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Robert A. Bell Papers, 1887-1917
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Bell, Robert A., b. 1853.
- Title
- Robert A. Bell Papers
- Dates
-
1887-1917 (inclusive)18871917
- Quantity
- 8.5 linear feet of shelf space
- Collection Number
- MC 296
- Summary
- Robert A. Bell was a Helena, Montana, construction contractor and mine operator. This collection consists of personal and business records (1887-1917), including correspondence, financial records, legal documents, reports, and organizational records. These materials deal primarily with the Eagle's Nest Group of Claims, the East Pacific Mining Company, and the Montana-States Mining Corporation. There are small subgroups for the B & G Mining Company, the Bellmont Oil Company, and the James-Bell Concentrating Table Company. [Photographs separated to Photo Archives.]
- Repository
-
Montana Historical Society, Library & Archives
Montana Historical Society Research Center Archives
225 North Roberts
PO Box 201201
Helena MT
59620-1201
Telephone: 4064442681
Fax: 4064445297
mhslibrary@mt.gov - Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Robert A. Bell was born on August 30, 1853, in Scott County, Kentucky, the youngest of twelve children of James Franklin Bell and Mary J. (Wilson) Bell. He attended high school in Shelbyville, Kentucky, until age 17 when he went to work as a station agent for the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. In 1877 he moved to Greenville, Mississippi, where he was a foreman on a cotton plantation and then worked for a mercantile business. In 1879 he returned to Kentucky and worked briefly as a deputy sheriff before moving to Dakota Territory to work as a rodman on the Northern Pacific Railroad survey. He then took a contract to grade three miles of roadbed through the Bad Lands. He continued to work his way west in a variety of jobs along the route of the Northern Pacific until he arrived in Gardiner, Montana, in 1883. In 1885 he moved to Helena, Montana, where he worked as a bookkeeper for Larson and Keefe, contractors for the construction of the Montana Central Railroad and for the Marysville branch of the Northern Pacific. In September 1888, Bell accepted a job as bookkeeper for the Empire Mining Company in Marysville. The following spring he was promoted to mine manager, but the mines closed in October. Bell then moved to Helena and worked for several businesses until in 1892 when he founded R.A. Bell and Company and was given the contract for the construction of the county jail. After the completion of this job, Bell began operating the Little Nell Mine near Clancy. In 1896 he bought the East Pacific Mine near Winston and operated it at great profit for a number of years. In addition he developed the B and G Mine and the Eagle's Nest Mine, both on Warm Springs Creek. He later incorporated the Montana States Mining Corporation to develop his Warm Springs Creek properties. He also developed copper prospects at Delpine, near White Sulphur Springs. Around 1907, Bell's fortunes took a turn for the worse, as he ceased being able to work his mines profitably. He spent the next 10 years in a frustrating attempt to interest potential investors in or buyers of his mines. He worked through a series of mine investment firms and individuals to promote his properties with little success. In 1910 he was forced to give up his fashionable residence on Ewing Street and move into the Broadway Apartments. In addition to his Montana mining properties, Bell invested in real estate and oil lands in Aransas Pass, Texas. In late 1917 or early 1918 he moved to Aransas Pass to manage those properties. He was still living there in 1930. Robert Bell married Sallie Viley, of Scott County, Kentucky, in 1889. They had two children, Mary Louise Bell (b. 1890) and Viley Bell (b. 1892). Mary Louise married Frank Knowles. Viley attended the Montana School of Mines and went to work for his father at the East Pacific and Eagle's Nest Mines. Sallie Viley Bell died June 18, 1909. In the summer of 1910, Bell married Maud Morrison (?) of Chicago. The East Pacific Mine. west of Winston, Montana, was located by George Brooks about 1867. It was bought in 1886 by John W. Kendrick and Winston Brothers, railroad contractors. The new owners sank a new shaft and began shipping ore. From 1889 to 1895 the net value of ore shipped was over $500,000. In June 1896, Robert A. Bell bought the mine. He incorporated the East Pacific Mining Company in 1903 under Arizona laws. Under his ownership the mine produced almost $800,000.00 through 1902. It operated intermittently thereafter. The Eagle's Nest group of mines was located in the Warm Springs mining district near Alhambra, Montana. Among the claims were the Eagle's Nest, the B and G, the R.P. Bland, and 32 claims named for states. Bell acquired the group of claims and organized the Eagle's Nest Mining Company, but did little more than exploratory work on them. They showed good potential, but would require large amounts of capital to develop. To this end Bell and several prominent Helena businessmen organized the Montana-States Mining Corporation in 1911 to raise funds. They had very little success in fund-raising and the mines were never fully developed.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Collection consists predominantly of Robert A. Bell's correspondence (1907-1917) with potential investors or purchasers of his mining properties, with mining investment brokers, with managers of his properties, and with family members. In addition there is considerable correspondence with various people concerning his Aransas Pass, Texas, properties. Bell maintained close ties with several of his sisters and brothers and their children and corresponded frequently with them. He also corresponded with his son Viley concerning the management of the East Pacific and Eagle's Nest mines. Bell had a long-time interest in spiritualism and astrology and corresponded with several practitioners and counsellors. Bell did not maintain separate sets of correspondence for his different operations, so these are interfiled. In addition to the correspondence, Bell's personal papers include financial records, including a journal and a ledger (both 1899-1903), tax records, and banking records; legal documents; reports on various mines; and miscellany. There are subgroups for several of Bell's mining companies. The B and G Consolidated Mining Company subgroup includes minor financial records (1898-1910); an affidavit by William Brown concerning the value of the mine; and organizational records, including articles of incorporation (1898), minutes (1898-1899), and a blank stock certificate. The Bellmont Oil Company subgroup includes legal documents (1915-1917), stock certificates (1916) and a prospectus (1916). The East Pacific Mining Company subgroup includes interoffice correspondence (1899-1901) between mine managers L.P. Benedict and C.K. Tibbetts and company president Robert A. Bell. The correspondence during the spring of 1900 includes considerable discussion of relations with the local union of the Western Federation of Miners. In addition, there are assay reports; financial records, including a cash book, a journal and a ledger (all 1899-1903); legal documents; organizational records including articles of incorporation (1903), bylaws, and a stockholder list; production records, including ore returns from several smelters, and a statement of ore shipments from 1887 through 1902; and reports, including prospectuses and several reports on the mine. The James-Bell Concentrating Table Company subgroup includes outgoing correspondence (1898-1900); minor financial records; articles of incorporation (1897-1899); and a patent statement by Ulysses S. James. The Montana-States Mining Corporation subgroup contains financial records, including a journal and a ledger (both 1909-1913), and payroll vouchers (1912); legal documents (1911-1917); maps; organizational records, including articles of incorporation and a stockholder list; reports on the Eagle's Nest Group of Mines; and clippings. [Photographs were removed to Photo Archives. OVERSIZED MATERIALS.]
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection
Robert A. Bell Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Biographical Material
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Box/Folder | ||
1 / 1 | Miscellaneous (includes
Progressive Men of Montana article, Metalliferous Deposits of the Greater
Helena Mining Region, Montana" article, letters, notes, etc.) |
1902-1933, n.d. |
General Correspondence
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
1 / 2 | J.P. Acoam (Spokane,
Wash.) |
1914-1915 |
1 / 3 | Frank O. Adams (Spokane,
Wash.: re Aransas Pass oil and East Pacific Mine) |
1916-1917 |
1 / 4 | Walter H. Aldridge (New
York, N.Y.: re Peacock Mine) |
1914 |
1 / 5 | E.C. Allen (Spokane,
Wash.) |
1910-1911 |
1 / 6 | Ira M. Alling (Sidney,
Mont.: partner in Montana- States Mining Company) |
1911-1917 |
1 / 7 | J.S. Alling (Duluth,
Minn.) |
1910-1912, 1917 |
1 / 8 | American Adjusting
Association (re W.E. Thistlewaite claim) |
1913 |
1 / 9 | American Mining Congress
|
1907-1912 |
1 / 10 | American Smelting and
Refining Company (F.M. Smith) |
1908-1914 |
1 / 11 | Anaconda Copper Mining
Company |
1910-1917 |
1 / 12 | Anderson Brothers and
Company, Investments |
1908-1909 |
1 / 13 | Aransas Pass Oil Company
(Aransas Pass, Tex.: W.F. Steagall; see also his folder) |
1915 |
1 / 14-16 | Aransas Pass Realty
Company (Aransas Pass, Tex.: O.C. McLeod) |
1913-1915 |
1 / 17 | Alfred D. Arundel
(Minneapolis, Minn.) |
1909-1911 |
1 / 18 | A (corresponents include
William Wallace Aber, Ben Adamson, J.M. Adamson, A.M. Alderson, William R.
Allen, Amalgamated Copper Mining Company, American Radiator Company, American
Rotary Tunnel Machine and Development Company, Andrews Heating Company, Aransas
Pass Progress, Alfred Arnold, Charles Arpin) |
1907-1915 |
1 / 19 | S.C. Baldwin (Salt Lake
City, Utah) |
1913 |
1 / 20 | Mike Barrett (Alhambra,
Mont.) |
1912-1916 |
1 / 21 | John G. Barry (El Paso,
Tex.) |
1913-1915 |
1 / 22 | Max Baumgarter (Liston
Mining Company, Spokane, Wash.) |
1915 |
1 / 23 | Ed Beadle (Marysville,
Mont.: re Empire Mine) |
1908, 1913 |
1 / 24 | G.E. Beauchamp (New
York, N.Y.: graphologist) |
1912 |
1 / 25 | Frank Bell (Saltese,
Mont.: brother) |
1908-1916 |
1 / 26 | J.F. "Frank" Bell (U.S.
War Dept.) |
1907-1911 |
2 / 1-3 | Richard W. "Dick" Bell
(nephew) |
1907-1916 |
2 / 4-6 | Viley Bell (son)
|
1911-1917 |
2 / 7 | Bell (correspondents
include Annie Bell, C.E. Bell, Clarence Bell, F.M. Bell and Company, W. Henry
Bell, John Victor Bell, Mary Bell, Robert N. Bell, Scott Bell) |
1908-1915 |
2 / 8 | Martin Benson (Salt Lake
City, Utah) |
1907-1908 |
2 / 9 | J.H. Bigger (New York,
N.Y.: mining broker) |
1903, 1907-1908 |
2 / 10 | W.A. Black (Livingston,
Mont.) |
1914 |
2 / 11-12 | J.N. Blair (Portland,
Ore.: investments) |
1914-1915 |
2 / 13 | C.Y. Boardman (Chicago,
Ill.: real estate investment) |
1914-1915 |
2 / 14 | Ivan M. Brandt (Spokane,
Wash.) |
1914-1915 |
2 / 15 | J.F. Brazleton (Butte,
Mont.) |
1909-1916 |
2 / 16 | Broadwater County
offices |
1908-1915 |
2 / 17 | D.D. Bryant (Sun Center
Publishing Company: re spiritualism and regeneration movement) |
1911-1916 |
2 / 18 | Calvin Bullock (Denver,
Colo.: investments) |
1913 |
2 / 19-21 | S.A. Burr (re East
Pacific Mine, Bannack Gold Mining Company) |
1912-1917 |
2 / 22 | Burton and Danforth
(includes long report on Aransas Pass oil situation) |
1908-1916 |
2 / 23 | Businessmen's Clearing
House (Denver, Colo.) |
1907, 1910 |
3 / 1 | B (correspondents
include Dan P. Bagnell and Company, George S. Bailey, George Ballentine,
Bellmont Oil Company, Benevolent Paternal Order of Elks, Bennett Tunnel and
Machine Company, Boulder Monitor [C.E. Trescott], Josiah Bowden Jr., H.N.
Bowen, Breitung and Company, T.M. Brennan, J. Watson Buford, Helen Rash
Burleigh, Alex Burrell, Butte and Superior Copper Company, Owen Byrnes)
|
1907-1915 |
3 / 2 | Miles J. Cavanagh
(Butte, Mont.) |
1914-1915 |
3 / 3 | E.M. Chester (re B &
G group of mines) |
1908-1910, 1913 |
3 / 4 | Chicago House Wrecking
Company (re salvage machinery) |
1907-1910 |
3 / 5 | John F. Coates (Seattle,
Wash.: mining engineer) |
1914-1917 |
3 / 6 | Grenville A. Collins
(Spokane, Wash.: mining engineer) |
1912 |
3 / 7 | Columbia Agencies, Ltd.
(Revelstoke, B.C.: mining broker) |
1908 |
3 / 8 | Frank Conley (Deer
Lodge, Mont.: re attempted sale of his farm) |
1908 |
3 / 9-10 | S.J. Conn (Aransas Pass,
Tex.: re lots) |
1908-1913 |
3 / 11 | James B. Cook (Los
Angeles, Calif.: mining investments) |
1912-1913 |
3 / 12 | Copper King Mining and
Smelting Company (Mullan, Idaho: H.W. Ingalls) |
1917 |
3 / 13 | E.M. Cox (Seattle,
Wash.: re oil lands) |
1914-1915 |
3 / 14 | William L. Creden
(Butte, Mont.: mining engineer) |
1907-1917 |
3 / 15-17 | Jerry Culbertson (Kansas
City, Mo.,: re Eagle's Nest Mines and Aransas Pass) |
1910-1917 |
3 / 18 | Clarence Cunningham
(Seattle, Wash.) |
1913 |
3 / 19-20 | C (correspondents
include Chris Cahill, E.H. Caldwell and Son, John W. Callinan, G.A. Canby, C.T.
Carnihan Manufacturing Company, B.J. Carney and Company, George H. Casey, F.F.
Christman, J.P. Christopher, C.C. Clapp and Company, Charles J. Clark, W.H.
Clark, Collier's, J.J. Connelly, W.G. Conrad, Conrey Placer Mining Company,
George B. Conway, A.B. Cook, Copper Miner, J.J. Cusick, W.A. Cutler)
|
1907-1917 |
4 / 1 | J.S. Day (Alhambra,
Mont.: re Eagle's Nest Group of Mines) |
1911-1912 |
4 / 2 | Lee Dever (Jefferson
City, Mont.) |
1914 |
4 / 3 | J.C. and J.J. Donnelly
(Spokane, Wash.: Union Securities Company) |
1912-1913 |
4 / 4 | R.H. Duggins (Marshall,
Mo.: re Presley Peak Estate) |
1911 |
4 / 5 | C.R. Dunn and Mrs. C.R.
Dunn (re possible sale of East Pacific Mine) |
1912-1914 |
4 / 6 | D (correspondents
include Maria M. Dean, R.B. Dear, Lewis DeMars, W.H. Dickinson, Almon P. Dodge,
Peter Dowling, S.H. Dunlop, J.L. Dunman, Mathew Dunn) |
1907-1917 |
4 / 7 | Frank S. Earnest (Avon,
Mont.; Spokane, Wash.) |
1914-1915 |
4 / 8 | Henry J. Earnest (Avon,
Mont.; Chicago, Ill.) |
1914-1915 |
4 / 9 | William A. Eaton
(Duluth, Minn.) |
1912-1917 |
4 / 10-11 | R.L. Edmiston (Spokane,
Wash.: re Henry Lancaster's operatiion of East Pacific Mine) |
1912-1914, 1917 |
4 / 12 | Eugene Edwards (Denver,
Colo.; Boston, Mass.) |
1916-1917 |
4 / 13 | J.C. Eisenman (Thompson
Falls, Mont.) |
1907-1914 |
4 / 14 | J.B. Eldridge (Boise,
Idaho) |
1915 |
4 / 15 | Judson A. Elliott
(Pasadena, Calif.) |
1908 |
4 / 16 | Charles Ellsberry (Los
Angeles, Calif.: metallurgist) |
1913 |
4 / 17 | Homer E. Emerson
(Corbin, Mont.: Boston and Corbin Copper and Silver Mining Company)
|
1912-1913 |
4 / 18 | E (correspondents
include Eagle's Nest Group of Mines, E.P. Earle, Lucian Eaves, T.S. Eckholm,
G.S. Edmondstone, Frank Eichelberger, Walter E. Ellsworth, L.W. Ely, Eureka
Drill Steel Company, John M. Evans) |
1907-1916 |
4 / 19 | W.C. Fenlon (Alhambra,
Mont.) |
1913-1915 |
4 / 20 | C.W. Fleming (Clancy,
Elliston, & Helena, Mont.) |
1908-1915 |
4 / 21 | James L. Ford (Spokane,
Wash.: mining broker) |
1911 |
4 / 22 | W.F. Foster (Helena,
Mont., Spokane, Wash.) |
1911-1914 |
4 / 23 | W.A. Franklin (Butte,
Mont.) |
1908-1909 |
4 / 24 | French American Mining
Company (re East Pacific Mine) |
1908 |
4 / 25 | F (correspondents
include Farmers Bank and Trust Company, Georgetown, Ky.; Fiduciary Company;
J.D. Fields, Finley-Cook and Company, Martin Fishback, A.J. Fisk Jr., Foos Gas
Engine Company, William Forlander, W.A. Forrester, Fort Wayne Electric Works,
L.C. Fredricks) |
1906-1917 |
4 / 26 | I.E. Garrett (Spokane,
Wash.) |
1910-1911 |
4 / 27 | P.L. Gervais (Anaconda,
Mont.: mining geologist) |
1917 |
4 / 28 | E.F. Gilbert (Alhambra,
Mont.) |
1912-1914 |
4 / 29 | Edward J. Gilbert (Los
Angeles, Calif.: mining broker re East Pacific Mine) |
1916-1917 |
4 / 30 | James L. Glasscock
(Indianapolis, Ind.: mining broker) |
1911 |
4 / 31 | Roy S. Goodrich
(Phoenix, Ariz.) |
1907-1917 |
4 / 32 | James G. Graham (Butte,
Mont.: re machinery) |
1907-1912 |
4 / 33 | F.L. Gregory (Bluefield,
W.Va., Cincinnati, Ohio) |
1907-1912 |
4 / 34 | Guggenheim Exploration
Company |
1915 |
5 / 1 | G (correspondents
include Galen & Mettler, John Gillie, A.J. Gillis, John N. Glass, E.H.
Goodman, Charles T. Goodsell, William F. Goos [Goss?], Adolph Gortsmoller, Sam
Goza, Willy A.E. Graff, Gram & Hull, Granite-BiMetallic Consolidated Mining
Company [John R. Lucas], Great Falls Power Company [Max Hebgen], Thomas L.
Greenough, F.L. Gregory, Thomas Grimes, W.F. Groggin, Arthur Groom, A.J. Grub,
Guaranty Title Company) |
1908-1916 |
5 / 2 | Albert and John Haas
(Winston, Mont.) |
1910-1917 |
5 / 3 | George Haldorn (Butte,
Mont.) |
1914-1917 |
5 / 4 | Samuel Halley (nephew,
re Eagle's Nest Group and East Pacific Mine) |
1910-1913 |
5 / 5 | Hallidie Company
(Spokane, Wash.: machinery) |
1913, 1917 |
5 / 6 | Daniel Hanley (Butte,
Mont.: Baltimore Mining and Development Company) |
1907 |
5 / 7 | A.L. Harris (Winston,
Mont.: operating East Pacific Mine) |
1909-1917 |
5 / 8-9 | C.E. Heidel
(Minneapolis, Minn.: financial agent) |
1912 |
5 / 10 | H.R. Herival (Boulder,
Colo.) |
1911-1915 |
5 / 11 | Marcus L. Hewett; Hewett
State Bank (Basin, Mont.) |
1908-1910, 1916-1917 |
5 / 12 | A.L. Hinman (Alhambra,
Mont.) |
1915-1917 |
5 / 13 | Edwin O. Holter (New
York, N.Y.) |
1907-1908 |
5 / 14 | Fred Hooper (Butte,
Mont.) |
1908, 1910 |
5 / 15 | M.S. Hosea (Spokane,
Wash.) |
1915-1916 |
5 / 16 | Charles V. Huxley (White
Sulphur Springs, Mont.: includes reports on East Pacific Mine and Thompson
Gulch mines) |
1913-1914 |
5 / 17 | H (correspondents
include J.D. Hall, Hammon Engineering Company, D.H. Hanson, J.C. Hardie,
Charles S. Hartman, J.M. Head, Health By Mail Inc., F. Augustus Heinze, Francis
J. Heney, Thomas Hodgens, Joe Hodgson, William Holbrook, William L. Holloway,
H.A. Horsfall, W.A. Howard) |
1907-1917 |
5 / 18 | Ideal Heating Company
(Oskaloosa, Iowa) |
1908 |
5 / 19 | Ingersoll-Rand Company
|
1907-1917 |
5 / 20 | International Bankers
Alliance (J.A. Dent; S. Howard Leech) |
1911 |
5 / 21 | I (correspondents
include International Mining Bureau, International Mining Congress)
|
1902, 1912-1913 |
5 / 22 | Ralph M. Jacoby (New
York, N.Y.) |
1910 |
5 / 23 | Jefferson County offices
|
1907-1917 |
5 / 24 | J (correspondents
include D.C. Jackling, C.S. Jackman Company, Jackson's Real Estate Directory,
Alpha A. Jefferson, Jexite Powder Company, B.F. Johnson) |
1908-1917 |
6 / 1 | Keating Gold Mining
Company (M.D. Graves) |
1910-1912 |
6 / 2 | Del Keith (Butte, Mont.)
|
1911-1913 |
6 / 3 | George W. King (Aransas
Pass, Tex.; San Diego, Calif.) |
1907, 1915-1916 |
6 / 4 | Frank and Mary Louise
Knowles (daughter and son-in-law) |
1912-1917 |
6 / 5 | K (correspondents
include George W. Kates, enclosing list of spiritualists in Helena, J.M.
Kenedy, Thomas W. Kerrigan, J.Y. Kessler, E.W. King, H.A. Kingsbury, John N.
Kirk, M.E. Knowles, Frank Kucera, T.C. Kurtz) |
1907-1917 |
6 / 6 | Henry M. Lancaster
(lessee, East Pacific Mine) |
1911-1913 |
6 / 7 | H.A. Langford (Salt Lake
City, Utah: re Aransas Pass oil) |
1915 |
6 / 8 | John N. Larson
(Titusville, Pa.: astrologer) |
1912-1916 |
6 / 9 | A.A "Bert" Lathrop
(Medford, Ore.) |
1917 |
6 / 10-14 | S. Howard Leech
(Orogrande, N.M.: re Eagle's Nest Group; formation of Montana States Mining
Company) |
1910-1914 |
6 / 15 | J. George Leyner
Engineering Works Company (Littleton, Colo.) |
1910 |
6 / 16 | Lyman U. Loomis
(Philipsburg, Mont.) |
1908, 1913-1915 |
6 / 17 | Horace F. Lunt (Colorado
Springs, Colo.: re Wilson Bar property) |
1915 |
6 / 18 | W.M. Luther (Spokane,
Wash.: re East Pacific Mine) |
1913 |
6 / 19 | F.P. Lyons (Meaderville,
Mont.) |
1917 |
6 / 20 | Mae Lyons [Mrs. J.H.]
(Deer Lodge, Mont.: re her mines) |
1912-1913 |
6 / 21 | L (correspondents
include Edmond Lachapell, Henry C. Langrehr, Bert C. Lanning, L.R. Latrobe,
Thomas W. Lawson, John H. Leavell, Lee Brothers, Alexander Leggat, Alex B.
Lehman, Mark T. Leonard and Company, Frank P. Lindsay, Thayer Lindsley,
Llewellyn College of Astrology, Richard A. Lockey, Philip J. Lonergan, J. Henry
Longmaid, Edward Loose, P.H. Lund, Ed D. Lunt |
1912-1913 |
7 / 1 | R.B. MacGregor (Winston,
Mont.: re East Pacific Mine) |
1914-1915 |
7 / 2 | Makeever Brothers
(Chicago, Ill.: gold and silver mines) |
1910, 1913 |
7 / 3 | Marion Steam Shovel
Company (Marion, Ohio) |
1914-1915 |
7 / 4 | Matheson Vredenburgh
Realty Company (Billings, Mont.: re land near Miles City; correspondents
include James B. Vredenburgh and S.P. Panton) |
1916-1917 |
7 / 5 | J.H. and Frances McCabe
(Wickes and Butte, Mont.) |
1910-1911 |
7 / 6 | J.B. McCampbell (Goliad
and San Antonio, Tex.) |
1909-1917 |
7 / 7 | Jerry McCarthy (Butte,
Mont.) |
1913 |
7 / 8-9 | John T. McClure (Denver,
Colo.: mining broker re attempts to sell East Pacific Mine) |
1911-1912, 1915 |
7 / 10 | O.C. McLeod (San
Antonio, Tex.: see also Aransas Pass Realty Company) |
1916-1917 |
7 / 11 | Pat Meany (Butte, Mont.)
|
1912 |
7 / 12 | Frank W. and Henry G.
Merritt (Minneapolis, Minn.) |
1907-1908 |
7 / 13 | Albert A. Miller (New
York, N.Y.: mining broker) |
1911-1913 |
7 / 14 | Julius P. Miner
(Minneapolis, Minn.: re Arabi Lode) |
1907-1915 |
7 / 15 | Mining and Engineering
World (Lyman A. Sisley) |
1908-1915 |
7 / 16 | G.N. Mires (Winston,
Mont.: merchant) |
1912-1917 |
7 / 17 | John W. Mitchell
(Columbus, Ohio: re unidentified mining property) |
1913-1914 |
7 / 18 | M.E. Moore (Warren,
Idaho) |
1915 |
7 / 19 | Maud L. Morrison [?]
(second wife) |
1910-1911 |
7 / 20 | Charles S. Muffly
(Winston, Mont.) |
1910-1917 |
7 / 21 | J.W. Murphy (Rossland,
B.C.) |
1908-1909 |
7 / 22 | Ma (correspondents
include Mammoth Mine, B.D. Marcy, A.W. Martin, Allen C. Mason, Walter Matheson,
Bert Mathews, John Mathews, Maudlow Cattle Company, Lowndes Maury, J.J. May,
C.A. Maydwell) |
1908-1917 |
7 / 23 | Mc and Mac
(correspondents include John McBride, J.C. McCarthy, R.L. McCoun, A.A.
McDonald, J.W. McDonald, W. Ross MacDonald, W.W. McDowell, Mrs. H. McEvoy, Pat
McGaw, John MacGinnis, Daniel McInnis, James H. McMenemin) |
1907-1917 |
7 / 24 | Me-My (correspondents
include George Melton, Henry A. Meyer, Court Meyers, E.D. Middlekauff, Charles
Miller, A. Milne and Company, Mines Exploration and Development Company, Mines
Finance Company, Mining and Scientific Press, N.S. Mitchell, Modern Electric
Light and Power Company, P.J. Monaghan, M.V. Moneaux, Montana Iron Works,
Montana Mine Owners' and Operators' Association, Montana-States Mining
Corporation, George W. Morgan, John G. Morony, W.G. Motley and Company, Martin
Mulvahill, Mike Murray, Peter Mussigbrod, William Muth, R.D. Myles)
|
1899-1900, 1907-1910 |
7 / 25 | New York Life Insurance
Company (re policy of Richard W. Bell) |
1907-1908, 1911 |
7 / 26 | William A. Nicholls
(Spokane, Wash.: mining broker) |
1912-1913 |
7 / 27 | W.H. Nichols (Butte,
Mont.: mining broker) |
1911-1914 |
7 / 28 | J.L. Norman (Duluth,
Minn.: mining broker) |
1912-1913 |
7 / 29 | George J. Novak
(Rossland, B.C.) |
1908 |
7 / 30 | Robert G. and Lydia
Nuckles (sister and brother-in-law) |
1898, 1900, 1912-1913 |
8 / 1 | N (correspondents
include National Bank of Montana, National Park Seminary, National Powder
Company, Henry Neill, John S.M. Neill, Andrew Nelson, C.C. Newman, Bernard
Noon, Edwin L. Norris, North Butte Mining Company [John D. Pope], L.C. Noyes)
|
1907-1917 |
8 / 2 | John O'Conner (Townsend,
Mont.) |
1913 |
8 / 3 | O (correspondents
include Oglebay, Norton and Company; Oil Well Supply Company; L.H. Olsson;
Opher Dredging Company; G.N. Oppenheimer; Opportunities; G.A. Overstrom)
|
1908-1917 |
8 / 4 | Pandiculator Company
(David Bertram Cropp: re stretching machine) |
1914-1917 |
8 / 5 | Passmore and Company
(Butte, Mont.: Charles S. Passmore re surety bonds) |
1909, 1915 |
8 / 6 | William M. Peak
(Georgetown, Ky.: re Presley Peak Estate) |
1910-1915 |
8 / 7 | William Peck (Sicily
Island, La.: re Presley Peak Estate) |
1913 |
8 / 8 | Petterson, Dinsmore
Company (Chicago, Ill.: Samuel Dinsmore) |
1914-1915 |
8 / 9 | A.C.C. Pfuhl (Butte,
Mont.) |
1913 |
8 / 10 | Albert H. Postel (New
York, N.Y.: astrologer) |
1907 |
8 / 11 | Progressive Thinker
|
1907-1917 |
8 / 12 | Joseph C. Pyle (Butte,
Mont.) |
1911, 1917 |
8 / 13 | P-Q (correspondents
include A.L. Palmer, Panhandle Smelting Company, Norton Parsons, Pearson-Taft
Land Company, D.R. Peeler, A.A. Pelletier, P.F. Pettibone and Company
Lithographers, B.D. Phillips, Phoenix Assurance Company, Norman S. Poole, James
P. Porter, Power Equipment Company, Mrs. M.E. Pruett, Psycho Success Club,
Quentin Investment Company, J.M. Quirk) |
1907-1917 |
8 / 14 | William Q. Ranft
(Missoula, Mont.) |
1912 |
8 / 15-16 | George W. Ray (Clancy,
Mont.; Chicago, Ill.; Gary, Ind.: mining broker, re Edelweiss Mining Company
and Silversmith Mining Company) |
1907-1916 |
8 / 17 | Ellis D. Read (Deer
Lodge, Mont.: re mining schemes of Mrs. Mae Lyons) |
1914-1915 |
8 / 18 | E. Reese (sister)
|
1907-1911 |
8 / 19 | Reid, Ltd. (Newark,
N.J.) |
1911-1912 |
8 / 20 | H.K. Reynolds (Ft.
Wayne, Ind.: re B & G Mine and East Pacific Mine) |
1908-1909 |
8 / 21 | Frank E. Richards
(Wickes, Mont.; Omaha, Nebr.: Corbin Copper Company) |
1910-1913 |
8 / 22 | D.A. Richardson
(Spokane, Wash.: re sale of ranch at Deer Lodge) |
1908-1911 |
8 / 23 | Albert E. Ritchie (York
and Delpine, Mont.: includes report on copper properties at Delpine)
|
1914 |
8 / 24 | R.A. Rittenhousee
(Bozeman, Mont.) |
1912-1915 |
8 / 25 | C.A. Roberts (Los
Angeles, Calif.: Brock and Company) |
1912 |
8 / 26 | Nesbit Rochester (Butte,
Mont.) |
1907-1913 |
8 / 27 | Oscar Rohn (Butte,
Mont.: re Wilson Bar) |
1914-1915 |
8 / 28 | Leverett S. Ropes
(Helena, Mont.: mining engineer) |
1907-1917 |
8 / 29 | L.G. Rowen (Clancy,
Mont.: re Mocking Bird Mine) |
1906-1908 |
8 / 30-32 | Dennis Ryan (Mullan,
Idaho: re Gold Hunter Mine) |
1910-1917 |
8 / 33 | R (correspondents
include W.B. Raleigh, S.T. Reed, J.T. Resch, Frank Reynolds, Oscar J. Reynolds,
J.H. Rhodes, M.L. Rickman, W.A. Ridgway, D.M. Riordan, Rockport Oil Company,
Julius Rodman, Alton Rogers, George O. Rogers, Jesse B. Roote, J.B. Rossman,
P.L. Roth, A.A. Rowan, Anna M. Rummel, J.M. Ryan) |
1907-1917 |
9 / 1 | San Particio County,
Tex. offices |
1906-1916 |
9 / 2 | Sanford-Day Iron Works
|
1911-1912 |
9 / 3 | Fred A. Savage and
Company (Minneapolis, Minn.: real estate) |
1911-1917 |
9 / 4 | John P. Schmit (First
National Bank of Lewistown) |
1910-1916 |
9 / 5 | W.E. Schoppe (Salt Lake
City, Utah: Paul & Schoppe mining development) |
1914-1915 |
9 / 6 | R.F. Scott (Butte,
Mont.) |
1916-1917 |
9 / 7 | J.N. Sechrest and
Company (Buffalo, N.Y.: stockbroker) |
1912-1915 |
9 / 8 | G.L. Sheldon (Ely, Nev.:
re Golden Cloud, East Pacific, Wilson Bar, etc.) |
1915, 1917 |
9 / 9 | F.W. Sherman (Park City,
Utah) |
1908-1910 |
9 / 10 | John H. Simpson (Butte,
Mont.) |
1912-1916 |
9 / 11 | Stiles Slossen
(Jefferson City, Mont.: real estate and mining) |
1911-1912 |
9 / 12 | Harvey P. Smith (Duluth,
Minn.) |
1912 |
9 / 13 | W.A. Smith (Harrisburg,
Pa.: potential investor) |
1912 |
9 / 14 | L.A. Snyder (Spokane,
Wash.) |
1914 |
9 / 15 | George A. Sonnemann
(Spokane, Wash.: mining engineer) |
1907-1910 |
9 / 16-18 | South Texas Land Company
(Corpus Christie, Tex.: A.H. Meuly) |
1914-1917 |
9 / 19 | A.B. Spencer and Company
(New York, N.Y.: investments) |
1907-1908 |
9 / 20 | John H. Spring
(Cassville, N.Y.: re East Pacific Mine) |
1908 |
9 / 21-22 | E.J. Staten (Chicago,
Ill.: agent trying to sell Bell's mining properties) |
1912-1917 |
9 / 23 | W.F. Steagall (Aransas
Pass Oil Company) |
1914-1917 |
9 / 24 | A.M. Stevens Company
(Missoula, Mont.: real estate) |
1909 |
9 / 25 | G.W. Stevens Company
(Colorado Springs, Colo.) |
1908-1909 |
9 / 26 | W.R.C. Stewart (Bozeman,
Mont.) |
1914-1917 |
9 / 27 | C.R. Stranahan (Boulder,
Mont.) |
1905-1911 |
9 / 28 | Mike Sullivan (Alhambra,
Mont.) |
1909-1916 |
9 / 29 | John C. Swalm (Chicago,
Ill.: agent to sell Bell properties; includes much information on
Montana-States Mining Corporation) |
1913 |
9 / 30 | Lola Swilling (Los
Angeles, Calif.: psychic) |
1912-1917 |
10 / 1 | Switzer, Stackhouse and
Company (Utica, N.Y.) |
1910-1911 |
10 / 2 | Sa-Sn (correspondents
include S.H. Supply Company, William Scallon, Rupert Schmid, Otto Schoenfelt,
John Schrener, J.C. Schug, Scott Drill Company, J.S. Scott and Company, L.W.
Scott, A.W. Shaw Company; Charles A. Singer Jr., J.M. Smith) |
1907-1917 |
10 / 3 | So-Sy (correspondents
include Society of Silent Unity, Southwestern Utahnite Safety Powder Company,
Samuel Southworth, Souvenir Gold Mining Company, Joseph F. Spellman, A.E.
Spriggs, O.W. Stanghour, Sterling Debenture Corporation, Fred C. Stevens,
Teresa Stockman, C.H. Stokes, Strasburger and Gage, System Magazine)
|
1907-1917 |
10 / 4 | Oscar J. Taeuber (La
Crosse, Wisc.) |
1907 |
10 / 5 | John L. Templeman
(Butte, Mont.: re East Pacific Mine) |
1917 |
10 / 6 | A.L. Thorn (Clancy,
Mont.: re East Pacific Mine and Mocking Bird Mine) |
1907-1917 |
10 / 7 | Nelson C. Titus
(Spokane, Wash.: mining engineer) |
1908-1915 |
10 / 8 | Charles A. Tyrrell (New
York, N.Y.: Tyrell's Hygienic Institute) |
1910 |
10 / 9 | T (correspondents
include H.A. Taylor, Terrell Well Company, T.H. Thain, Fred J. Thomas, E.C.
Thompson Auto Company, William S. Thyng, S.B. Tincher, N.B. Torrey, Josiah H.
Trerise, Hermes Trismegistus re "Trois Fontaine: The Triple Fountain", G.M.
Tuxbury, Dudley A. Tyng and Company, J.S. Tyree) |
1907-1917 |
10 / 10 | William C. Underhill
(Butte, Mont.) |
1917 |
10 / 11 | U.S. Geological Survey
|
1908-1915 |
10 / 12 | U.S. [miscellaneous
agencies] |
1908-1917 |
10 / 13 | U (correspondents
include Underwood Whip Company, Union Construction Company, United States
Smelting Company, Unity School of Christianity, University of Montana, Utah
Copper Company) |
1905-1917 |
10 / 14 | Guy M. Vail (Portland,
Ore.) |
1914 |
10 / 15-16 | Lee P. Viley (Kansas
City, Mo.: brother-in-law re inheritance from Presley L. Peak Estate)
|
1907, 1910-1913 |
10 / 17 | Willa W. Viley (St.
Louis, Mo.) |
1906-1913 |
10 / 18 | L. Vogelstein and
Company (New York, N.Y.) |
1910, 1914 |
10 / 19 | V (correspondents
include E.E. Van Dyke, T.A. Varden, R.F. Veitch, J.H. Vivian, Clarence Vliet,
Ed Vosberg) |
1907-1917 |
10 / 20 | George Walker (Spokane,
Wash.) |
1912 |
10 / 21 | James Walker (Bozeman,
Mont.) |
1915, 1917 |
10 / 22-23 | George W. Walrond
(Denver, Colo.: astrologer) |
1913-1917 |
10 / 24 | Charles S. Warren
(Butte, Mont.) |
1912-1913 |
10 / 25 | Weber Gas Engine Company
(Kansas City, Mo.) |
1907-1908 |
10 / 26 | Howard Welch (Bingham
Canyon, Utah) |
1911-1912 |
10 / 27 | Patrick Welch (Spokane,
Wash.: railroad contractor) |
1907 |
10 / 28 | C.F. Wenham (Chicago,
Ill.) |
1909 |
10 / 29 | Western Sales Agency
(Minneapolis, Minn.) |
1914 |
11 / 1 | Western Utahnite Safety
Powder Company |
1912-1914 |
11 / 2 | Marsden E. Weston
(Denver, Colo.: mining broker) |
1916-1917 |
11 / 3 | John deBerry Wheeler
(Aransas Pass, Tex.) |
1913-1915 |
11 / 4 | T.B. Wheeler (Aransas
Pass, Tex.) |
1906, 1908 |
11 / 5 | John A.J. Whipple
(Chicago, Ill.) |
1911 |
11 / 6 | J.M. Wilcox (re East
Pacific Mine) |
1911 |
11 / 7 | H.T. Wilkinson
(Missoula, Mont.: mining investments) |
1910 |
11 / 8 | A.W. Williams
(Ingleside, Tex.: re lots) |
1908 |
11 / 9 | W.W. Williams
(Philipsburg, Mont.) |
1914-1915 |
11 / 10 | C.B. Wilson (Smithfield,
Ky.: nephew) |
1910-1915 |
11 / 11 | C.E. Wilson (Great
Falls, Mont.) |
1916 |
11 / 12 | E.H. Wilson (Butte,
Mont.) |
1911-1917 |
11 / 13 | George W. Winter (Butte,
Mont.) |
1912-1915 |
11 / 14 | Walter W. Wishon (Los
Angeles, Calif.: mining engineer) |
1912, 1914 |
11 / 15 | T.C. Witherspoon (Butte,
Mont.: Murray Hospital) |
1911 |
11 / 16-17 | N. Wittner (Spokane,
Wash.: re East Pacific Mine and Northern Pacific land exchange) |
1911-1917 |
11 / 18 | F.M. Woods (Colorado
Springs, Colo.: Western Financing Corporation) |
1915 |
11 / 19 | Wa-We (correspondents
include Maggie Waite, Frank Walker, L.A. Walker, William E. Wallace, A.J.
Walrath, Thomas J. Walsh, William K. Ward, Howard K. Welch, Carl Wehngren,
Western Mining Supply Company) |
1907-1917 |
11 / 20 | Wh-Wr (correspondents
include F.E. Whitehead, Fred Whiteside, J.B. Whitson, Joseph A. Widmer, George
H. Wiley, M.I. Wilson, Winston Brothers, Philip Wiseman, Witherby and Green,
Witte Iron Works Company, Joseph Wood, I.J. Woodworth, S.A. Worcester, H.W.
Wright) |
1898, 1907-1917 |
11 / 21 | Charles R. Young
(Spokane, Wash.: East Pacific Mine) |
1915 |
11 / 22 | Y (correspondents
include Samuel Yardley, H.P. Young, Yuba Construction Company) |
1910-1914 |
11 / 23 | F.J. Zimmerman
(Ingleside, Tex.: re cutting timber on Bell's land) |
1908 |
11 / 24 | Z (correspondents
include Henry Zachery, H.S. Zartoon, H.J. Zayas; unidentified) |
1908, 1912-1917, n.d. |
11 / 25 | Manganese: A-H
(correspondents include American Manganese Steel Manufacturing Company, Howard
A. Broughton, Carnegie Steel Company, Humphrey Courtney, Foote Mineral Company,
Harshaw Fuller and Goodwin Company) |
1916 |
11 / 26 | Manganese: W.A. Howard
|
1916 |
11 / 27 | Manganese: L
(correspondents include E.J. Lavino and Company, Ernest Law and Company, Lewis
and Walker) |
1916 |
11 / 28 | Manganese: M-P
(correspondents include A.D. Mackay, Francis and James H. McMenimin, Mining
World, George E. Newling, Earle B. Patten) |
1916 |
11 / 29 | Manganese: S-W
(correspondents include Sam Stephenson, United States Steel Corporation, Bob
Wrightson) |
1916 |
11 / 30 | Manganese: H.I. Wilson
|
1916 |
Outgoing Correspondence
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
12 / 1-2 | Letterpress books
(includes James-Bell Concentrating Table Company, Dec. 1898-Apr. 1900)
|
1898-1901, 1903-1905 |
Miscellaneous
Correspondence |
||
Box/Folder | ||
12 / 3 | W.A. Black to Charles
Whitcomb (re Ruby Gulch mining property) |
1905 |
12 / 4 | Letters of endorsement
for Robert A. Bell (primarily to Jerry Culbertson, 1910) |
1903-1917 |
Court Papers
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
12 / 5 | Miscellaneous minor
court papers, some with no apparent connection to Bell |
1897-1917 |
Financial Records
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
13 / 1 | Bank books [scattered]
|
1897-1912 |
13 / 2-3 | Checkstubs [scattered]
|
1897-1915 |
13 / 4-5 | Daybooks |
1889, 1901-1906 |
Volume | ||
Vol. 1 | Journal (includes
considerable detail about transactions) |
1896-1903 |
Vol. 2 | Ledger |
1899-1903 |
Box/Folder | ||
13 / 6 | Memo books |
1888, 1910 |
13 / 7 | Taxes (personal)
|
1906-1917 |
13 / 8 | Trial balance
|
1899 |
13 / 9 | Miscellaneous (includes
itemized accounts, bills, etc.) |
1899-1915 |
Legal Documents
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
14 / 1 | Agreements (includes
Charles S. Muffly, J.H. Bigger, John P. Schmidt, Albert S. Ritchie, Samuel
Southworth, W.E. Schoppe, John McBride, M.E. Moore, Thomas J. O'Mara; primarily
re mining claims) |
1893-1917 |
14 / 2 | Certificate of location;
mining deeds (includes Edna and John V. Wilson placer claims; Monitor, Lucky
Baldwin, Moonlight, and Maryland quartz lode claims) |
1904-1916 |
14 / 3 | Home mortgage: Ewing
Street house |
1906-1909 |
Maps |
||
Box/Folder | ||
OvFd / 1 | Six maps of Aransas Pass
area properties |
1910s |
14 / 4 | Unidentified mining maps
|
|
Reports |
||
Box/Folder | ||
14 / 5 | "A.W. Burwell's Report
on Oil Fields of Broadwater and Lewis and Clark Counties, Montana" |
n.d. |
14 / 6 | "Engineer's Report on an
Additional Supply of Water", by A.E. Cummings (re Nevada Creek Reservoir ditch)
|
1887 |
14 / 7 | "Hardie's Carbon Dioxide
Gas Smelting Process" |
n.d. |
14 / 8 | Proposal for Helena
Mining Bureau |
1914 |
14 / 9 | Prospectus: Aransas Pass
Oil Company |
1915 |
14 / 10 | "Prospectus of the
Piegan Consolidated Mining Company" |
n.d. |
14 / 11 | Reports on mines
(includes Assets Gold Mining Company, Botkin Placer, Carbonate Hill Group,
Cyaniding and Free Milling Gold Property, Golden Cloud Group of Mines,
Independence Mines [Idaho], Three Brothers Group, Three Buttes Mining Claims)
|
1911-1912, n.d. |
14 / 12 | Reports on ranches
(includes Judith Basin Ranch, Valley County Ranch, unidentified) |
1913, n.d. |
14 / 13 | "Terreohmetric Science:
Electric Surveys of Mineral Properties" |
n.d. |
Miscellany
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
14 / 14 | Inventory of contents of
house at 616 North Ewing |
1910? |
14 / 15 | List of property owned
|
1897 |
14 / 16 | Miscellaneous
information on mines in Idaho and Montana, oil wells in Texas, manganese, etc.
|
1915-1916, n.d. |
14 / 17 | Notes to wife [?] with
instructions on packing up office, after he left for Aransas Pass, Texas [?]
|
1917? |
14 / 18 | Proposition to organize
the Texas Fruit and Produce Company |
n.d. |
Clippings
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
14 / 19 | Re Aransas Pass, Texas
oil fields etc. |
1915-1917, n.d. |
B & G Consolidated Mining Company Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Financial Records
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
14 / 20 | Bank books |
1898-1900, 1909-1910 |
14 / 21 | Bills and invoices: B-T
[scattered] |
1909 |
14 / 22 | Checkstubs |
1899, 1909-1910 |
Legal Documents
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
14 / 23 | Affidavit of William
Brown concerning value of B & G Mine |
1908 |
Organization
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
14 / 24 | Articles of
incorporation; increase in capital stock [copied from Secretary of State
records] |
1898-1899 |
14 / 25 | Record book (includes
minutes and bylaws) |
1898-1899 |
14 / 26 | Stock certificates
[blank] |
n.d. |
Bellmont Oil Company Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Legal Documents
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
14 / 27 | Agreements and deeds
|
1915-1917, n.d. |
Organization
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
14 / 28 | Stock certificates
|
1916 |
Reports |
||
Box/Folder | ||
14 / 29 | Prospectus |
1916 |
East Pacific Mining Company Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Interoffice Correspondence
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
15 / 1 | L.P. Benedict to R.A.
Bell |
1899 |
15 / 2-4 | C.K Tibbetts to R.A.
Bell (includes discussion of strike by Western Federation of Miners local)
|
1900-1901 |
Assay Reports
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
15 / 5 | Assay reports
|
1893-1917 |
15 / 6 | Bullion deposits in U.S.
Assay Office, Helena |
1905-1906 |
Financial Records
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
15 / 7 | Bank books |
1897-1903 |
Volume | ||
Vol. 3 | Cash book |
1899-1903 |
Box/Folder | ||
15 / 8 | Employee purchase ledger
|
1901-1902 |
15 / 9 | Inventories |
1911, 1915 |
Volume | ||
Vol. 4 | Journal |
1899-1903 |
Vol. 5 | Ledger |
1899-1903 |
Box/Folder | ||
15 / 10 | Ledger and work log
|
1900-1905 |
15 / 11 | Taxes |
1910-1917 |
15 / 12 | Trial balances
|
1899-1900 |
15 / 13 | Miscellaneous (includes
certificate of road work done for county, payments due, sundry accounts, bills,
etc.) |
1899-1900 |
Legal Documents
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
15 / 14 | Affidavits of annual
representation |
1904-1910 |
15 / 15 | Deeds, agreements,
leases (includes information on formation of company) |
1898-1917 |
Organization
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
15 / 16 | Articles of
incorporation; notes from annual reports [copied from Secretary of State's
Office] |
1903-1907 |
15 / 17 | Bylaws |
n.d. |
15 / 18 | Stockholder list
|
n.d. |
Production Records
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
16 / 1 | Estimated gross values
of ore; comparisons of smelter charges |
1911, n.d. |
16 / 2-3 | Ore returns: American
Smelting and Refining Company |
1899-1906 |
16 / 4-5 | Ore returns: Chicago and
Aurora Smelting and Refining Company [mine operated by Winston & Kendrick,
before Bell purchased the mine] |
1890-1896 |
16 / 6 | Ore returns: Omaha and
Grant Smelting and Refining Company [mine operated by Winston & Kendrick,
before Bell purchased the mine] |
1890-1891 |
16 / 7 | Ore returns: United
Smelting and Refining Company [mine operated by Winston & Kendrick, before
Bell purchased the mine] |
1893 |
16 / 8-9 | Ore returns: United
Smelting and Refining Company |
1896-1899 |
16 / 10 | Ore returns:
miscellaneous |
1893-1901 |
16 / 11 | Statement of ore
shipments |
1887-1902 |
Reports |
||
Box/Folder | ||
16 / 12 | Prospectuses
|
1903, 1905 |
16 / 13 | Reports on East Pacific
Mine by R.A. Bell, Henry E. Wood, C.H. Hand, and A.H. Monroe |
1901-1903 |
James-Bell Concentrating Table Company Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Outgoing Correspondence
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
/ | Letterpress book
[included in Letterpress book in Box 12, folder 1] |
1898-1900 |
Financial Records
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
17 / 1 | Bank book |
1899-1900 |
17 / 2 | Checkbook |
1899 |
Organization
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
17 / 3 | Articles of
incorporation [copied from Secretary of State Records] |
1897, 1899 |
Miscellany
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
17 / 4 | Patent statement by
Ulysses S. James |
n.d. |
Montana-States Mining Corporation [Formerly Eagle's Nest Group Of Mines] Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Assay Reports
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
17 / 5 | Assay reports
|
1896-1911 |
Financial Records
|
||
Volume | ||
Vol. 6 | Journal |
1909-1913 |
Vol. 7 | Ledger |
1909-1913 |
Box/Folder | ||
17 / 6 | Payroll vouchers
|
1912 |
17 / 7 | Miscellaneous (includes
accounts, inventory, taxes) |
1911-1917 |
Legal Documents
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
17 / 8 | Miscellaneous (includes
leases, agreements, annual representations, etc.) |
1911-1917 |
Maps |
||
Box/Folder | ||
OvFd / 2 | Maps of Eagle's Nest
claims, Nevada Creek placer claims |
|
Organization
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
17 / 9 | Agenda |
1912 |
17 / 10 | Articles of
incorporation [copied from Secretary of State's Records] |
1911 |
17 / 11 | Stockholders list; stock
receipt |
1916-1917 |
Reports |
||
Box/Folder | ||
17 / 12 | Reports on Eagle's Nest
Group of Mines by E.H. Wilson, R.A. Bell |
1906-1910 |
Miscellany
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
17 / 13 | Lists of claims
|
n.d. |
Clippings
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
17 / 14 | "Eagle's Nest properties
to be developed" |
ca. 1915 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Assaying--Montana
- Ore-dressing--Montana
- Astrology
- Gold mines and mining--Montana--Broadwater County
- Gold mines and mining--Montana--Jefferson County
- Labor disputes--Montana--Jefferson County
- Manganese mines and mining--Montana
- Mines and mineral resources--Montana--Broadwater County
- Mines and mineral resources--Montana--Jefferson County
- Mining brokers
- Petroleum industry and trade--Texas
- Spiritualism
Geographical Names
- Alhambra (Mont.)
- Aransas Pass (Tex.)
- Delpine (Mont.)
- Eagle's Nest Group (Alhambra Springs, Mont.)
- Empire Mine (Marysville, Mont.)
- Helena (Mont.)
- Nevada Creek Reservoir (Mont.)
- Winston (Mont.)