Includes lists of addresses, items with prices, survey notes that include information about terrain. Mentions surveying a coal mine. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE The Day Family were anglo Indian traders, on the Navajo Reservation in eastern Arizona. The collection includes the personal and business papers of Sam Day, Sr. (1845-1925) surveyor, Indian trader, legislator and United States Indian Commissioner; Anna Day, Sam Sr.'s wife (1872-1932); and of their children, Charles L. Day (1879-1918), Samuel Day, Jr. (1889-1944), United States deputy Marshall.
Letter written by Charles R. Allen describing and providing measurements for monument for Charles L. Day. Allen states he will charge $25.00 for it.BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE Sam Day, Sr. (1845-1925) arrived in Arizona in 1883 to survey extensions to eastern and southern boundaries of the Navajo reservation for the federal government. At the time his wife, Anna, and their three boys Sam, Jr. (1889-1944), Charles Day (1879-1918) and William remained in Colorado. The family joined Sam, Sr. in Arizona, where they staked out a homestead at Cienaga (Sinagee). He was elected to the Arizona Territorial Legislature in 1906 and served two terms in the Arizona House. From 1920 until his death in 1925 he held the post of United States Indian Commissioner.Sam's sons also entered into the Indian trade. Charlie operated the Meadows trading post until his untimely death in an automobile accident in 1918.
A handwritten letter from William H. Bradley to Albert H. Jones discussing the lack of new projects due to the state of the world. Bradley discusses the current international situations occurring with the onset of WWI, the national deficit, the U.S. Government and the uncertainty of the future. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: Born in Denver, Colorado in 1884, Albert H. Jones, Jr. worked with Charles H. Spencer and his mining party, staking placer claims on the San Juan and Colorado Rivers from 1908-1911. Spencer thought that gold could be sluiced from the Colorado and he convinced investors that his plan was worth funding. Jones was a skilled engineer, surveyor and route finder. He ran baselines and triangulated prominent topography in the area. He recorded the first measurement of the discharge of the Colorado River at Lee's Ferry. With a fleet that included an excursion boat formerly used on the Mississippi River, Jones and others went upriver to stake claims. After leaving Spencer's operation, Jones continued to survey for mineral resources in Como, Colorado. In 1916, he became the Superintendent of the Denver Water Supply Reservoir and remained in that position until 1926. Jones was registered as a civil engineer in 1920 and graduated from the Colorado School of Mines and the International Correspondence School in Scranton, Pennsylvania. In 1934, he purchased land in Elizabeth, Colorado where he operated the Silver J Fox Ranch for over 15 years. He died in 1979 in Castle Rock, Colorado.
