Philipp Brothers division staff meetingPhotograph of staff meeting of Philipp Brothers division, with Ludwig Jesselson, chairman and president, presiding. From the 1972 annual report…
Philipp Brothers operationsOperations of Philipp Brothers, from the 1963 Annual Report of Minerals & Chemicals Philipp Corporation
Philipp Brothers: The Rise and Fall of a Trading Giant, 1901-1990Created By: Waszkis, Helmut Publisher: London: Metal Bulletin Books, 1992
Philipp Corporation information gathering systemInformation gathering system, from the 1966 Annual Report of Minerals & Chemicals Philipp Corporation
Philipp Corporation map of offices, mines, and plantsIllustration of offices, mines, and plants. From the 1960 Annual Report of Minerals & Chemicals Philipp Corporation
Placer mining in North CarolinaArtist’s depiction of placer mining in North Carolina showing blacks and whites working alongside each other. Originally published in The…
Reed Mine in Free Press, 1824An 1824 newspaper article describing a recent increase in production at the Reed mine, Free Press, Halifax, NC, April 16,…
Reed Mine, ca. 1898Photo of Reed mine as it appeared ca. 1898 showing Dr. John F. Reed (left) and Mack Cox by the…
Reed, JohnJohn Reed, an illiterate Hessian deserter during the Revolutionary War, founded the first commercial gold mining operation in the United States around the year 1803.
Reed, John Sr.'s Deposition, George Reid vs. George Barnhardt and othersJohn Reed Sr.'s deposition in the dispute concerning his gold mine. George Reid vs. George Barnhardt and others (1844).
Report of the Sonora Exploring & Mining Co. Made to the StockholdersReport of the Sonora Exploring & Mining Co. Made to the Stockholders (Cincinnati: Railroad Record Print, 1857), selected pages. The…
Roller used to roll gold ingots into strips in preparation for stamping into planchets (i.e. coin blanks), ca. 1830-1850
Ruins of a blast furnace in Allaire, Monmouth County, New JerseyContemporary image of the ruins of a blast furnace in Allaire, Monmouth County, New Jersey. The original black furnace structures…
Ruins of a company store on the former American Company property in New Jersey.Contemporary image of the ruins of a company store on the former American Company property in New Jersey.
Sinking of the S.S. Central America off the North CarolinaIllustration from the cover of Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper depicting the sinking of the S.S. Central America off the North…
