The Golden Star Mining Company was located in the Polaris-Kofa mining area, Yuma County, Arizona. In 1896 Felix Mayhew discovered a gold vein near the King of Arizona Mine, and in 1907 he sold his claim, the North Star Mine, to the Golden Star Mining Company (David M. Hyman, New York City). Operation was profitable, producing $1,000,000, but by 1911 the vein had been forced down to its economic limits. For information on this mine see Dunning, Charles H., Rock to Riches, Phoenix: Southwest Publishing Company, 1959, p. 152. This mining company had no relation to the Golden Star Mine located thirty miles north of Phoenix which was mentioned in Hinton’s Handbook of Arizona, 1878, p. 144.
The collection is divided into five series. Series 1: Operating Records; Series II: Operating Costs; Series III: Business Correspondence; Series IV: Receipts and Requisitions; Series V: Miscellaneous.
