George H. Hill Papers, 1885-1936

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Hill, George H. (George Hauser), 1861-1922
Title
George H. Hill Papers
Dates
1885-1936 (inclusive)
Quantity
1 linear feet of shelf space
Collection Number
MC 98 (collection)
Summary
George H. Hill (d. 1922) was a Helena, Montana, businessman and executor of the Samuel T. Hauser Estate. Collection (1885-1936) deals mostly with the mining industry, and includes general correspondence, financial records, legal documents, subject files, miscellany. It includes subgroups for George H. Hill (1885-1929), Florence Child Hill (1907-1936), and the Glacier Peak Mining and Smelting Company (1906-1921).
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
Access Restrictions

Collection open for research.

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

George Hauser Hill was born in Rock Island County, Illinois, on November 14, 1861, the son of Henry H. Hill. He was a nephew of both Samuel T. Hauser and Edward W. Knight. He moved to Helena, Montana, sometime before 1883. From 1883 to 1896, he worked successively as teller, second assistant cashier, and assistant cashier of the First National Bank of Helena. Hill was also active in mining. He was secretary-manager of the Helena and Livingston Smelting and Reduction Company. He also was secretary of the Cokedale Coal Company in 1906, and for the final seven years of his life, was employed at the Glacier Peak Mining and Smelting Company. Hill was also trustee of the Samuel T. Hauser Estate and assistant secretary of the United Missouri River Power Company from 1901 to 1911. George Hill married Florence Child on October 21, 1891. Hill later moved to New York State where he was personal secretary to George Gould. He died on Long Island, New York, April 11, 1922.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

This collection consists of general correspondence, subject files, legal documents, financial records, and miscellany from 1885 to 1936 (predominantly 1910-1922). The general correspondence includes information on the Samuel T. Hauser Estate; S.T. Hauser, Jr.; Helena and Livingston Smelting and Reduction Company; American Smelting and Refining Company; and miscellaneous mining information. The collection has subgroups for George H. Hill, Glacier Peak Mining and Smelting Company, and Florence Child Hill.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on 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.

Preferred Citation

Item description and date. Collection Title. Collection Number. Box and Folder numbers. Montana Historical Society Research Center, Archives, Helena, Montana.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Arranged by series. Some material housed in Archives Map Case. See inventory below for more information.

Location of Collection

5:6-6

Acquisition Information

Acquisition information available upon request

Separated Materials

Maps transferred to Library. See inventory below for more information.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection

George H. Hill Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
General Correspondence
Box/Folder
1 / 1
American Smelting and Refining Company
1917-1921
1 / 2
A-G (correspondents include Charles Anceny; Bates and Burnett; E.W. Beattie; O.H. Bernard; George W. Bird; Wilton G. Brown Esq.; Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company; T.H. Burke; Burnhart Concentrator Company; Arthur W. Church; Claflin's Van and Storage; D. Crawford Clark; Columbia Trust Company; Frank Conley; Victor Willard Cutting; Chas Steward Davison; L.O. Evans; Frank Fish; B.Y. Frost and Company; N.H. Getchell; Great Northern Railway Company)
1911-1922
1 / 3
S.T. Hauser, Jr.
1918-1921
1 / 4
E.B. Howell
1918-1919
1 / 5
H-J (correspondents include H.D. Hauser; Robert O. Hayt; Helena and Livingston Smelting and Reduction Company; M.L. Hewitt; August Johnson; E.J. Johnson; H.K. Jones)
1907-1922
1 / 6
K-R (correspondents include Louis Kaufman; J.M. Keith; Walter J. King; Jacob Klein; H.W. Knight; William Kuhnert; LeRoy V. Lockwood; Albert I. Loeb; W.R. Logan; J. Henry Longmaid; P.J. Manning; S. McKennan; Richard K. Meade; Joseph H. Mooser; Morris Machine Works; B.P. Morse; G.O. Muhlfeld; James A. Murray; William Muth; George Nelson; John A. Nichols; Herbert Nicholson; J. Norris Miller; Carl M. Owen; H.H. Pigott; Jas. P. Porter; Rife's Hydraulic Engine Manufacturing Company)
1908-1920
1 / 7
Henry Radbourne
1910-1912
1 / 8
W.B. Raleigh
1918-1920
1 / 9
George W. Skinner, Jr.
1914-1916
1 / 10
A.E. Spriggs
1907, 1912-1913
1 / 11
S (correspondents include Albert J. Seligman; George W. Sias; F.J. Staral; R.E. Stroble; James Stuart)
1912-1922
1 / 12
Alex and Ella Thatcher
1918-1920
1 / 13
T (correspondents include H.E. Teter and Company; Dixwell Thompson; J.N. True)
1907-1919
1 / 14
U.S. government agencies (includes Department of the Interior; Geological Survey; Superintendent of Documents; Treasury Department)
1912-1922
1 / 15
U-V (correspondents include Union Bank and Trust Company; United Missouri River Power Company; United States National Bank; United States Zinc Company; Will L. Velie)
1901-1920
1 / 16
T.B. Weir
1918-1921
1 / 17
W (correspondents include Charles E. Webb; H.A. Wentworth; Western Mining Supply Company; Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company; J.H. White; J.G. White; F.W.C. Whyte; William W. Wickes; Williamson Company; W.G. Woolfolk)
1905-1921
1 / 18
Unidentified
undated
Miscellaneous Correspondence
Box/Folder
1 / 19
Letters neither to nor from George H. Hill
1901-1922
Financial Records
Box/Folder
1 / 20
Taxes
1917-1920
1 / 21
Miscellaneous
1885-1929
Legal Documents
Box/Folder
1 / 22
Miscellaneous
1906-1923
Maps
Box/Folder
1 / 23
List of maps transferred to the Library
Subject Files
Box/Folder
1 / 24
Big Jim Consolidated Mining Company; United Eastern Mining Company
1917-1919
1 / 25
Samuel T. Hauser Estate
1915-1918, undated
1 / 26
Helena and Livingston Smelting and Reduction Company
1919-1920, 1936
1 / 27
Koering Cyaniding Process Company
1915-1917
1 / 28
Nevada Creek Mining Company
1898, 1909, undated
1 / 29
Philipsburg Mining Company
1900, 1917-1918
1 / 30
San Carlos Copper Mines Company of Arizona
undated
Oversize Folder
MC 95-112
San Carlos Copper Mines Company of Arizona [Map Case-See MC 95-112 folder]
undated
Box/Folder
2 / 1-2
Wickes slag dump
1919-1920
Miscellany
Box/Folder
2 / 3
Whitlach Union Mining and Milling Company stock certificates
1887
2 / 4
Unidentified mining records, notes, etc.
1903-1916, undated
Clippings
Box/Folder
2 / 5
Miscellaneous
undated

Glacier Peak Mining And Smelting Company Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
General Correspondence
Box/Folder
2 / 6
Chronological (correspondents include Commission of the State of Washington; O.J. Salisbury; Glacier Peak Mining and Smelting Company; E.A. Baldwin)
1909, 1914-1915
2 / 7
Chronological (correspondents include Odell McConnell; Glacier Peak Mining and Smelting Company; Edward A. Baldwin; B.M. Snyder; W.A. Potter; United Missouri River Power Company; B.M. Snyder; Samuel T. Hauser; George Crerar; W.L. Swendeman; Deer Trail Mining Company; Sullivan Machinery Company; R.W. Salisbury; Helena Power Transmission Company; Helena-Frisco Mining Company; J.C. Phillips)
1916
2 / 8
Chronological (correspondents include United States Department of Interior; Oscar Getty; Chris Meneghel; Jas Wright; Glacier Peak Mining and Smelting Company; Samuel T. Hauser; J.C. Pyle; Peck Montana Company; W.A. Clark, Jr.; Bilrowe Alloys Company; Collins-Campbell and Wood; Howard Elliott; Beer Sondheimer and Company)
1917
2 / 9
Chronological (correspondents include Glacier Peak Mining Company; Hornblower, Miller, Garrison and Potter; Carl M. Owen; J.C. Pyle; Oscar Getty; H.H. Piggott, Esq.; W.E. Keehl; Beer Sondheimer and Company; J.W. Cle Elum; Harry L. Brown; G.P.M. and S Company)
1918
2 / 10
Chronological (correspondents include Harry L. Brown; William Adam; U.S. James; W.E. Keehl; Maytor Hoppenyan; City of Cle Elum; F.F. Haight; Philip Lawrence Foster; Evans W. Buskett; A.J. Seligman; Clark, Dodge and Company; H.A. Wentworth; B.Y. Frost)
1919-1921
2 / 11
Summary of correspondence (notes)
1919-1920
Legal Documents
Box/Folder
2 / 12
Miscellaneous
1915-1918
Maps
Box/Folder
2 / 13
Hand-drawn; blueprints; topographical; etc.
undated
Oversize Folder
MC 95-112
Hand-drawn; blueprints; topographical; etc. [Map Case-See MC 95-112 folder]
undated
Organizational Records
Box/Folder
2 / 14
Resolutions
1916-1920, undated
Reports
Box/Folder
2 / 15
Assay reports
1909-1920
2 / 16
Property reports
1906,1912, 1920, undated

Florence Child Hill Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
General Correspondence
Box/Folder
2 / 17
Chronological (correspondents include United Missouri River Power Company; T.B. Weir; Paine, Webber and Company; Bankers Trust Company; S.T. Hauser; St. Joseph Lead Company; Norwood Engineering Company; Mrs. George Hauser Hill; Arthur P. Heywood; John C. Hill Lumber Company; Lora Clarke Raleigh; Charles E. Pew)
1907-1936
Financial Records
Box/Folder
2 / 18
Bills; Receipts; etc.
1907-1936

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Copper Mines And Mining
  • Mines and mineral resources--Montana--Granite County
  • Mines and mineral resources--Washington
  • Reduction works

Personal Names

  • Hill, George H. (George Hauser), 1861-1922 (creator)

Geographical Names

  • Helena (Mont.)--Industries--Mines and mining
  • Philipsburg (Mont.)--Industries
  • Washington (State)--Industries