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I saved a box of old paperwork from the dump and found some historical treasures!

I rescued a box of paperwork that was going to the dump from a Real estate clean out after bank repossession. Full of old paperwork from the mining days to find out that it had about 30 years of information from a man named W.R. Palmer who was a Arizona state senator. He was also A patented Inventor western Indian expert, A mining Engineer, and hard rock drilling expert. Also the man that patented a process he perfected turning cast iron to harder structural steel forever changing the world.

This man was also a fellow mason and friend of Howard Hughes Sr. I am in the process of writing a in depth story of W.R. Palmer and his connection to the Hughes family,

this blog is going to be to share the most amazing think that I found in this amazing box. Actual unpublished never before seen photographs of the most reclusive and important figure in american history!

Not just any pictures. Two photos taken at two major and missing points in his lifetime. The first picture of a young man not even old enough to shave shot and developed by Howard Hughes Jr. himself after his uncle taught him the art of picture development in 1917 while with his father in California after his mother passed away. Signed by Hughes in the darkroom. Sent to the one man who he felt he could trust to ask to help knowing that he was the man that helped his father at every turn building his tool empire.

After Howard Lost his father. He sent the first photograph and a letter introducing himself and asking for his help and advice in any way possible. After reading the letter asking him for help Mr. Palmer and his wife returned to Texas and moved to a House a block from the Hughes family home and helped young Howard secure his company and his rights to his fathers fortune from his uncles trying to steal his company out from him.

The second photograph was taken in 1959 by W.r. Palmer a year before he passed away and about a year and a half before the last known photograph of Howard Hughes in 1961.

I have no idea what a find of this significance is actually worth but I am showing it to you now in hopes that you could help.

These images you are about to see are unpublished and the only known photograph shot and signed by Howard Hughes himself during the developing process at the most important times in this mans life.

Remember I own the original photographs and rights to these photographs and with that said the logo used to compare signatures is the first logo made by Howard a few years after the photograph.

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Comment by Joe W. on February 21, 2017 at 9:55am: Very interesting find. Do you also have the letter he wrote?

Comment by COREY LYNCH on February 21, 2017 at 10:18am: The sad part is that letter is some where in storage after my separation my ex took the letter along with the photograph of Howard Hughes SR. Most of W.r. Palmer's mine claims a advertisement for the improved 3 cone bit design for Hughes tools the improved bit and a bunch of Senitor Palmer's paperwork. She likes to mess with me anyway possible! I do have some paperwork and the pictures of Howard Hughes junior along with detailed information regarding W.r.Palmers work like exactly where he did the drill testing In 1906-07 and again in 1917 for the three cone bit. Along with a list of projects that the Sharp-hughes bit was used on as he had at at any time a minimum of 2 bits on lease for about 20 years sending them from one project to another just changing invoice numbers for each project

Comment by sling on February 22, 2017 at 9:57am: a few stock certificates too, I hope

Comment by COREY LYNCH on February 22, 2017 at 10:13am: If I can ever get to storage that my ex is guarding like a dragon yes here with me I only have a year's worth of account reports between w.R.palmer and J.A.Minnear & company brokers showing his buy/ sale activities and old life insurance policies