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United States War Production Board. Helena District Office Records, 1941-1946
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- United States. War Production Board. Helena District Office
- Title
- United States War Production Board. Helena District Office Records
- Dates
-
1941-1946 (inclusive)19411946
- Quantity
- 7.5 linear feet of shelf space
- Collection Number
- MC 239
- Summary
- The Helena, Montana, district office of the United States War Production Board was established in June 1942 to coordinate production of minerals and other materials for World War II. Records primarily consist of general office correspondence of district manager Oscar A. Baarson; Mining Division correspondence of mining technical advisor William M. Manning and subject files on mine operators in Montana, Idaho, North Dakota, and Wyoming; and general correspondence of salvage coordinator E. J. Keeley. Also included are press releases, minutes, reports and general subject files.
- 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 - Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Historical NoteReturn to Top
The United States War Production Board (WPB) was established in the Office of Emergency Management on January 16, 1942, to continue the work of the Office of Production Management and the Supply Priorities and Allocations Board. The WPB was assigned the task of coordinating and directing war procurement and production programs in federal agencies as well as in the private sector. At the end of World War II, the WPB was terminated and its functions transferred to the Civilian Production Administration (CPA). The Helena district office was opened in June 1942 under the direction of Oscar A. Baarson. The Helena office operated in turn under the Seattle, San Francisco, Denver, and finally, Minneapolis regional offices. Baarson's staff included Thomas Caverly, Emergency Coordinator of Mines; William M. Manning, Technical Advisor for Mining; and E. J. Keeley, coordinator for the Salvage Division. The primary function of the Helena office was to coordinate enforcement of federal regulations involving mines in Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, North and South Dakota, and Washington. Each mine in the state was required to apply for a serial number authorizing it to purchase equipment and supplies as a vital war industry. Gold mines were deemed non-essential and were forced to close under regulation L-208. The Helena office closed in January 1946.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
This collection consists of office files (1941-1946) for the Helena district office of the United States War Production Board (WPB). There are three subgroups: general office files, mining division files, and salvage division files. General office files consist primarily of the correspondence of district manager Oscar A. Baarson with other WPB offices, and with companies and individuals around the state. In addition the subgroup includes a subject file, minutes of various related organizations, and miscellany. The Mining Division subgroup includes correspondence of Technical Advisor for Mining William M. Manning with other WPB Mining division administrators, a subject file on mining operators and strategic minerals, and a card file on mines. After Manning's death April 1, 1945, Oscar Baarson became the Acting Technical Advisor for Mining. The Salvage Division subgroup includes correspondence of E.J. Keeley and the Montana State Salvage Committee with other WPB salvage operations, and with private companies; correspondence of the Women's Division; and press releases, reports, and general subject files.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection
District Office Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Interoffice Correspondence
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
1 / 1 | United States War
Production Board. Bismarck and Fargo, N.D. offices |
1944 |
1 / 2 | United States War
Production Board. Denver Office |
1942-1944 |
1 / 3 | United States War
Production Board. Field Operations |
1942-1945 |
1 / 4 | United States War
Production Board. Helena, Mont. Office, Mining Division (William M. Manning)
|
1944-1945 |
1 / 5-6 | United States War
Production Board. Minneapolis Office |
1942-1945 |
1 / 7 | United States War
Production Board. Office of Civilian Requirements |
1944-1945 |
1 / 8 | United States War
Production Board. Priorities Field Service (F.R. McGregor; L. Edward Scriven)
|
1941-1944 |
1 / 9 | United States War
Production Board. San Francisco Office |
1942-1943 |
1 / 10 | United States War
Production Board. Smaller War Plants Corporation |
1943-1944 |
1 / 11 | United States War
Production Board. Spokane and Seattle Offices |
1941-1945 |
1 / 12 | United States War
Production Board. Washington, D.C. Office |
1942-1946 |
General Correspondence
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
1 / 13 | A |
1942-1945 |
1 / 14 | Billings Commercial Club
|
1942-1945 |
1 / 15 | B-F |
1942-1945 |
1 / 16 | Great Falls Chamber of
Commerce Housing Committee |
1945 |
1 / 17 | G-L |
1942-1945 |
1 / 18 | William M. Manning
Estate |
1945 |
1 / 19 | Miles City Chamber of
Commerce Housing Committee |
1945 |
1 / 20 | Modified Area Production
Urgency Committee (includes National Housing Agency surveys) |
1944-1945 |
1 / 21 | Montana Retail
Lumbermen's Association |
1942-1945 |
1 / 22 | James E. Murray
(includes Senate Small Business Committee and Charles Murray) |
1942-1945 |
1 / 23-24 | M-T |
1942-1945 |
1 / 25 | United States government
(miscellaneous agencies) |
1944 |
1 / 26 | Burton K. Wheeler
|
1943-1946 |
1 / 27 | Wa-Wo |
1943-1944 |
Miscellaneous
Correspondence |
||
Box/Folder | ||
1 / 28 | James E. Murray,
Jeannette Rankin, Burton K. Wheeler |
1942 |
Minutes |
||
Box/Folder | ||
2 / 1 | Controlled Materials
Plan meeting, Butte |
1942 |
2 / 2 | Modified Area Production
Urgency Committee |
1944-1945 |
2 / 3 | United States Senate
Small Business Committee hearing in Kalispell |
1944 |
2 / 4 | United States War
Production Board District Managers |
1943-1945 |
2 / 5 | United States War
Production Board Operations Council |
1943-1944 |
Press Releases
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
2 / 6 | Press releases: Helena
office |
1944-1945 |
2 / 7 | Radio and newspaper
publicity |
1941-1944 |
Organization
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
2 / 8 | District Manager
functions and responsibilities |
n.d. |
2 / 9 | Functional outline
|
n.d. |
2 / 10 | Organizational charts,
maps, etc. |
1942-1945 |
2 / 11 | Plan of operation:
Bureau of Field Operations |
1942 |
Reports |
||
Box/Folder | ||
2 / 12 | Regional Director David
J. Winton weekly reports |
1945 |
2 / 13 | Semi-monthly workload
reports |
1943-1944 |
Subject File
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
2 / 14 | Anaconda housing survey
|
1942 |
2 / 15 | Anti-freeze |
1944-1945 |
2 / 16 | Army-Navy Star Awards
|
1944 |
2 / 17 | Budget |
1942 |
2 / 18 | Herbalists |
1945 |
2 / 19 | Highway machinery
|
1945 |
2 / 20 | Labor-management
relations |
1943-1945 |
2 / 21 | Lumber manufacturers
(includes "Factors affecting lumber production Northern Rocky Mountain Region:
Montana") |
1944-1945 |
2 / 22 | Manpower Priorities
Committee of Montana |
1944-1945 |
2 / 23 | McCall-Stibnite Access
Road Project, Idaho |
1941-1942 |
2 / 24 | Mexican labor
|
1944 |
2 / 25 | National Production
Urgency List |
1943-1944 |
2 / 26 | Office furniture and
supplies (re difficulty of wartime procurement of supplies) |
1941-1942 |
3 / 1 | Personnel |
1942-1945 |
3 / 2 | Personnel: advice of
personnel action |
1943-1945 |
3 / 3 | Personnel: efficiency
ratings |
1943 |
3 / 4 | Personnel: job
descriptions |
1941-1944 |
3 / 5 | Personnel: salary
receipts (lists of employees) |
1942-1945 |
3 / 6 | Political activity by
federal employees (Hatch Act) |
1942 |
3 / 7 | Priorities training
sessions |
1941-1943 |
3 / 8 | Public water supplies
|
1942 |
3 / 9 | Records disposition
(includes lists of records transferred to Washington for eventual deposit in
National Archives) |
1945-1946 |
3 / 10 | Rent ceilings, Billings
|
1945 |
3 / 11 | Scrap (re salvage and
recycling of scrap materials) |
1943-1944 |
3 / 12 | Selective Service and
draft deferments |
1943-1945 |
3 / 13 | Travel |
1942-1945 |
3 / 14 | Typewriters |
n.d. |
3 / 15 | War bond sales in office
|
1942-1945 |
3 / 16 | Work clothes
|
1944-1945 |
Miscellany
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
3 / 17 | Certificate of service
[blank] |
1945 |
3 / 18 | Field Office mail and
file unit procedure manual |
n.d. |
3 / 19 | List of chambers of
commerce, civic, and commercial organizations in Montana |
1941 |
3 / 20 | List of county chairmen
and committee members |
n.d. |
3 / 21 | List of electric
utilities |
n.d. |
3 / 22 | List of Montana prime
contractors |
1942 |
3 / 23 | List of Montana sawmills
|
1942 |
3 / 24 | List of U.S. Dept. of
Agriculture county war boards |
1943 |
3 / 25 | Mailing lists: business
and industry |
1943 |
3 / 26 | Mailing lists: civic
organizations |
1942-1944 |
3 / 27 | Mailing lists: local
government officials |
1941-1942 |
3 / 28 | Mailing lists: news
releases |
1944 |
3 / 29 | Sen. James E. Murray
speeches, etc. |
1943-1944 |
3 / 30 | Revocation lists of
W.P.B. Orders |
1945 |
3 / 31 | Monsignor Emmet J. Riley
reception |
1945 |
Clippings~
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
3 / 32 | Miscellaneous
|
1943-1944 |
Mining Division Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Interoffice Correspondence
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
4 / 1 | United States Office of
Production Management. Administrator of Mine Priorities (Wilbur A. Nelson)
|
1941-1942 |
4 / 2-4 | United States War
Production Board. Denver Office Assistant Deputy Director for Metals and
Minerals/Mine Production (Edward H. Rott) |
1942-1945 |
4 / 5 | United States War
Production Board. Denver Office Deputy Director for Metals and Minerals/Mine
Production (James Reed Lane) |
1943-1945 |
4 / 6-7 | United States War
Production Board. Mining Division Deputy Director (Marcellus H. Stow) (includes
1942 "Report on the Running Wolf Iron Properties [Little Belt Mountains]")
|
1942-1945 |
4 / 8 | United States War
Production Board. Priorities Coordinator (Donald M. Nelson) |
1941-1942 |
4 / 9 | United States War
Production Board. Salt Lake City and Ogden, Utah |
1943-1945 |
General Correspondence
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
4 / 10 | B-C |
1941-1945 |
4 / 11 | E. Byers Emrick
|
1941 |
4 / 12 | E-K |
1941-1943 |
4 / 13 | Mining Association of
Montana (Carl Trauerman) |
1941-1945 |
4 / 14 | Pit and Quarry
Publications |
1941 |
Outgoing Correspondence
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
5 / 1-19 | William M. Manning,
Regional Technical Advisor for Mining |
1942-1943 |
6 / 1-15 | William M. Manning,
Regional Technical Advisor for Mining |
1944-Mar 1945 |
6 / 16 | Ben H. Chestnut, Acting
District Manager; Oscar A. Baarson, Acting Technical Advisor for Mining
|
Apr. 1945 |
Diaries |
||
Box/Folder | ||
7 / 1 | Office diary: William M. Manning |
Feb.-Mar.1945 |
Organization
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
7 / 2 | Regional Mining Division functions
|
1943-1944 |
Reports
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
7 / 3 | "Brief Memoranda Concerning War Minerals in Montana"
Montana School of Mines (includes antimony, bentonite, chromite, manganese,
sapphires, tungsten, vermiculite) |
Apr. 1941 |
7 / 4 | Metals Reserve Company reports on various Montana mines
and smelters |
1945 |
Subject File
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
7 / 5 | Aluminum |
1943 |
7 / 6 | American Mining Congress Metal Mine War Conference
|
1942 |
7 / 7 | Antimony |
1942-1943 |
7 / 8-10 | Applications of mining companies
to Office of Defense Transportation |
1942-1945 |
7 / 11 | Arsenic |
1944 |
7 / 12 | Asbestos |
1945 |
7 / 13 | Barium |
1942 |
7 / 14 | Bentonite |
1943 |
7 / 15 | Beryl and beryllium |
1942-1944 |
7 / 16 | Bismuth |
1943-1944 |
7 / 17 | Calcite crystals |
1943-1944 |
7 / 18 | Charcoal |
1943 |
7 / 19 | Chrome |
1944 |
7 / 20 | Classification of small mines |
1945 |
7 / 21 | Coal mines |
1943-1944 |
7 / 22 | Copper |
1943-1945 |
7 / 23 | Copper rivets for harness repair |
1945 |
7 / 24 | Corundum |
1943-1945 |
7 / 25 |
Critical metals and minerals |
1942-1945 |
7 / 26 | Custom mills |
1943 |
7 / 27 | Field report forms |
1943 |
7 / 28 | Flourspar and fluorite |
1942-1943 |
7 / 29 | Garnet |
1943-1944 |
7 / 30 | Geodes |
1943 |
7 / 31 | Graphite |
1943 |
7 / 32 | Gypsum |
1942 |
7 / 33 | Iron ore |
1943-1945 |
7 / 34 | Lead |
1943-1945 |
7 / 35 | Limitation Order L-208 (re closing of gold mines)
|
1942-1945 |
8 / 1 | Manganese |
1942-1943 |
8 / 2 | Mercury |
1943-1944 |
8 / 3 | Mica |
1942-1945 |
8 / 4 | Mine operator quotas |
1942-1943 |
8 / 5 | Mine operators: Allied Copper Company (Moffat and
Johnson Mine, Sheridan) |
1943-1945 |
8 / 6 | Mine operators: American Gem Mines (Philipsburg)
|
1942-1945 |
8 / 7 | Mine operators: American Smelting and Refining Company,
East Helena Plant (E.M. Tittmann, manager) |
1942-1945 |
8 / 8 | Mine operators: American Smelting and Refining Company,
East Helena Plant reports of ore receipts and processing |
1944-1945 |
8 / 9 | Mine operators: American Smelting and Refining Company,
Gregory Mine |
1941-1944 |
8 / 10-11 | Mine operators: Anaconda Copper
Mining Company (Butte) (includes strike, May 1944) |
1941-1945 |
8 / 12 | Mine operators: Anaconda Copper Mining Company chrome
mine (Columbus) |
1942-1944 |
8 / 13 | Mine operators: Anaconda Copper Mining Company reports
of ore receipts and processing |
1944-1945 |
8 / 14 | Mine operators: Anderson Phosphate Mines (Garrison)
|
1941-1945 |
8 / 15 | Mine operators: Peter Antonioli (Butte)
|
1941-1945 |
8 / 16 | Mine operators: Armstrong Mining Syndicate (Rimini)
|
1942-1945 |
8 / 17 | Mine operators: A-Az |
1942-1945 |
8 / 18 | Mine operators: Bair-Collins Company (Roundup)
|
1941-1945 |
8 / 19 | Mine operators: Bell and Bukvich (Butte)
|
1942-1944 |
8 / 20 | Mine operators: Belrust Mining Company (Philipsburg)
|
1942-1943 |
8 / 21 | Mine operators: Bennett Mining Company (Neihart)
|
1943-1945 |
9 / 1 | Mine operators: Boaz Mine (Norris)
|
1942-1945 |
9 / 2 | Mine operators: Boss Tweed-Clipper Mines, Inc. (Pony)
|
1942-1945 |
9 / 3 | Mine operators: Broadwater Consolidated Mines
|
1942 |
9 / 4 | Mine operators: Broadwater Zinc and Lead Mines (Iron
Mask Mine, Hassel) |
1942-1945 |
9 / 5 | Mine operators: Brophy Coal Company (Red Lodge)
|
1941-1945 |
9 / 6 | Mine operators: Butte Mines Merger Corporation
|
1942-1945 |
9 / 7 | Mine operators: Tom Byrd (January Mine, Winston)
|
1942-1943 |
9 / 8-9 | Mine operators: B-Bz
|
1941-1945 |
9 / 10 | Mine operators: Calone and Johnson (Belt)
|
1941-1942 |
9 / 11 | Mine operators: Gust Carlson (Helena core drilling)
|
1943-1945 |
9 / 12 | Mine operators: P. Carter (Miles City; Atlantic City,
Wyo.) |
1942-1943 |
9 / 13 | Mine operators: H.W. Carver (East Pacific Mine,
Winston) |
1941-1945 |
9 / 14 | Mine operators: Leo J. Coady (Clyde Park calcite
crystals) |
1943-1945 |
9 / 15 | Mine operators: Consolation Mining and Milling Company
(Lincoln) |
1942-1943 |
9 / 16 | Mine operators: Consolidated Mining Company (Sterrett
Napton, Missoula) |
1943-1945 |
9 / 17 | Mine operators: Contact Mines Corporation (Philipsburg)
|
1941-1943 |
9 / 18 | Mine operators: E.K. Coyner (Meagher County)
|
1941 |
9 / 19 | Mine operators: Crystal Graphite Mining Company (Ruby
Mountains) [formerly R.F.L. Graphite Company] |
1941-1945 |
9 / 20 | Mine operators: C-Cu |
1941-1945 |
9 / 21 | Mine operators: Kenneth Davis (Pioneer)
|
1944-1945 |
9 / 22 | Mine operators: Domestic Manganese and Development
Company (Butte; Philipsburg) |
1942-1943 |
9 / 23 | Mine operators: Dunn, Hayes and Malin (Bannack)
|
1943-1944 |
9 / 24 | Mine operators: Da-Dz |
1942-1945 |
10 / 1 | Mine operators: East Belt Coal Mine
|
1941-1945 |
10 / 2 | Mine operators: Ernest C. Ecklesdafer (Flagstaff Mine,
Avon) |
1943 |
10 / 3 | Mine operators: Elliston Lime Company
|
1943-1945 |
10 / 4 | Mine operators: Empire Mines, Inc. (Marysville)
|
1931 |
10 / 5 | Mine operators: W.P. and E.L. Enders (limestone quarry,
Carbon County) |
1941-1945 |
10 / 6 | Mine operators: Ermont Mines, Inc. (Dillon)
|
1941-1943 |
10 / 7 | Mine operators: Ea-Ez |
1941-1945 |
10 / 8 | Mine operators: Joseph T. Farrow (Two Percent Mine,
Philipsburg) |
1942-1945 |
10 / 9 | Mine operators: Fisher-Katzer Investment Company
(includes report, 1935, on Midas Gold Mining and Milling Company properties
near Libby) |
1942 |
10 / 10 | Mine operators: Florence Company
(Neihart) |
1941-1943 |
10 / 11 | Mine operators: Forest Rose
Mining and Milling Syndicate (Jens) |
1941-1945 |
10 / 12 | Mine operators: Fa-Fu
|
1941-1945 |
10 / 13 | Mine operators: Camilla Gage
(Emma Mine, Twin Bridges) |
1942-1944 |
10 / 14 | Mine operators: Gerber Coal
Company (Stockett) |
1941-1943 |
10 / 15 | Mine operators: John Giulio
(Boulder) |
1942-1944 |
10 / 16 | Mine operators: Gold Creek
Mining Company (Ennis) |
1941-1943 |
10 / 17-18 | Mine operators: Golden Messenger
Corporation (Helena) (includes "Report on the Golden Messenger Property [York
Mining District]" by J.C. Archibald and diamond drill log)
|
1941-1945 |
10 / 19 | Mine operators: Fred Gooden
(Silver Wave Mine, Townsend) |
1942-1945 |
10 / 20 | Mine operators: Great Northern
Railway Company (Giffen Coal Mine, Cascade County) |
1941-1943 |
10 / 21 | Mine operators: Green Campbell
Mining Company (Silver Star) |
1941-1943 |
10 / 22 | Mine operators: Green Mountain
Mining Company (Dixon) |
1941-1945 |
10 / 23 | Mine operators: Grey Blanket
Coal Company (Lodge Grass) |
1941-1944 |
10 / 24 | Mine operators: Ga-Gru
|
1941-1945 |
10 / 25 | Mine operators: H and H Mines
(Drummond) |
1942-1945 |
10 / 26 | Mine operators: Helena Sand and
Gravel Company |
1942-1945 |
10 / 27 | Mine operators: Hopkins and Sons
Mining Company (Elliston) |
1942-1945 |
10 / 28 | Mine operators: Ha-Hu
|
1941-1945 |
11 / 1 | Mine operators: Industrial Minerals Corporation (Fuller
Corundum Mine, Gallatin Gateway) |
1944-1945 |
11 / 2 | Mine operators: Irma Mines, Inc. (Cooke City)
|
1941-1945 |
11 / 3 | Mine operators: I-Iz |
1941-1945 |
11 / 4-5 | Mine operators: Jardine Mining
Company |
1941-1945 |
11 / 6 | Mine operators: Jeffries Coal Company (Roundup)
|
1941-1945 |
11 / 7 | Mine operators: Jennison Coal Company (Fairview)
|
1941-1945 |
11 / 8 | Mine operators: Ja-Ju |
1941-1945 |
11 / 9 | Mine operators: Kennedy Creek Mining Company (Missoula)
|
1942-1944 |
11 / 10 | Mine operators: Klies Mining
Company (Neihart) |
1941-1945 |
11 / 11 | Mine operators: Ka-Ku
|
1942-1945 |
11 / 12 | Mine operators: Ed Lahey
(Bluebird Tailings, Rocker) |
1944 |
11 / 13 | Mine operators: Walter Lehman
(Gold Bug Mine, Yogo) |
1941-1945 |
11 / 14 | Mine operators: Lexington Mining
Company (Big 7 Mine, Neihart) |
1941-1944 |
11 / 15 | Mine operators: Liberty Montana
Mines Company (Jefferson Island) |
1942-1944 |
11 / 16 | Mine operators: Lincoln Placers
Associates, Inc. (Lincoln) |
1942-1945 |
11 / 17 | Mine operators: Little Ben
Mining Company (Landusky) |
1941-1943 |
11 / 18 | Mine operators: G.D. Lyon and
Company (McQuarrie) |
1942-1945 |
11 / 19 | Mine operators: La-Lz
|
1941-1945 |
11 / 20 | Mine operators: M. and M. Mining
Company (Ohio-Keating Mine, Radersburg) |
1941-1945 |
11 / 21 | Mine operators: Marie Leasing
Company (Philipsburg) |
1942-1945 |
11 / 22 | Mine operators: Marietta Mines
(Townsend) |
1941-1944 |
11 / 23 | Mine operators: Maronick
Limestone Company (East Helena) |
1941-1945 |
12 / 1 | Mine operators: Martin Brothers (Liberty County)
|
1942-1944 |
12 / 2 | Mine operators: Stuart McKee (Elkhorn)
|
1942-1944 |
12 / 3 | Mine operators: McLaren Gold Mining Company (Cooke
City) |
1941-1945 |
12 / 4 | Mine operators: Metals Reserve Company (purchase depot,
Butte) |
1942-1945 |
12 / 5-6 | Mine operators: Mike Horse
Mining and Milling Company (Lincoln) (includes report, Nov. 1943)
|
1941-1945 |
12 / 7 | Mine operators: Mines Operating Company (Empire Mine,
Marysville) [formerly Martin Mining Company] [maps in OVERSIZE FOLDER]
|
1943-1945 |
12 / 8 | Mine operators: Minmont Company (East Pacific and
Spring Hill mines, Broadwater and Lewis and Clark counties)
|
1941-1943 |
12 / 9 | Mine operators: Missoula-Lincoln Metals Company
|
1941-1943 |
12 / 10 | Mine operators: Monongahela-Mt.
Washington Mining Company (Helena) |
1941-1945 |
12 / 11 | Mine operators: Montana Coal and
Coke Company (Washoe) |
1941-1945 |
12 / 12 | Mine operators: Montana Leasing
Company (Neihart) |
1943-1945 |
12 / 13 | Mine operators: Montana
Phosphate Products Company (Garrison) |
1942-1945 |
12 / 14 | Mine operators: Montana Rainbow
Mining Company (Drumlummon Mine, Marysville) |
1941-1945 |
12 / 15 | Mine operators: Moorlight Mining
Company (Granite County) |
1941-1945 |
12 / 16-17 | Mine operators: Mountain Talc
Company (L.F. Teutsch, Ennis) |
1942-1945 |
13 / 1 | Mine operators: Ma-Mu |
1941-1945 |
13 / 2 | Mine operators: Nancy Lee Mines, Inc. (Mineral County)
|
1943-1945 |
13 / 3 | Mine operators: Neihart Mine and Milling Company
[formerly Klies Mining Company] |
1943-1945 |
13 / 4 | Mine operators: Nettie Mining Company (Butte)
|
1943-1945 |
13 / 5 | Mine operators: Newman Brothers (Elliston)
|
1941-1945 |
13 / 6 | Mine operators: North Butte Mining Company (Butte)
|
1943-1945 |
13 / 7 | Mine operators: North Mocassin Mines Syndicate
(Kendall) |
1941-1943 |
13 / 8 | Mine operators: Northwest Mining Company/Rex Mining
Company (H.E. Luderer, lessee, Empire Mine, Marysville) |
1941-1943 |
13 / 9 | Mine operators: Northwestern Improvement Company
(Colstrip) |
1941-1945 |
13 / 10 | Mine operators: N-O
|
1941-1945 |
13 / 11 | Mine operators: Perry-Schroeder
Mining Company (Missouri River sapphires) |
1941-1944 |
13 / 12 | Mine operators: Philipsburg
Mining Company |
1941-1944 |
13 / 13 | Mine operators: Porter Brothers
(Helena and Flagstaff dredge mines, Avon) |
1943-1944 |
13 / 14 | Mine operators: Pa-Pu
|
1941-1944 |
13 / 15 | Mine operators: Quartz Hill
Mining Company (Dewey) |
1941-1945 |
13 / 16 | Mine operators: Queen Leasing
Company (Neihart) |
1941-1942 |
13 / 17 | Mine operators: Republic Coal
Company (Roundup) |
1941-1945 |
13 / 18 | Mine operators: Rice and Wegener
(Faithful Mine, Divide) |
1942-1944 |
13 / 19-20 | Mine operators: Roundup Coal
Mining Company |
1941-1943 |
14 / 1 | Mine operators: Ra-Ru |
1941-1945 |
14 / 2 | Mine operators: Saranac Mine and Mill (Ray L. Lucier,
lessee, Maxville) |
1941-1944 |
14 / 3 | Mine operators: Silver Crescent, Inc. (Marysville)
|
1941-1943 |
14 / 4 | Mine operators: Silver Star Chrome Company (J. Vernon
Davis, Silver Star) |
1942-1944 |
14 / 5 | Mine operators: Silver Star Gold Mining Company (Peter
Antonioli, Silver Star) |
1941-1944 |
14 / 6 | Mine operators: A.O. Smith Corporation/Marvin F.
Riebhoff (Golden Sunlight Mine, Whitehall) |
1941-1945 |
14 / 7 | Mine operators: Southern California Minerals Company
(Ennis; Dillon) |
1941-1945 |
14 / 8 | Mine operators: Spring Hill Mine (Helena)
|
1944 |
14 / 9 | Mine operators: St. Joseph Lead Company (Block P Mine,
Hughesville) |
1941-1945 |
14 / 10 | Mine operators: Standard
Silver-Lead Mining Company (Gould Mine, Wilborn; Sunshine Mine, Libby)
|
1941-1945 |
14 / 11 | Mine operators: Ray J. Stanfield
(Orphan Boy and Washington groups, Broadwater County) |
1942-1944 |
14 / 12 | Mine operators: Star Mine
(Neihart) |
1942-1944 |
14 / 13 | Mine operators: Star Pointer
Exploration Company (Bearmouth) |
1942-1943 |
14 / 14 | Mine operators: Sunshine Mining
Company (Philipsburg) |
1942-1945 |
14 / 15 | Mine operators: Surmi Mines,
Inc. (Great Falls) |
1942-1945 |
14 / 16 | Mine operators: Swansea Mines,
Inc. (Stemple) |
1941-1945 |
14 / 17 | Mine operators: Sa-Swanson)
|
1941-1945 |
14 / 18 | Mine operators: T
|
1941-1945 |
14 / 19 | Mine operators: U. S. Bureau of
Mines |
1942-1944 |
14 / 20 | Mine operators: United Mines
Company (Butte) |
1942-1943 |
14 / 21 | Mine operators: U-V
|
1941-1945 |
14 / 22 | Mine operators: Winston Brothers
Company (Jefferson and Broadwater counties) |
1941-1944 |
14 / 23 | Mine operators: Wa-Wo
|
1941-1945 |
14 / 24 | Mine operators: Y
|
1943-1944 |
15 / 1 | Mine production |
1944-1945 |
15 / 2 | Mineral Resources Survey (Carl Trauerman, supervisor)
|
1941 |
15 / 3 | Molybdenum |
1943 |
15 / 4 | Nickel |
1943 |
15 / 5 | Non-metallic minerals |
1942 |
15 / 6 | Non-serialized mines |
1944 |
15 / 7 | Out-of-state mine operators: Idaho Emergency
Coordinator of Mines (includes list of Idaho mines) |
1942 |
15 / 8-9 | Out-of-state mine operators:
Idaho (A-Z) |
1942 |
15 / 10 | Out-of-state mine operators:
North Dakota (Truax-Traer Coal Company) |
1942-1945 |
15 / 11 | Out-of-state mine operators:
North Dakota (B-W) |
1943-1944 |
15 / 12 | Out-of-state mine operators:
Oregon (Porter Brothers, Bandon) |
1942-1943 |
15 / 13 | Out-of-state mine operators:
Oregon (B-W) |
1942 |
15 / 14-15 | Out-of-state mine operators:
Washington (A-Z) |
1942 |
15 / 16 | Out-of-state mine operators:
Wyoming (B-C) |
1944 |
15 / 17 | Preference Rating Order P-56 and
interpretations |
1942-1944 |
15 / 18 | Premium Price Plan (re bonus
metal prices) |
1943-1944 |
15 / 19 | Pumice |
1944 |
15 / 20 | Quartz crystal
|
1942-1943 |
15 / 21 | Quicksilver (mercury)
|
1943 |
15 / 22 | Sheelite |
1942 |
15 / 23 | Silicious ore for fluxing
|
1943 |
15 / 24 | Spodumene deposits in South
Dakota |
1944 |
16 / 1 | Talc (L.E. Griffith prospect) |
1943 |
16 / 2 | Tin |
1942-1943 |
16 / 3 | Tungsten |
1942-1945 |
16 / 4 | Uranium |
1944 |
16 / 5 | Vermiculite |
1942-1944 |
16 / 6 | Xanthite |
1944 |
16 / 7 | Zinc |
1944-1945 |
16 / 8 | Zircon |
1942 |
16 / 9 | Zonolite |
1944 |
Miscellany
|
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Box/Folder | ||
16 / 10 | Lists of mine operators (by
town) |
|
16 / 11 | Lists of mines operating in
Montana under PD-119 |
1942 |
16 / 12 | Lists of mines operating in
Montana under Preference Order P-56 (by serial number) |
1941-1945 |
16 / 13 | Lists of mines priorities
|
|
16 / 14 | Lists of ore shippers to
Anaconda copper and zinc plants and to American Smelting and Refining Company
(these lists were used as the initial basis for establishing what mines were
operating in Montana) |
1941 |
16 / 15 | Lists of PRP applications by
mining companies |
n.d. |
16 / 16 | Lists of quartz mines (by
county) |
1941 |
Miscellany
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
17 / | Mine operators card file (includes alphabetical and
serial number files for Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming) [card
box] |
1941-1945 |
Miscellany
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
16 / 17 | Mineral classification lists
|
1944-1945 |
16 / 18 | Urgency lists
|
1945 |
Salvage Division Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
General Correspondence
|
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Box/Folder | ||
16 / 19-21 | Chronological of E.J. Keeley
(includes Montana State Salvage Committee) |
1942-1945 |
16 / 22 | Chronological of Women's
Division |
1944 |
Press Releases
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
16 / 23 | re salvage drives and collection
results |
1942-1945 |
Reports
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
16 / 24 | Reports re scrap paper, rags,
and metal shipments; salvage operation report |
1943-1944 |
Subject File
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
16 / 25 | Conserve Critical Resources
Program |
1943 |
16 / 26 | Iron and steel scrap
|
1941 |
16 / 27 | Montana Industry Committee for
Industrial Salvage |
1944 |
16 / 28 | Salvage priority rating P-136
|
1942-1944 |
Miscellany
|
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Box/Folder | ||
16 / 29 | Miscellaneous including fact
sheets, GPO War Production Board instruction sheets, and lists of county
salvage chairmen |
1943, n.d. |
Clippings
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
16 / 30 | Helena Independent Record
article on scrap collection drives |
1945 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Housing--Montana
- Labor relations--Montana
- Manganese mines and mining--Montana
- Mines and mineral resources--Idaho
- Mines and mineral resources--Montana
- Mines and mineral resources--Oregon
- Mines and mineral resources--South Dakota
- Mines and mineral resources--Washington (State)
- Mining claims--Montana
- Salvage (waste, etc.)--Montana
- World War, 1939-1945--Civil defense
- World War, 1939-1945--War work
Geographical Names
- Wyoming