Mines and Mineral Resources
Found in 68 Collections and/or Records:
I.B. Mining Company records
The I.B. Mining Company, located at Bannack, Montana, was a gold mining operation incorporated in 1929 by I.B. Haviland, Carl Becker, and C.W. Stalling. In 1931 the company began quartz mining of low-grade gold ore. Collection includes incoming, outgoing, and interoffice correspondence (1929-1933) relating to the operation of the company; plus lesser amounts of financial records, organizational records, etc. The company went bankrupt in 1933.
Jumbo Mining Development Company Records
The Jumbo Mining and Development Company was a gold mining operation near White Sulphur Springs, Montana. Records (1890-1956) include minutes, bylaws, stock certificates and transfers. Also there are limited amounts of incoming correspondence and financial records. An account book includes a brief history of the company.
Patrick A. Largey Family papers
Little Ben Mining Company records
The Little Ben Mining Company was a Helena and Landusky, Montana, gold mining company, incorporated in 1932, to develop the Little Ben Quartz Lode which had been discovered in 1892. Records include general correspondence (1932-1945); financial records (1932-1945); legal documents, including an abstract of title (1892-1913); organizational materials (1932-1944) including minutes, stock books, etc.; and mint deposit reports (1933-1942).
John R. Lucas Papers
John Lucas was mine superintendent of the Granite-BiMetallic Consolidated Mining Company and other mining operations in the Philipsburg, Montana, area. Papers (1903-1916) include general correspondence with Paul A. Fusz, Charles D. McLure, and others about the operation of the mines. There are also materials on the Montana Democratic Party and the United Confederate Veterans.
Edward C. Mattox papers
Edward Mattox (1880-1894) was a Roundup, Montana, coal mine operator and owner of the K7 Ranch near Bozeman. Papers (1906-1948) consist of correspondence, financial and production records, and legal documents of Mattox, the Roundup Coal Mining Company, and the K7 Ranch.
Daniel S. McCorkle papers
Daniel McCorkle (1880-1956) was a Presbyterian minister in Sunrise, WY, and Conrad, Montana. The collection contains general correspondence (1911-1956), subject files (1910-1956), writings (1912-1953); and other materials documenting his works as a minister, social worker, educator, and socialist. There is a small subgroup about Dorothy Floerchinger's biography of McCorkle, To Speak of Love Was Not Enough.
Alexander Mckay papers
Alexander McKay (1832-1922), a Scottish immigrant, was a miner and businessman in Virginia City, Montana. Records (1857-1922) include correspondence, financial records, legal documents, and court papers for McKay's business interests including flour mills and mining claims. There are subgroups for Elling, Baker McKay (1887-1911); Mill Creek Mills (1878-1898); Caroline Hanson McKay (1877-1911); and Mary McKay Herhold Bothwell Swanze (1876-1925).
Merchants National Bank records
The Merchants National Bank of Helena, Montana, was originally established as L.H. Hershfield and Co. in Virginia City, Montana Territory, and for many years operated as L.H. Hershfield and Bro. It went into receivership in 1897. Records (1865-1903) consist of correspondence, financial records, legal documents, and organizational materials. There are subgroups for the White Sulphur Springs Association and for the United Hebrew Benevolent Association.
Mines and Mining in Montana photograph collection
This collection consists of views of Montana placer mining, hard rock mines and mills, coal mines, and kilns primarily between the years 1867 – 1920. Well-represented are early views of placer mining in Alder Gulch and in the Rimini mining district, larger-scale hard rock mining in the Marysville mining district, and mines and smelters in Butte. The collection also includes views of coal mining operations in Carbon, Fergus, Gallatin, Park, Powder River, and Sheridan counties.