Moorlight Mining Co. records, 1918-1945

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Moorlight Mining Co.
Title
Moorlight Mining Co. records
Dates
1918-1945 (inclusive)
Quantity
7 linear feet
Collection Number
MC 372 (collection)
Summary
The Moorlight Mining Co. mined silver and manganese ore in Philipsburg, Montana. Records include general correspondence, employment records, financial records, legal documents, organizational records, production records, print material, reports, subject files, and miscellany.
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 is open for research

Languages
English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

The Moorlight Mining Co. was incorporated in Philipsburg, Montana, on July 12, 1918, by John Hickey, Thomas F. Hickey, Charles J. Anderson, Nathan Williams, and W. W. Williams. The Co. was capitalized at $$200,000. the Williams' and Anderson were only briefly involved in the Co.. By 1930 the Co. officers were John Hickey, president and general manager; Thomas Hickey, vice-president; and J. C. Harrah, secretary-treasurer. These three men continued to operate the Co. until the death of John Hickey in September 1945. Within two months the Co. was purchased by the Taylor-Knapp Co..

The Co. operated several silver, zinc, and manganese properties in the Philipsburg area, becoming one of the major producers of manganese ore for batteries. The Co.'s primary mine was the True-Fissure. Other mines, including the Bryant, Climax, Durango, and Headlight mines, were operated under contract and by leasers. During World War II, the Co. became a major producer of manganese ore for the war effort. It employed 50 miners and could have used about 25 more. As the war ended production declined. In November 1945, shortly after the death of its president John Hickey, the Moorlight Mining Co. sold all of its properties to the Taylor-Knapp Co..

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Records include general correspondence (1921-1945) predominantly with equipment and supply vendors, but also with government agencies, leasers of company mines, charity and social organizations, and friends. During the New Deal era there is correspondence about the National Recovery Administration (NRA) industry codes; during World War II there is considerable correspondence concerning the wartime restrictions on mining and the requirements of getting government approval for buying equipment and supplies.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of the Montana Historical Society Library & Archives. The Library & Archives 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. Name of Collection. Collection Number. Box and Folder number. Montana Historical Society Library & 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

16:8-6

Acquisition Information

Acquisition information available upon request.

Processing Note

The Moorlight Mining Co. records were received as part of a larger collection of Taylor-Knapp Co. records. The latter Co. was the successor in November 1945. Since the records of the two companies were easily isolated, they have been processed as two separate collections. Correspondence has been arranged in three sets: pre-New Deal Era, New Deal Era, and World War II, since the operations of the Co. were heavily impacted by the economics and politics of those three distinct time periods. Processed in 2011.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

General Correspondence Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
1 / 1
Anaconda Copper Mining Co.
 1929-1931
1 / 2
A (correspondents include A. F. and A. M. [Ancient Free and Accepted Masons], Robert M. Adams Co., Ann Arbor Railroad Co.)
 1930-1932
1 / 3
B (correspondents include Charles C. Baker, Bemis Bro. Bag Co., Julian Boyd, Butte Machinery Co.)
 1922-1932
1 / 4
Cleveland Rock Drill Co.
 1929-1932
1 / 5
Consolidated Mining and Smelting Co.
 1931
1 / 6
C (correspondents include Chicago Pneumatic Tool Co., Cochise Rock Drill Manufacturing Co.; Thomas O. Collins; Columbia Floral Co., Columbia Steel Casting Co., Cookson Produce and Chemical Co., Edna W. Copp)
 1928-1932
1 / 7
Denver Fire Clay Co.
 1930-1932
1 / 8
Ding's Magnetic Separator Co.
 1927-1932
1 / 9
D-E (correspondents include Davis Chemical Co., Domestic Manganese and Development Co., H. J. Dow, Engineering and Mining Journal, Oscar Engle, Rep. John M. Evans, Exolon Co.)
 1929-1932
1 / 10
Fairbanks, Morse and Co.
 1929-1930
1 / 11
F-G (correspondents include Feenaughty Machinery Co., Florence Crittenton Home, Foote Mineral Co., Gardner-Denver Co., General Air Filters Corp., Catherine W. Goodrich, Granite-BiMetallic Consolidated Mining Co.)
 1929-1932
1 / 12
H (correspondents include Hall-Perry Machinery Co., Henry Hansen, Hardinge Co., Harry B. Henderson, Thomas F. Hickey, W. Earl Hopper, John Huddleston, Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Co., Frederick B. Hyder)
 1929-1932
1 / 13
Ingersoll-Rand Co.
 1930-1932
1 / 14
International Harvester Co.
 1929-1932
1 / 15
I-K (correspondents include Independent Laundry Co., Charley Johnson, W. G. Kirchoffer, E. P. Knowles)
 1929-1932
1 / 16-18
E. J. Lavino and Co.
 1921-1922
2 / 1-2
E. J. Lavino and Co.
 1922-1923
2 / 3
Rep. Scott Leavitt
 1929-1932
2 / 4
L (correspondents include Ned Latta, Charels R. Leonard, Lunkenheimer Co.)
1929-1932
2 / 5
Marconi Electric Co.
1930-1932
2 / 6
Montana Hardware Co.
1929-1932
2 / 7
Montana Iron Works
1929-1932
2 / 8
Montana state agencies (includes Board of Equalization, Industrial Accident Board, Registrar of Motor Vehicles, Secretary of State)
1922-1932
2 / 9
M (correspondents include Manhattan Rubber Manufacturing Co., Walter Mayfield, J. J. McDonald, Lily Royal McDonel, Edgar McLure, Frank Miller and Sons, Miners Savings Bank and Trust Co., Mitchell Diamond Drill Co., Montana Coal and Iron Co., Montana Organization on Unemployment Relief, Montana Power Co., Montana State Fair Mineral Exhibit, Morse Bros. Machinery and Supply Co., Murphy and Whitlock)
1926-1932
2 / 10
N-O (correspondents include National Coal Association, J. A. Newport and Co., Niedermeyer-Martin Lumber Co., Northern Pacific Railway Co., Nott-Atwater Co., Ohio Ferro-Alloys Corp.)
1929-1932
2 / 11
Philipsburg Mining Co.
1930-1932
2 / 12
P-R (correspondents include Paper Service Co., Patterson Foundry and Machine Co., Petrie Tractor and Equipment Co., Pittsburg Boiler and Machine Co., Republic Iron and Steel Co.)
1929-1932
2 / 13
Snyder and Bacon
1929-1932
2 / 14
S (correspondents include Frank Samuel and Co., Leslie Loring Savage, W. W. Shaffer, Shell Oil Co., N. C. Sheridan, Hubert L. Smith, Frank Springer, Star Garage, Stearns-Roger Manufacturing Co., A. W. Strowger, Sullivan Lumber Co.)
1929-1932
2 / 15
W. S. Tyler Co.
1929-1932
2 / 16
T (correspondents include Tennessee Eastman Corp., Traylor Engineering and Manufacturing Co., Albert E. Turney)
1930-1932
2 / 17
United States Rubber Co.
1929-1932
2 / 18
United States government agencies (includes Assay Office, Internal Revenue Service, Bureau of Mines, War Dept.)
1929-1932
2 / 19
U (correspondents include Underwood Typewriter Co., United States Guarantee Co.)
1929-1932
2 / 20
Western Iron Works
 1927-1932
2 / 21
James A. White
 1930-1932
2 / 22
W (correspondents include Sen. Thomas J. Walsh, Western Montana National Bank, Westmont Tractor and Equipment Co., Sen. Burton K. Wheeler, Harry H. Willis, J. C. Woodson and Co., S. P. Wright and Co.)
1929-1932
3 / 1
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co.
 1937-1939
3 / 2
American Mining Congress
 1938-1939
3 / 3
Anaconda Copper Mining Co.
 1933-1939
3 / 4
A (correspondents include A. F. and A. M. [Ancient Free and Accepted Masons], Robert M. Adams Co., Alexander Publishing Co.)
 1933-1939
3 / 5
Buhl Plumbing and Heating Co.
 1934-1935
3 / 6
B (correspondents include Beaverhead County Clerk and Recorder, Bemis Bro. Bag Co., Charles O. Bielenberg, R. W. Bixby, Black Pine Silver Mines Inc., Board of Fire Underwriters, John M. Briggeman, W. J. Briney, E. D. Bullard Co., Business-Men's Clearing House, Butte Machinery Co.)
 1933-1939
3 / 7
Cascade Machinery and Electric Co.
 1937-1939
3 / 8
Century Storage Battery Co.
 1933-1934
3 / 9
Cleveland Rock Drill Co.
 1933-1939
3 / 10
Columbia Steel Casting Co.
 1933-1939
3 / 11
Contact Mines Corp. (previously Silver Prince Mining Co.)
 1936-1938
3 / 12
C (correspondents include William Campbell, Cardwell Blue Print and Supply Co., A. F. Carper, Rollo N. Chaffee, Jack Clark, Mary L. Clough, Thomas O. Collins, Conrad Refining Co., Continental Oil Co., George B. Conway, R. A. Conyes, Arthur V. Corry, Clarence Corry, Cut Bank Refining Co.)
 1933-1939
3 / 13
William B. Daly (re NIRA codes)
 1933-1934
3 / 14
Denver Fire Clay Co.
 1933-1937
3 / 15
Ding's Magnetic Separator Co.
1933-1937
3 / 16
Everett Doe (Granite County legislator)
 1933-1935
3 / 17
D-E (correspondents include Daugherty Lumber Co.; M. Eldon Davidson; Deer Lodge County Emergency Relief Administration; Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Co.; Dewar Manufacturing Co.; Dorr Co.; J. H. Dunbar; E. I. DuPont deNemours and Co.; Walter Eckley; Elks [BPOE]; Engineering and Mining Journal)
 1933-1939
3 / 18
First National Bank, Missoula
 1936-1939
3 / 19
F (correspondents include Federal Dry Battery Corp., Filter Media Corp., J. R. Finkelstein, Flax Co., Foote Mineral Co.)
 1933-1939
3 / 20
G (correspondents include Gardner-Denver Co., General Electric Co., General Tire and Rubber Co., Granite County High School, Robert M. Gray, Leonard E. Griffith, Grinnell Co.)
 1933-1939
3 / 21
Hall-Perry Machinery Co.
 1933-1939
3 / 22
Hardinge Co.
 1933-1938
3 / 23
John Hickey, Thomas Hickey, John Harrah
 1934-1939
3 / 24
H (correspondents include Clarence E. Hansen, Henry Hansen, John E. Harris, L. Hay, Hecla Mining Co., Hendrie and Bolthoff, Hennessey Co., Edward Hocking, Lou M. Hoffman, Bud Hooban, Homer Huffman, Loren C. Hurd, William Hynes)
 1933-1939
3 / 25
Ingersoll-Rand Co.
 1933-1939
3 / 26
International Filter Co.
 1934-1936
3 / 27
I-J (correspondents include Ignition Co., Illinois Central System, Independent Laundry Co., International Harvester Co., International Smelting and Refining Co., International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Local 24; Edwin T. Irvine, Jardine Mining Co., Jeffrey Manufacturing Co., Charley Johnson, Edwin G. Johnson, W. C. Jourdan)
 1933-1939
4 / 1
K (correspondents include L. E. Kaukonen, Kilburn-Rubens Mines Inc., Edwin Kreitlow, Walter Kroger, Edward Kroutil, J. Kulstad)
 1933-1939
4 / 2
Linde Air Products Co.
 1933-1939
4 / 3
L (correspondents include Leon La Rock; Rep. Scott Leavitt; Lembke Heating and Engineering Co.; A. Leschen and Sons Rope Co.; G. T. Lewis; City of Lincoln, Nebraska; Link-Belt Co.; Lister Typewriter Service)
 1933-1939
4 / 4
Midvale Co.
 1935-1938
4 / 5
Mining Association of Montana
 1935-1939
4 / 6
Missoula Mercantile Co.
 1933-1935
4 / 7-8
Montana Hardware Co. / Montana Hardware Dept., Anaconda Copper Mining Co.
 1933-1939
4 / 9
Montana Iron Works
 1933-1939
4 / 10
Montana state agencies (includes Attorney General, Auditor, Board of Equalization, Industrial Accident Board, Registrar of Motor Vehicles, School of Mines, Secretary of State, Unemployment Compensation Commission)
 1933-1939
4 / 11
Montanans Inc. [State Chamber of Commerce]
 1933-1939
4 / 12
Murphy and Whitlock
 1933-1937
4 / 13
Sen. James E. Murray
 1938
4 / 14
Mc (correspondents include Jim McCarthy, J. J. McDonald, William McLean, Edgar McLure)
1933-1939
4 / 15
M (correspondents include Machinery and Supply Corp. of America, Mancha Storage Battery Locomotive Co., Walter Mayfield, Mine and Smelter Supply Co., Mine Safety Appliances Co., Mitchell Diamond Drill Manufacturing Co., John A. Moline, Montana Coal and Iron Co., Montana Consolidated Mines Corp., Montana State Bank, Moonlight Mining Co., Morse Bros. Machinery Co., William H. Muller and Co., H. Murphy)
1933-1939
4 / 16
National Carbon Co.
 1935-1939
4 / 17
National Equipment Co.
 1935-1939
4 / 18
National Recovery Administration (re Code Authority for the Manganese Industry)
 1933-1935
4 / 19
Clyde J. Neu
 1939
4 / 20
Nott-Atwater Co.
 1935-1939
4 / 21
N-O (correspondents include Tip Napton, National Bituminous Coal Commission, Naylor Pipe Co., Northern Handle Co., Northern Pacific Railway Co., Northwest Refining Co., Rep. Jerry J. O'Connell)
1933-1939
4 / 22
Sen. John R. Page
 1933-1937
4 / 23
Philipsburg Mining Co.
 1934-1938
4 / 24
P-Q (correspondents include Paper Service Co., Harry H. Parsons, W. J. Paul, Nels Pearson Estate, City of Philipsburg, Plummer Bag Manufacturing Co., Polleys Lumber Co., Postal Telegraph-Cable Co., T. C. Power and Bro., Harold Pumpelly, Martin Qualls)
1933-1939
5 / 1
Ray-O-Vac Co.
 1936-1937
5 / 2
Reconstruction Finance Corp.
 1933-1935
5 / 3
R (correspondents include A. J. Rahn, Robert E. Rau, Red Comet Inc., William Rehmer, Republic Steel Corp., Research Products Corp., Henry Rising and Co., George Roberts, J. J. Robertson, Rockwood Sprinkler Co., Victor Ross, Albert Rostron, Guy Rumpf, Jesse C. Rutherford, Frank M. Ryan)
1933-1939
5 / 4
Snyder and Bacon
 1933-1939
5 / 5
Stearns Magnetic Manufacturing Co.
 1937
5 / 6-7
Stearns-Roger Manufacturing Co.
 1934-1939
5 / 8
Sullivan Machinery Co.
 1935-1939
5 / 9
Lloyd Swingle
 1935-1939
5 / 10
S (correspondents include Leslie L. Savage; R. A. Scarborough; Separations Engineering Co.; D. E. Showalter; Sico Machinery Co.; Bobby Smith; W. A. Smith; Charles Snorf; Gladys Snorf; Socony-Vacuum Oil Co.; Song Shop; Spillway Builders Inc., Fort Peck; City of Springfield, Minn.; St. Regis Paper Co.; George L. Steinbrenner; Steinen and Pool; John Stuart, Mike Sugum; Matt Sullivan; Sullivan Valve and Engineering Co.)
1933-1939
5 / 11
Arthur F. Taggart
 1938-1939
5 / 12
Bert Taylor Jr.
 1938
5 / 13
Trout Mining Co. / Trout Mining Division of American Machine and Metals Co.
 1932-1939
5 / 14
W. S. Tyler Co.
 1933-1935
5 / 15
T (correspondents include Taylor-Knapp Co., A. R. Templeton, Lloyd Thomas, Francis A. Thompson, Tony's Tin Shop, Traylor engineering and Manufacturing Co., Tropag Asbest and Erzimport, Tyrolean council No. 3)
1933-1939
5 / 16
United States government agencies (includes National Defense Power Committee, Forest Service, Internal Revenue Service, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Mines, Navy Dept.)
1933-1939
5 / 17
United States Rubber Products
 1933-1938
5 / 18
United States Vanadium Corp. (Blair Burrell)
 1935-1937
5 / 19
U (correspondents include USL Battery Corp., Union Iron Works, Union Mineral Corp., University of Wisconsin, Utah-California Motor Lines, Victoria Mines Inc.)
 1934-1939
5 / 20
James A. Walsh
 1933-1939
5 / 21
Western Iron Works
 1933-1939
5 / 22
Western Montana National Bank
 1933-1938
5 / 23
Sen. Burton K. Wheeler
 1933-1938
5 / 24
W (correspondents include Myrtle Wallin, John J. Walsh, W. T. Walsh, Warner Iron Co., Con Warren, Waterworks Equipment Co., Webb City and Carterville Foundry and Machine Works, Western Air Express, Western Machinery Co., Western Montana Shrine Club, Willis Sales Co., Dick Wills and William Wallin, Winchester Repeating Arms Co., Donovan Worden)
 1933-1939
5 / 25
Y-Z (correspondents include Yale Oil Corp., Zion Industries Inc.)
 1937-1938
6 / 1
Alexander Publishing Co.
 1940-1945
6 / 2
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co.
 1941-1944
6 / 3
American Mining Congress
 1940-1944
6 / 4
American Smelting and Refining Co.
 1942-1944
6 / 5
Anaconda Copper Mining Co.
 1940-1945
6 / 6
A (correspondents include E. O. Ackerman, A. E. Adami, Alemite Co., Claude V. Almandinger, American Cancer Society, American Forge Co., American Legion Auxiliary, American Pneumatic Tool Co., Annis Air Filters, James Armes, Associated Industries of Montana, Auerbach Educational Productions)
 1940-1945
6 / 7
Butte Machinery Co.
 1941-1945
6 / 8
B (correspondents include Baker Brothers' Service, Guy Bancroft, Barron's, Robert Bauer, Bemis Bro. Bag Co., Charles O. Bielenberg, Board of Fire Underwriters, Alfred A. Braddock, Virgil W. Brooks, Walter Brooks Jr., E. D. Bullard Co., Business-Men's Clearing House, Byron Jackson Co.)
 1940-1945
6 / 9
Cascade Machinery and Electric Co.
 1940-1943
6 / 10
Cleveland Rock Drill Co.
 1940-1945
6 / 11
C (correspondents include California Co., California Cotton Mills Co., Carboloy Co., Carus Chemical Co., Chicago Pneumatic Tool Co., Richard W. Churchill, Cleveland Pneumatic Tool Co., R. C. Clock, Tim Clowes, John H. Cole, Colorado Mining Association, Columbia Steel Casting Co., Columbia Wiping Cloth Co., Consistory Shrine Temple Association, Continental Oil Co., Cooper-Bessemer Corp., C. S. Cowan, E. L. Craddock, Wilbur F. Criswell, George Cromwell)
 1940-1945
6 / 12
Deister Concentrator Co.
 1940-1944
6 / 13
Denver Equipment Co.
 1942-1945
6 / 14
Denver Fire Clay Co.
 1941-1945
6 / 15
Douglas, Wilson, Ferris and Co.
 1940-1945
6 / 16
D (correspondents include Thomas J. Davis, Hubert O. DeBeck, Dictaphone Corp., Hugo Dobler, Fred Dodge, O. E. Duff, Fred Duffield, C. F. Duncan, George F. DuVall)
 1940-1945
6 / 17
Thomas A. Edison Inc. Storage Battery Division
 1943-1945
6 / 18
Electric Shop
 1943-1945
6 / 19
E (correspondents include Edgewater Steel Co., Electric Smith, Engineering and Mining Journal)
 1940-1945
6 / 20
F (correspondents include Harold T. Farrow, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, First National Bank of Missoula, Flax Co., Flint Creek Valley Bank, Florence Laundry Co., Forest Rose Syndicate, Franklin Smelting and Refining Co.)
 1940-1945
6 / 21
G (correspondents include Galigher Co., Garden City Floral Co., Gardner-Denver Co., J. C. Garlington, G. H. Garnett, General Electric Co., General Motors Corp., Meyer Genzberger, Granite County Rationing Board, Dan J. Grant, Robert M. Gray, Green Bay and Western Railroad Co., William r. Greene)
 1940-1945
6 / 22
Hall-Perry Machinery Co.
 1942-1945
6 / 23
Haverty's Lumber Yard
 1940-1942
6 / 24
Thomas Hickey
 1940-1944
6 / 25
H (correspondents include Clarence H. Hall, Hugh Handlin, Hardinge Co., John E. Harris, Lester S. Harrison, Dennis Heaney, Hendrie and Bolthoff, Don R. Hill, Edgar Holm, Percy T. Horrell, William Howard, Humphreys Investment Co., Maynard H. Hunt)
 1940-1945
6 / 26
Ingersoll-Rand Co.
 1940-1945
6 / 27
I-J (correspondents include Independent Pneumatic Tool Co., International Filter Co., International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers, Jardine Mining Co., Johns-Manville, Charles E. Johnson, Clarence E. Johnson)
 1940-1945
7 / 1
Kiplinger Washington Agency
 1941-1944
7 / 2
Walter Kroger (includes letter re death of his partner Maynard Hunt)
 1940-1943
7 / 3
K (correspondents include J. Bryant Kasey, Edison W. Kent, Kenneth H. King, William I. Klein, Wyatt Knapp, Guy Kneale, J. C. Knipe, John Kountz, Earl Kramer, H. G. Krouskap, F. A. Kuhlman)
 1940-1945
7 / 4
Linde Air Products Co.
 1940-1945
7 / 5
L (correspondents include Last Chance Gulch Mining Association, E. J. Lavino and Co., Lewis and Clark County Dept. of Public Welfare, M. I. Leydig, Lombard Governor Corporation)
 1940-1945
7 / 6
Mine Safety Appliances Co.
 1943-1945
7 / 7
Mining Association of Montana Carl Trauerman)
 1940-1945
7 / 8
Montana Coal and Iron Co.
 1940-1943
7 / 9
Montana Hardware Co.
 1940-1945
7 / 10
Montana Iron Works
 1940-1944
7 / 11
Montana state agencies (includes Board of Equalization, Board of Health, Highway Traffic Safety Advisory Committee, Income Tax Dept., Industrial Accident Board, Registrar of Motor Vehicles, School of Mines, Unemployment Compensation Commission)
 1940-1945
7 / 12
Montanans Inc. (includes Montana Automobile Association)
 1940-1945
7 / 13
Morse Bros Machinery Co.
 1942
7 / 14
Murphy and Whitlock / Murphy, Garlington and Pauly (includes negotiations with City of Philipsburg re tailings released into their sewers)
 1940-1945
7 / 15
Sen. James E. Murray
 1941
7 / 16
Mc (correspondents include Sen. Pat McCarran, McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., R. E. McHugh, W. McLean)
1941-1945
7 / 17
M (correspondents include MacMillan Petroleum Corp., Sen. Mike Mansfield, Richard Meyer, John Miller, Mine and Smelter Supply Co., Minneapolis-Honeywell Regulator Co., Missoula White Pine Sash Co., Monroe Calculating Machine Co., Montana Consolidated Mines Corp., Montana Rainbow Mining Co., Montana Society of Certified Public Accountants, H. D. Morse, P. M. Mosier)
1940-1945
7 / 18
National Association of Manufacturers (includes National Industrial Information Committee)
 1940-1945
7 / 19
National Equipment Co.
 1943-1945
7 / 20
National Safety Council
 1942-1944
7 / 21
N-O (correspondents include Tip Napton, National Carbon Co., Frank J. Naughten, Clyde J. Neu, Edward C. Neu, Charles Newman, Timothy Nolan, Northern Pacific Railway Co., Edwin A. Nylund, Robert D. O'Brien, R. T. Ogle, Ralph J. Otten re death of John Hickey)
1940-1945
7 / 22
Philipsburg Mining Co. (includes sale to Moorlight Mining Co.)
 1940-1944
7 / 23
Clarence and Emmett Pickett
 1942-1944
7 / 24
J. A. Poore (re Climax Mine)
 1940-1942
7 / 21
P (correspondents include Oliver L. Page, Lowell M. Paige, Paul Pancich, Earle B. Patten, City of Philipsburg, Phosphate Recovery Corp., Leon A. Platte, Walter L. Pope)
1940-1945
8 / 1
Rep. Jeannette Rankin
 1941
8 / 2
Raymond Bag Co.
 1940-1941
8 / 3
R (correspondents include William E. Rae, Reconstruction Finance Corp., N. B. Ringling Estate, H. J. Rodenberg, Miles P. Romney, T. C. Russell)
1940-1945
8 / 4
Scientific Supplies Co.
 1940-1945
8 / 5
Stearns-Roger Manufacturing Co.
 1940-1945
8 / 6
Sullivan Machinery Co.
 1940-1945
8 / 7
S (correspondents include Schnitzer and Wolf Machinery Co., Frederick G. Schultz, William W. Shaffer, Shakespeare Co., Shell Oil Co., Shodair Crippled Children's Hospital, Carl W. Sinclair, Anton Smit and Co., M. R. Snodgrass, Snyder and Bacon, South Bend Lathe Works, Steffeck Equipment Co., Stonehouse Signs Inc., J. F. Sullivan, Sullivan Valve and Engineering Co., Sun Oil Co., Sunshine Mining Co., Richard E. Superneau, Lloyd Swingle)
1940-1945
8 / 8
T (correspondents include Tamping Bag Co., A. V. Taylor Jr., Texas Contractors Supply Co., Maurice Thorner, Tinling and Powell, Carl Tolman, Trout Mining Division of American Machine and Metals Inc., Tungsten Mining Corp., W. S. Tyler Co.)
1940-1945
8 / 9
United States Office of Defense Transportation (includes correspondence, forms, ration stamps, etc.)
 1942-1945
8 / 10
United States Selective Service
 1942-1943
8 / 11
United States War Manpower Commission (and predecessors)
 1942-1943
8 / 12
United States War Production Board (and predecessor Office of Production Management)
 1941-1945
8 / 13
United States other government agencies (includes Bureau of the Census, Federal Power Commission, Internal Revenue Service, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Mines, Treasury Dept., Work Projects Administration)
 1941-1945
8 / 14
U-V (correspondents include Union Pacific Railroad, Union Special Machine Co., United States Rubber Co., United States Vanadium Corp., F. A. Van Blaricom, Varlacoid Chemical Co., C. W. Vier)
1940-1945
8 / 15
James A. Walsh
1940-1941
8 / 16
Webb City and Carterville Foundry and Machine Works / Webb Corp.
1940-1943
8 / 17
Western Iron Works
1940-1945
8 / 18
W (correspondents include Wagner Electric Corp., Guy L. Warren, Washington Machinery and Storage Co., Western Montana National Bank, Westmont Tractor and Equipment Co., Wheel Trueing Tool Co., Sen. Burton K. Wheeler, H. W. Wilker, Asa Willard, Willis Sales Co., Winninghoff Motors, unidentified)
1940-1945

Court Papers Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
9 / 1
Maynard Harold Hunt Estate
1940
9 / 2
Attachments
1935-1941

Employment Records Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
9 / 3-6
Accident reports
 1929-1945
9 / 7
Draft deferment cards: A-Z
 1942-1944
9 / 8
Draft deferment lists and local draft board actions
 1943-1945
9 / 9
Employee earnings
 1940-1941
9 / 10
Employee lists provided to Mine-Mill Union
 1937-1943
9 / 11-12
Employment reports to Montana Industrial Accident Board
 1928-1945
10 / 1
Labor distribution (includes Moorlight Addition)
 1935, 1941-1944
10 / 2
List of employees inducted into armed services
 circa 1940-1949
10 / 3
Payroll
 1928, 1938, 1941
10 / 4
Payroll: Freeman, Freeman and Berquist lease
 1937-1942
10 / 5
Payroll: Horton-McLean; Superneau-Connor leases
 1937-1938
10 / 6-7
Payroll: Hunt and Kroger lease; Kroger lease
 1937-1942
10 / 8
United States War Manpower Commission statements of availability: A-Z
1945
10 / 9
Wage scales
 1941-1944

Financial Records Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
10 / 10
Accounts receivable: Contact Mines Corp.
 1939-1941
10 / 11
Balance sheets, etc.
 1928-1933
10 / 12
Checkstubs
 1939-1945
10 / 13
Cost of production
 1941-1943
10 / 14
Fire insurance
 1935, 1941
11 / 1-2
Invoices: Anaconda Copper Mining Co. (mostly Hardware and Brick Depts.)
 1927-1939
11 / 3
Invoices: A
 1938-1943
11 / 4-5
Invoices: Bowen Bros. Electric Light and Power Co.
 1927-1931
11 / 6
Invoices: Butte Machinery Co.
 1942
11 / 7
Invoices: B-C
 1927-1933
11 / 8-10
Invoices: Cleveland Rock Drill Co.
 1936-1945
11 / 11
Invoices: Denver Fire Clay Co.
 1939-1941
11 / 12-14
Invoices: Electric Shop
 1932-1945
11 / 15
Invoices: F
 1927-1930
11 / 16
Invoices: Goody Shop (flowers for funerals)
 1937-1945
11 / 17
Invoices: G-I
 1937-1945
11 / 18
Invoices: Dr. A. C. Knight (company doctor)
 1929-1945
11 / 18
Invoices: K-L
 1927-1945
11 / 19
Invoices: Linde Air Products Co.
 1939-1943
11 / 20
Invoices: Mine Safety Appliances Co.
 1939-1943
11 / 21
Invoices: Montana Coal and Iron Co.
 1937-1941
12 / 1-2
Invoices: Montana Hardware Co.
 1927-1941
12 / 3
Invoices: Montana Iron Works
 1928-1942
12 / 4-8
Invoices: Montana Power Co.
 1929-1945
12 / 9
Invoices: M
 1924, 1927-1939
12 / 10
Invoices: N-R
 1929-1943
12 / 11
Invoices: Scientific Supplies Co.
 1940-1941
12 / 12-13
Invoices: Stearns-Roger Manufacturing Co.
 1935-1945
12 / 14
Invoices: Sullivan Machinery Co.
 1942
12 / 15
Invoices: S-U
 1928-1939
13 / 1-2
Invoices: Western Iron Works
 1925-1945
13 / 3
Invoices: Winninghoff Motors
 1930-1936
13 / 4
Invoices: W
 1929-1935
13 / 5
Invoice register: Mill addition (related to United States Vanadium Co.)
 1935
Volume
1-2
Journals (includes a few Taylor-Knapp entries at end of Vol. 2)
 1937-1946
Box/Folder
13 / 6
Payments towards Philipsburg Mining Co. claims
 1940-1942
13 / 7
Railroad freight book (includes tonnage of ore)
 1918-1930
13 / 8
Royalties to Philipsburg Mining Co.
 1940
13 / 9-11
Taxes: Granite County property taxes
 1927-1945
13 / 12
Taxes: Montana corporation taxes
 1931, 1940-1943
13 / 13
Taxes: Montana gross yield taxes
 1926-1942
13 / 14-15
Taxes: Montana net proceeds taxes
 1927-1945
13 / 16
Taxes: Montana motor vehicle license
 1924-1945
13 / 17
Taxes: United States
 1936-1944
13 / 18
Taxes: miscellaneous
 1937-1943
13 / 19
Unemployment Compensation Commission contributions
 1938-1942
13 / 20
United States savings bonds
 1939-1943

Legal Documents Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
14 / 1
Agreement: International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers and Domestic Manganese and Development Co.
 1937
14 / 2
Agreements: lubricating oil suppliers
 1930-1945
14 / 3
Agreements: mineral exploration
 1940
14 / 4-10
Granite County Abstract and Title Co. listing of filings in county courthouse
 1929-1944
14 / 11
Intentions of holding mining claims
 1935
14 / 12
Miscellaneous
 1933-1939, undated

Organizational Records Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
15 / 1
Articles of incorporation [photocopy]; annual reports to Montana Secretary of State (additional annual reports are in Secretary of State Business Entity records #D011766)
 1918, 1929-1932

Production Records Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
15 / 2-4
Assays [sampled weekly]
 1920, 1926-1945
15 / 5
Drill record
 1942-1943
15 / 6
Hunt and Kroger lease of Headlight Mine: equipment furnished
 1937-1940
15 / 7-8
Manganese concentrate shipments (includes assays)
 1921-1922
15 / 9
Manganese ore delivered from contractors and leasers
 1930
15 / 10
Manganese ore milled for Trout Mining Co.
 1937-1938
15 / 11
Manganese shipments reported to U.S. Bureau of Mines
 1928-1941
15 / 12-15
Manganese shipments to E. J. Lavino and Co.
 1921-1923, 1943-1945
16 / 1-3
Manganese shipments to various companies
 1943-1945
16 / 4
Ore settlements: Anaconda Copper Mining Co. (silver and lead)
 1942
16 / 5
Ore settlements: Bryant contract
 1941-1944
16 / 6
Ore settlements: Climax ore (J. A. Poore)
 1941-1944
16 / 7
Ore settlements: Contact Mines Corp.
 1940-1944
16 / 8
Ore settlements: Durango ore (Freeman, Freeman and Berquiest lease)
 1940-1944
16 / 9
Ore settlements: Headlight ore (Hunt and Kroger lease; Kroger lease)
 1940-1942
16 / 10
Ore settlements: Horton Dump
 1943
16 / 11
Ore settlements: Marie Ore (Polich and Taylor)
 1939-1942
16 / 12
Ore settlements: Monarch Ore (Terkla and Jurin; Cunningham and McLean)
 1940-1941
16 / 13
Ore settlements: Morning Ore (Graham)
 1940-1942
16 / 14
Ore settlements: Trout Mining Co.
 1940-1942
16 / 15
Ore settlements: True Fissure ore (various contracts)
 1941-1944
16 / 16
Ore settlements: various leases
 1940-1941
16 / 17
Proposals: Sullivan Machinery Co.
 1939, 1941
16 / 18
Sampling of Moorlight tailings
 1935
16 / 18
Supplies used by mines (see list in front of book)
 1943-1945

Printed Material Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
17 / 1-3
Catalogs of equipment and supplies (various companies)
 1927-1945
17 / 4
List of U.S. Bureau of Mines publications transferred to Library
 undated
17 / 5
Prentice-Hall Inc. newsletters (re taxes, wages, wartime regulations etc.)
 undated
17 / 6
Selective Service publications
 1944-1945

Reports Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
17 / 7
American Zinc Institute reports
 1934
17 / 8
Montanans Inc. report
 1943
17 / 9
A. W. Strowger reports on manganese depletion provisions
 1931-1932
17 / 10
Reports to U. S. Bureau of the Census' census of mines and quarries
 1929, 1939-1942
17 / 11
Reports to U. S. Bureau of Mines
 1943-1945
17 / 12
Reports to U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
 1932
17 / 13
Reports to U. S. Department of Labor
1944-1945
17 / 14
Reports to U. S. Office of Price Administration
1945
17 / 15
Reports to U. S. Office of Solid Fuel Coordinator for War; Petroleum Administration for War
1943-1944
17 / 16
Reports to U. S. War Manpower Commission (includes reports of employment totals, certificates of separation)
 1943-1945
17 / 17
Reports to U. S. War Production Board
1942-1944

Subject Files Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
17 / 18-19
American Manganese Producers Association (includes discussions of tariffs and imports from Brazil and Soviet Union)
 1929-1933
18 / 1-5
American Manganese Producers Association (includes discussions of tariffs, wartime regulations, and imports from Brazil and Soviet Union)
 1933-1945
18 / 6
Joint Conference on the Russian Situation (re prisoner-produced manganese in Soviet Union)
 1931
18 / 7
Maintenance and equipment: cable (electric)
 1940
Oversize Folder
1
Maintenance and equipment: concentrator storage bin
 1940
Box/Folder
18 / 8
Maintenance and equipment: dryers (OVERSIZE blueprints in OvFd)
 1940-1945
18 / 9
Maintenance and equipment: dust collectors
 1936-1941
18 / 10
Maintenance and equipment: feeders (Jeffrey Manufacturing Co.)
 1935-1937
18 / 11
Maintenance and equipment: fire protection (including sprinklers)
 1937
18 / 12
Maintenance and equipment: flow sheets for mill
1940-1945
Oversize Folder
1
Maintenance and equipment: flow sheets for mill blueprints (Oversize Folder)
 1940-1945
Box/Folder
18 / 13
Maintenance and equipment: hoists (electric, mine)
1927-1941
Oversize Folder
1
Maintenance and equipment: hoists (electric, mine) blueprints (Oversize Folder)
 1927-1941
Box/Folder
18 / 14
Maintenance and equipment: loaders (Jeffrey Manufacturing Co.)
 1944
Oversize Folder
1
Maintenance and equipment: loaders (Jeffrey Manufacturing Co.) blueprints (Oversize Folder)
 1944
Box/Folder
18 / 15
Maintenance and equipment: oil burners and roasters (blueprints in Oversize Folder 2)
 1935-1938
18 / 16
Maintenance and equipment: pumps
 1941
18 / 17
Maintenance and equipment: rock drills
 1939-1942
18 / 18
Maintenance and equipment: rod mill
 1935-1936
18 / 19
Maintenance and equipment: screens
 1935-1936
18 / 20
Maintenance and equipment: speed reducers
 1934-1935
19 / 1
Maintenance and equipment: tables (concentrating: Deister Concentrator Co.)
 1937
Oversize Folder
2
Maintenance and equipment: tables (concentrating: Deister Concentrator Co.) blueprints (Oversize Folder)
 1937
Box/Folder
19 / 2
Maintenance and equipment: tools (small)
 1941
19 / 3
Maintenance and equipment: trammers
 1941-1945
19 / 4
Maintenance and equipment: ventilation tubes and pipes
 1937-1942
19 / 5
Maintenance and equipment: water tanks
 1935-1941
19 / 6
Maintenance and equipment: welding equipment
 1935
19 / 7
National Dogs for Defense Committee
 1943-1945
19 / 8
Philipsburg State Bank receivership
 1931
19 / 9
Taylor-Knapp Co. equipment
 1939-1940
19 / 10
U. S. trade agreement with Brazil (including manganese)
 1935
19 / 11
U. S. War Production Board (re arbitration between Philipsburg mining companies and International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers local)
 1935
19 / 12
Carl Zapffe (re demanganization of water supplies in Brainard and Mankato, Minnesota, and elsewhere)
 1935

Miscellany Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
19 / 13
Blank stationery
 undated
19 / 14
Boarding house list
 1945
19 / 15
Certificates: state explosives license
 1936-1942
19 / 16
Durango Mine map
 1935
Oversize Folder
1
Durango Mine map (Oversize Folder)
 1935
Box/Folder
19 / 17
Flint Creek Valley Bank statements of condition
 1940-1945
19 / 18
Granite County road work
 1929-1930
19 / 19
Montana Industrial Accident Board rates, classifications, and safety inspection certificates
 1930-1937
19 / 20
Montana State Bank statements of condition
 1930-1931
19 / 21
Montanans Inc. annual meeting
 1945
19 / 22
Philipsburg Rotary Club receipts and annual report
 1944-1945
19 / 23
Shrine Charity Ball donations
 1945
19 / 24
Trucks list
 1945
19 / 25
Western Montana National Bank statements of condition
 1929-1938
19 / 26
Whip tap separating screen (W. S. Tyler Co.)
1919
Oversize Folder
1
Whip tap separating screen (W. S. Tyler Co.) blueprint (Oversize Folder)
 1919

Clippings Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
19 / 26
"Two officials here to clarify rules of issuance of securities"
 1938

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Manganese mines and mining--Montana--Philipsburg
  • Mines and mineral resources--Montana--Philipsburg
  • Mines and mineral resources--Montana--Philipsburg
  • New Deal, 1933-1939--Montana
  • World War, 1939-1945--Equipment and supplies

Corporate Names

  • Moorlight Mining Co. (creator)

Geographical Names

  • Philipsburg (Mont.)--History

Finding aid prepared by Ellie Arguimbau. Updated in 2023 by Aaron Rau.
2011

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