Goodhope Mining Company Records
Content Description:
Records consist of interoffice correspondence (1902-1908) with home office in St. Louis (correspondents include Paul A. Fusz, George S. Zehnder, and John R. Lucas); general correspondence (1903-1907) primarily with equipment suppliers and with ore processors; minor financial records and legal documents (1902-1903); annual reports (1903-1904) to the Secretary of State; assay and bullion reports (1902-1907); weekly reports (1902-1905, 1907) of agent John R. Lucas; and miscellany.
Dates
- Creation: 1902-1907
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 Goodhope Mining Company was incorporated under Missouri law on March 29, 1902, by a group of the major stockholders of the Granite-BiMetallic Consolidated Mining Company, including Paul Fusz, Charles D. McLure, Horace Rumsey, A.B. Ewing, L.M. Rumsey, and others. They acquired the property of the Hope Mining Company of St. Louis. The company worked the properties until it reorganized as the Hope Mining Company in 1907.
Extent
2 linear feet
Abstract
The Goodhope Mining Company was a silver mining company located in Philipsburg, Montana. Records consist of interoffice correspondence (1902-1908) with home office in St. Louis; general correspondence (1903-1907); minor financial records and legal documents (1902-1903); annual reports (1903-1904) to the Secretary of State; assay and bullion reports (1902-1907); weekly reports (1902-1905, 1907) of agent John R. Lucas; and miscellany.
Arrangement
Arranged by series.
Physical Location
15:5-4
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquisition information available upon request
- Title
- Guide to the Goodhope Mining Company Records 1902-1907
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by MHS Staff
- Date
- 2008
- 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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