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Basin Mining Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: MC-311

Content Description:

Records consist primarily of interoffice correspondence (1903-1923) and general correspondence (1903-1925). Correspondents in the home office in St. Louis include Paul A. Fusz, president; George S. Zehnder, secretary; and Charles G. Ewing, president after the death of Fusz in 1910. Major correspondents in the general office files include companies supplying equipment; mine foremen Peter F. Scherr (1907), Sam L. Clark (1908), Joseph Sorenson (1909-1910), and Charles Campp (1916); surveyor E.A. Cralle; the Forest Service; and the U.S. Land Office in Missoula. There is a file for an appeal (1907) of a U.S. Land Office ruling concerning the company's mineral entry. Financial records include assay reports, scattered bills and invoices, orders for supplies, bank deposits, time checks, etc. There is one accident report for an injured employee.

Dates

  • Creation: 1903-1925

Language of Materials

English

Conditions Governing Access

Collection open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of the Montana Historical Society. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collection. In some cases permission for use may require additional authorization from the copyright owners. For more information contact an archivist.

Biographical / Historical

The Basin Gulch Syndicate was formed by Paul A. Fusz and other St. Louis, Missouri, businessmen to develop gold placer claims in the Rock Creek drainage southwest of Philipsburg, Montana. In June 1906, the syndicate incorporated as the Basin Mining Company. Directors of the new company were Paul A. Fusz, Auguste B. Ewing, Mark Ewing, L.M. Rumsey Jr., and Joseph P. Hartnett. The company's mines were never large producers. Little work appears to have been done after 1909, although small amounts of bullion continued to be sent to the Denver Mint until 1925. By 1922 most of the stock was held by heirs of the original owners. The company dissolved in 1926 when its twenty year term of existence expired.

Extent

.6 linear feet

Abstract

The Basin Mining Company was a Granite County, Montana, gold mining company, with head offices in St. Louis, Missouri. Records include interoffice correspondence (1903-1923), general correspondence (1903-1925), records of a court case (1907), minor financial records, organizational records (1906-1922), and miscellany.

Arrangement

Arranged by series.

Physical Location

15:5-4

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Acquisition information available upon request

Title
Guide to the Basin Mining Company Records 1903-1925
Author
Finding aid prepared by MHS Staff
Date
2002
Description rules
Finding Aid Based On Dacs ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard 2nd Edition)
Language of description
English
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English.
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Repository Details

Part of the Montana Historical Society, Research Center Archives Repository

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