Beattie Company records, 1872-1935

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Beattie Company (Helena, Mont.)
Title
Beattie Company records
Dates
1872-1935 (inclusive)
Quantity
17 linear feet of shelf space
Collection Number
MC 79 (collection)
Summary
Edward W. Beattie (1847-1914) and his brother George D. Beattie (1857-1915) moved to Helena, Montana Territory, following the death of their brother, Alexander Beattie, in 1884, to manage their brother's estate. They invested widely in mining, ranching, and real estate, including the Rosebud Land and Improvement Company and the Silver Bow Park Addition. In 1913 their property was transferred to the Beattie Company, incorporated by A.L. Smith, Carl Rasch, and Milton S. Gunn. The Company continued to manage the property until the late 1920s. This collection (1872-1935) consists of eleven subgroups, including E.W. and G.D. Beattie (1872-1917),and The Beattie Company (1913-1928).
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

Edward W. and George D. Beattie were natives of Rockford, Illinois, born in 1847 and 1857, respectively. As a young man, Edward set up a cutlery business in Rockford, which he later moved to Chicago. George joined him there several years later as an employee. In 1884, their brother Alexander H. Beattie, who had been active in Helena, Montana, real estate and banking, died leaving a large estate. The following year, Edward and George moved to Helena to manage the estate's property. The Beattie brothers invested widely in mining, ranching and real estate. Their most important interests were the Rosebud Land and Improvement Company and the Silver Bow Park Addition in Butte. In November 1913, the brothers decided to turn over all of their property to the Beattie Company, newly incorporated by A.L. Smith, Carl Rasch, and Milton S. Gunn, in exchange for all but fifteen of the Company's 100,000 shares. After the deaths of the two brothers in 1914 and 1915, the Company continued to manage the property until the late 1920s. Edward W. Beattie served as U.S. Surveyor General for Montana from 1897 to 1904 and was a close associate of the state's Republican senator, Thomas H. Carter.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

This collection includes correspondence and mining, ranching, and real estate business records, as well as some of E.W. Beattie's U.S. Surveyor General papers (1897-1905). There are subgroups for E.W. and G.D. Beattie, the Beattie Company, Choteau Land, Comstock Mining and Milling Company, Ida Mining Company, Boulder-Comstock Mining Company, Kit Carson Mining Company, Peerless Jennie Mining Company, Riverside Addition to North Great Falls, Rosebud Land and Improvement Company, and the Silver Bow Park Addition in Butte.

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. Some material housed in manuscript volumes.

Location of Collection

4:7-4

Acquisition Information

Acquisition information available upon request

Separated Materials

Maps have been moved to library. Separation lists can be found throughout the collection. 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

E.W. and G.D. Beattie Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Incoming correspondence
Box/Folder
1 / 1
A-B (correspondents include F.K. Armstrong, Anna Beattie, William Bruce)
1894-1899
1 / 2
Massena Bullard
1885-1899
1 / 3
J.A. Cannon
1890-1899
1 / 4
W.F. Cobban
1895-1898
1 / 5
C-H (correspondents include Edwin C. Carter, H.R. Comly, Ernest Crutcher, Davis and Peck, Lewis Davis, Moses Decker, W.S. Dodge, H.F. Forbes, Samuel Gee, Joseph H. Harper)
1889-1898
1 / 6
D.C. Hough
1892
1 / 7
David D. Lambie
1894
1 / 8
Luce and Luce (includes L.A. Luce and John A. Luce)
1887-1899
1 / 9
Jesse K. Miller
1894, 1899
1 / 10
Montana Loan and Realty Company (includes W.F. Cobban and George H. Casey)
1892-1893
1 / 11
James W. Murphy
1890-1891
1 / 12
Murphy and Cannon (includes J.W. Murphy and J.A. Cannon)
1889-1890
1 / 13
M-P (correspondents include John McGuire, George S. Miller, J.H. McMonagle, J.H. Meyers, Montana National Bank, John O'Rourke, Thomas C. Power, Sol Poznanski)
1884-1898
1 / 14
R-V (correspondents include J.E. Rickards; San Juan County, Colorado; Edward Scharnikow; Henry Sears and Company; A.J. Seligman; Silver Bow County Assessor; Thompson Investment Company; Frank Vautour)
1883-1898
1 / 15
William W. Belcher
1905
1 / 16
B-C (correspondents include Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad Company, Massena Bullard, Butte Land and Investment Company, J.W. Carter, Cataract Copper Mining Company [Marcus L. Hewett], Cobban Realty Company, J.P. Collins, Ernest Crutcher)
1901-1905
1 / 17
J.A. Cannon
1901-1904
1 / 18
D-E (correspondents include Davenport and Kimball, Levi Davis, E.R. Dennick, W.S. Dodge, William Eby, J.C. Emerson
1901-1905
1 / 19
H.F. Forbes
1903-1904
1 / 20
F-K (correspondents include First National Bank of Butte, Kate Fogarty, Gallatin Land and Investment Company, O.M. Hall, J.H. Hall, Helena mayor, T. Hofsoos, J.S. Kearney)
1901-1905
1 / 21
E.B. Linnen, U.S. Land Office investigator
1904-1906
1 / 22
John A. Luce
1900-1905
1 / 23
L-P (correspondents include Lewis and Clark County, J.H. Murphy, National Geographic Society, Pearson and Corner)
1904-1905
1 / 24
Richards Trust Company
1901
1 / 25
R-W (correspondents include J.A. Rickards, Edward Scharnikow, John W. Shields, George Silsby, Silver Bow County, Teton County, E.B. Weiner)
1901-1905
1 / 26-28
Charles K. Wells (includes Bridger Coal Company)
1901-1905
2 / 1
A (correspondents include William Albright, Anaconda Standard, H. Auerbach)
1906-1907
2 / 2
Barnes King Development Company
1906-1907
2 / 3
Beattie Family (includes Mary and Anna Beattie, Edward W. Beattie, Jr.)
1906-1907
2 / 4
William M. Belcher
1906
2 / 5
B (correspondents include C.M. Bair, J.H. Bass, F.R. Bateman, Bitter Root District Irrigation Company, John Boschi, Retta M. Briscoe, Broadwater County, H.C. Brown and Company [enclosing prospectus for North American Exploration Company], Brown Brothers Mercantile Company, Massena Bullard, H.J. Burleigh, Butte City Attorney, Butte and Boulder Mining and Lumber Company, Butte Investment Company, Butte Land and Investment Company)
1906-1907
2 / 6
James W. Carter
1906-1907
2 / 7
Thomas H. Carter
1906-1907
2 / 8
C (correspondents include A.J. Campbell, P.H. Campbell, J.A. Cannon, Pete C. Carter, Cataract Copper Mining Company [C.C. Darrow], Cobban Realty Company, Cobban-Clark Realty Company, Thomas Cooper, W.E. Cullen)
1906-1907
2 / 9
W.S. Dodge
1906-1907
2 / 10
D (correspondents include William Dallas, Daly Bank and Trust Company, James Davidson, John F. Davies, P.J. Donohue, Pat Dougherty, Tim Downey, George B. Dygert)
1906-1907
2 / 11
E (correspondents include J.C. Emerson, C.H. Engelken, Gus B. English)
1906-1907
2 / 12
W.S. Fisher
1906-1907
2 / 13
F-G (correspondents include J.H. Fariss, G.S. Fernald, Frank W. Feuerbacher and Company, Mrs. J.D. Finn, W.H. Fitch, Kate Fogarty [re lot for Catholic Church], H.F. Forbes, George O. Freeman, James W. Geary, W.R. Glasscock, C. Gotzian and Company, O.D. Gray, Great Northern Railway Company, A.C. Grosso)
1906-1907
2 / 14
H-J (correspondents include Hall Brothers, A.J. Haida, Agnes S. Harris, C.M. Harris, John S. Harris [Snohomish and Tramway Mines], E.H. Hazelton, D.C. Heger tailor made shirts, City of Helena, Helena Public Library listing expenditures, Helena Light and Railway Company, Marcus L. Hewett, Edward Horsky, C.S. Jackman, Edwin A. Jones)
1906-1907
2 / 15
J.S. Kearney (includes option on placer claim)
1906-1907
2 / 16
E.W. Knight
1906-1907
2 / 17
C.G. Knowles
1906-1907
2 / 18
K (correspondents include Kalamazoo Stove Company, J.W. Kendrick, J.H. Kent, Charles King, J.E. Kenck, Hiram Knowles, W.H. Kohl)
1906-1907
2 / 19
W.R. Logan (U.S. Indian Service, Harlem)
1907
2 / 20
L (correspondents include O.M. Lanstrum, J.M. Lawson, Louis Lienemann, C.F. Lloyd, R.A. Luke and Company)
1906-1907
2 / 21
D.L. Martin
1906-1907
2 / 22
M-P (correspondents include C.B. McCarthy, William McDermott, Thomas McHugh, E.L. Mayo, J.K. Miller, Amon Moore, J. & B. Moos, A.T. Morgan, O.G. Muchmore, National Geographic Society, John E. O'Connor, Paul A. Ozanne, Passmore and Company, Philbrook-Moon Company, Pittsburgh Coal Company, James Plant, Sol Poznanski, D.B. Price)
1906-1907
2 / 23
R-S (correspondents include William Q. Ranft, A.C. Ray, J.E. Rickards, Rockford College, Fannie Rohday, Salvation Army, Edward Scharnikow, H.H. Schwartz, Henry Sears, Fannie Shaffer, George Skaletz, F.M. Smith, Lewis A. Smith, A.E. Spriggs [Montana Consolidated Copper Company], Havilah Squires, P.E. Stanley, Horace J. Stevens, John C. Stewart, The System Company)
1906-1907
2 / 24
Samuel H. Treloar
1907
2 / 25
T (correspondents include Charles B. Taber, E.W. Toole Estate)
1906-1907
2 / 26
United States (includes General Land Office, Surveyor General, Treasury Department)
1906-1907
2 / 27
U-W (correspondents include Union Bank and Trust Company, United States Smelting Company, L.A. Van Horne, F.H. Vannier, Rosamund Vautour, John D. Waite, F.W. Warnock, Washington Electric Supply Company, Western Townsite Company of Montana [J.Q. Adams], Celia Therese Wormley)
1906-1907
2 / 28
J.Q. Adams (Western Townsite Company of Montana)
1908
2 / 29
A (correspondents include Ackermann and Coles, Mrs. G.H. Adams, William H. Albright, W.R. Allen)
1908-1909
2 / 30
Beattie family (includes Mary Beattie, Edward W. Beattie)
1908-1909
2 / 31
William M. Belcher (Bald Butte Mining Company)
1908-1909
2 / 32
Butte Land and Investment Company
1908-1909
2 / 33
B (correspondents include Bailey Loan and Realty Company, Boston and Montana Consolidated Copper and Silver Mining Company, Alex Buncy [?], Retta M. Briscoe, Massena Bullard, J.M. Burlingame, City of Butte)
1908-1909
2 / 34
Thomas H. Carter
1908-1909
2 / 35
C (correspondents include Cascade County, M.J. Cavanaugh, B.F. Chick, Ransom Cooper, Walter Cooper, Cottonwood Land Company)
1908-1909
3 / 1
W.S. Dodge
1908
3 / 2
D-F (correspondents include James Davidson, John F. Davies, Denis Poitras and Company, William Elliott, R.E. Farley, Kate Fogarty)
1908-1909
3 / 3
G (correspondents include Gallatin Land and Investment Company, E.J. Gardiner, Sol Genzberger [Butte and Boulder Mining and Lumber Company], Alphonse Goddu, W.G. Good, Harlan Goodhue, Mrs. Cameron Gourley, Grasselli Chemical Company, A.C. Grosso)
1908-1909
3 / 4
Agnes Harris
1908-1909
3 / 5
Mike and Art Herzog
1909
3 / 6
H-K (correspondents include J.H. Hall, Mary Titus Hazelton, City of Helena, Helena Athletic Association, Helena Commercial Club, Helena Taxpayers League, Thomas Hofsoos, Peter Jasmin, Jefferson County, Sven S. Johnson, Alex J. Johnston, C. Johnston, Emma N. Jones, Alfred B. Kastor, Martin Koski)
1908-1909
3 / 7
John A. Luce
1909
3 / 8
L (correspondents include E. Landry, Charles Leverona, Lincoln Farm Association, E.B. Linnen, W.R. Logan, Ralph R. Lounsbury)
1908-1909
3 / 9
William Muth
1909
3 / 10
M (correspondents include Samuel McConnell, William McDermott, John McGuire, W.W. McMillan, Mrs. Alex McQuaters, Thomas A. Marlow, D.L. Martin, Edwin L. Mayo, Elias Merriman, Arthur J. Miller, B.F. Moon, Mary J. Moore, J. & B. Moos, A.T. Morgan, John G. Morony, Dan P. Mumbrue)
1908-1909
3 / 11
N-O (correspondents include George Neff, Agnes R. Nesbitt, North Butte Mountain Copper Company, J.E. O'Connell, James O'Grady, William H. Orr)
1908-1909
3 / 12
Pullman Company (G.S. Fernald)
1908-1909
3 / 13
P (correspondents include Charles E. Pew, Philbrook- Moon Company, C.A. Pooley, Powell County)
1908-1909
3 / 14
Frank Reynolds
1908-1909
3 / 15
R (correspondents include A.C. Ray, J.W. Reed, Reeves and Company, Frank E. Richards [Corbin Copper Company], D.A. Richardson, Rosebud County, Royal Reduction Works)
1908-1909
3 / 16
Salvation Army, Helena
1908-1909
3 / 17
C.N. Souther
1909
3 / 18
P.E. Stanley
1909
3 / 19
S (correspondents include William T. Satterwhite, Edward Scharnikow, Albert Schaub, H.H. Schwartz, William G. Settles, J.C. Shaubut, F.M. Smith, J.G. Spencer, A.E. Spriggs, Stackhouse-Speer Agency, C.P. Stephens, L. Storrs)
1908-1909
3 / 20
Samuel H. Treloar
1908
3 / 21
T-U (correspondents include Charles B. Taber, J.D. Thompson, J.K. Toole, James Travis, Union Bank and Trust Company, United States Surveyor General)
1908-1909
3 / 22
Rosamund Vautour
1909
3 / 23
W (correspondents include William Wallace Jr., T.W. Warnock, Charles M. Webster, J.T. Wood)
1908-1909
3 / 24
A (correspondents include C.J. Arvidson, George R. Atkinson, H. Auerbach, J.C. Auld)
1911
3 / 25
Beattie family (includes Anne Beattie, Mary Beattie, Edward W. Beattie)
1910-1911
3 / 26
G.W. Berry
1911
3 / 27
B-C (correspondents include F. Bailot, Barnes King Development Company, "Joy" Julius Barney, C.D. Best Real Estate, Joseph Bischofberger, F.M. Booth, Emil J. Brandt, Brown-Danskin Company, Butte Construction Company, E.G. Butterfield, Neil Carothers, J.B. Chapin, F.R. Chapman, Choteau Land and Loan Company, W.H. Clark, Coeur d'Alene Investment Company, A.B. Cook, Cordova Cigar Company, Cottonwood Land Company)
1910-1911
3 / 28
D-F (correspondents include J.E. DeMars, Robert Fairburn, W.E. Fisher, C.D. French, Hugo Freyler)
1910-1911
3 / 29
G (correspondents include Katherine A. Gaines, Goodall Brothers Assaying, Harlan Goodhue, Goodwin Investment Company, A.R. Greene, Great Northern Railway Company)
1910-1911
3 / 30
Agnes Harris
1910-1911
3 / 31
Walter L. Hawley
1910-1911
3 / 32
H (correspondents include Mary Titus Hazelton, James Heagan, J.H. Heckman, D.W. Hehm [?], Helena Commercial Club, Thomas Hofsoos, Joe Holms, Edward Horsky, King Solomon Mining Company, Mrs. M.E. Knowles)
1910-1911
3 / 33
J.N. Kelly
1910-1911
3 / 34
C.G. Knowles
1910
3 / 35
M.E. Lewis
1911
3 / 36
L-M (correspondents include David D. Lambie, Fred Lockley, John A. Luce, McDonald and Givens, R.A. Martin, R.O. Merriman, T.B. Miller, Montana Deaconess School, Montana Lumber Company, J. & B. Moos, William Muth)
1910-1911
4 / 1
N-P (correspondents include Nelson and Pederson, J.I. Nichol, North Butte Mountain Copper Company, William H. Orr, Walter Parken, Mrs. D.M. Phillips, C.A. Pooley, James T. Poitras, Sol Poznanski, Arthur D. Prouty)
1910-1911
4 / 2
Frank Reynolds
1910-1911
4 / 3
Frank E. Richards
1910-1911
4 / 4
R-U (correspondents include Louise M. Robinson, Salvation Army, Edward Scharnikow, Albert Schaub, S.O. Shaw, J.H. Shober, Silverton Commercial Club, South Side Improvement Company, J.S. Stoner, J.G. Spencer, R.H. Treacy, W.A. Triplett, United States General Land Office)
1910-1911
4 / 5
Rosamund Vautour
1910-1911
4 / 6
V-W (correspondents include Veazey and Veazey, Charles N. Wakeman, F.W. Warnock, George H. Webster)
1910-1911
4 / 7
A (correspondents include Hugo Abt, William H. Albright, American Smelting and Refining Company, Anaconda Copper Mining Company)
1912-1913
4 / 8
Beattie family (includes Edward W. Beattie, Mary Beattie, George D. Beattie, Anna Beattie, Jennie D. Beattie)
1912-1913
4 / 9
John H. Becker (Rule Mercantile and Butchering Company)
1912-1913
4 / 10
Joseph A. Bischofberger
1912-1913
4 / 11
B (correspondents include Bank of Commerce, Forsyth; Barnes-King Development Company; George Berry; Retta M. Briscoe; City of Butte)
1912-1913
4 / 12
Coeur d'Alene Investment Company (M.E. Lewis)
1912-1913
4 / 13
Charles A. Cottrill
1912
4 / 14
C-G (correspondents include A.D. Callahan, J.A. Cannon, M.L. Cavanaugh, W.F. Cobban, J.B. Collins, A.B. Cook, Albert Crone, C.P. Drennen, Thomas C. Fain re life in Philippines, Frank W. Feuerbacher, E.J. Gardiner, Charles Gardner, M.H. Gerry Jr., C.C. Goodale, C. Gotzian and Company)
1912-1913
4 / 15
James Heagan
1913
4 / 16
J. Heckman
1912-1913
4 / 17
W.S. Herman
1912-1913
4 / 18
Thomas Hofsoos
1912-1913
4 / 19
H-K (correspondents include T.M. Hamilton, Agnes S. Harris, Walter L. Hawley, Mary Titus Hazelton, City of Helena, Helena Commercial Club, James M. Hinkle, Albert S. Hovey, William H. Hunt, A.L. and M.L. Kaufmann, Mrs. A. Kinnerly)
1912-1913
4 / 20
C.G. Knowles
1912-1913
4 / 21
Louis Lienemann
1912-1913
4 / 22
L-N (correspondents include David D. Lambie, P.H. Leary, Mrs. James Lockie, Marie A. Lombard, D.L. Martin, Charles Mattison, A.J. Miller, G.N. Mires, Monarch Paint Company, Montana Bureau of Distribution, Montana Club, Montana Deaconess School, Montana Wesleyan University, Lily B. Moore, William Muth, J.F. Newsom)
1912-1913
4 / 23
Edward O'Neill
1912-1913
4 / 24
J.P. O'Neill
1912-1913
4 / 25
O-P (correspondents include M.E. O'Neill, Y. Pendas and Alvarez, Philbrook-Moon Company, James Poitras, Sol Poznanski, Pullman Company)
1912-1913
4 / 26
A.C. Ray
1912-1913
4 / 27
Frank Reynolds
1912-1913
4 / 28
Frank E. Richards
1912-1913
4 / 29
Joseph Russell
1912-1913
4 / 30
R (correspondents include J.W. Roberts and Son)
1912
4 / 31
Peter Seaman
1912
4 / 32
S (correspondents include William G. Settles, Shonkin Stock Association, Silver Bow County, M.P. Sipple, Slemons and Booth, Louis Sponheim, Norval Stuart, Swingle Brothers)
1912-1913
4 / 33
T-V (correspondents include Teton County, James Thompson, G.A. Tremper, W.A. Triplett, Braz D. Tull, United States Land Office, United States Navy Recruiting Service, United States Smelting Company, Rosamund Vautour)
1912-1913
4 / 34
F.W. Warnock
1912-1913
4 / 35
W-Y (correspondents include William Wallace Jr., Walsh and Nolan, Austin W. Warr, Western Mortgage and Warranty Title Company, L. Westgate, J.H. Williams, George W. Wilson, Young Men's Christian Association [YMCA])
1912-1913
5 / 1
George W. Angle
1914
5 / 2
Beattie family (includes Edward W. Beattie, Mary I. Beattie)
1914
5 / 3
B-G (correspondents include Barnes-King Development Company, John R. Becker, J.A. Bischofberger, Butte Water Company, J.W. Biddle, J.H. Cassidy, Coeur d'Alene Investment Company, W.C. Crum, C.W. Darling, Levi Davis, Lula De Mosher, C.P. Drennen, G.S. Fernald, Catherine Fisher, Firman Gage, George F. Graham, Modena Gravel)
1914
5 / 4
John Heagan
1914
5 / 5
Thomas Hofsoos
1914
5 / 6
H (correspondents include James Hackett, Agnes S. Harris, Mrs. P.A. Hathaway, W.S. Herman, Mike Herzog, A.L. Hinman, Hotel Investment Company)
1914
5 / 7
K-L (correspondents include Christian J. Kenck, W.A. Kidney, C.G. Knowles, David D. Lambie, Louis Lienemann)
1914
5 / 8
M-P (correspondents include Samuel McConnell, Mrs. W.J. Miller, Thomas Mills, Montana Wesleyan University, J.P. O'Neill, Philbrook-Moon Company, Powell County)
1914
5 / 9
A.C. Ray
1914
5 / 10
Frank E. Richards
1914
5 / 11
R (correspondents include J.F. Redpath, Frank Reynolds)
1914
5 / 12
S-W (correspondents include Norval Stuart, James Travis, Braz D. Tull, P.D. Twohy, F.W. Warnock, Walter Harvey Weed, L. Westgate, Patrick Wickham, Jess Wilkinson, J.H. Williams, George W. Winter, Elmer E. Woodman)
1914
Outgoing Correspondence
Box/Folder
5 / 13
Partial index to outgoing correspondence
1887-1909
5 / 14
Letterpress book
February 1885- March 1887
6 / 1-2
Letterpress books
March 1887- October 1890
7 / 1-2
Letterpress books
October 1890- June 1893
8 / 1-2
Letterpress books
June 1893- February 1896
9 / 1
Letterpress book
March 1896- April 1898
9 / 2
Letterpress book: George D. Beattie
October -November 1900
10 / 1-2
Letterpress books: Edward W. Beattie, U.S. Surveyor General
July 1897- May 1902
11 / 1
Letterpress books: Edward W. Beattie, U.S. Surveyor General
May 1902- September 1904
11 / 2
Letterpress book
January 1906- May 1909
12 / 1-3
Letterpress books
May 1909- December 1916
Court Papers
Box/Folder
13 / 1
Alexander H. Beattie Estate (includes Providence Mining Company forfeiture; Andrew Printoff foreclosure; declaration of trust; decree of distribution; decree of final discharge)
1885-1888
13 / 2
E.W. Beattie and G.D. Beattie vs. Lewis Davis complaint (re Lewis Davis placer mining claim)
1896
13 / 3
Miscellaneous (includes A.M. Holter vs. Lewis A. Reeder judgment; Carmi B. Vaughan Estate notice of forfeiture; George D. Beattie vs. William H. Hartmen et al. decree)
1882-1914
Financial Records
Box/Folder
13 / 4
Accounts receivable ledger
1909-1910
13 / 5-11
Assessment lists: property taxes
1889-1895
14 / 1-10
Assessment lists: property taxes
1896-1905
15 / 1-7
Assessment lists: property taxes
1906-1913
15 / 8
Bank books
1905-1912
15 / 9
Cash book
1885-1887
16 / 1
Cash book
1887-1889
Volume
1
Cash book
1890-1894
2
Cash book
1894-1898
Box/Folder
16 / 2-5
Cash books [overlapping dates]
1890-1913
16 / 6
Cash book: E.W. Beattie
1896
16 / 7
Cash book: Capital Contest Committee
1892, 1894
16 / 8
Cash book: mining claims
1893-1913
17 / 1
Checkbooks
1896-1898, 1903, 1913
17 / 2
Journal
1885-1886
17 / 3-5
Journals [overlapping dates]
1904-1913
17 / 6
Ledger
1885
17 / 7
Ledger (primarily real estate)
1885-1891
18 / 1
Ledger (primarily Butte real estate)
1872-1888
18 / 2-3
Ledgers (real estate, water rights, office, etc.)
1904-1913
Volume
3
Lewis and Clark County tax appraisal
1885
Box/Folder
18 / 4
List of real estate owned by E.W. and G.D. Beattie
circa 1894
18 / 5
Real estate journal
1907-1911
19 / 1-2
Record books #1-2: E.W. Beattie, personal
1897-1904
Volume
4
Statement and report of E.W. Beattie and G.D. Beattie in the matter of their trust
1887-1888
Box/Folder
19 / 3
Taxes
1902-1909
19 / 4
Water receipt books: Helena
1907-1908
19 / 5
Miscellaneous (includes accounts for purchase of St. Lawrence and Jack claims; Miller and Beattie expenses; travel expenses; Peter and Martha Teague loan; Maggie Vicain loan; etc.)
1895-1913
Legal Documents
Box/Folder
19 / 6
Affidavits of annual representation: Deer Lodge County (re mining claims)
1895-1896
19 / 7
Affidavits of annual representation: Jefferson County (re mining claims)
1886-1899
19 / 8
Affidavits of annual representation: Lewis and Clark County (re mining claims)
1885-1900, 1917
19 / 9
Affidavits of annual representation: Madison County; Silver Bow County (re mining claims)
1896-1899
19 / 10
Assignments; bills of sale
1885-1900
19 / 11
Bonds for deeds: mining claims
1891
19 / 12
Deeds and agreements to sell (re mining claims and Helena city lots)
1875-1914
20 / 1
Escrow: warranty deeds
1912-1919
20 / 2
Alexander Forbes mortgage
1890-1896
20 / 3
Leases
1890-1912
20 / 4
Leases: mining properties
1899-1909
20 / 5
Leases: real estate
1883-1906
20 / 6
List of documents filed by Alexander H. Beattie Estate with Lewis and Clark County
1875-1884
20 / 7
Notice of intention to hold and work mining claims
1893-1894
20 / 8
Options (includes option to sell Great Western Iron Mine; Butte property)
1906
20 / 9
Miscellaneous (includes mortgages, notice of location of mining claims, abstracts of title, Helena City Council resolution re Helena Water Works Company, Prickly Pear Valley irrigation agreement)
1873-1911
Maps
Box/Folder
20 / 10
List of maps transferred to Library map collection
undated
Production Records
Box/Folder
20 / 11
Miscellaneous (includes ore statements for Cataract Mining Company, Jack Smith and Rose claims, H. Davis mine, Crystal Mine, Kit Carson Mine)
1894-1922
Miscellany
Box/Folder
20 / 12
Basin Townsite (Massena Bullard report)
1894
20 / 13
Clara Burgess (ground rent of rear of 200 Breckenridge, Helena)
1899-1911
20 / 14
Circular (special instructions to Surveyors General)
1900
20 / 15
Helena Commercial Club bulletins
1912
20 / 16
Letterpress book (includes directory of Butte mining lodes, circa 1892; roll call vote on HB 124 and SB 87, 1899; list of townships surveyed, 1901)
1892-1901
20 / 17
Montana Club annual reports of secretary
1909-1911
20 / 18
Montana Legislative Assembly, H.B. 28 (re initiative and referendum)
1897
20 / 19
Miscellaneous (includes lists of court actions, lists of property, advertisements, election certification, etc.)
1893-1913, undated
Clippings
Box/Folder
20 / 20
Alexander H. Beattie obituary
1884
20 / 21
Thomas H. Carter speech re politics
1906
20 / 22
Delinquent tax lists
1889-1893
20 / 23
Mining (includes Butte mines, mining law changes, claims lists, report on settlement of Betsy Dahl claim, land office decisions)
1893-1902
20 / 24
Miscellaneous (includes plan for Prickly Pear irrigation district; dowries; illness; Rockford, Illinois)
1897-1912, undated

The Beattie Company Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
General Correspondence
Box/Folder
21 / 1
John E. Allen Company (re Crystal Copper Company claims)
1914
21 / 2
American Smelting and Refining Company
1918-1919
21 / 3
Beattie family (includes Edward W. Beattie Jr.; Jennie D. Beattie; Anna Beattie; Mary I. Beattie A.L. Smith, president of Beattie Company)
1917-1928
21 / 4
A-B (correspondents include Glenn Anderson, Jennie Atchison, Ferdinand Bailot, George Ballentine, James W. and Jennie M. Blake, Butte Water Company)
1917-1927
21 / 5
C-G (correspondents include C.S. Carpenter, Coeur d'Alene Investment Company, F.V.H. Collins, Crystal Copper Company, Carl F. Eden, John Farrell, J.C. Fillman, Philip Finister, First National Bank of Butte, Fred Fournier, Martin P. Gully)
1917-1934
21 / 6
H-J (correspondents include Agnes S. Harris, S.T. Hauser Estate re Kit Carson mining claim, Mary Titus Hazelton, City of Helena, Helena Realty Board, W.S. Herman, Jefferson County, Charles E. Johnson)
1917-1927
21 / 7
K-P (correspondents include Thomas H. Kane, Louis Kaufman, John H. Keefe, Kit Carson Mine, Amelia H. Kleinschmidt, Lester H. Loble, Arthur Loiselle, Nora Melton, T.B. Miller, Montana State Fire Marshal, Northern Pacific Railway Company, James Owens, Denis Poitras)
1917-1928
21 / 8
J.A. Poore (re Crystal Copper Company claims)
1917
21 / 9
A.C. Ray (re Crystal Copper Company claims)
1917-1918
21 / 10
R-W (correspondents include Frank Reynolds, Saint Paul Trust and Savings Bank, P.G. Schroeder, Silver Bow County, Mrs. A. Sorenson, F.J. Stephens, E.J. Strasburger, U.S. General Land Office, U.S. Treasury Department, Caroline E. Von Falkenstein, T.B. Weir, J.H. Williams)
1916-1921
Court Papers
Box/Folder
21 / 11
George F. Mason and John B. Mason vs. City of Helena, et al [including Beattie Company] complaint re delinquent taxes
1935
Financial Records
Box/Folder
21 / 12
Real estate and personal property of Beattie Company
circa 1916
21 / 13
Statements of receipts and disbursements; balance sheets
1916-1926
21 / 14
Taxes
1916-1927
21 / 15
Trial balances
1915-1928
21 / 16
Miscellaneous (includes statement of royalties from shipments of Peerless Jennie ore, lists of insurance policies, lists of properties, rent stubs)
1917-1928
Legal Documents
Box/Folder
21 / 17
Affidavit of annual representation of mining claim
1917
21 / 18
Leases (mining claims)
1917-1924
21 / 19
Warranty deeds (Butte real estate)
1917, 1922
Organization
Box/Folder
21 / 20
Minutes; proxy
1913-1920

Choteau Land Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
General Correspondence
Box/Folder
21 / 21
J.C. Emerson
1882-1905
21 / 22
Robert Fairburn
1897-1905
21 / 23
H-S (correspondents include John Hamilton, C.S. McDonald, A.K. Prescott, Alfred E. Rogers, James Sulgrove)
1890-1904
Court Papers
Box/Folder
21A / 1
Fred Perry, Edward Dennis, Lucy Dennis, Albert L. Halladay, and John R. Gleason vs. George D. Beattie, McDonald and Rimell, Eldorado Co-operative Canal Company, et al. (re water rights: complaint and portion of testimony)
1904
Legal Documents
Box/Folder
21A / 2
Chouteau County water rights
1883-1890
21A / 3
Desert land entries
1905
21A / 4
Miscellaneous (includes mortgages, deeds, agreements)
1879-1885
Miscellany
Box/Folder
21A / 5
Miscellaneous (includes descriptions of land, lists of purchasers, list of notes secured, hay privileges, sketch plats)
undated

Comstock Mining and Milling Company / Boulder Comstock Mining Company Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
General Correspondence
Box/Folder
22 / 1
A.C. Ray [mostly copies]
1901-1902
22 / 2
Miscellaneous (correspondents include Bannister Mining Company, Jefferson Lime Company, W.C. Child)
1891-1902
22 / 3
Howard A. Johnson (Basin Montana Tunnel Company)
1933-1934
Court Papers
Box/Folder
22 / 4
J.W. Anderson vs. Comstock Mining and Milling Company (re payment of note)
1890
Financial Records
Box/Folder
22 / 5
Cash book
1890-1912
22 / 6
Taxes
1891-1929
22 / 7
Miscellaneous (includes invoices, receipts, assay report)
1890-1909
Legal Documents
Box/Folder
22 / 8
Deeds
1891
22 / 9
Leases
1892, 1901-1902
Organization
Box/Folder
22 / 10
Annual report of corporation
1895, 1901
22 / 11
Certificate of incorporation: Boulder Comstock Mining Company (incorporated by William C. Child, Eli D. Bannister, Edward W. Beattie, and John W. Anderson)
1891
22 / 12
Certificate of incorporation: Comstock Mining and Milling Company (incorporated by Erastus D. Edgerton, Robert A. Luke, and George B. Child)
1889
22 / 13
Minute book
1889-1909
22 / 14
Proxies
1901, 1903
22 / 15
Stock certificates
1891
22 / 16
Stock ledger
1889-1893
22 / 17
Stock transfer journal
1889-1893
Production Records
Box/Folder
22 / 18
History of development work done at Boulder Comstock Mine
1901

Ida Mining Company Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Financial Records
Box/Folder
23 / 1
Cash book
1890-1892
Production Records
Box/Folder
23 / 2
Assay reports
1890
23 / 3
Ore statements
1890
Reports
Box/Folder
23 / 4
"The Ida Mine and Mill Site"
undated

Kit Carson Mining Company Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Outgoing Correspondence
Box/Folder
23 / 5
Letterpress book
1886-1887
Financial Records
Box/Folder
23 / 6
Cash book
1886-1887
Legal Documents
Box/Folder
23 / 7
Miscellaneous
1897, 1916
Organization
Box/Folder
23 / 8
Record book (includes articles of incorporation, bylaws, minutes)
1886-1897
23 / 9
Stock ledger
1886-1887
23 / 10
Stock transfer journal
1886-1887

Peerless Jennie Mining Company Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
General Correspondence
Box/Folder
24 / 1
Miscellaneous (correspondents include Bandmann, Nielsen and Company; E.W. and G.D. Beattie; First National Bank of Butte; U.S. General Land Office)
1888-1902
Outgoing Correspondence
Box/Folder
24 / 2
Letterpress book
June-August 1886
24 / 3
Letterpress book (includes financial and production records)
September 1886- December 1889
Financial Records
Box/Folder
24 / 4
Cash book
1886-1889
24 / 5
Journal
1886-1887
25 / 1
Ledger
1886-1889
25 / 2
Miscellaneous (includes inventory, balance sheet, accounts)
1896-1918
Legal Documents
Box/Folder
25 / 3
Miscellaneous (includes agreement with First National Bank of Butte, homestead receipt)
1899-1902
Organization
Box/Folder
25 / 4
Annual report of corporation
1898-1899
25 / 5
Record book (includes articles of incorporation, bylaws, minutes)
1886-1893
25 / 6
Stock journal
1886-1893
25 / 7
Stock ledger
1886-1893
Production Records
Box/Folder
25 / 8
Ore settlements
1918-1921
Miscellany
Box/Folder
25 / 9
Description of Peerless Jennie and Vautour veins
undated

Riverside Addition To North Great Falls Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
General Correspondence
Box/Folder
26 / 1
B (correspondents include William S. Bell, Boston and Montana Consolidated Copper and Silver Mining Company, Massena Bullard)
1902, 1911
26 / 2
Cascade County
1901-1914
26 / 3
R.N. Kleinschmidt
1908-1914
26 / 4
David D. Lambie
1902
26 / 5
M-R (correspondents include John G. Morony, Eugene Prior, Randall and Prior Real Estate and Abstract Office, Julius G. Rohr)
1896-1911
26 / 6
Samuel S. Singer
1908-1911
26 / 7
S-W (correspondents include Christ J. Skeie, J.W. Speer, Forest J. Smith, William Wallace Jr., Charles M. Webster, Joseph R. Wiley)
1898-1911
Court Papers
Box/Folder
26 / 8
C.B. Miller, Guardina vs. T.H. Kleinschmidt satisfaction of judgment
1908
Financial Records
Box/Folder
26 / 9
Assessment lists
1895-1914
26 / 10
Delinquent taxes
1895-1901
26 / 11
Ledger of lots and blocks sold
1890-1912
26 / 12
Miscellaneous (includes T.H. Kleinschmidt trustee accounts, records of lots sold, county assessor's record of lot ownership)
undated
Legal Documents
Box/Folder
26 / 13
Certificates of redemption
1901-1914
26 / 14
Contracts
1890-1898
Maps
Box/Folder
26 / 15
List of maps transferred to Library map collection
undated

Rosebud Land And Improvement Company Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Incoming Correspondence
Box/Folder
27 / 1
Charles M. Bair
1908
27 / 2
Thomas H. Carter
1908-1909
27 / 3
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
1909
27 / 4
F.V.H. Collins
1909
27 / 5
J.E. Edwards
1903-1909
27 / 6
Pogson, Peloubet and Company (auditors)
1906
27 / 7
Edmund Simmons
1907-1909
27 / 8
A.L. Smith
1906
27 / 9
Western Townsite Company of Montana
1907
27 / 10
Charles M. Bair
1910
27 / 11
Bank of Commerce of Forsyth
1910-1911
27 / 12
Thomas H. Carter
1910
27 / 13
F.V.H. Collins
1910-1914
27 / 14
J.E. Edwards (Bank of Commerce)
1910-1914
27 / 15
Albert J. Galen
1910
27 / 16
Walter L. Hawley
1910-1911
27 / 17
Rosebud County Treasurer; Rosebud Mercantile Company
1910-1914
27 / 18
Edmund Simmons
1910-1914
27 / 19
A.L. Smith
1911
27 / 20
T-U (correspondents include Tisor and McKinnon, Tuttle Land Company, Union Trust Company)
1910-1911
Outgoing Correspondence
Box/Folder
28 / 1-3
Letterpress books
1906-1916
General Correspondence
Box/Folder
28 / 4
Charles M. Bair
1916-1928
28 / 5
Bull Tractor Company (P.J. Lyons)
1916-1918
28 / 6
Butler and Mitchell
1915-1917
28 / 7
B (correspondents include Bank of Commerce, Forsyth; Norv L. Barnes; Paul E. Bower)
1915-1921
28 / 8
Donald Campbell (receiver of Cartersville Irrigated Land Company)
1916-1919
28 / 9
Ellen Carter (Mrs. Thomas H. Carter)
1924
28 / 10
Hugh T. Carter
1921-1925
28 / 11
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway (includes Milwaukee Land Company)
1922-1924
29 / 1-2
F.V.H. Collins
1916-1928
29 / 3
C-D (correspondents include Cartersville Irrigation District, J.E. Choisser, C.L. Danforth)
1921-1926
29 / 4
J.E. Edwards
1915-1924
29 / 5
F (correspondents include First and Security National Bank, Foley Brothers, Charles E. Fowler, Fred Friedricksen)
1915-1922
29 / 6
Milton S. Gunn
1915-1923
29 / 7
G (correspondents include J.S. Green [Cartersville Irrigated Land Company], John F. Green)
1917-1918
29 / 8
Gus L. Hainline (Carterville Irrigation District)
1921-1925
29 / 9
W.A. Harding
1921-1923
29 / 10
C.H. Loud
1922
29 / 11
L-N (correspondents include William Lentz, Charles F. Lloyd, Milwaukee Land Company, Northwestern Trust Company)
1915-1926
29 / 12
Arthur W. O'Rourke
1925
29 / 13
O-P (correspondents include Olson Construction Company, Adolph Paulsen)
1921-1923
29 / 14
W.B. Roberson
1922-1923
29 / 15
Rosebud County Treasurer
1915-1922
29 / 16
B.B. Sheffield
1920-1922
29 / 17
Edmund Simmons
1922-1928
29 / 18
Arby Stuart
1925
29 / 19
U.S. Treasury Department
1920, 1926
29 / 20
Wood and Cooke (includes Sterling M. Wood and Robert E. Cooke)
1926
29 / 21
Young and Young (includes H.G. Young and Margaret Young)
1923-1924
Court Papers
Box/Folder
29 / 22
Writ of attachment
1924-1924
Financial Records
Volume
5
Accounts receivable register
1908-1914
Box/Folder
29 / 23
Bank book
1906-1910
Volume
6
Bills payable register
1908-1910
Box/Folder
29 / 24
Cartersville Irrigation District
1926-1927
29 / 25
Cartersville Irrigation District: warrants held by F.V.H. Collins
1926-1927
Volume
7-8
Cash books
1904-1910
Box/Folder
29 / 26
Cash book
1904-1910
30 / 1-5
Checkbooks [some overlapping dates]
1906-1923
30 / 6
Inventories
1910
30 / 7
Journal
1906-1918
30 / 8
Land book (lists lands in Rosebud and Custer counties, by township/range; lands bought from private owners; land sales; and sales of right-of-way)
1904-1909
31 / 1
Ledger
1904-1915
31 / 2
Manager's financial reports
1908-1910
31 / 3
Payrolls and time checks
1903-1911
31 / 4
Taxes
1902-1927
31 / 5
Trial balance sheets
1923-1928
31 / 6
Vouchers and bills (scattered)
1906-1913
31 / 7
Miscellaneous (includes land assessments, cost of construction of irrigation ditch, lists of mortgages, receipts and disbursements, repairs to Sand Creek flume, expenses, etc.)
1903-1926
Legal Documents
Box/Folder
31 / 8
Applications for purchase of land and water rights
1908-1909
31 / 9-14
Deeds and agreements to sell
1893-1924
31 / 15
Mortgages
1909-1916
31 / 16
Option contracts
1906
32 / 1
Tax sales
1904
32 / 2
Title abstracts
undated
32 / 3
Water deeds
1906-1909
32 / 4
Miscellaneous (includes agreements, blank sample documents)
1911-1924, undated
Maps
Box/Folder
32 / 5
List of maps transferred to Library map collection
undated
Organization
Box/Folder
32 / 6
Record book (includes articles of incorporation, bylaws, minutes)
1904-1910
32 / 7
Miscellaneous (includes proxies, annual report of corporation, resignations, list of stockholders)
1911-1925
Reports
Box/Folder
32 / 8
Manager's annual report
1909
32 / 9
Manager's general reports
1908-1909
32 / 10
Cartersville Irrigation District (includes report of secretary, reports on taxes)
1920, 1927-1928
32 / 11
Miscellaneous (includes report on company farms, report on investigations re canal across Sadie Bottom, report to stockholders)
1910-1924
Miscellany
Box/Folder
32 / 12
Cartersville Irrigation District rules and regulations
undated
32 / 13
Lists of lands
1908-1910
32 / 14
Montana Irrigation District Law
circa 1921
32 / 15
Miscellaneous (includes General Land Office instructions, shipping report, Hotel Investment Company financial report, proposal to eliminate certain lands from Cartersville Irrigation District)
1888-1913

Silver Bow Park Addition (Butte, Mont.) Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
General Correspondence
Box/Folder
33 / 1
B-W (correspondents include Butte Land and Investment Company [S.V. Kemper], J.A. Cannon and Company, James W. Murphy [Murphy and Cannon], E.W. Toole, Charles K. Wells)
1890-1909
33 / 2-5
Mertie J. Bowen
1913-1926
Court Papers
Box/Folder
33 / 6
James Blake vs. Edward Beattie, Caroline O. Beattie, George D. Beattie, James W. Murphy, J.H. McMonagle, John A. Cannon, Henry L. Frank (re alleged fraudulent conveyance of property)
1891-1892
Financial Records
Box/Folder
33 / 7
Accounts (arranged alphabetically by purchaser of property)
1911-1916
33 / 8
Collections
1913-1917
33 / 9-10
Interest books
1911-1920
34 / 1-2
Ledgers
1890-1912
34 / 3-5
Lots and blocks (includes lists of prices, 1899)
1890-1901
34 / 6
Lots and blocks sold
1901
34 / 7
Miscellaneous (includes expenses, cash received, delinquent taxes, etc.)
1890s
Legal Documents
Box/Folder
35 / 1
Abstract of title
undated
35 / 2-5
Contracts for purchase of lots
1886-1891, 1898 1901-1916
Maps
Box/Folder
35 / 6
List of maps transferred to Library map collection
undated

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Capitals (cities)
  • Gold mines and mining
  • Irrigation
  • Real estate business
  • Surveyors

Personal Names

  • Beattie, Edward W., 1847-1914 (creator)
  • Beattie, George D., 1857- (creator)

Corporate Names

  • Beattie Company (Helena, Mont.) (creator)

Geographical Names

  • Butte (Mont.)--commerce
  • Butte (Mont.)--industries--mines and mining
  • Helena (Mont.)--industries--mines and mining

Finding aid prepared by Ellie Arguimbau
2005

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