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[1865?]-[1873?] (Creation)
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0,04 m of textual records.
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Jeremiah Wilbur lived in New York during the period of the American Civil War (1860-1865) and the decade following. As a businessman, Wilbur participated in what was known as 'the copper excitement of 1861 to 1866',which affected the United States and Eastern Canada, notably the Sherbrooke region. Mining companies set up during the upsurge of mining operations of the early 1860s hoped to draw a profit from the high but short-lived demand for copper that was triggered by the start of the American Civil War. The work of the Geological Survey of Canada at mid-century also favoured the development of mining companies. The drop in the price of copper in the later 1860s resulting from the end of the war forced a slowdown in prospecting and the closing of marginal mining sites. Wilbur was one of the group of American businessmen who invested in these companies in the hopes of amassing huge profits. He was the Manager of the Sherbrooke Gold Mining Joint Stock Association and a shareholder in the Ascot Gold Mining Company from 1865 to 1867. On 26 July 1867, he became the Secretary of an Association of New York businessmen, the Association on Mining Lands in Canada, whose aim was to come to an agreement on the methods of assessment in relation to the purchase of mining rights belonging to the Ascot Gold Mining Company near Sherbrooke. On 5 March 1868, on purchasing three-quarters of the company, the Association became the Victoria Mining Company of Sherbrooke Canada East. By serving as Secretary, Wilbur became one of the seven shareholders. Following a series of unsuccessful endeavours and because of insufficient funds, the Victoria Mining Company ceased its operations in prospecting in October 1869.
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The fonds contains source material on Jeremiah Wilbur's involvement with certain mining companies operating in the region of the Township of Ascot from 1865 to 1873 and on the decline of mining in the region. The documents are also a source of information on the activities of the Association on Mining Lands in Canada and the Victoria Mining Company of Sherbrooke Canada East. The minutes and correspondence of these two organizations reveal the tactics employed by managers and owners residing in the United States in managing operations in Canada. Also to be found is information on mining procedures of the period and the geographical distribution of the different stages of mineral production. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Sherbrooke Gold Mining Joint Stock Association (1866), Ascot Gold Mining Company ([1865?]-1867), Association on Mining Lands in Canada (1867-1868), and the Victoria Mining Company of Sherbrooke Canada East (1868-1873).
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One letter in an advanced stage of decomposition has been placed in a polyester sleeve.
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The documents are in English.
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Previously known as Victoria Mining Company Papers.
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28 janvier, 2016