969

Collection Number: 3458

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

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DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Clifton Mines photographs and miscellany, 1864-1969.
Collection Number:
3458
Creator:
Clifton Mines.
Quantity:
.1 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Photographs, clippings and magazine articles, typescripts of newspaper articles, and financial documents.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
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.
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.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Clifton Mines.
Clifton Iron Company.
M.A. Hanna Company.

Subjects:
Mines and mineral resources.
Ores.
Railroads--St. Lawrence Co., N.Y.

Places:
Clifton (N.Y.).
Saint Lawrence County (N.Y.)

Form and Genre Terms:
Photoprints.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Clifton Mines photographs and miscellany, #3458. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

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