Box-folder 4 / 1-4
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Elk Creek corundum mine, Gallatin County (correspondents include U.S. War Production Board, Reconstruction Finance Corp., Federal Loan Agency, Metals Reserve Company, American Abrasive Company, Bausch and Lomb Optical Company, Flying D. Ranges, Inc., U.S. Bureau of Mines, George Sinton, Defense Minerals Administration; also includes Bureau of Mines reports annotated by Ropes), 1944-1951
File — box-folder: 4 / 1-4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains papers of Leverett S. Ropes concerning his mining engineering and geology consulting work and relative to his interest in political issues. The general correspondence (1928-1952) mostly concerns mines in Lewis and Clark, Jefferson, and Broadwater counties, but also includes files on the Fort Peck Dam, on Ropes' disputes with federal agencies over financing of Montana mining ventures, and on New Deal polities. It also includes letters to and from members of his...
Dates:
1944-1951