Louis Zeckendorf

Louis Zeckendorf (April 6, 1838 – March 11, 1937) was a Jewish German-born American merchant.

[4] The store was moderately successful; but suffered a downturn in business at the start of the Civil War.

[2] In 1865, heavy snow in the Raton Mountains caused them to lose a large amount of dry goods.

Upon improved business prospects, he went to New York City, and established a purchasing branch of the company in 1867.

Nielsen was allowed to mine and smelt ore, providing he bought supplies from L. Zeckendorf and Co., and paid a royalty of $1.25 a ton.

In April, the Imperial Copper Company of Arizona agreed to buy the mine for about $515,000 (roughly 19 million dollars in 2023).

Louis filed suit over money he believed had been defrauded from him, and the subsequent lawsuit eventually made its way to the Supreme Court of the United States, first in the 1912 term and again in the 1915 term, with the Court ultimately deciding in Louis' favor.

For thirty-five years, it had been "synonymous with enterprise, business sagacity and sterling integrity throughout the commercial world of Arizona and Northern Sonora, Mexico.