April 18th, 1921, Sixteen Charges Against the Guggenheims

April 18th, 1921, Sixteen Charges Against the Guggenheims

(See the ten charges presented at the April 6 shareholder meeting, two weeks prior to the below list) SIXTEEN CHARGES SENT TO SHAREHOLDERS BY KARL EILERS APRIL 18, 1921: A few weeks after the 1921 American Smelting shareholder meeting, Karl Eilers published these sixteen charges as part of a shareholder letter. The italic comments were added by Karl. 1. The charge that the affairs of the Company are dominated by the Guggenheims, who are but slightly interested in the Company and have…

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1921 April 6th Resolution Charges

1921 April 6th Resolution Charges

(See expanded list of charges two weeks subsequent to the charges presented below) THE TEN CHARGES ON THE RESOLUTION SUBMITTED AT AMERICAN SMELTING & REFINING’S SHAREHOLDER MEETING IN APRIL OF 1921: The charge that the affairs of the Company are dominated by the Guggenheims, who are but slightly interested in the Company and have large conflicting interests. The purchase, while the Company was under the control of the Guggenheims, of various mining properties from the Guggenheims and their associates for…

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Brief History of Rickard’s time with the Journal

Brief History of Rickard’s time with the Journal

This is a summary of Thomas A. Rickard’s experience at the Engineering & Mining Journal in the early 1900s. ===== After Rothwell’s death in 1901, a publisher named John McGraw bought the Journal in September 1901 for $183,000. He resold it three months later to William Johnston for $283,000, which yielded McGraw a $100,000 profit. William Johnston was a budding entrepreneur who hired T. A. Rickard, a successful mining engineer and a friend and colleague of both Eilers and Raymond….

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1870 Letter from Anton Eilers to William Dielmann

1870 Letter from Anton Eilers to William Dielmann

The letter was written with letterhead from the Engineering & Mining Journal, where Anton and Rossiter Raymond headquartered as Deputy and Commissioner, respectively, for the Mines and Mining Commission In and West of the Rocky Mountains. Anton had just returned from his first trip to Arizona. The letter is in very poor shape and I only had photocopies. The originals are with Nila Savell, whose  husband was descended from Regina Haueser Deilmann and Louis Armbrust.  Regina Haueser original originally married Anton…

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1929 Letter About Anton, Karl, & Luise

1929 Letter About Anton, Karl, & Luise

It’s not clear who wrote this letter. It may have been more of a note to themselves? November 28, 1929 Else F. Eilers And K. Eilers Ueber Friedrich Anton Eilers Friederich Anton Eilers geboren zu Laufenselden, Nassau, am 14 Januar, 1839, waehrend einer reise der mutter von Mensfelden nach Hof Roedel, dem Besitz seines Vaters. Er besuchte die gymnasien zu weilburg und wiesbaden in Nassau. Studierte in Goettingen und clausthal; kam in Mai, 1859, nach Amerika. Vermaehlte sich am 3ten…

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Franz Fohr Biographical Notice

Franz Fohr Biographical Notice

Franz Fohr had been a long time family friend to the Eilers family, since at least 1876. He died at Karl Eilers’ home in Sea Cliff. His biographical notice was written by Walter R. Ingalls for the Engineering & Mining Journal. ================= On July 27, 1919, there passed away a simple, unassuming gentleman, who, throughout his life, allowed his intense modesty to keep himself in the background and during his later years effaced himself so thoroughly that but few of…

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Anton Eilers 1885 Dictation

Anton Eilers 1885 Dictation

In this May 30th, 1885, dictation from Anton Eilers he mentions traveling in Europe for two years. However, he wasn’t there longer than six months (Jan 1882-May 1882). I can only conclude this was a transcription error or some other mistake. The original is Hubert Howe Bancroft Collection. ========== Mr. A. Eilers So Pueblo, Colo. May 30th, 1885 Was born in Germany January 14th, 1839 and educated at the Mining Academy of Clausthal and University of Goettingen. Graduated when 20…

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English Translation of Hahn’s 1938 Article on Karl Eilers

English Translation of Hahn’s 1938 Article on Karl Eilers

Below is the letter from Karl Eilers to Maxwell Hahn about an upcoming biography by Hahn on Eilers for a German newspaper. The German version can be found here. March 15 1938 Letter from Karl to Mr. Hahn Mr. Maxwell Hahn Room 1811–570 Lexington Avenue . New York City My dear Mr. Hahn: I was much pleased with your biographical article concerning myself, and I have done as you suggested– made a few corrections in pencil; also, I am having…

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Karl Eilers’ Autobiography, May 29, 1941

Karl Eilers’ Autobiography, May 29, 1941

Karl Eilers drafted this unfinished autobiography three months prior to his death in August of 1941. =============================== My earliest recollection of where my parents [Ed Note: Anton & Elizabeth Eilers] lived about New York were in Harlem, not far from where the Third Avenue Street Car came to an end, at the Harlem Bridge. We lived in a two-story, two-family house, with Grandmother Eilers [Elizabeth Dielmann] and her daughter Emma [Ed Note: Anton’s sister, not his daughter the painter] on…

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