Cooke City Mining District Maps

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Sacket, Charles T., d. 1936
Title: Cooke City Mining District Maps
Dates: 1901-1924
19011924
Quantity: 19 sheets
Collection Number: Collection 2202, MtBC, us (collection)
Summary: The Cooke City Mining District Maps in this collection were all allegedly drawn by Sacket. The maps show geographic features as well as mining claim boundaries.
Repository: Montana State University Library, Merrill G. Burlingame Special Collections
Montana State University-Bozeman Library
Merrill G Burlingame Special Collections
P.O. Box 173320
Bozeman, MT
59717-3320
Telephone: 4069944242
Fax: 4069942851
Access Restrictions: This collection is open for research.
Languages: English
Sponsor: Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

Historical Note

Charles T. Sacket (d. 1936) was a Livingston, Montana engineer. He served in the U.S. Army in World War I and settled in Montana shortly after his discharge in 1919. Married to Berenice Geer Sacket in Chicago, 1917, the couple had one son, Charles Jr. (1918-1943).

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Content Description

The Cooke City mining district maps in this collection were all allegedly drawn by Sacket, although three predate his residence in Livingston. The maps show geographic features as well as mining claim boundaries.

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Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

The Charles T. Sacket maps of the Cooke City Mining District were donated to Special Collections by Richard C. Waite, Bozeman, Montana, on September 27, 1989.

Processing Note

This collection was processed 2009 May 27

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Description: Plat showing 400 of the principal mines in the New World Mining District, Park County, Montana.

Scale 1"=1500'. 32"x25 3/4" positive. Hand drawn.

Dates: 1909

Container: Item 1
Description: Map of principal locations and mining claims surveyed for patent. New World (unorg.) Mining District, Park County Montana.

Scale 1"=1500'. 26"x31 3/4" positive. Hand drawn.

Dates: January 1913

Container: Item 2
Description: Map of claims surveyed for patent with New World (unorg.) Mining District, Park County, Montana. All in Beartooth National Forest.

Scale 1"=1000'. 35 3/4"x40" positive. Hand drawn.

Dates: 1918

Container: Item 3
Description: Map of Park County, Montana.

Scale 1"=2 miles. 34 1/2"x 44 3/4" positive. Hand drawn.

Dates: 1921

Container: Item 4
Description: Map of Park County, Montana.

Scale 1"=2 miles. 33 3/4"x 45 1/4" positive. Hand drawn.

Dates: 1922

Container: Item 5
Description: Map of Park County, Montana.

Scale 1"=2 miles. 33 1/2"x 45" negative reproduction.

Dates: 1922

Container: Item 6
Description: Map of Park County, Montana.

Scale 1"=2 miles. 34 x 45" positive. Hand drawn.

Dates: 1923

Container: Item 7
Description: Map of Park County, Montana.

Scale 1"=2 miles. 33 1/2"x 45" negative reproduction.

Dates: 1923

Container: Item 8
Description: Map of claims surveyed for patent and principal locations. New World (unorg.) Mining District, Park County, Montana. All in Beartooth National Forest.

Scale 1"=1000'. 35 3/4"x40 1/2" Negative reproduction.

Dates: 1921

Container: Item 9
Description: Map of claims surveyed for patent and principal locations. New World (unorg.) Mining District, Park County, Montana. All in Beartooth National Forest.

Scale 1"=1000'. 36"x41 1/2" Negative reproduction.

Dates: 1921

Container: Item 10
Description: Map of New World (unorg.) Mining District. Park County, Montana. Showing claims surveyed for Patent and Principal Locations.

Scale 1"=1000'. 40 1/4"x36" positive. Hand drawn.

Dates: 1923

Container: Item 11
Description: Map of New World (unorg.) Mining District. Park County, Montana. Showing claims surveyed for Patent and Principal Locations.

Scale 1"=1000'. 35 3/4"x40 1/2" positive. Hand drawn.

Dates: 1924

Container: Item 12
Description: Map of New World (unorg.) Mining District. Park County, Montana. Showing claims surveyed for Patent and Principal Locations.

Scale 1"=1000'. 35"x40 1/2" Negative reproduction.

Dates: 1924

Container: Item 13
Description: Map of Claims Surveyed for Patent, New World Unorganized Mining District, Park County, Montana.

Scale 1"=1000'. 32 5/8"x37" positive. Hand drawn.

Dates: undated

Container: Item 14
Description: New World Mining District, Aggregate Connection Cheets, tracing with tie lines.

38 1/4"x 58" positive. Hand drawn.

Dates: undated

Container: Item 15
Description: New World Mining District, Aggregate Connection Cheets, tracing with tie lines.

38"x 56 1/2" positive. Hand drawn.

Dates: undated

Container: Item 16
Description: New World Mining District, Aggregate Connection Cheets, tracing with tie lines.

37 3/4"x 55 1/2" positive. Hand drawn.

Dates: undated

Container: Item 17
Description: Cooke City Claims/New World Mining District, aggregate connection sheets, tracing with tie lines.

37"x53 3/4" positive. Hand drawn.

Dates: undated

Container: Item 18
Description: Cooke City Claims/New World Mining District, aggregate connection sheets, tracing with tie lines.

36 1/4"x51" positive. Hand drawn.

Dates: undated

Container: Item 19

Cooke City Mining District Maps, 1901-1924

Table of Contents

Overview of the Collection

Historical Note

Content Description

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Processing Note

Detailed Description of the Collection

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