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Black Pine Silver Mines, Inc. records, 1924-1946
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Black Pine Silver Mines, Inc.
- Title
- Black Pine Silver Mines, Inc. records
- Dates
- 1924-1946 (inclusive)19241946
- Quantity
- 10 linear feet of shelf space
- Collection Number
- MC 91 (collection)
- Summary
- The Black Pine Silver Mines, Inc. was a silver mining company in the Philipsburg, Montana, area. Records (1924, 1932-1942, 1946) include general correspondence, financial records, court papers, legal documents, and miscellany. Also included are records from the predecessor company, the Black Pine Mines, Inc., and a smaller subgroup for Combination Silver Mines, Inc., which bought the Black Pine property in 1936. [Maps and blueprints transferred to Library Map Collection.]
- Repository
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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
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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.
Historical NoteReturn to Top
The Black Pine Mine (or Combination Mine, as it was sometimes called) was on Black Pine Ridge twelve miles northwest of Philipsburg. During the 1890s, it was operated by the Combination Mining and Milling Company which was made up of Charles D. McLure and others connected with the Granite Mountain Mining Company and the Bi-Metallic Mining Company. The property closed down in 1897 due to the low price of silver, and litigation brought by some of the minority stockholders forced the company into receivership. In 1916, McLure traded his interest in the Granite-BiMetallic Consolidated Mining Company for the other stockholders' interest in the Combination. As this gave McLure about 95 percent of Combination stock, he forced the receiver to sell and bought the mine himself. On Charles D. McLure's death in 1918, his estate, heavily in debt, came under litigation. In 1922, the estate was declared insolvent and the property sold. After considerable controversy, the McLure family finally acquired clear title to the Combination mine, with Edgar McLure as trustee. During this period, the mine was operated sporadically as a lease by W.R. McLure, Edgar's brother, and by the Hecla Mining Company of Wallace, Idaho, with an option to purchase. However, the property's ownership continued to be unstable. In 1931, a mortgage on the mine was foreclosed and the property was sold to Herbert Fay who, in turn, sold it to Walter L. Pope as agent for J.F. Harrington of Seattle. In May 1932, three of the McLure heirs, Edgar, Lillian, and Blanche, along with some Seattle capitalists, formed Black Pine Mines, Inc., to buy and operate the mine. In November 1932, Pope sold the property to the new company. Capital stock was issued for $500,000 with Harrington receiving the largest share and Edgar McLure, as trustee for the McLure family, the next largest portion. The new owners invested heavily in development work and in repair of the mill. Miners were hired and during 1933-1934 some ore was produced. However, the financial condition of the company became more and more precarious. In January 1935, the company decided to adjust its capitalization in order to secure operating funds. Authorized stock was reduced to $100,000 and then raised to $200,000. The name of the company was changed to Black Pine Silver Mines, Inc. Unfortunately, under this new organization, the company continued to be plagued by shaky finances and mismanagement. In the spring of 1936, a new company, Combination Silver Mines, Inc., was organized to buy the property, issuing stock in payment. Black Pine Silver Mines, Inc.'s existence continued only as the majority stockholder in the new company. A planned conversion of Black Pine to Combination stock never occurred. Combination Silver Mines, Inc., was no more successful than the previous companies, and the operation fell deeper and deeper in debt, while the officers continued to lease the mine, hoping that an operating mine would be more likely to find a purchaser than an idle one. There were many prospective lessees but no buyers. Finally in May 1940, stockholder August Buschmann, who had been advancing the company the money to keep the mine going, foreclosed his mortgage on the property and bought it at the sheriff's sale. August Buschmann's official position within the company was somewhat anomalous. He was neither an officer nor a director. However, as a major stockholder, he conducted much of the company's business for many years. After the year for redemption had passed, Buschmann acquired title to the mine and both Combination Silver Mines, Inc., and Black Pine Silver Mines, Inc., dissolved, being totally without assets.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The collection consists of two subgroups: Black Pine Silver Mines, Inc., which includes records of its predecessor Black Pine Mines, Inc.; and Combination Silver Mines, Inc. The Black Pine Silver Mines Inc. subgroup includes interoffice and general correspondence (1932-1941) interfiled, of the Missoula and Seattle general offices and of the Philipsburg mine office. In addition there are court papers (1932-1944), financial records (1932-1941), legal documents (1932-1936), organizational records (1932-1942), production records (1926, 1932-1946), reports (1933-1935), subject files, and miscellany. The Combination Silver Mines, Inc. subgroup includes general correspondence (1936-1942), court papers (1940), financial records (1936-1941), legal documents (1937-1939), organizational records (1936-1942), and miscellany.
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 subgroup and series. Each correspondence series is arranged alphabetically by last name. Some material housed in manuscript volumes. Some material housed in oversize folder in archives map case. 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
Black Pine Silver Mines, Inc. Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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General Correspondence [Edgar McLure, General
Offices, Missoula] |
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Box/Folder | ||
1 / 1 | Anaconda Copper Mining Company |
1932-1933 |
1 / 2 | William A. Beaudry (Wallace, Idaho) |
1933 |
1 / 3 | August Buschmann (Seattle, Washington) |
1933 |
1 / 4 | B (correspondents include J.A. Bale, Bank of
California, Ben Bank Realty Company, W.C. Batten, E.E. Blumenthal, Butte Machinery
Company) |
1931-1934 |
1 / 5 | D.G. Coplen (Seattle, Washington) |
1933 |
1 / 6 | C (correspondents include Cascade County offices,
Edward M. Connelly, J.F. Cox) |
1933 |
1 / 7 | N.T. Davis (Seattle, Washington) |
1932-1933 |
1 / 8 | D-G (correspondents include S.H. Draper, Dennis
Dunn, Clarence Failing, First National Bank of Missoula, George Fitzgerald, Garden
City Machine and Foundry Company, Paul A. Gow, Granite County offices,
Grogan-Robinson Lumber Company) |
1924, 1932-1933 |
1 / 9 | J. Frank Harrington (Seattle, Washington) |
1932-1933 |
1 / 10 | H-J (correspondents include Richard F. Hartwig,
T.V. Hatcher, Herman Inglis, Walter Johnson, Bruce Jordan, G.A. Jordan) |
1931-1934 |
1 / 11 | I.P. McElhany |
1933 |
1 / 12 | Claire McLure; Marianne McLure |
1934 |
1 / 13 | J.D. Matthews (includes a brief history of the
Combination/Black Pine mine) |
1932-1933 |
1 / 14 | Montana Power Company |
1933-1934 |
1 / 15 | M-N (correspondents include Sam McConnell, James
McEniry, Machinery Sales Agency, J.D. Matthews, Mitchell Diamond Drill Manufacturing
Company, Montana Board of Equalization, Montana Industrial Accident Board, National
Reemployment, Florence E. Neville, A.E. Noble, North Butte Mining Company) |
1933-1934 |
1 / 16 | Mrs. A. Parry (Tacoma, Washington) |
1933 |
1 / 17 | Walter L. Pope (Missoula, Montana) |
1932-1933 |
1 / 18 | P-W (correspondents include Lillian Perry; Root,
Clark, Buckner and Ballantine; J.B. Salisbury; Shane Electric; N.C. Sheridan; F.W.
Sherman; Marvin Stansel; Anna E. Thomas; Wallace Board of Trade; Rush J. White;
Robert A. Wilson; W.P. Wren Jr.) |
1932-1934 |
General Correspondence [General Offices, Seattle,
Washington] |
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Box/Folder | ||
1 / 19 | S.M. Anderson (Philispburg, Montana) |
1934 |
1 / 20 | A (correspondents include A.H. Cox and Company, Al
J. Almquist, American Smelting and Refining Company, R.G. Amidon, Anaconda Copper
Mining Company, H.J. Armstrong Company) |
1933-1937 |
1 / 21 | William A. Beaudry (Wallace, Idaho) |
1933-1935 |
1 / 22 | Black Pine Silver Mines, Inc. directors |
1935-1941 |
1 / 23 | Carroll Brock (Philipsburg, Montana) |
1934 |
1 / 24 | August Buschmann (Seattle, Washington) |
1933-1940 |
1 / 25 | B (correspondents include Arthur Bank, W.C. Batten,
George E. Buchanan, Bunker Hill Smelter, Butte and Superior Mining Company, Butte
Machinery Company) |
1933-1942 |
1 / 26 | Combination Silver Mines Inc. |
1936-1939 |
1 / 27 | C (correspondents include W.C. Carver, Adolph Cary,
Cascade Machinery and Electric Company, F.R. Chambers, City Securities Inc., Edward
H. Collins) |
1933-1943 |
1 / 28 | H. Arthur Day (Portland, Oregon) |
1934-1938 |
1 / 29 | D (correspondents include Emile DePhelps, S.H.
Draper, Dennis Dunn) |
1933-1937 |
1 / 30 | Newton W. Emmons (Seattle, Washington) |
1934-1935 |
1 / 31 | E-F (correspondents include Electric Shop, C.S.
Ellingboe, Engineering Societies Employment Service, E.F. Ervin, Erwin-Fairbanks and
Company, C.E. Failing, Ernest Ferrin, Fleishman and Meagher) |
1934-1942 |
1 / 32 | Joseph D. Gengler (New York, New York) |
1934-1942 |
1 / 33 | George R. Griswold Jr. (Butte, Montana) |
1934 |
2 / 1 | G (correspondents include G.O. Ganstad, Gould and
Gould Inc., Granite County offices, Grogan Robinson Lumber Company) |
1934-1941 |
2 / 2 | Edward M. Hay (Seattle, Washington) |
1934-1936 |
2 / 3 | H-I (correspondents include Charles R. Hadley
Company, Hallidie Machinery Company, Royal S. Handy, J.F. Harrington, Lester S.
Harrington, Peter Hartman, Francis Harwick, John Hicke, Herman Inglis, International
Smelting Company) |
1934-1942 |
2 / 4 | J.M. Johnston (bookkeeper: Seattle, Washington) |
1935-1936 |
2 / 5 | J-K (correspondents include Jenkins Garage, Irene
Jensen, Klein and Jensen, Anna Knight) |
1934-1940 |
2 / 6 | Joseph Lancaster (Philipsburg) |
1935-1938 |
2 / 7-8 | Henry C. LaVille (Philipsburg) |
1934-1935 |
2 / 9 | Link-Belt Company |
1934 |
2 / 10 | L (correspondents include E.N. Leino, Charles R.
Leonard, W.H. Lillard, Lister Typewriter Service) |
1933-1935 |
2 / 11 | R.S. McClintock (diamond drill contractor: Spokane,
Washington) |
1936-1937 |
2 / 12 | I.P. McElhany (Philipsburg) |
1934-1935 |
2 / 13 | McIntosh, Cowan and Company, accountants |
1934-1935 |
2 / 14 | Blanche McLure; Charles McLure; Clara McLure, W.R.
McLure |
1934-1939 |
2 / 15 | Edgar McLure (Missoula; Philispburg) |
1933-1936 |
2 / 16 | R.H. McPeak (Hall) |
1934-1937 |
2 / 17 | Mine and Smelter Supply Company |
1933-1935 |
2 / 18 | Montana Board of Equalization |
1935-1937 |
2 / 19 | Montana Industrial Accident Board |
1934-1937 |
2 / 20 | Montana Power Company |
1933-1937 |
2 / 21 | Montana Secretary of State |
1934-1943 |
2 / 22 | M (correspondents include Machinery Sales Agency,
Frank Malloy, L.L. McLean, Merchants Fire Assurance Corporation, Mining Journal,
Missoula County offices, Montana Unemployment Compensation Commission, Morse
Brothers Machinery and Supply Company) |
1934-1937 |
2 / 23 | Timothy Nolan (Butte) |
1937 |
3 / 1 | N (correspondents include E.J. Nelson Company,
Martin Nicholson, W.G. Norrie-Loewenthal, Northwest Testing Laboratories, James T.
Norton) |
1934-1941 |
3 / 2 | John A. Oliphant (Deer Lodge) |
1937-1938 |
3 / 3 | Frank Olmsted (Seattle, Washington) |
1936-1937 |
3 / 4 | People's Bank and Trust Company (Seattle, Washington) |
1936-1937 |
3 / 5 | C.C. Perry (Missoula) |
1937 |
3 / 6-7 | Walter L. Pope; Pope and Carrington; Pope and Smith
(Missoula) |
1933-1940 |
3 / 8 | P-R (correspondents include Willard F. Paul, Payne
and Payne, Nels Pearson, Peoples Bank and Trust Company, A.F. Peterson, Philipsburg
Hardware Company, R.R. Poppleton Inc., Glenn C. Reed, Harriet C. Robertson, John F.
Roche, N.A. Rotering) |
1933-1943 |
3 / 9-10 | Russell E. Smith (Missoula; see also Pope and
Smith) |
1936-1937 |
3 / 11 | Standard Oil Company |
1934-1935 |
3 / 12 | Volney B. Stephens (Philipsburg) |
1934-1935 |
3 / 13 | L.L. Swingle (Philipsburg) |
1934-1935 |
3 / 14 | S (correspondents include J.C. Sams, Ernest A.
Schaffer, Peter A. Schwabe, Marie E. Seelos, David Segel, N.H. Seil, N.C. Sheridan,
F.W. Sherman, Sidney and Mabel Shonts, John Ray Solden, Sullivan Machinery Company,
Thad Sweek Estate) |
1934-1944 |
3 / 15 | Norman Thomson, (Philipsburg) |
1935-1936 |
3 / 16 | Trout Mining Company (Philipsburg) |
1934-1935 |
3 / 17 | T (correspondents include Tacoma Smelter, Toronto
General Trusts Corporation, Gladys Trefzger) |
1934-1935 |
3 / 18 | Union Iron Works (Spokane, Washington) |
1933-1935 |
3 / 19 | U.S. Federal Power Commission |
1935-1937 |
3 / 20 | U.S. Forest Service |
1933-1938 |
3 / 21 | U.S. Treasury Department |
1934-1937 |
3 / 22 | U-V (correspondents include U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, U.S. Federal Trade Commission, United States Fidelity and Guaranty
Company, George Varver, B.P. Von Anderson) |
1934-1940 |
3 / 23 | C.E. Westlund (Arlington, Washington) |
1934-1935 |
3 / 24 | Sam J. Wilson (Seattle, Washington) |
1935-1937 |
3 / 25 | W (correspondents include Ben Walkup, Washington
Secretary of State, Watson Agency, Laura Weidenbach, Charles L. Westcott, Western
Iron Works, Western Supply Company, Western Union Telegraph Company, Westinghouse
Electric Supply Company, F.J. Wettrick, Rush J. White, William N. White, Ralph
Williams, Winninghoff Motors) |
1934-1942 |
General Correspondence [Mine Office, Philipsburg]
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Box/Folder | ||
4 / 1 | Anaconda Copper Mining Company |
1935-1936 |
4 / 2 | A (correspondents include American Cyanamid
Company, American Pulley Company, American Smelting and Refining Company) |
1934-1935 |
4 / 3 | August Buschmann (Seattle, Washington) |
1934-1935 |
4 / 4 | B (correspondents include W.A. Beaudry, Frank C.
Bramwell, D.W. Buckby, Butte and Superior Mining Company, Butte Machinery Company) |
6934-1935 |
4 / 5 | Cascade Machinery and Electric Company (Seattle,
Washington) |
1935-1936 |
4 / 6 | Coeur d'Alene Hardware and Foundry Company |
1934-1936 |
4 / 7 | A.H. Cox and Company |
1934 |
4 / 8 | C (correspondents include California Wire Cloth
Company, Paddy Clifford, Coates Steel Products Company, Mrs. Richard Cornish,
Clarence A. Corry, Ed Cote, H.C. Cunningham) |
1934-1936 |
4 / 9 | Denver Equipment Company |
1935-1936 |
4 / 10 | D-G (correspondents include Daniels Auto Freight
Lines, Deister Concentrator Company, Denver Fire Clay Company, Dorr Company,
Drew-Streit Company, Mrs. E.L. Easterly, Electric Smelters Inc., Electric Steel
Foundry Company, Elliston Lime Company, employee notices, C.M. Fassett Company,
Filter Media Company, Gardner-Denver Company, G.O. Gaustad, General Electric Supply
Company, General Engineering Company) |
1934-1936 |
4 / 11 | Edward M. Hay (Seattle, Washington) |
1935-1936 |
4 / 12 | H-I (correspondents include Hall Perry Machinery
Company, Hallidie Machinery Company, Clinton J. Hansen, Hersey and Company, Idaho
Emergency Relief Administration) |
1934-1935 |
4 / 13 | J.M. Johnston (bookkeeper: Seattle, Washington) |
1935 |
4 / 14 | J (correspondents include Jenkins Garage, Ben
Johnson, Leighton W. Johnson, Pearl Kroger) |
1934-1936 |
4 / 15 | Joseph Lancaster (Philipsburg) |
1936 |
4 / 16 | Linde Air Products Company |
1935-1936 |
4 / 17 | L (correspondents include E.N. Leino, Lister
Typewriter Service) |
1934 |
4 / 18 | R.S. McClintock (diamond drill contractor: Spokane,
Washington) |
1936 |
4 / 19 | I.P. McElhany (Philipsburg) |
1934-1935 |
4 / 20 | McIntosh, Cowan and Company, accountants |
1934 |
4 / 21 | Edgar McLure (Philipsburg) |
1934 |
4 / 22 | Mine and Smelter Supply Company |
1935-1936 |
4 / 23 | Missoula Mercantile Company |
1934-1936 |
4 / 24 | Montana Power Company |
1934-1935 |
4 / 25 | Montana School of Mines |
1934 |
4 / 26 | M (correspondents include Allen S. McKenzie,
enclosing payroll lists; Blanche McLure; Merchant Calculating Machine Company;
Montana Industrial Accident Board; Montana Registrar of Motor Vehicles; Montana
Hardware Company; Montana Standard; Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company) |
1934-1936 |
4 / 27 | Martin Nicholson (Wallace, Idaho) |
1936 |
4 / 28 | N (correspondents include John Naff, North Butte
Mining Company, Norwalk Company) |
1934-1935 |
4 / 29 | Oliver United Filters Inc. |
1934-1936 |
4 / 30 | Frank Olmsted (Seattle, Washington) |
1935-1936 |
5 / 1 | Pacific Finance Corporation |
1935-1936 |
5 / 2 | Walter L. Pope; Pope and Garlington; Pope and Smith |
1934-1936 |
5 / 3 | P-T (correspondents include Bert T. Person;
Philipsburg Hardware Company; Philipsburg Local 24 International Union of Mine, Mill
and Smelter Workers; Roy F. Schroder; George R. Shepard; Silversmith Mines Ltd.;
Sullivan Machinery Company; Three Forks Portland Cement Company; Todd Company;
Torgerson Brothers; Frank Tuman) |
1934-1936 |
5 / 4 | Union Iron Works (Spokane, Washington) |
1934-1936 |
5 / 5 | U (correspondents include U.S. Forest Service,
United States Rubber Products Inc.) |
1934-1936 |
5 / 6-7 | B.P. Von Anderson (auditor: Seattle, Washington) |
1935-1936 |
5 / 8 | V (correspondents include Vac-Loc-Oid Chemical
Company, Van Waters and Rogers Inc., John P. Vinckers) |
1935-1936 |
5 / 9 | Western Iron Works (Butte) |
1934-1936 |
5 / 10 | Sam J. Wilson (Seattle, Washington) |
1935-1936 |
5 / 11 | W (correspondents include Wells-Birkenwald Company,
Western Operators Association, Western Soap Company, Westinghouse Electric and
Manufacturing Company, Westmont Tractor and Equipment Company, William N. White, Hal
Whitehouse, A.R. Wilfley and Sons Inc.) |
1934-1936 |
Court Papers |
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Box/Folder | ||
5 / 12 | August Buschmann vs. McLure [family] et al.
complaint |
1944 |
5 / 13 | Fred W. Kroger et al. vs. Black Pine Silver Mines
Inc. order and notice of attachment |
1937 |
5 / 14 | N. Larson vs. Black Pine Silver Mines Inc.
complaint and order |
1943 |
5 / 15 | Roy Lebert vs. Black Pine Silver Mines Inc.
judgment and miscellaneous |
1935 |
5 / 16 | R.B. McGregor vs. Edgar McLure and Black Pine
Silver Mines Inc. complaint, answer, orders, etc. |
1932-1935 |
5 / 17 | In the matter of Black Pine Silver Mines Inc.
petition of debtor |
1937 |
5 / 18 | In the matter of Estate of Joseph Hickey order |
1937 |
5 / 19 | In the matter of Estate of Thad Sweek order |
1937 |
5 / 20 | Miscellaneous (includes affidavit of Walter L.
Pope; affidavit and list of creditors; affidavit of J.F. Harrington; writs of
attachment and garnishments) |
1933-1935 |
Financial Records |
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Box/Folder | ||
5 / 21 | Account classification |
1934-1936 |
5 / 22 | Accounts |
1934 |
Oversize Folder | ||
1 | Accounts |
1934 |
Box/Folder | ||
5 / 23 | Accounts outstanding |
1934 |
5 / 24 | Accounts payable |
1933-1937 |
5 / 25 | Balance sheets |
1933-1936 |
5 / 26 | Bank book: First National Bank (Missoula) |
1932-1933 |
6 / 1-4 | Bills and statements [sampled] |
1932-1936 |
6 / 5 | Bills and statements: Edward M. Hay |
1934-1941 |
6 / 6 | Boarding house lists |
1934 |
6 / 7 | Book A: pre-organization ledger |
1932 |
6 / 8 | Book B: general ledger and journal |
1932-1933 |
6 / 9 | Book C: general ledger, journal, and check register |
1932-1933 |
6 / 10-11 | Book D-E: accounts payable |
1932-1933 |
6 / 12 | Buildings, structures, machinery and equipment |
1934-1935 |
Oversize Folder | ||
1 | Buildings, structures, machinery and equipment |
1934-1935 |
Box/Folder | ||
6 / 13 | August Buschmann account |
1934-1935 |
6 / 14 | Cash account book |
1933-1934 |
7 / 1-2 | Cash books |
1932-1933 |
7 / 3 | Check register |
1933 |
7 / 4 | Checkstubs: First National Bank (Missoula) |
1932-1933 |
7 / 5-6 | Checkstubs: Montana State Bank (Philipsburg) |
1933-1936 |
7 / 7 | Checkstubs: Peoples Bank and Trust (Seattle, Washington) |
1934-1939 |
7 / 8 | Cost sheets |
1932-1934 |
8 / 1 | Diamond drilling expenses |
1936 |
8 / 2 | Distribution sheets |
1935 |
Oversize Folder | ||
1 | Distribution sheets |
1935 |
Volume | ||
1 | Financial record book (includes cash received,
check record, bank statements, voucher record, journal) |
1932-1936 |
Box/Folder | ||
8 / 3 | Gas book |
1933 |
Volume | ||
2-4 | General ledgers |
1932-1936 |
Box/Folder | ||
8 / 4 | General ledgers |
1936-1939 |
8 / 5 | Golconda Lead Mines |
1933 |
8 / 6 | Insurance policies |
1934-1935 |
8 / 7 | Inventories |
1933-1936 |
8 / 8 | Lists of checks |
1934 |
8 / 9 | I.P. McElhany account |
1935 |
8 / 10 | Edgar McLure account |
1932-1933 |
8 / 11 | J.D. Matthews and Company account |
1933-1934, undated |
8 / 12 | Miscellaneous journal entries |
1934 |
8 / 13 | Mortgage bond |
1935 |
8 / 14 | Payments of stock for wages |
1933 |
8 / 15-16 | Payrolls and payroll distributions |
1932-1936 |
Oversize Folder | ||
1 | Payrolls and payroll distributions |
1932-1936 |
Box/Folder | ||
8 / 17 | Payroll ledger balance |
1933 |
Volume | ||
5 | Payroll summary |
1932-1933 |
Box/Folder | ||
8 / 18 | Petty cash book |
1933 |
8 / 19 | Profit and loss statements |
1935-1936 |
8 / 20 | Promissory notes |
1932-1935 |
8 / 21 | Purchase record |
1932-1933 |
8 / 22 | Receipts for cattle killed |
1934 |
8 / 23 | R.A. Schultz ore hauling |
1935-1936 |
8 / 24 | Statements on condition of bank account |
1934 |
8 / 25 | Tax returns: Granite County |
1932-1938 |
8 / 26 | Tax returns: Montana |
1934-1940 |
8 / 27 | Tax returns: United States |
1932-1941 |
9 / 1 | Time records |
1935-1936 |
9 / 2 | Trial balance sheets |
1933-1937 |
Volume | ||
6 | Voucher register |
1935-1936 |
Box/Folder | ||
9 / 3 | Miscellaneous (includes statements of
disbursements, indebtedness, statements of Ben Walkup settlement, checks issued, ore
returns) |
1934-1936 |
Legal Documents |
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Box/Folder | ||
9 / 4 | Agreements to perform work |
1933-1935 |
9 / 5 | Combination Silver Mines Inc. agreements |
1936 |
9 / 6 | N.T. Davis and George Fitzgerald agreement |
1932 |
9 / 7 | Declaration of trust |
undated |
9 / 8 | Emile DePhelps boarding house agreement |
1934 |
9 / 9 | Escrow instructions |
1929 |
9 / 10 | Bruce W. Jordan tailings lease |
1933-1935 |
9 / 11 | Machinery contracts |
1933-1935 |
9 / 12 | Mortgage |
1934-1935 |
9 / 13 | Right-of-way easement |
1933-1935 |
9 / 14 | R.A. Schultz sawmill contract |
1935 |
9 / 15 | V.B. Stephens truck contract |
1935 |
9 / 16 | Stock agreements |
1933-1935 |
9 / 17 | Union contract with International Union of Mine,
Mill and Smelter Workers, Local 24 |
1934-1935 |
9 / 18 | Miscellaneous (includes contract for medical
services, forest fire cooperative agreement, bills of sale, power of attorney, cabin
rental, quit claim and assignment, oil contracts) |
1932-1935 |
Maps |
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Box/Folder | ||
9 / 19 | List of maps transferred to Library Map Collection |
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Organization |
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Box/Folder | ||
10 / 1 | Corporate record book (includes articles of
incorporation, bylaws, minutes) |
1932-1942 |
10 / 2 | Annual reports of corporation |
1932-1939 |
10 / 3 | Articles of incorporation |
1932 |
10 / 4 | Letters to stockholders |
1933-1937 |
10 / 5 | Lists of stockholders |
1933-1935 |
10 / 6 | Resignations of directors |
1935-1936 |
10 / 7-8 | Stock certificates: Black Pine Mines Inc. #1-500 |
1932-1933 |
11 / 1-2 | Stock certificates: Black Pine Mines Inc. #501-1033 |
1934-1935 |
Volume | ||
7-8 | Stock certificates: Black Pine Silver Mines Inc.
#1-1891 |
1935-1936 |
Box/Folder | ||
11 / 3 | Stock certificates: conversion to Combination
Silver Mines Inc. |
1936 |
11 / 4 | Stock exchange: agreements re purchase of
Combination Silver Mines Inc. stock |
1936 |
11 / 5 | Stock exchange: exchange of Black Pine Silver Mines
Inc. stock for Combination Silver Mines Inc. stock |
1936-1937 |
12 / 1 | Stock journal |
1936 |
12 / 2-3 | Stock ledgers: Black Pine Mines Inc. |
1932-1933 |
Volume | ||
9 | Stock ledger: Black Pine Silver Mines Inc. |
1935-1937 |
Box/Folder | ||
12 / 4-5 | Stock transfers: brokers, bankers, etc. |
1935-1937 |
12 / 6-7 | Stock transfers: stockholders |
1935-1936 |
13 / 1 | Stock trust agreements |
1934 |
13 / 2 | Miscellaneous (includes waivers of notices, proofs
of publication, stockholders' consent to mortgage, donation by J.F. Harrington of
shares to company, application of foreign corporation to do business in Montana,
stop orders on sale of stock) |
1933-1941 |
Production Records |
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Box/Folder | ||
13 / 3-6 | Assay reports: in-house |
1935-1936 |
13 / 7 | Assay reports: Montana Laboratory Company |
1933-1935 |
13 / 8 | Assay reports: Washoe Sampler |
1926, 1933-1937 |
13 / 9 | Assay reports: miscellaneous samplers |
1934-1935, 1946 |
14 / 1 | Daily mill reports [sampled] |
1935-1936 |
14 / 2 | Daily mine reports |
1935-1936 |
14 / 3 | List of claim plats |
undated |
14 / 4 | Lists of mining claims owned by company |
1932 |
14 / 5 | Milling operations reports |
1935-1936 |
14 / 6 | Mine development sketches |
undated |
14 / 7 | Ore shipments |
1935-1936 |
14 / 8 | Power requirements |
undated |
14 / 9 | Record of concentrates shipped |
1935-1936 |
14 / 10 | Survey notes |
undated |
14 / 11 | Tailings calculations |
1945 |
14 / 12 | Vein projections |
1946 |
Oversize Folder | ||
1 | Working face record |
1935-1936 |
Box/Folder | ||
14 / 13 | Miscellaneous (includes mill log sheets, camp water
supply, response to Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology survey, schedule of values) |
1935, undated |
Reports |
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Box/Folder | ||
15 / 1 | Matthew M. Reese report on Black Pine Mine |
1933 |
15 / 2 | George G. Griswold Jr. report on flotation of ore
from Black Pine Mine |
1934 |
15 / 3 | Newton W. Emmons reports on Combination and Black
Pine mines |
1935 |
15 / 4 | J.D. Hull report on condition of Black Pine Mine |
1935 |
15 / 5 | Reports to Board of Directors |
1935 |
15 / 6 | Prospectus |
circa 1935 |
Subject Files |
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Box/Folder | ||
15 / 7 | Employment applications (includes correspondence,
forms, etc.) |
1934-1935 |
15 / 8 | R.A. Finley (includes his promissory notes) |
1934-1935 |
15 / 9 | Fire insurance |
1935-1936 |
Oversize Folder | ||
1 | Fire insurance |
1935-1936 |
Box/Folder | ||
15 / 10 | Arnold Holt and Ben Walkup matter |
1934-1936 |
15 / 11 | Kroger, Scott and Seelos ore dump contract |
1935-1936 |
15 / 12 | Angus McDonald lease |
1934 |
15 / 13 | Edgar McLure (includes financial, legal, and court
documents) |
1924-1935 |
15 / 14-15 | Montana Industrial Accident Board (includes
accident reports and payroll reports) |
1933-1936 |
15 / 16 | Montana Power Company (includes applications for
power, job orders, application for license for transmission line) |
1933 |
15 / 17 | U.S. Internal Revenue Service (re claim for refund
on taxes) |
1935-1937 |
15 / 18 | U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (re listing
of stock: includes copies of federal regulations, etc.) |
1933-1936 |
15 / 19 | Samuel J. Wilson (re agreement for sale of stock) |
1935 |
Miscellany |
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Box/Folder | ||
15 / 20 | "A Brief History of Black Pine Mines" |
circa 1932 |
15 / 21 | Montana Consolidated prospectus (re Spring Hill and
Kleinschmidt mines) |
1934 |
15 / 22 | U.S. Social Security forms on employees (includes
name, address, place and date of birth, nationality, occupation, date employed, next
of kin) |
1936 |
15 / 23 | Miscellaneous (includes U.S. Bureau of Mines survey
forms, boiler certificate, notice to public, credit report, power usage, claim maps) |
1934-1952 |
Combination Silver Mines Inc. Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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General Correspondence |
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Box/Folder | ||
16 / 1 | A (correspondents include E.G. Anderson, Fred
Augustson) |
1938 |
16 / 2 | Black Pine Silver Mines Inc. |
1936-1939 |
16 / 3 | J.H. Burns (Mullan, Idaho) |
1938-1939 |
16 / 4 | August Buschmann (Seattle, Washington) |
1938-1939 |
16 / 5 | B-F (correspondents include Barnett Iron and
Machinery Company, Butte Machinery Company, Caird Engineering Works, Virginia
Cartwright, Alton Collins, Edward H. Collins, William Corwin, Dun and Bradstreet
Inc., Elton D. French) |
1938-1941 |
16 / 6 | G-K (correspondents include Joseph D. Gengler,
Golconda Lead Mines, Golddonna Gold Mining Company, Paul A. Gow, Granite County
offices, John F. Harrington, H.D. Kimsey) |
1938-1942 |
16 / 7 | Joseph Lancaster (Philipsburg) |
1936-1939 |
16 / 8 | L (correspondents include T.S. Lane, Leonard G.
Larson, William Lolley) |
1936-1938 |
16 / 9 | R.S. McClintock (diamond drill contractor, Spokane,
Washington) |
1936-1939 |
16 / 10 | Edgar McLure; W.R. McLure |
1938-1939 |
16 / 11 | R.H. McPeak (Hall) |
1937-1939 |
16 / 12 | M-N (correspondents include Angus McDonald, C.E.H.
Maloy, Henry Messelin, Montana Board of Equalization, Montana Industrial Accident
Board, Montana Power Company, Morse Brothers, Martin Nicholson, W.G.
Norrie-Loewenthal) |
1937-1941 |
16 / 13 | John A. Oliphant (Deer Lodge) |
1937-1940 |
16 / 14 | Frank Olmsted (Seattle, Washington) |
1938-1939 |
16 / 15 | P-R (correspondents include Ed F. Page, Walter L.
Pope, Bud Runyon) |
1938-1941 |
16 / 16 | Russell E. Smith (Missoula) |
1936-1940 |
16 / 17 | S-U (correspondents include William Schneider,
Frank Seiler, Phil Stockie, Edward Stoneman, E.G. Sunfelt, R.E. Thomas, George W.
Thompson, U.S. Office of Price Administration County Salvage Program, U.S. Internal
Revenue Service) |
1937-1942 |
16 / 18 | John Van Daam (San Francisco, California) |
1939-1940 |
16 / 19 | V (correspondents include Frank Vernon, B.P. Von
Anderson) |
1937-1938 |
16 / 20 | Ben Walkup (Philipsburg) |
1938-1939 |
16 / 21 | Robert C. Warner (Hall) |
1938 |
16 / 22 | Sam J. Wilson (Seattle, Washington) |
1936-1939 |
16 / 23 | W (correspondents include R.H. Willsey,
unidentified) |
1939 |
Court Papers |
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Box/Folder | ||
16 / 24 | August Buschmann vs. Combination Silver Mines Inc.
complaint, summons, list of mining claims) |
1940 |
Financial Records |
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Box/Folder | ||
16 / 25 | August Buschmann account |
1937-1939 |
16 / 26 | Edward M. Hay account |
1937-1941 |
16 / 27 | Cancelled checks |
1937-1940 |
16 / 28 | General ledger and journal entries |
1936-1939 |
16 / 29 | Smelter returns |
1937-1938 |
16 / 30 | Tax returns: Montana |
1936-1941 |
16 / 31 | Tax returns: United States |
1936-1941 |
16 / 32 | Miscellaneous (includes invoices, Granite County
tax statement, receipts and disbursements, etc.) |
1937-1939 |
Legal Documents |
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Box/Folder | ||
17 / 1 | George A. Kirkbride lease |
1938-1939 |
17 / 2 | John A. Oliphant lease |
1937 |
17 / 3 | Miscellaneous (includes agreement with B.P. Von
Anderson, mortgage, bill of sale, releases) |
1937-1939 |
Organization |
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Box/Folder | ||
17 / 4 | Corporate record book (includes bylaws, minutes,
subscription list, stockholder ledger, dividend record) |
1936-1942 |
17 / 5 | Annual report of corporation |
1937-1939 |
17 / 6 | Miscellaneous (includes meeting notices, proxies,
deposition of officers, |
1937-1939 |
Miscellany |
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Box/Folder | ||
17 / 7 | History of Combination Silver Mines Inc. |
undated |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Mines and Mineral Resources--Montana--Granite County
- Silver Mines and Mining--Montana--Philipsburg
Corporate Names
- Black Pine Silver Mines, Inc. (creator)
Geographical Names
- Black Pine (Mont.)
- Deer Lodge County (Montana)
- Missoula (Mont.)
- Philipsburg (Mont.)