TREASURE HOUSE RELICS Project
Letterhead - Utah - U - Z

 
 
Union Assay Office (Salt Lake City, Utah)

Letterhead from the Union Assay Office. Initially operated as a part of the Hanauer group of businesses, the Union Assay Office was sold to American Smelting & Refining Co., and then later ASARCO to sell the office to its employees. The firm was incorporated in 1909. This letterhead sample dates from this time period. 
 

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THRP Archives - Collection of Marilynn Wood - Hanauer Family Archives

 
 
Union Lime & Rock Co. (Salt Lake City, Utah)

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THRP Special Collections - Private Donor
 

 
 
Union Pacific System

Letterhead from the Union Pacific System. From the 1860's when the transcontinental railroad was being built, until today, Union Pacific Railroad has been an important part of Utah, and especially Utah mining operations. This system letterhead with the trademark herald dates from the 1890's. 
 

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THRP Special Collections - Private Donor
 

 
 
Union Portland Cement Company (Salt Lake City, Utah)

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THRP Archive - Private Donor
 

 
 
U.S. Department of the Interior 

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THRP Special Collections - Private Donor
 

 
 
United States Land Office

Letterhead from the U.S. Land Office. If you were involved in mining in this state, you would eventually be dealing with the Land Office. Mining surveys, Land patents, mining deeds, and more all had to have some approval from the United States government, and the land office was one of those agencies involved. This sample dates from the 1880's. 
 
 

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Utah Cereal Food Company (Ogden, Utah)

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THRP Archive Special Collections - Private Donor
 

 
 
Utah Coal Company (Park City, Utah)

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THRP Special Collections - Private Donor
 

 
 
Utah Coal and Supply Company

Letterhead from the Utah Coal and Supply Company. Delivered coal to Park City and the mines and mills nearby. This sample dates from 1910. 
 
 

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Utah Consolidated Mining Company (Salt Lake City, Utah)

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Utah Copper Company (Garfield, Utah)

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Utah Fire Clay Company (Salt Lake City, Utah)

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THRP Archive - Kirk Collection
 

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THRP Archive - Private Collection

 
 
Utah Forwarding Company (Salt Lake City, Utah)

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THRP Archive - Corona Collection
 

 
 
Utah Lime & Cement Company (Salt Lake City, Utah)

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THRP Special Collections - Private Donor
 

 
 
Utah Lithography Company (Salt Lake City, Utah)

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THRP Archive - Kirk Collection
 

 
 
Utah Magazine (Salt Lake City, Utah)

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THRP Archive - Private Donor
 

 
 
Utah Mortgage Company (Salt Lake City, Utah)

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THRP Special Collections - Private Donor
 

 
 
Utah Ore Shippers Agency (Salt Lake City, Utah)

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THRP Archive - Private Collection

 
 
Uncle Sam Consolidated Mining Company 
(Eureka, Utah)

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Utah Foundry & Machine Company (Salt Lake City, Utah)

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Utah-Idaho Sugar Company

Letterhead from the Utah-Idaho Sugar Company. Though not a mining company, there wasn't a mining camp or company store that didn't have a bag of sugar somewhere tucked away as the precious treat it was. The letterhead is simple but colorful and shows that general offices were located in Salt Lake City, Utah. This sample dates from the 1930's.
 

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Utah Independent Telephone Company 
(Salt Lake City, Utah)

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Utah Karns Tunneling Machine Company

Letterhead from the Utah Karns Tunneling Machine Company. This business designed and promoted the machine shown on the letterhead. The machine an all in one boring machine was designed and used early in the 1900's. This sample is from 1907. One of the few letterhead we have seen that shows the product of the company so prominently.

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Utah Lumber Company

Letterhead from the Utah Lumber Company. Like others, they provided lumber and timber products to the mines and mills of Utah. This document is from 1917. 
 

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Utah Mining Gazette

Mast-head from the UTAH MINING GAZETTE - "An Illustrated Journal Devoted to the Mining, Commercial and other Material Interests of Utah". Though short lived, the publication is a valuable resource for early mining news and information. The Gazette published in 1873 and 1874.
 

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Utah Mining Machinery & Supply Co.

Letterhead from the Utah Mining Machinery & Supply Co.. Based in Salt Lake, this company provided equipment of all kinds, specifically they were agents and dealers for Ingersoll - Rand Company. This sample dates from 1909. 
 

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Utah & Montana Machinery Company

Letterhead from the Utah Montana Machinery Company provided mining equipment of all kinds to utah mining operations in the late 1800's. This letterhead from 1889 is very elaborate and clearly shows the emphasis on mining supplies, with a drum hoist being most prominent. 
 

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Utah National Bank of Ogden (Ogden, Utah)

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Utah Office & School Supply Company - (Salt Lake City, Utah)

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THRP Archive - Private Collection

 
 
Utah State Press Association (Salt Lake City, Utah)

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THRP Archive - Private Donor
 

 
 
Varley & Everill - Building Stone (Salt Lake City, Utah)

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THRP Special Collections - Private Donor
 

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THRP Special Collections - Private Donor
 

 
 
Vicksburg Gold & Copper Company

Letterhead from the Vicksburg Gold & Copper Company. Originally based in Salt Lake City, by 1902 company headquarters had been moved to Milford, Utah. Much closer to the mines and operations in the Star District near the now ghost town of Shauntie. The mine was a good producer, but not a great one. This simple letterhead reflects the "budget" printing style of the day.  
 

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W. & L. E. Gurley - Civil Engineers & Survey Instruments 
(Troy, Ney York)

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Walker Brothers Bankers (Salt Lake City, Utah)

Letterhead from Walkers Brothers, Bankers. From a single large safe inside the dry goods store, where the Walker Brothers began holding sacks of gold for early miners, the brothers would build a banking empire that would be one of the largest in the state. The first letterhead dates from the earliest days in 1870. The second from 1907. 
 

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THRP Archive Special Collections - Private Donor
 

 
 
Walker Brothers Store

Letterheads from the Walker Brothers Store in downtown Salt Lake City. From humble beginnings, the brothers would create not only one of the largest retail stores in the early valley, but a banking and mining empire as well. These samples date from 1869, 1872, and 1882 respectively. 
 
 

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THRP Archives - Kirk Family Archives

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THRP Archives - Kirk Family Archives

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THRP Archives - Kirk Family Archives

 
 
Wasatch County - Clerk & Recorder (Heber City, Utah)

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THRP Special Collections - Private Donor
 

 
 
Wasatch Electric Service Company (Salt Lake City, Utah)

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THRP Archive - Private Donor
 

 
 
Washington Laboratory & Metallurgical Works 
(Washington, D. C.)

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Watt Mining Car Wheel Company (Barnesville, Ohio)

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Weber County, Utah (Ogden, Utah)

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THRP Special Collections - Private Donor
 

 
 
Wells Fargo & Co., Bank (Salt Lake City, Utah)

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THRP Special Collections - Private Donor
 

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Welsh, Driscoll and Buck, Inc. - General Merchandise 
(Park City, Utah)

A major supplier of material to Park City and Cottonwood canyon mining companies, this letterhead is related to mining supplies purchased by the Reed's Peak Mining Company in 1910. A simple but good looking letterhead.

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THRP Archive Special Collections - Private Donor
 

 
 
West Quincy Mining Company (Salt Lake City, Utah)

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Western Iron & Supply Company (St. Louis, Missouri)

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THRP Special Collections - Private Donor
 

 
 
Western Monitor Mining Company (Salt Lake City, Utah)

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Western Union

Letterhead from Western Union. One of the most famous messaging companies in the country. This document, a message document, shows the simple Western Union logo and is a sample from the offices in Salt Lake City. This sample dates from between 1939 and 1959. 
 

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Western Utah Extension Copper Company 

Letterhead from the Western Utah Extension Copper Company. This mine operated in the Gold Hill area of the Clifton Mining District some 40 miles south of present day Wendover on the Utah-Nevada state line. A simple but bold letterhead. This sample dates from 1921.
 

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Whitehead Machinery Company - Steam Engines & Boilers 
(Davenport, iowa)

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Wilkes, Hancock & Pulver Co., - Mines & MIning Investments (Salt Lake City, Utah)

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William Driver & Son, Wholesale and Retail Merchandise

Letterhead from William Driver & So, wholesale and retail dealers in merchandise. Based in Ogden, Utah, the company was established in 1871 and also had offices in Logan, Utah. This fancy letterhead showed not only images of both retail buildings, but also a custom logo, that was created and printed by Collier & Cleveland Lithographers, Co. Denver, Colorado. This sample dates from 1884. 
 

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THRP Archives - Winegar Collection

 
 
William Maack Brick Mfg. (Salt Lake City, Utah)

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THRP Special Collections - Private Donor
 

 
 
William H. Miller - Summit County Assessor 
(Park City, Utah)

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THRP Special Collections - Private Donor
 

 
 
William H. Tibbals - Mining Investments (Salt Lake City, Utah)

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THRP Special Collections - Private Donor
 

 
 
Wirthlin & Morgan - Fresh & Salt Meats (Eureka, Utah)

Below are three samples from Wirthin & Morgan - Fresh & Salt Meat dealers of Eureka, Utah. Joseph Wirthlin and J.R. Morgan were partners in the enterprise and were successors to the earlier Rouse & Morgan company of the same city. This new company provided not only fresh & salt meast, but also cured meats, sausage, hay rice and more. These samples all show transactions to the Alaska Mining Company near Silver City a few miles south of Eureka. The samples all date from 1901 and 1902.
 

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THRP Archive - Private Donor
 

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THRP Archive - Private Donor
 

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THRP Archive - Private Donor
 

 
 
Wood Mountain Mining Company (Boulder, Colorado)

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THRP Archives - Kirk Collection

 
 
Yardley & Law, Wholsale & Retail Dealers (Beaver, Utah)

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THRP Archive - Private Donor
 

 
 
Yosemite, No. 2, Mining Company

Letterhead from the Yosemite, No. 2, Mining Company. Operating from the West Mountain District, The Yosemite No. 2, was one of many companies that would be swallowed up by much larger corporations. This sample is an early on and dates from 1891. 
 
 

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Yukon Gold Company (New York, New York)

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THRP Archive - Winegar Collection
 

 
 
Zenoli Silver-Copper Company (Salt Lake City, Utah)

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Zion's Co-operative Mercantile Institution  (Z.C.M.I.)

Letterhead from Z.C.M.I. - Zion's Co-operative Mercantile Institution. This organization, founded by mormon pioneers was one of the largest suppliers of merchandise in the entire Territory of Utah. Once mining activity began, Z.C.M.I. began suppling equipment of all kinds. The two samples below are different in appearance, but very close in age. The upper from 1885, the lower from 1896.
 
 

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THRP Archives - Kirk Family Archives

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THRP Archives - Kirk Family Archives

 
 
Zion's Savings Bank & Trust Company (Salt Lake City, Utah)

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THRP Archive - Geff Pollock Collection

 
 
Zion's Wholesale Grocery (Salt Lake City, Utah)

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THRP Special Collections - Private Donor
 

 
 
Zuma Uranium and Oil Corporation (Salt Lake City, Utah)

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THRP Archive - Winegar Collection
 

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