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- All Subjects: Mining
- All Subjects: Gavin, John Edward, 1884-1959
- All Subjects: Ashurst, Henry Fountain, 1874-1962
- Member of: 100 Years of Grand: The Grand Canyon Centennial Project
Letter from Mrs. B. F. Gavin to Stephen Mather regarding the sale of Bass properties to the Santa Fe Railroad Company.
Letter from Jesse L. Boyce to Jack regarding the storage of dynamite in Shoski Canyon.
Letter from Jesse L. Boyce to Jack in which he refers to W. W. Crosby as a "damn carpetbagger" and his frustration at Crosby making him out to be a "liar."
Letter from the Acting Director of the National Park to Carl Hayden assuring him that Superintendent Crosby had removed the dynamite nearby Grand Canyon Village and placed it in a safe location on the South Rim.
Letter from W. W. Bass to Carl Hayden requesting the boundaries of the park be reconsidered as a large portion of the land is suitable for mining and farming.
Letter from John Page to Carl Hayden concerning the future of property ownership within the proposed boundaries of the national park.
Letter from J. E. Gavin on behalf of Carl Hayden writing in regards to the insurance claims filed with the National Park.
Letter from W. W. Bass to Carl Hayden concerning the mining of asbestos in the Grand Canyon.
Letter from W. W. Bass to Carl Hayden urging him to visit the Grand Canyon in order to see what effect the National Park bill would have on the farmers and miners of the Grand Canyon. Bass urges Hayden to "correct a threatening evil" and the monopoly such a proposal would give to the Santa Fe Railway line, includes newspaper clipping.
Letter from attorney Thomas J. Croff to Carl Hayden informing him of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe railroad company's ownership of land inside the proposed national park boundaries.