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Gustaf M. Carlson Papers, 1890-1960
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Carlson, Gustaf M., 1907-1996
- Title
- Gustaf M. Carlson Papers
- Dates
-
1890-1960 (inclusive)18901960
- Quantity
- 2 linear feet of shelf space
- Collection Number
- MC 325
- Summary
- Gustaf Carlson (1907-1996) was a Helena based mining engineer involved in mining in Montana, Idaho, Arizona, and Minnesota. This collection (1890s-1960s) consists of subject files on local mines including the Spring Hill (near Unionville), the Klondyke and the Sourdough (in Elkhorn); the East Pacific and the Kleinschmidt (near Townsend); the Drumlummon (near Marysville); mines in the Corbin and Wickes area; and other mines in Montana and Idaho. One of the larger subject files concerns the Spring Hill Mine (near Unionville), owned by the Montana Consolidated Mines Corporation, and includes daily mine production reports (1939-1940), diamond drilling records, and level books. Also included are general subject files on mining processes and maps [OVERSIZE MATERIAL: Map Case] of Iron Ore and Eureka Gulches, Leslie Lake Group, the Skyline, and mines and claims near Corbin and Marysville. [Photographs and maps transferred to the Photograph Archives and Library respectively].
- 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.
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Gustaf "Gus" M. Carlson was born in Hibbing, Minnesota, August 21, 1907, the son of Gustaf "Gust" and Anna J. Carlson, Swedish immigrants. He graduated from the University of Minnesota School of Mines and Metallurgy in 1931 as a mining engineer. The following year he got a masters degree in geology from the same school. He moved to Helena, Montana, where his father and brother Lars were officers of the Montana-Idaho Mines Company and its successor the Montana Consolidated Mines Corporation. The companies owned the Spring Hill Mine, south of Helena, and the East Pacific Mine, near Winston, among others. When the Spring Hill closed at the beginning of World War II, Gus Carlson enlisted in the U.S. Army. He served from 1942 to 1946 in Virginia and Hawaii. Gus Carlson later returned to Helena, where he was a specialist in diamond drill exploration. He did survey work at many mines around the state. Gus Carlson married Dorothy Clements in 1964. He died in Helena in the summer of 1996. Gust Carlson, Sr. was born in Dalsland, Sweden September 17, 1869. He settled in Hibbing, Minnesota, in 1893. He founded the Carlson Exploration Company there in 1903. He helped develop mining claims around the west, including a zinc mine in Wallace, Idaho, and the Spring Hill Mine near Helena. He was knighted by King Gustaf V of Sweden in 1923 in recognition of his prominence in Swedish American affairs. His wife was Hanna Forsman and they had three sons and two daughters. Gust Carlson died November 28, 1956, on a return trip to Duluth from Helena.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Collection consists predominantly of subject files kept by Gustaf "Gus" M. Carlson and his father Gustaf "Gust" Carlson on local mines including the Spring Hill (near Unionville), the Klondyke and the Sourdough (in Elkhorn); the East Pacific and the Kleinschmidt (near Townsend); the Drumlummon (near Marysville); mines in the Corbin and Wickes area; and other mines in Montana and Idaho. The most extensive files concern the Spring Hill Mine (near Unionville), owned by the Montana Consolidated Mines Corporation, and includes daily mine production reports (1939-1940), diamond drilling records, and level books. Also included are general subject files on mining processes and maps [OVERSIZE MATERIAL: Map Case] of Iron Ore and Eureka Gulches, Leslie Lake Group, the Skyline, and mines and claims near Corbin and Marysville. [Photographs and maps transferred to the Photograph Archives and Library respectively].
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection
Biographical Materials Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1 / 1 | Obituaries of Gust Carlson,
Hanna Forsman Carlson, and Gustaf M. Carlson; Helena census listing, 1930
|
1956-1996 |
Miscellaneous Correspondence Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1 / 2 | Lars Carlson [nephew] to
various relatives re Helena earthquakes; Gustaf to mother re stange weather
phenomenon |
1935, 1949 |
Subject Files Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1 / 3 | Alaska Consolidated Mining
and Smelting Company (Ketchikan, Alaska; includes report with photos)
|
1912 |
| 1 / 4 | Apex Mine (Butte, Montana;
includes report by Frank L. Sizer and maps) |
1891, n.d. |
| 1 / 5 | Atlas Mine (Wickes, Montana;
includes report by John Berkin, map, and assay records) |
n.d. |
| 1 / 6 | Baltimore Copper Mining
Company (Boulder, Montana; includes report by Daniel Hanley and assay records)
|
1907 |
| 1 / 7 | Beale Lode (German Gulch,
Montana; includes correspondence from Irving Chandler, George B. Conway)
|
1907 |
| 1 / 8 | Beaver Mining Company
(Elkhorn District, Beaverhead County, Montana; includes report by John A. Ryan
and prospectus) |
1917 |
| 1 / 9 | Black Crow Mine (Radersburg,
Montana; includes notes) |
1938 |
| 1 / 10 | Black Hawk Consolidated
Mines Company (Silver City, New Mexico; includes report by A.C. Oberg and
comparison of Mogollon property with Spring Hill Mine by Gustaf Carlson Jr.)
[map in Oversize Folder 1] |
1920, 1938-1939 |
| 1 / 11 | Carlson Exploration Company
(Hibbing, Minnesota; includes sample forms) |
n.d. |
| 1 / 12 | Carlson Mine (formerly
Kleinschmidt-Irish Syndicate Mine, Winston, Montana; includes report by Gustaf
Carlson Jr., lease agreement, survey notes, production statistics) |
1897-1946 |
| 1 / 13 | Choteau iron ore (Choteau,
Montana; includes notes, report by U.S. Bureau of Mines, clipping) |
1945-1946 |
| 1 / 14 | Clayton, Idaho, property
(includes correspondence with J.M. Jensen and photos) |
1949 |
| 1 / 15 | Corbin-Valparaiso Copper
Mining Company (Corbin, Montana; includes prospectus) |
1907 |
| 1 / 16 | Crown Point Mine (Alhambra
District, Jefferson County, Montana; includes report by Paul W. Koetitz and
survey notes) |
1939, n.d. |
| 1 / 17 | East Helena (Montana)
tailings (includes report by A.A. Morrison, assays, and sketch maps)
|
1937, n.d. |
| 1 / 18-19 | East Pacific Mine (Winston,
Montana; includes reports by C.H. Hand, A.H. Monroe, and John W. Mahan;
prospectus; lease agreement; map; clippings; photos; assays; production
statistics; inventory of equipment; and survey notes) |
1887-1946, 1987 |
| 1 / 20 | Eddleman property (Clinton,
Montana; includes correspondence with W.A. Eddleman) |
1939-1940 |
| 1 / 21 | Edna-Leslie lode claims
(Basin, Montana; includes correspondence with American National Bank, Armada
Company, and Minmont Company; report by J.O. Briscoe; notes) [4 maps in
Oversize Folder 1] |
1941 |
| 1 / 22 | Fluorspar mine (Superior,
Montana; includes correspondence with Herman U. Brass and Jim Scott; diamond
drilling report; clipping; photos) |
1947 |
| 1 / 23-24 | Franklin Mine (Helena,
Montana; includes correspondence with Kady Lee Potter; claim description;
clipping; assays; ore settlement sheets) |
1913-1923 |
| 1 / 25 | Gold Nugget Mine (Fremont
County, Wyoming; includes report by J.C. Ingersoll) |
1931 |
| 1 / 26-27 | Golden Curry Mine (also
known as the Jacquemin Mine and the Sourdough Mine, Elkhorn, Montana; includes
reports by Leverett S. Ropes, notes, and production statistics) [maps in
Oversize Folder 1] |
1903-1934 |
| 1 / 28 | Hidden Treasure and Copper
King Claims (Corbin, Montana; includes reports by Alfred Frank and David E.
Loughran) |
1911, 1920, n.d. |
| 1 / 29 | Howard Mine (Lewis and Clark
County, Montana; includes ore shipment record) |
1899-1907 |
| 1 / 30 | Ida Mine (Elkhorn, Montana;
includes prospectus of Consolidated Mining and Milling Company, assays,
memorandum of agreement) |
1931-1937 |
| 1 / 31-34 | Klondyke Gold Mines Inc.
(Elkhorn, Montana; includes reports by Murl H. Gidel and Wade V. Lewis,
operational agreements, correspondence from Mark K. Shipman, notes, articles of
incorportion, bylaws, stockholder minutes, annual reports, assays, payroll,
maps) [additional maps in Oversize Folder 2] |
1960-1980 |
| 1 / 35 | Lake Chelan, Washington
(includes clippings and photos re mines at Stehekin and Holden) |
1947-1957 |
| 1 / 36 | Lee Mountain Mine (Rimini,
Montana; includes notes and assays) |
1941 |
| 1 / 37 | Leiter Mine (also known as
Grey Eagle Mine, Sheridan, Montana; includes reports by E.H. Burdick and Archie
Burnett) [maps in Oversize Folder 2] |
1938 |
| 1 / 38 | Lemhi iron mine (Lemhi,
Idaho; includes correspondence with Stanley Eck, E.B. Hubard, photos)
|
1954 |
| 1 / 39 | Magnolia Mine (Grant County,
Oregon; includes report by W.J. Elmendorf, correspondence with Claude E.
Southwick, maps) |
1904, 1932 |
| 1 / 40 | Meadow Creek Coal Company
(Chestnut, Gallatin County, Montana; includes reports by A.V. Corry and C.P.
McCormack) |
1921, 1923 |
| 1 / 41 | Mike Horse Mine (Lincoln,
Montana; includes report by Chester T. Kennan, assays, clippings) |
1899-1928, 1966 |
| 1 / 42 | Minah Lead-Silver Mine
(Wickes, Montana; includes report by U.S. Bureau of Mines) [map in Oversize
Folder 2] |
1948 |
| 1 / 43 | Minmont Company property
(includes list of records of Monitor Mine, Spring Hill Mine, East Pacific Mine,
and Carlson Mine located in offices of Harold Meade) |
1946 |
| 1 / 44 | Monitor Mine (Adair, Idaho;
owned by Montana-Idaho Copper Company; includes prospectus, notes, clipping)
[maps in Oversize Folder 2] |
1915, 1986 |
| 1 / 45 | Mono Mine (Boulder, Montana;
includes notes, map) |
n.d. |
| 2 / 1 | Montana-Idaho Mines
Corporation / Montana Consolidated Mines Corporation (includes prospectus,
letter, sample documents) [see also folders for East Pacific Mine and Spring
Hill Mine] |
1927-1928, n.d. |
| 2 / 2 | Morning Mine (Basin,
Montana; includes correspondence with West America of Montana) [map in Oversize
Folder 2] |
1957 |
| 2 / 3 | Mystery Quartz Lode Claim
(Deer Lodge County, Montana; includes lease, drilling record,photos, sketch
maps) |
1948-1949 |
| 2 / 4 | Ontario, Canada, properties
(Sturgeon Lake, Ontario; includes correspondence with Reginald Anderson and
W.J. Hoover, assays, clipping) |
1932 |
| 2 / 5 | Potomac Copper Company
(Potomac, Montana; includes report by William P. Jahn, letter to stockholders)
|
1937-1939 |
| 2 / 6 | St. Louis Drumlummon Mines
Inc. (Marysville, Montana; includes report by Leverett S. Ropes, clippings)
[map in Oversize Folder 3] |
1935, 1966-1978 |
| 2 / 7 | Shannon Claim (Marysville,
Montana; includes prospectus for Marysville Gold Mining Company; legal notice
listing property of Barnes-King Development Company; notes) |
1910-1968 |
| 2 / 8 | Shober Claims (Boulder,
Montana; includes lease with Gust and Gustaf Carlson; correspondence with J.H.
Shober; assays; maps; photos) |
1946-1948 |
| 2 / 9 | Silver and Bell mines
(Barker Mining District, Montana; includes report by Leverett S. Ropes)
|
1937 |
| 2 / 10 | Sourdough Mining Company
(Elkhorn, Montana; includes articles of incorporation; bylaws; prospectus;
leases; report by Leverett S. Ropes; correspondence with J.L. Shiely Company,
Alex C. Johnson, and H.B. Chessher; assays) [see also file on Golden Curry
Mine; maps in Oversize Folder 2] |
1936-1964 |
| 3 / 1-5 | Spring Hill Mine
(Unionville, Montana; includes reports by W.D. Creden, Verner Jones, Gustaf
Carlson, and D.G. Rasmussen; prospecti; annual reports to stockholders of
Montana-Idaho Mines Corporation, Montana Mines Corporation, and Montana
Consolidated Mines Corporation; correspondence with American National Bank,
Minmont Company, and Ardic Exploration and Development Ltd.) |
1910-1980 |
| 3 / 6 | Spring Hill Mine
(Unionville, Montana; includes operating costs, marketing costs, insurance
coverage) |
1928-1936 |
| 3 / 7 | Spring Hill Mine
(Unionville, Montana; includes legal, organizational and court papers; list of
legal documents in offices of Harold Mead) |
1940-1963 |
| 3 / 8 | Spring Hill Mine
(Unionville, Montana; includes assays, smelter returns) |
1928-1938, 1966, n.d. |
| 3 / 9-10 | Spring Hill Mine
(Unionville, Montana; includes daily mine reports) |
1939-1940 |
| 3 / 11 | Spring Hill Mine
(Unionville, Montana; includes inventories of equipment) |
1934, 1940? |
| 3 / 12 | Spring Hill Mine
(Unionville, Montana; includes maps and drawings) [in Oversize Folder 3]
|
1908-1975 |
| 3 / 13 | Spring Hill Mine
(Unionville, Montana; includes notebooks of mill totals, inventory)
|
1934-1937, n.d. |
| 3 / 14 | Spring Hill Mine
(Unionville, Montana; includes production statistics) |
1927-1940, 1962 |
| 3 / 15 | Spring Hill Mine
(Unionville, Montana; includes survey books) |
Sept.1934- Feb. 1936 |
| 4 / 1-4 | Spring Hill Mine
(Unionville, Montana; includes survey books) |
Feb. 1936- Nov. 1941 |
| 4 / 5 | Spring Hill Mine
(Unionville, Montana; includes survey books re diamond drilling) |
Oct.1934- Mar.1941 |
| 4 / 6 | Spring Hill Mine
(Unionville, Montana; includes clippings) |
1929-1976 |
| 4 / 7 | Spring Hill Mine
(Unionville, Montana; includes copies of photos) [originals in Photo Archives]
|
1908, 1934 |
| 4 / 8 | Stemwinder Property (west of
Fort Harrison, Helena, Montana; includes correspondence with E.A. Hart) [maps
in Oversize Folder 4] |
1918-1936 |
| 4 / 9 | White Pine Mine (Warm
Springs Creek, Jefferson County, Montana; includes notes, production
statistics, report by Gustaf Carlson, sketch maps) |
1941-1955 |
| 4 / 10 | Whitlatch-Union Mine
(Unionville, Montana; includes prospectus for Souvenir Gold Mining Company,
correspondence with Henry C. Sherman, notes, clippings) [mine drawings in
Oversize Folder 4] |
1907-1987 |
| 4 / 11 | Miscellaneous mines
(includes Abby Group, Kendall; Beaver Mine, Zortman; Big Indian Mine, south of
Helena; Blanchett property, Elkhorn; Cameron Island property; Cato Mine,
Garnet; Crawford Mine, Helena; Dorfler Prospect, Unionville; Emma Darling Mine,
Emery District; Eula Homestake, Helena; Golconda Mine, Canyon Creek; Heiser
tunnel, Wickes; Hornsilver Project, Arco, Idaho; Iron Mountain Mine, Superior;
King Solomon Mine, Jefferson County; Kit Carson Mine, Bernice area; Leslie Lake
Group, Elkhorn; Little Giant Mine, Townsend; McClellan Mine, Helena; Morning
Glory Mine, Basin; Nordby Property, Montana City; Pilot Mine, Rocker Mine,
Elliston; Satellite Mine,Confederate Gulch; Silver Coin Mine, Fort Harrison;
Sunrise Mine, Hall; Treasury Mine, Austin) [maps of McCormick Claim and Sophia
Mine, Elkhorn; Iron Ore and Eureka Gulches, Deer Lodge County,and Letterman
property in Plains; and Federal Mining Company property, Idaho, in Oversize
Folder 4] |
1899-1949 |
| 5 / 1-2 | Diamonds and diamond drills
(mostly clippings and advertisements) |
1922-1985 |
| 5 / 3 | Drilling jobs (includes
contracts, reports, photos, etc.) |
1937-1954 |
| 5 / 4 | Drilling record |
1943-1950 |
| 5 / 5 | Geology education (includes
University of Minnesota curriculum, USGS examinations, etc.) |
1909-1930 |
| 5 / 6 | Geology (mining)
|
1932-1942, n.d. |
| 5 / 7 | Geology (plate techtonics,
continental drift, etc.) |
1968, n.d. |
| 5 / 8 | Geology (radio carbon
dating) |
1951-1961 |
| 5 / 9 | Geology (miscellaneous)
|
1940, 1953 |
| 5 / 10 | Placer mining (brochures,
booklets, articles) |
1932-1970, n.d. |
| 5 / 11 | Rock art in Lump Gulch below
Park Lake near Helena (includes drawing and slides) |
n.d. |
Writings Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 5 / 12 | Gustaf Carlson term paper "A
report on the mineralography of Butte ores" (University of Minnesota)
|
ca. 1931 |
| 5 / 13 | Gustaf Carlson masters
thesis "Application of the microscope to ore testing with special reference to
a Butte ore" (University of Minnesota) |
1932 |
Miscellany Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 5 / 14 | Diagram showing stages in
the processing of copper ore (from Arizona Mining Association) |
n.d. |
| 5 / 15 | Helena National Forest,
Montana (brochure, including map) |
1935 |
| 5 / 16 | Yearly average prices of
copper, lead, zinc, and silver |
1881-1936 |
Clippings Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 5 / 17 | Re mining properties, etc.
|
1931-1992 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Diamond drilling
- Geologists
- Geology
- Gold mines and mining
- Mines and mineral resources--Montana--Broadwater County
- Mines and mineral resources--Montana--Jefferson County
- Mines and mineral resources--Montana--Silver Bow County
- Smelting
- Swedish American
Geographical Names
- Kleinschmidt-Irish Syndicate Mine (Winston, Mont.)
- Carlson Mine (Winston, Mont.)
- Franklin Mine (Helena, Mont.)
- Golden Curry Mine (Elkhorn, Mont.)
- Klondyke Gold Mines Inc. (Mont.)
- Mike Horse Mine (Mont.)
- Monitor Mine (Adair, Idaho)
- Sourdough Mine (Mont.)
- Spring Hill Mine (Unionville, Mont.)
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