RECHE, Henry C.

c.1912. Photographer unknown, “[Henry Reche in his real estate and Mariquita Mining Co. office in the Security Building],” Loras College Digital Collections, accessed April 12, 2014, https://digitalcollections.loras.edu/items/show/131.

RECHE, Henry C. In 1895 Reche was listed as the secretary of the Northern Iowa Building and Loan Association when its articles of incorporation were filed in Des Moines. (1) The company began business on January 1, 1896 in Dubuque.

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Illustration used in the filing papers for the "ore concentrator" patented in 1915.

In 1908 he was the president of the Marquita Company, a gold mining company which operated in Zacualpan, Mexico. According to one source, the company discovered a rich vein. (2) Associated with his mining activities, Reche and L. D. Chevalier of Dubuque patented an "ore concentrator" on December 27, 1915.

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Source:

1. Legislative Documents Submitted to the 27th Iowa General Assembly, Vol. 1. Des Moines: F. R. Conaway: State Printer, 1898, p. 217. Online: http://books.google.com/books?id=8Y1KAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA217&lpg=PA217&dq=HENRY+C.+RECHE+%28DUBUQUE%29&source=bl&ots=ycgGj2ESXR&sig=2DaErdabYAEEHjd52fKfHessZjg&hl=en&sa=X&ei=tElJU97pCbPlsATnpYG4Cw&ved=0CDoQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=HENRY%20C.%20RECHE%20%28DUBUQUE%29&f=false

2. The Mexican Mining Journal Vol. VII, Mexico City, Mexico, July 1908, p. 28. Online: http://books.google.com/books?id=u90-AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA4-PA28&lpg=RA4-PA28&dq=HENRY+C.+RECHE+%28DUBUQUE%29&source=bl&ots=BgqHzI490j&sig=TZ90T_71IuMh_lp3c5f2ctCTL3c&hl=en&sa=X&ei=tElJU97pCbPlsATnpYG4Cw&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=HENRY%20C.%20RECHE%20%28DUBUQUE%29&f=false