IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/227-071
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: EMMA SILVER MINING COMPANY
Date(s): 1879-1880
Level of description: Collection
Extent: One production unit.
Name of creator(s): Emma Silver Mining Co
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The company had premises in Queen Victoria Street (1874-81), last appearing in London directories in 1881. The meeting to which these papers relate was concerned with the winding-up of the company.
In 1871 the Emma Silver Mine in Utah, USA, was involved in a scandal when two business promoters encouraged investment in the mine despite knowing it to be depleted. They targeted British investors, selling the mine for 5 million dollars. The fraud was exposed in 1876 and the investors began legal proceedings against the promoters. For a report of the winding-up of the company see The Times newspaper for November 20, 1880, page 6.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the Emma Silver Mining Company, comprising annual report and accounts for 1879, notice of AGM 1880 and blank voting forms.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
One envelope containing 4 items.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
The envelope was presented to the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1978. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note:
Date(s) of descriptions: January to May 2011.