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1896-1981 (Creation)
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- Cominco
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50 cm of textual records
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The Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada (Cominco) was formed in 1906 by the amalgamation of the St. Eugene, Centre Star and War Eagle Mines, the Rossland Power Company, and the Canadian Smelting Works. The Canadian Pacific Railway Company held the controlling interest. In 1909, the company purchased the Sullivan lead-ore mine in Kimberley to supply its smelting operation. It completed its pioneer electrolytic zinc plant in Trail in 1916 and used crude Sullivan zinc ore. In 1916, Cominco acquired control of the West Kootenay Power and Light Company. The company expanded into other fields, including the production of mineral byproducts and other commercial and industrial activities through its subsidiaries. The company changed its name to Cominco Ltd. in 1966.
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The Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada (Cominco) was formed in 1906 by the amalgamation of the St. Eugene, Centre Star, and War Eagle Mines, the Rossland Power Company, and the Canadian Smelting Works. The Canadian Pacific Railway Company held the controlling interest. In 1909, the company purchased the Sullivan lead-ore mine in Kimberley to supply its smelting operation. It completed its pioneer electrolytic zinc plant in Trail in 1916 and used crude Sullivan zinc ore. In 1916, the company acquired control of the West Kootenay Power and Light Company and later diversified into a number of other fields. The company changed its name to Cominco Ltd. in 1966.
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The fonds consists of land survey field notes, mining notes, reports (including a chronological record of outstanding events in the history of the company), correspondence relating to ceremonies and celebrations Cominco sponsored or participated in, and annual reports of the company's Refining Department (1950-1954). Fonds also includes indexes to Cominco historical correspondence and miscellaneous items: 1. "Alphabetic Index to Cominco's Historical Correspondence and Records, 1896-1981"; 2. Box/Envelope List (filelist) of Cominco historical records, 1896-1981 (relates to the alphabetic index); 3. File list of PRC reports, with microfilm/reel numbers; 4. Manuscript (typed) of "A Portrait of Progress: the Consolidated Cominco Story" (two looseleaf binders - 441 pages plus appendices, parts 1-2); 5. Another, edited version of "A Portrait of Progress" (unbound, no table of contents); 6. Submission on tax reform to Parliamentary Committee, 1970; 7. Miscellaneous, including notes from a Nov. 13, 1986 meeting of Cominco staff re disposition of historical records, and a numerical list/index of company names, place names, etc. (no indication is given as to which set of files the numerical index covers).
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BCAUL control number: TCA-1031