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In 1897, the two companies were incorporated in Quebec, with White and Hotter exiting the following year. In 1899, Graves and Miner formed the Granby
Consolidated Mining & Smelting Co., which bought the Fourth of July, Victoria, Aetna, and Phoenix claims. The pair jointly owned the Old Ironsides,
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acquired a majority interest in 1904. By 1906, the Knob Hill and the Old
Ironsides workings joined underground to become a huge single network called the Granby mine, which spread into the Victoria claim that year. By 1908, Granby Consolidated owned 35 claims on the mountain, and smelter processing
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Matthew Hotter staked the Knob Hill and Old Ironsides claims respectively on what became known as Phoenix Mountain. In need of development capital, the two mines were incorporated as separate companies. In 1895, Jay Paul Graves, a Spokane-based financier, agreed to promote
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Consolidated Mining, Smelting & Power Co., which absorbed the existing Granby Consolidated, Old Ironsides, Knob Hill, and other syndicate properties, while dissolving the syndicate.
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moved ore throughout the smelter. On the mountain, the Curlew and the Gold Drop mines were acquired in 1909 and the
Snowshoe in 1913. Augmented infrastructure increased daily capacity to 3,400 tons, creating the largest copper smelter in the
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the venture for a quarter interest. He also purchased the adjoining
Victoria and Fourth of July claims. When seeking venture capital in
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243:Eastern Townships Bank
133:49.09889°N 118.59778°W
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701:. Northword Magazine.
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738:"Mountain of Copper"
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20:Granby mine
956:Categories
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175:Discovered
149:Production
121:49°05′56″N
470:Footnotes
285:Operation
228:Formation
982:Smelting
452:Granisle
331:New York
327:Brooklyn
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218:Boundary
154:Products
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64:Location
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378:. 1911.
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204:Company
170:History
94:Country
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