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Campbell, Amasa B.

Last Name:	Campbell
First Name:	Amasa B.
Dates:	1845 - 1912 (Life/Active Dates)
Biography/History:	Amasa B. Campbell left his native Ohio in 1867 to work for the Union Pacific Railroad. After its completion in 1869, he went to Utah and became involved in mining. In 1887 he came to Spokane Falls, entered into a partnership with John A. Finch, and began investing in the Coeur d'Alene mining district. Together they developed the Gem, Standard, and Hecla mines, all of which proved to be extremely profitable. Campbell and Finch opened and developed the Enterprise and Standard mines in the Slocan district of British Columbia in 1893. They were involved in nearly every successful mining venture in the Inland Empire. Campbell invested heavily in timber in the Grays Harbor district of western Washington. He was also involved in many Spokane business enterprises, including the Washington Water Power Company, Traders National Bank, Spokane and Eastern Trust Company, Spokane International Railway, and the Spokane Southern Traction Company. At the time of his death in 1912, Campbell was one of Spokane's millionaires whose wealth had resulted from wise investments in the Coeur d'Alene mining district. Source: Nolan, Edward W. A Guide to the Manuscript Collections in the Eastern Washington State Historical Society (Spokane, WA: Eastern Washington State Historical Society, 1987).
Related Participants:	Campbell Family Campbell, Grace M. (Fox) Campbell, Helen
Related Objects:	4.1.1 (Material, Animal, Rough Abalone Shell, 1887 - 1912) 4.1.2 (Material, Animal, Red Abalone Shell, 1887 - 1912) 4.1.3 (Material, Animal, Great Pearl Oyster Shell, 1887 - 1912) 4.1.4 (Material, Animal, Painted Spondylus Shell) 4.1.5 (Material, Animal, Wavy Pomaulax Shell, 1887 - 1912) 4.1.7 (Material, Animal, Netted Olive Shell, 1887 - 1912) 4.13 (Geospecimen, Gold Specimens, 1887 - 1912) 4.210 (Geospecimen, Quartz Geode Mineral Sample from Hot Springs, Arkansas, 1887 - 1912) 4.410 (Geospecimen, Cerrusite Mineral Specimen from Coeur d'Alene District, Idaho, 1887 - 1912) 4.468 (Geospecimen, Ferrianthophyllite Mineral Specimen from Burke, Idaho, 1887 - 1912) 4.650 (Geospecimen, Pymorphite Mineral Sample from Coeur d'Alene District, Idaho, 1887 - 1912) 4.755 (Geospecimen, Chalcanthite from Coeur d'Alene District, 1887 - 1912) 4309.1 (Pillow, Persian Saddlebag Pillow, 1890-1895) Ms38 (Amasa B. Campbell Papers, 1905 - 1922)