The people listed below were connected to the area of the Wrangell Garnet Ledge either as a claimant or connected to the Alaska Garnet Mining & Manufacturing Co.
In addition, I have added people connected to mining in Arizona where Anna E. Durkee and Mary T. Elmer were involved in a mining operation.
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| Wrangell Garnet Ledge Connections |
| Name | Connection |
| Agnes Peterson | Witness on Corporation Papers |
| Wm. T. Coe | Witness on Corporation Papers – Attorney born in Iowa. |
| Alexander Vreatt | Sold Garnet Ledge to Women; acted as agent |
| William Taylor | Sold Garnet Ledge to Women |
| E.E. Griswell or Griswold | Advertising man…take charge of publicity; later noted as assistant manager. |
| Peter C. McCormack | Sold them 38 sq feet and building on Front Street, opposite Inman Boat house building, which he had purchased from F. Collins. |
| Robert .J. Frizell | Charge of work at the ledge for AGM&M 1921 when leased to Western Abrasive Paper Co.; had son with him. |
| Julia E. Duff | Sister of Mary T. Elmer |
| Belle Hazen | Spent summer working for women at Wrangell in office and selling garnets. |
| Mrs. R.D. Currier | Friend of Mrs. Belle Hazen |
| Mrs. Jennie Sanders | Sister of Belle Hazen |
| Agnes K. Seamans | Involved in mining claim with Anna |
| George D. Emery | Attorney in Seattle, and witness on mining claim |
| Rev. J.S. Clark | Acted as their agent & had claim with Anna. Presbyterian Minister in Wrangell. |
| Frank Spaulding | Agent for mine in 1913; trapper up Stikine |
| Charles Nelson | Agent for mine in 1923 |
| Wm. Burgart | Agent for mine in 1914 |
| John Hagstrom | Worked ledge 1909 |
| Mr. And Mrs Maynard Hart | Worked at ledge and were caretakers in 1915; had two children with them |
| Miss Margaret Wilkison | Teacher for Hart children winter of 1915 |
| Captain W.E. Parrott | Farmed on Sergief Island; may have helped out at the mine. |
| Tom and Annie Tamaree | Caretakers at ledge 1916-1919. Annie Tamaree filed lien against corporation for wages not paid after Tom’s death. |
| C.C. Lightfoot | Witnessed Brown Claim, Garnet #2 Claim, 1911 |
| E.B. Nichols | Corser Investment Co. – held collateral for Agnes Seamans/Anna Durkee agreement for claim. Firm in Minneapolis, MN |
| Benjamin Hunter | Did work on Ruby Claim in 1910 |
| A.S. ????????? | Did work on Ruby Claim in 1910 – last name not legible |
| Wm. Burgar | Signed as agent in 1914 |
| Arthur Waterbury | Employed by AGM&M in 1916 |
| J.L. Near | Agent on Notice of Appropriation of water in 1923 |
| Kate Irene Schultz | Owner of 100 shares of stock signed by Lettie and Anna on March 1, 1913 |
| Mrs. “Napoleon” Sprague | She was a cook at the mine for AGM&M in 1915. Read about “Muggins” the dog. |
| Dr. Thomas H. Morgan and James H. Cullen | Involved in court case with Anna Durkee and Mary Elmer in California in 1913. |
| Peter C. McCormick | Purchased property from McCormick in 1913. This was a lot for their covered building on Front Street next to the Inman Boat building. |
The following people were involved in the Dardanelles Mining Company
and later as the reorganized Dardanelles Amalgamated Mines, Inc. in Arizona
| Albert B. Taylor | Portland, Maine. Banker and secretary/treasurer of Dardanelles Mining Co., and later the reorganized Dardanelles Amalgamated Mines, Inc. |
| Fred H. Colvin | New York. President of Dardanelles Mining Co., and later the reorganized Dardanelles Amalgamated Mines, Inc. |
| A. Bailey Johnson | Accountant and paymaster of Dardanelles Amalgamated Mines, Inc. |
| Conklin and Montrose | New York attorneys for Dardanelles, 55 Wall Street (later 63 Wall Street). They were also attorneys who drew up the change of address, etc. for AGM&M Co. |
| Carl G. Krook | Kingman, AZ. Also an attorney for the Dardanelles mining operation. |
| E. Ford Eaton | Engineer and foreman of Dardanelles mining operation. |
| Edwin O. Daue | Took over for Eaton as engineer and foreman. |
| H.L. McCarn | Chloride. Engineer and resident manager. |
| Charles Lupher | Foreman |
| Ira M. Claunch | Superintendent of operations. |
| C.M. Stoddard | Incorporator at time of reorganization of Dardanelles Amalgamated Mines, Inc. |
| B. Wright | Incorporator at time of reorganization of Dardanelles Amalgamated Mines, Inc. |
| Miss Hilda Liekse | San Francisco. A stockholder who wrote to AZ Geological Survey about status of mine. |