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Paul A. Fusz papers, 1903-1912
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Fusz, Paul A., 1847-1910
- Title
- Paul A. Fusz papers
- Dates
- 1903-1912 (inclusive)19031912
- Quantity
- 2.5 linear feet of shelf space
- Collection Number
- MC 72 (collection)
- Summary
- Paul Fusz was a Philipsburg, Montana, mining investor and businessman. Papers (1903-1912) include correspondence, court papers, legal documents, and reports relating to various mining ventures, including the Granite-Bimetallic Consolidated Mining Company. There are subgroups for the Rimini Mining Syndicate and the United Confederate Veterans.
- 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.
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Paul A. Fusz was born August 5, 1847, at Hericourt in eastern France, the youngest son of Francois and Marie Fusz. In 1853, the family immigrated to the United States, settling in St. Louis, Missouri. In 1864, Paul decided to enlist in the Confederate Army, but before this could be done, he was arrested by Union troops and jailed in St. Louis. He was pardoned in March 1865, by President Lincoln. With the end of the war, Fusz took a job as an errand boy with the St. Louis firm of Chouteau, Harrison and Valle, with which his older brother, Louis, was associated. Paul rose quickly in the Company until by 1873, he had become general manager in charge of the firm's Laclede Rolling Mills. Fusz held this position until 1886, when he resigned to devote more time to his Montana mining interests. He was a member of the Board of Directors of both the Granite Mountain Mining Company, and the Bi-Metallic Mining Company, located near Philipsburg; but he was also actively involved in all levels of the operation of the two companies. He worked for several years as mine superintendent at Granite and at various times served as treasurer, vice-president, and president. When the two companies merged in 1898, as the Granite-BiMetallic Consolidated Mining Company, Paul Fusz became the new company's president. He served in that capacity until shortly before his death in 1910. During this same period, Fusz was also involved in a wide range of St. Louis businesses, including the American Gem Mining Syndicate, the Goodhope Mining Company, the Desloge Consolidated Lead Company, the Cool Land Syndicate, the Merchants' Bridge, the Iola Street Railway, and numerous banks and savings and loan companies. Fusz was also active in political, civic, and social organizations. He was a Democrat, major general of the Northwest Division of the United Confederate Veterans, a member of the St. Louis school board, and a board member of the Mullanphy Emigrant Aid Fund. Paul Fusz married Grace Hepburn of Philadelphia in 1868. She died in 1892. Paul A. Fusz died February 16, 1910. His Estate was administered by John R. Lucas.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
This collection consists primarily of correspondence relating to several of Paul Fusz's mining ventures, to his activities as major general of the Northwest Division of the United Confederate Veterans organization, and to his Estate. The collection is divided into four sub-groups: Paul A. Fusz; Paul A. Fusz Estate; Rimini Mining Syndicate; and United Confederate Veterans.
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
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection
Paul A. Fusz Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Biographical Material |
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Box/Folder | ||
1 / 1 | Biographical sketches of Paul A. Fusz |
1904, undated |
General Correspondence |
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Box/Folder | ||
1 / 2 | A (correspondents include W.E. Alair, W.C. Arthurs) |
1903 |
1 / 3 | Barclay Brothers |
1903 |
1 / 4 | E.L. Barnes |
1903 |
1 / 5 | W.C. Bohn |
1903 |
1 / 6 | Frank D. Brown |
1903 |
1 / 7 | B (correspondents include Robert A. Barrett, S.
Bloom, Max Bohmer, Willi Brown, Winfield Brown) |
1903 |
1 / 8 | Cool Land Syndicate (see also George S. Zehnder and
Frank Donovan) |
1903 |
1 / 9 | Lewis J. Cox |
1903 |
1 / 10 | C (correspondents include W.W. Cheely, Commonwealth
Trust Company, J.T. Conner, E.A. Cralle, Thomas W. Crouch, Vernon Curtis) |
1903 |
1 / 11 | Frank Donovan (re Cool Land Syndicate) |
1903 |
1 / 12 | D-E (correspondents include E. Deshusses, Dingwall
Brothers, James N. Douglas, J.H. Durstan, DeRobert Emmett, Equipment Company, A.B.
Ewing) |
1903 |
1 / 13 | John I. Fisher |
1903 |
1 / 14 | F-G (correspondents include E.T. Fleming, Louis
Fusz, Germania Trust Company) |
1903 |
1 / 15 | Edgar I. Holland |
1903 |
1 / 16 | H-J (correspondents include H.A. Haeussler, J.P.
Hartnett, Frank P. Hayes, George M. Hays, Bassett Henderson, Edward Hicks, W.M.
Johnson) |
1903 |
1 / 17 | K-L (correspondents include John C. Kenney, George
H. Kent, John Klein, Klein Combination Concentrating and Classifying Company, Kohn
and Company, John A. Long, W. Lowney) |
1903 |
1 / 18 | Charles D. McLure (Granite BiMetallic Consolidated
Mining Company) |
1903 |
1 / 19 | Jesse B. Mellor |
1903 |
1 / 20 | George Miltenberger |
1903 |
1 / 21 | L.S. Mitchell (Commonwealth Trust Company) |
1903 |
1 / 22 | A.D. Moffat |
1903 |
1 / 23 | Montana World's Fair Commission |
1903 |
1 / 24 | M-N (correspondents include George D. Markham, J.
Mayer and Son, Mercantile Trust Company, Mississippi Valley Trust Company, W.E.
Moore, Welling Napton, Thomas R. Nelson) |
1903 |
1 / 25 | Edward S. Orr |
1903 |
1 / 26 | O-P (correspondents include Ohio Brass Company,
Charles Parsons, James E. Patterson, W.A. Pollock, Pullman Palace Car Company) |
1903 |
1 / 27 | R.J. Riley |
1903 |
1 / 28 | Moses Rumsey |
1903 |
1 / 29 | R (correspondents include William Ray, R.K. Reaves,
J.B. Risque) |
1903 |
1 / 30 | S-U (correspondents include Harvey S. Showers,
Josiah Shull, C.F. Simmons, J.C. Strauss, E.C. Sullivan, George Judd Tansey, J.
& J. Taussig, United States Geological Survey, United States Trust Company) |
1903 |
1 / 31 | Thomas Weir |
1903 |
1 / 32 | W (correspondents include Whitaker and Company, H.
Whitworth, G. Howard Willett, C.E. Williams, M.W. Wood) |
1903 |
1 / 33-34 | George S. Zehnder |
1903 |
1 / 35 | Werner Ziegler |
1903 |
2 / 1 | A (correspondents include American Standard Jewelry
Company, Lucy Ames, Harry Argall, W.C. Arthurs) |
1904 |
2 / 2 | W.C. Bohn |
1904 |
2 / 3 | Frank D. Brown |
1904 |
2 / 4 | B (correspondents include Thomas T. Baker, Walter
M. Bickford, Peter Breen, Wilton G. Brown) |
1904 |
2 / 5 | Lewis J. Cox |
1904 |
2 / 6 | C (correspondents include California Powder Works,
Martheria Cockrell, J.T. Conner, Cool Land Syndicate, Charles H. Cooper, Walter
Cooper, Thomas W. Crouch) |
1904 |
2 / 7 | Democratic Party |
1904 |
2 / 8 | D-G (correspondents include Frank L. Donovan, A.B.
Ewing, Fair Drug and Assay Supply Company, Forbis and Evans, Louis Fusz, Paris
Gibson) |
1904 |
2 / 9 | Edgar I. Holland |
1904 |
2 / 10 | H-J (correspondents include William Randolph Hearst
League, William O. Hidden, John Jackola) |
1904 |
2 / 11 | John Klein; Klein Combination Concentrating and
Classifying Company |
1904 |
2 / 12 | K-L (correspondents include F.M. Kelley, J.T.
Kennedy, J. Bruce Kremer) |
1904 |
2 / 13 | Charles D. McLure |
1904 |
2 / 14 | Jesse B. Mellor |
1904 |
2 / 15 | L.S. Mitchell |
1904 |
2 / 16 | M-P (correspondents include James McDonel,
Mercantile Club, A.D. Moffat, Montana Agricultural Experiment Station, D.H. Morgan,
Evie Morris, John L. Morrissey, J.A. Murray, Welling Napton, J.A. Ogden, Ed S. Orr,
Will T. Parkison, Julius Pitzman) |
1904 |
2 / 17 | Moses Rumsey |
1904 |
2 / 18 | R-T (correspondents include John M. Robinson, John
D. Ryan, Saint Louis Day Parade, Josiah Shull, E.J. Spencer, Tom G. Strong, G.J.
Tansey, J. & J. Taussig, Texarkana Light and Traction Company, Charles Theis,
George Tibbetts) |
1904 |
2 / 19 | U-W (correspondents include United States Assay
Office, United States Bureau of Fisheries, James Willoughby, George W. Wilson, James
Winscott, Conrad Wipf, A.J. Woodward, M.W. Wood, R. Lee Word) |
1904 |
2 / 20 | George S. Zehnder |
1904 |
2 / 21 | A (correspondents include American Smelting and
Refining Company, Anaconda Copper Mining Company, W.C. Arthurs) |
1906 |
2 / 22 | E.L. Barnes |
1906 |
2 / 23 | B (correspondents include Thomas C. Bach, M.I.
Baker, Barclay Brothers, W.D. Boyce Engineering Company, R. Stuart Browne, Charles
Butters) |
1905-1906 |
2 / 24 | Edwin E. Chase |
1906 |
2 / 25 | Cool Land Syndicate |
1905 |
2 / 26 | J.T. Conner |
1905-1906 |
2 / 27 | C (correspondents include Chalmers and Williams,
Commonwealth Trust Company, Quin Crowley) |
1905-1906 |
2 / 28 | Democratic Party |
1906 |
2 / 29 | E. Deshusses |
1906 |
2 / 30 | D-E (correspondents include Daily Mining Record,
S.C. Davis, I.G. Denny, A.B. Ewing) |
1905-1906 |
2 / 31 | John I. Fisher |
1905-1906 |
2 / 32 | Paul J. Fisher |
1906 |
2 / 33 | F-G (correspondents include A.A. Fairbairn, C.F.
Featherman, J.H. Foucht, Bertha Gieseker, Goodhope Mining Company, A.A. Grorud) |
1905-1906 |
2 / 34 | Edgar I. Holland |
1906 |
2 / 35 | H-L (correspondents include B.B. Harlan and
Company, Max Heberling, William H. Hogan, J.M. Jamieson, John Kinney, John Klein,
Edwin M. Lamb, Rod D. Leggatt) |
1905-1906 |
2 / 36 | John R. Lucas |
1906 |
2 / 37 | Charles D. McLure |
1905-1906 |
2 / 38 | W.E. Moore |
1906 |
2 / 39 | M (correspondents include John K. Macdonald, Jesse
B. Mellor, E. Merrifield, Mining and Scientific Press, Millen A. Moffat, Evie
Morris, William Muth) |
1905-1906 |
2 / 40 | N (correspondents include National Geographic
Society, Northern Pacific Railway Company, Edward S. Orr, William Parkison, Mrs.
B.L. Penrose, Philipsburg Stock Association, James A. Pollack and Company) |
1905-1906 |
2 / 41 | Lewis M. Rumsey Jr. |
1905-1906 |
2 / 42 | R-T (correspondents include J.L.D. Rodgers, Rose
Fire Brick Company, H.C. Ross, Annie N. Ryan, Paul Scott, Vincent F. Smith, George
Tibbetts, Charles H. Turner) |
1905-1906 |
2 / 43 | George J. Tansey |
1905-1906 |
2 / 44 | U.S. government [various agencies] |
1905-1906 |
2 / 45 | Thomas Weir |
1905-1906 |
2 / 46 | W-Y (correspondents include Frank Wahlgreen, Wernse
and Dieckman, Western Union Telegraph Company, H. Whitworth, Conrad Wipf, J.W.
Yeager) |
1905-1906 |
2 / 47 | George S. Zehnder |
1905-1906 |
3 / 1 | A-C (correspondents include American Smelting and
Refining Company, J. Herbert Anderson, A.C. Arthurs) |
1907-1908 |
3 / 2 | J.T. Connor |
1907-1908 |
3 / 3 | Democratic Party |
1908 |
3 / 4 | D-E (correspondents include L.M. Davis, L.O. Evans) |
1907-1908 |
3 / 5 | August B. Ewing |
1908-1909 |
3 / 6 | John I. Fisher |
1907 |
3 / 7 | Paul J. Fisher |
1907-1908 |
3 / 8 | Louis Fusz |
1907-1908 |
3 / 9 | H-K (correspondents include G.S. Henderson, Havre
Herald, Imperial Bank of Canada, D. Jankower, F.W. Keitel, John Klein, Klingensmith
and Company) |
1907-1908 |
3 / 10 | Laclede Mining Company |
1907-1908 |
3 / 11 | Alexander Leggat |
1909 |
3 / 12 | Rod D. Leggat |
1907 |
3 / 13 | John R. Lucas |
1907-1908 |
3 / 14 | Charles D. McLure |
1907-1909 |
3 / 15 | George Miltenberger |
1908 |
3 / 16 | M-P (correspondents include John J. McHutton, Jesse
B. Mellor, Evie Morris, D.H. Morgan, George T. Murphy, National Rifle Association,
Northern Pacific Railway, Philipsburg Stock Association) |
1907-1909 |
3 / 17 | Lewis M. Rumsey Jr. |
1907-1909 |
3 / 18 | R-T (correspondents include John D. Ryan, St.
Charles and St. Louis County Bridge Company, W.S. Scott, George J. Tansey, Edward M.
Taylor) |
1907-1908 |
3 / 19 | U.S. government (various agencies) |
1907-1908 |
3 / 20 | Thomas Weir |
1907-1908 |
3 / 21 | W (correspondents include F. Waitenwaler, Werner
and Dieckman, R. Lee Word) |
1907-1908 |
3 / 22 | George S. Zehnder |
1907-1909 |
3 / 23 | Robert Zumwalt |
1908 |
Court Papers |
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Box/Folder | ||
3 / 24 | Frank E. Barnes vs. Granite-BiMetallic Consolidated
Mining Company (brief of appellant) |
ca. 1906 |
Reports |
||
Box/Folder | ||
3 / 25 | National Conservation Commission Bulletin 1-3 |
1908 |
3 / 26 | Report on Victor-Mayday Group of Claims and on
Hidden Treasure Mine (both in Missoula County) |
circa 1908 |
Paul A. Fusz Estate (John R. Lucas, Administrator) Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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General Correspondence |
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Box/Folder | ||
3 / 27 | A-D (correspondents include F.W. Bronaugh,
Businessmen's Clearing House, Harry P. Clark, C.A. Clark, Lillian F. Connor, Deer
Lodge County Clerk and Recorder, W.F. Disbrow, H.F. Duffy) |
1910-1913 |
3 / 28 | W.A. Franklin |
1911-1913 |
3 / 29 | Louis S. Fusz |
1912-1913 |
3 / 30 | Frank Gagnier |
1911-1912 |
3 / 31 | G-L (correspondents include Granite County Clerk of
Court, Edgar I. Holland, Edward Hooverson, Inter-State Employment System, Alex Lee,
Phil Lewis, Lewis and Clark County Clerk and Recorder) |
1912-1913 |
3 / 32-33 | L.S. Mitchell and Firman D. Fusz, Executors of
Estate |
1910-1916 |
3 / 34 | M-P (correspondents include William McIntyre,
Charles D. McLure, R.V. Montague and Company, C.J. Morgan, Fred J. Perra) |
1910-1913 |
3 / 35 | Peterson (includes Carl, Frank, John, and Martin) |
1910-1913 |
3 / 36 | Lewis M. Rumsey Jr. |
1910 |
3 / 37 | S-W (correspondents include J.A. Sinclair, May
VanNorman, S.L. Walker) |
1913 |
3 / 38 | George S. Zehnder |
1910-1916 |
Court Papers |
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Box/Folder | ||
3 / 39 | Henderson Mining Company vs. Kroger, Treasurer of
Granite County and John R. Lucas, Administrator of Estate of Paul A. Fusz
(complaint) |
1912 |
Financial Records |
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Box/Folder | ||
3 / 40 | Miscellaneous (includes list of real and personal
property, financial statements of Twilight and Stormy Mountain groups of mining
claims) |
1912-1915 |
Rimini Mining Syndicate Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Interoffice Correspondence |
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Box/Folder | ||
4 / 1-3 | John T. Connor and Paul A. Fusz |
1903-1905 |
4 / 4 | George S. Zehnder and Paul A. Fusz |
1903-1904 |
General Correspondence |
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Box/Folder | ||
4 / 5 | B-K (correspondents include George H. Barbour,
Henry Donaldson, George H. Kent) |
1903-1904 |
Clippings |
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Box/Folder | ||
4 / 6 | Miscellaneous (John T. Connor law suit against
Providence Mining Company of Rimini) |
1903 |
United Confederate Veterans Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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General Correspondence |
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Box/Folder | ||
4 / 7 | A-B (correspondents include Will Aiken, J.L.
Belcher, Charles P. Blakely) |
1905-1907 |
4 / 8 | Willie Brooks |
1906 |
4 / 9 | T.W. Castleman |
1906 |
4 / 10 | C-D (correspondents include W.L. Calhoun, W.L.
Campbell, S.S. Carlisle, James Charlton, White Colfee, V.Y. Cook, S.A. Cunningham,
L.M. Davis, B.R. De Young, Dixieland Publishing Company, R.W. Douthat) |
1904-1907 |
4 / 11 | W.H.H. Ellis |
1905-1906 |
4 / 12 | Lewis C. Garrigus |
1905-1908 |
4 / 13 | G-H (correspondents include T.H. Gibbins, John B.
Gordon, W.B. Harlan, F.N. Howell) |
1906-1908 |
4 / 14 | George F. Ingram |
1904-1909 |
4 / 15 | J-L (correspondents include Jefferson Davis
Memorial Association, W.F. Kirby, John R. Lucas) |
1905-1908 |
4 / 16 | William E. Mickle |
1903-1907 |
4 / 17-18 | Evie Morris |
1903-1908 |
4 / 19 | M (correspondents include Alice Massly, L. D.
McNeekin, Mrs. George Miltenberger, P.B. Moss) |
1906 |
4 / 20 | Eleanor Patterson |
1906-1907 |
4 / 21 | P-R (correspondents include Hiram Platt, Willa
Trent Priest, D.B. Price, William Ray, E.I. Russell) |
1905-1908 |
4 / 22 | A.K. Shay |
1905-1908 |
4 / 23 | S-W (correspondents include J.F. Shipp, Albert T.
Sexton, C.R. Stranahan, J.H. Williams) |
1904-1908 |
4 / 24 | J.R. Wine |
1905-1908 |
4 / 25 | General orders: Headquarters, U.C.V. |
1903-1906 |
4 / 26 | General orders: Trans-Mississippi Dept., U.C.V. |
undated |
4 / 27 | Circular letters |
1904-1908 |
4 / 28 | General orders: Northwest Division Headquarter,
U.C.V. |
1904-1908 |
Organization |
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Box/Folder | ||
4 / 29 | Delegate and alternate certificates (blank) |
1906, 1908 |
4 / 30 | Organization of camps in the United Confederate
Veteran Association |
1905-1908 |
4 / 31 | Rosters of camps; lists of officers |
1900-1905 |
Reports |
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Box/Folder | ||
4 / 32 | Reports of Maj. Gen. William E. Mickle |
1905-1906 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Gem mines and mining
- Mines and mineral resources--Montana--Granite County
- Mines and mineral resources--Montana--Lewis and Clark County
- Silver mines and mining
- Veterans--Societies, etc.
Personal Names
- Fusz, Paul A., 1847-1910 (creator)
Geographical Names
- Deer Lodge County (Mont.)--Industries
- Granite County (Mont.)--Industries
- Philipsburg (Mont.)--Industries
- Rimini (Mont.)--Industries