Trout Mining Company records
Scope and Contents
Records consist of scattered correspondence (1939-1951); payroll records (1956-1959), orders for equipment and supplies (1946-1953); production records, including a hauling record (1962) and a sample book (1958) for the Blaine Mine; reports, including a report (1962) by the U. S. Bureau of Mines on the health and safety at the Algonquin Mine and Trout Mill; and miscellany, including field survey books (1936-1938).
Dates
- Creation: 1933-1962
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 Trout Mine was first developed in 1870 by the Cole Saunders Gold and Silver Mining Company. The company's manager James Patten later formed his own company the Patten Mining Company and operated the mine in the early 1900s. During World War I, the Western Ore and Mining Company produced manganese from the mine. The Trout Mining Company was incorporated under Illinois law in 1922. It was re-incorporated under New Jersey law in October 1924 and operated the mine until October 1936. In September 1936 the American Machine and Metals Manufacturing Corporation merged with Trout to form American Machine and Metals Inc. The Trout Mine became the Trout Division of the new company. The new company was headed by P.G. Mumford, while the Trout Division was managed by Charles A. Hyder. In 1947 and again in 1950 the Trout mill burned. In January 1958 a new Trout Mining Company was incorporated to take over the operation of the mine. It became inactive in 1963, though the charter did not expire until 1993.
Extent
.8 linear feet
Abstract
The Trout Mining Company produced manganese oxide for batteries. Records consist of scattered correspondence (1939-1951); payroll records (1956-1959), orders for equipment and supplies (1946-1953); production records, including a sample book (1958) for the Blaine Mine; reports; and miscellany, including field survey books (1936-1938).
Arrangement
Arranged by series.
Physical Location
15:6-1
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquisition information available upon request
Separated Materials
Some material transferred to Library. See inventory below for more information.
- Title
- Guide to the Trout Mining Company Records 1933-1962
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by MHS Staff
- Date
- 2004, 2011
- 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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