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Jardine Mining Company records, 1898-1959

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Jardine Mining Company (Mont.)
Title
Jardine Mining Company records
Dates
1898-1959 (inclusive)
Quantity
75 linear feet of shelf space; 29 volumes
Collection Number
S6:1-1; S7:Top
Summary
The Jardine Mining Company was incorporated in 1917, as a gold mining operation at Jardine, near Gardiner, Montana. The bulk of the collection consists of records of the Jardine Mining Company (1917-1949), including financial volumes, reports, correspondence, organizational materials, printed materials, legal documents, etc. There are subgroups for several predecessor companies operating in the Bear Gulch area.
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, with exception of "Personnel records located in boxes 9-13" which are restricted. Contact Archivist for further information.

Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Biographical Note

The Jardine Gold Mining and Milling Company was incorporated under Arizona law by W. S. Hunnewell, H. C. Bacorn, and J. E. Healy. The offices were in Butte and the mines at Jardine, Montana. In 1917 it reorganized under Montana law as the Jardine Mining Company. The company consolidated the properties of several earlier companies mining in the Bear Gulch area.

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Content Description

The bulk of the collection consists of records of the Jardine Mining Company (1917-1949), including financial volumes, reports, correspondence, organizational materials, printed materials, legal documents, etc.

There are subgroups for the Bear Gulch Mining Company (1898-1903), including correspondence, financial records, organizational materials, and production records; for the Kimberly Montana Gold Mining Company (1899-1930s), including correspondence, court papers, legal documents, organizational records, and production records; for the King Solomon Quartz and Placer Mining Company (1899-1904), including a stockholder ledger and a tunnel survey; for the Legal Tender Mining Company (1899-1900), consisting of a stockholder journal; for the Montana Consolidated Gold Mining Company (1898-1914), consisting of court papers and a stockholder ledger; for the Rademont Mining Company (1946-1947), consisting of a general journal; and for the Revenue Mining Company (1946), consisting of a stock certificate book.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

The Montana Historical Society is the owner of the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from the Research Library before any reproduction use. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from the copyright owners.

Preferred Citation

item description and date. Collection Title. Collection Number. Box and Folder numbers. Montana Historical Society Research Center, Archives, Helena, Montana.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

by subgroup and series

Location of Collection

S6:1-1; S7: Top

Acquisition Information

Acquisition information available upon request

Processing Note

Preliminarily sorted only. A great deal of the material in the collection is duplicative or of transitory value, and will be culled at time of final processing.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Detailed Description of the Collection

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Subject Terms

  • Mines and mineral resources--Montana--Jardine.

Geographical Names

  • Jardine (Mont.)

Finding aid prepared by Ellie Arguimbau, 2008; edited by Rich Aarstad 2018
2018

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