https://haylibrary.cvlcollections.org/files/original/6cf05a29c1315aaf74ebabdf45147ffb.pdf 8e8dc66f5fcbea560a60723ab3afad03 PDF Text Text 284 FILE NO. VISITORS - B 1- BURNS, J. B. Colorado & Utah Coal Co. APR/43 2- Walter BLEDSOE Company HITT, J. E. ECKNER, Larry WILSON, Georgs INDIANA, Terre Haute JUL/46 �NO. 2 �Rock Springs - July 23, 1946 Ur. I. No Bayless: (CO: Mr. I. U. diaries) Attaching, hereto, copy of report by J. Egan, Resident Engineer, Hanna, concerning his assistance to personnel of the •alter Bledsoe Company of Torre Hauto, Indiana. The representatives of the Bledsoe Company apparently called at our Hanna Mine Office and Ur. Egan was assigned to assist them. Referring to the Keystone Guide, we developed that Mr. J. E. Hitt is listed as one of the numerous Vice Presidents of ..alter Bledsoe Company, address Arcade Building, St. Louis, Missouri. Messrs. George '.Tilson and Larry Eckerman are not listed and we presume they aro engineer employes of the company. wo had no advance information concerning their visit and no further information other than that contained in Er. Egan’s report. BCLiDAP �Rock Springs - July 22, 1946 Mr. H. C. Livingston: Your note requesting information on the Bledsoe Company regarding attached note from engineer at Hanna: In refering to the Keystone Guide, I find that this company is listed as '..alter Bledsoe Company, Merchants National Bank Building, Terre Haute, Indiana, operating tvro mines at Terre Haute. Mr. I find the name of E. Hitt is listed as one of their many vice presidents, his address is Arcade Building, St. Louis, "issouri. In addition to this, the Bledsoe Company are sales agents for some seventeen companies. The names of Hr. George ' ,'ilson and Mr. Larry' Ecken.ian dod$ not appear under their own listing or any of the companies for which they- are sales agents. �Hanna - July 19, 1946 Mr. I. M. Charles: On July 18, 1946, Mr. J. E. Hitt, Mr. George Wilson and Mr. Larry Eckner, were taken to the vicinity of Elk Mountain to inspect coal outcroppings The old Johnson Mine was inspected and the Kent mine, the latter property was the main objective of the trip. The Kent mine is approximately five miles Northeast of the town of Elk Mountain and about 2 miles West of the Medicine Bow River. The men, representing the Bledsoe Company, were looking for suitable property for strip mining and able to produce 2,000,000 tons per year. /s/ CC - Mr. H. C. Livingston W. J. Egan �NO, 1 �April 29, 1943 Mr. J. B. Burns The Colorado & Utah Coal Co. Mount Harris, Colorado Dear Mr. Burns: Referring to yours of April 25th: It .;as a pleasure to have you come and visit our properties. If at any time we can be of service to you, or you desire again to visit our operations, do not hesitate to advise us. Sincerely yours, �Mount HarHss Colorado MANAGER OF OPERATIONS MERITT HUTTON April 2b, 1943 lir. George s. Pryde, vice president, union racific Goal company, Kock springs, yoming. Dear Mr. Pryde: 1 greatly appreciated the opportunity you gave me of visiting some of your mines with mt. Murray, we visited B Plane iMumber 11 and the new Stansbury opening on Thursday, then went to the D. 0. Clark mine at superior on Friday. ± have always wanted to visit your properties because of their national record of safety and efficiency. A.fter seeing your methods of operation and meeting some of your personnel, it is very easily understood how you have attained this enviable record. Thanking you again for extending me the privilege of seeing your mines, ± am Very truly yours, J. B. Burns � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Union Pacific Collection Description An account of the resource This collection is made possible in part by a generous grant from Wyoming Humanities. All materials are the property of Union Pacific Coal Company, on long-term loan at Western Wyoming Community College. For usage inquiries, contact the <a href="https://www.uprrmuseum.org">Union Pacific Museum</a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Visitors to the Mines whose names start with-B Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource CC BY-NC-ND Date Created Date of creation of the resource. Apr 1943, Jul 1946 Subject The topic of the resource Mine Visits, 1943, 1946 Description An account of the resource Letters regarding a visit from people and companies that start with the letter B. All documents are held together by a brass pin. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource H.C. Livingston, W.J. Egan, George B. Pryde, J.B. Burns Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1-0328 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Union Pacific Coal Co.