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        <titleproper encodinganalog="title">Inventory of the Robert G. Raabe papers, <date era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1942-1999</date></titleproper>
        <titleproper type="filing" altrender="nodisplay">Raabe (Robert G.) papers</titleproper>
        <author encodinganalog="creator">Processed by Brittany Heye</author>
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        <publisher encodinganalog="publisher">University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center</publisher> 
        <address> 
          <addressline>American Heritage Center</addressline>
          <addressline>University of Wyoming</addressline> 
          <addressline>Dept. 3924, 1000 E. University Avenue</addressline> 
          <addressline>Laramie, WY 82071</addressline> 
          <addressline>Phone: 307.766.2574</addressline> 
          <addressline>Fax:307.766.5511 </addressline> 
          <addressline>Email:ahcref@uwyo.edu</addressline> 
          <addressline>URL:http://ahc.uwyo.edu/</addressline> 
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        <date encodinganalog="date" normal="">© 2025</date>
        <p>University of Wyoming</p> 
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      <creation>Finding aid encoded by Brittany Heye
        <date era="ce" calendar="gregorian">February 2025</date></creation> 
      <langusage>Finding aid written in <language langcode="eng" encodinganalog="language" scriptcode="latn">English</language>.</langusage>
      <descrules>Finding aid based on DACS (<title render="italic">Describing Archives: A Content Standard, 2nd Edition</title>).</descrules>
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        <corpname encodinganalog="852$a">University of Wyoming<subarea encodinganalog="852$b"> American Heritage Center</subarea></corpname>
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        <persname encodinganalog="100" role="creator">Raabe, Robert G.</persname></origination> 
      
      <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Robert G. Raabe papers</unittitle>
      <unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian" normal="Date of Collection"> 1942-1999</unitdate>
      
      <physdesc><extent encodinganalog="300$a">7.25 cubic ft. (8 boxes)</extent></physdesc>
      
      <abstract encodinganalog="5203_">Robert G. Raabe (1925–2013) was an American geologist and Marine Corps veteran. This collection contains geological examinations,
        maps, surveys, technical drawings, reports, and correspondence relating to Rabbe’s career as a geological consultant.</abstract>
      
      <langmaterial><language encodinganalog="546">English</language></langmaterial>      
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    <bioghist encodinganalog="545"> 
      <head>Biography of Robert G. Raabe</head>
      
      <p>Robert G. Raabe (1925–2013) was an American geologist and Marine Corps veteran. Born in March 1925 in Chicago, Illinois, he served in the South Pacific during World War II
        before pursuing a bachelor's degree in geology at the University of New Mexico, where he also played football. Following his service in the Korean War, he earned a master's
        degree in geology from the University of Arizona. Raabe worked for various organizations in the United States and internationally, ultimately concluding his career as a
        geological consultant. Alongside his civilian career, he remained active in the Marine Corps Reserves, retiring as a Colonel after 31 years of service. He passed away in
        Colorado in January 2013 at the age of 87.</p>
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      <head>Scope and Content</head>
      
      <p>This collection contains geological examinations, maps, surveys, technical drawings, reports, and correspondence relating to Robert Rabbe’s career as a geological consultant.</p>
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      <p>There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes,
        and the collection is open to the public.<?xm-replace_text {if appropriate}?></p> 
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      <head>Copyright Information</head> 
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      <p>Note that the AHC does not censor or alter contents of the collections as they provide context and evidence of a time, people, place, or event. 
        Therefore, we encourage users to bring questions and concerns about descriptions in our finding aids to our attention via <extref href="mailto:ahcaccess@uwyo.edu">email</extref> or <extref href=" https://uwyo.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_08pzxtR5dTgN0sC">anonymous web-form</extref>. 
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      <p>Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection
        Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.</p> 
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      <p>This material was received from Ann Raabe in August of 2023.</p> 
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      <p>The collection was processed by Brittany Heye in February of 2023.</p> 
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      <p>There are no known other archival collections created by Robert G. Raabe at the date of processing.</p>  
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      <subject source="lcsh" encodinganalog="650">Gold mines and mining.</subject>
      <subject source="lcsh" encodinganalog="650">Geology.</subject>
      <subject source="lcsh" encodinganalog="650">Geologists.</subject>
      <subject source="lcsh" encodinganalog="650">Geologists--United States.</subject>
      <subject source="lcsh" encodinganalog="650">Mines and mineral resources.</subject>
      <subject source="lcsh" encodinganalog="650">Silver mines and mining.</subject>
      
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        <subject source="archiveswest" altrender="nodisplay" encodinganalog="690">Mines and Mineral Resources</subject> 
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   <c02 level="file"><did><container type="Box">1</container><unittitle>A Manganese occurance on Chenega Island, Prince Willaim Sound, Alaska</unittitle><unitdate>1981</unitdate></did></c02>
   <c02 level="file"><did><container type="Box">1</container><unittitle>Barite - Mexico</unittitle><unitdate>1980</unitdate></did></c02>
   <c02 level="file"><did><container type="Box">1</container><unittitle>Bokan Mountain - Alaska</unittitle><unitdate>1987</unitdate></did></c02>
   <c02 level="file"><did><container type="Box">1</container><unittitle>"C" file - black and white prints, reports on various mines around the southwestern United States</unittitle><unitdate>1960-1999</unitdate></did></c02>
   <c02 level="file"><did><container type="Box">1</container><unittitle>California Basin and Range Mining Districts</unittitle><unitdate>1983</unitdate></did></c02>
   <c02 level="file"><did><container type="Box">1</container><unittitle>Crested Butte</unittitle><unitdate>1981</unitdate></did></c02>
   <c02 level="file"><did><container type="Box">1</container><unittitle>Diamond drill hole S-1: Greenwood Lake magnetic anomaly, Duluth Complex - Minnesota</unittitle><unitdate>1981</unitdate></did></c02>
   <c02 level="file"><did><container type="Box">1</container><unittitle>Dorchester - Barite</unittitle><unitdate>1979-1981</unitdate></did></c02>
   <c02 level="file"><did><container type="Box">1</container><unittitle>Dorchester - Big Indian uranium</unittitle><unitdate>1978</unitdate></did></c02>
   <c02 level="file"><did><container type="Box">1</container><unittitle>Dorchester - gold, silver</unittitle><unitdate>1946-1979</unitdate></did></c02>
   <c02 level="file"><did><container type="Box">1</container><unittitle>Dorchester - Santa Rosa asphalt</unittitle><unitdate>1978-1979</unitdate></did></c02>
   <c02 level="file"><did><container type="Box">1</container><unittitle>Dorchester - uranium: Blue Jay</unittitle><unitdate>1979-1980</unitdate></did></c02>
   <c02 level="file"><did><container type="Box">1</container><unittitle>Dorchester - uranium: Rio Algom Prop.</unittitle><unitdate>1979</unitdate></did></c02>
   <c02 level="file"><did><container type="Box">1</container><unittitle>Dorchester Gas mine maps - Double Rainbow and Cripple Creek, Colorado</unittitle><unitdate>1979-1982</unitdate></did></c02>
   <c02 level="file"><did><container type="Box">1</container><unittitle>Dorchester monthly reports</unittitle><unitdate>1980-1981</unitdate></did></c02>
   <c02 level="file"><did><container type="Box">1</container><unittitle>Dore Lake Vanadiferous Magnetite, Union Carbide Corporation</unittitle><unitdate>1977</unitdate></did></c02>
   <c02 level="file"><did><container type="Box">1</container><unittitle>Double Rainbow Project: OME 6558 (silver) contract 2233 final report</unittitle><unitdate>1968</unitdate></did></c02>
   <c02 level="file"><did><container type="Box">1</container><unittitle>Double Rainbow silver, Galena, South Dakota- Dorchester: OME application, OME report 6558 (silver)</unittitle><unitdate>1942-1944</unitdate></did></c02>
   <c02 level="file"><did><container type="Box">1</container><unittitle>Early-Tom project: preliminary study, Moffat County, Colorado</unittitle><unitdate>1979</unitdate></did></c02>
   <c02 level="file"><did><container type="Box">1</container><unittitle>Empire Claim Group - Cienega Mining District, Yuma Co., Arizona Standard Metal corp.</unittitle><unitdate>1982</unitdate></did></c02>
   <c02 level="file"><did><container type="Box">1</container><unittitle>Empire Group drilling</unittitle><unitdate>1982</unitdate></did></c02>
   <c02 level="file"><did><container type="Box">1</container><unittitle>Empire Group maps</unittitle><unitdate>1970-1982</unitdate></did></c02>
   <c02 level="file"><did><container type="Box">1</container><unittitle>Evaluation - Columbium-Bearing Ruttle deposits, Magnet Cove, Arkansas</unittitle><unitdate>1968</unitdate></did></c02>
   <c02 level="file"><did><container type="Box">1</container><unittitle>Evaluation - Double Rainbow, Richmond-Sitting Bull Mine</unittitle><unitdate>1980</unitdate></did></c02>
   <c02 level="file"><did><container type="Box">1</container><unittitle>Evaluation - Double Rainbow, Richmond-Sitting Bull Mine: Galena Mining District, Lawrence County, South Dakota</unittitle><unitdate>1980</unitdate></did></c02>
   <c02 level="file"><did><container type="Box">1</container><unittitle>Evaluation - Game Warden Jade Claims, Sublette County, Wyoming</unittitle><unitdate>1978</unitdate></did></c02>
   <c02 level="file"><did><container type="Box">1</container><unittitle>Examination of the manganese deposits in the Artillery Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona</unittitle><unitdate>1977</unitdate></did></c02>
   <c02 level="file"><did><container type="Box">1</container><unittitle>Examination of the Three Kids manganese products, Clark County, Nevada by Bruce Goddard</unittitle><unitdate>1977</unitdate></did></c02>
   <c02 level="file"><did><container type="Box">1</container><unittitle>Geologic Reconnaissance of the Maganese Deposits in the Clear Lake Region, Lake and Mendocino Counties, CA</unittitle><unitdate>1977</unitdate></did></c02>
   <c02 level="file"><did><container type="Box">2</container><unittitle>Geology and Mineral Deposits of the Twin Crags Quadrangle Idaho</unittitle><unitdate>1963</unitdate></did></c02>
   <c02 level="file"><did><container type="Box">2</container><unittitle>Glass Sand correspondence with USGS (United States Geological Survey)</unittitle><unitdate>1988-1990</unitdate></did></c02>
   <c02 level="file"><did><container type="Box">2</container><unittitle>Gold mines not reopened after WWII</unittitle><unitdate>1983-1987</unitdate></did></c02>
   <c02 level="file"><did><container type="Box">2</container><unittitle>Gold - Silver Districts - selected by cutoff criteria</unittitle><unitdate>undated</unitdate></did></c02>
   <c02 level="file"><did><container type="Box">2</container><unittitle>Inter American Nickel Incorporated, Laterite Nickel Properties, Cave Junction, Oregon</unittitle><unitdate>1975</unitdate></did></c02>
   <c02 level="file"><did><container type="Box">2</container><unittitle>Melocheville Quartzite Quarry - Beauharnois, Quebec</unittitle><unitdate>1978</unitdate></did></c02>
   <c02 level="file"><did><container type="Box">2</container><unittitle>Mindora mine examination - Au-Ag: Garfield Mining District, Mineral County, Nevada</unittitle><unitdate>1980</unitdate></did></c02>
   <c02 level="file"><did><container type="Box">2</container><unittitle>Mines and Prospects of the Sandpoint Quadrangle, Idaho</unittitle><unitdate>1981</unitdate></did></c02>
   <c02 level="file"><did><container type="Box">2</container><unittitle>Mining Districts of the State of Idaho</unittitle><unitdate>1970-1979</unitdate></did></c02>
   <c02 level="file"><did><container type="Box">2</container><unittitle>Molybdenum</unittitle><unitdate>1961-1962</unitdate></did></c02>
   <c02 level="file"><did><container type="Box">2</container><unittitle>OME application - Double Rainbow, Richmond-Sitting Bull: Galena, South Dakota</unittitle><unitdate>1966-1980</unitdate></did></c02>
   <c02 level="file"><did><container type="Box">2</container><unittitle>Pershing, White, Nye Counties, Nevada</unittitle><unitdate>1980-1981</unitdate></did></c02>
   <c02 level="file"><did><container type="Box">2</container><unittitle>Raabe</unittitle><unitdate>1981-1982</unitdate></did></c02>
   <c02 level="file"><did><container type="Box">2</container><unittitle>Ramsey Mine - Plomosa Mining District, Yuma County, Arizona for Shattuck Denn Mining Company</unittitle><unitdate>1962</unitdate></did></c02>
   <c02 level="file"><did><container type="Box">2</container><unittitle>Recommendations for surface diamond drilling program - South End IK Zone for Shattuck Denn Mining Coporation by Arthur Still</unittitle><unitdate>1961-1963</unitdate></did></c02>
   <c02 level="file"><did><container type="Box">2</container><unittitle>Reconnaissance of sedimentary manganese deposits of the costal ranges of California by Bruce Goddard</unittitle><unitdate>1976</unitdate></did></c02>
   <c02 level="file"><did><container type="Box">2</container><unittitle>Red Mountain Mine, Chelan Co., Washington</unittitle><unitdate>undated</unitdate></did></c02>
   <c02 level="file"><did><container type="Box">2</container><unittitle>Reports, LTRs, analyses, STD. (Standard) MET. (Metal) Gold</unittitle><unitdate>1981</unitdate></did></c02>
   <c02 level="file"><did><container type="Box">2</container><unittitle>Richmond-Siting Bull, Double Rainbow: mining geology (colored prints)</unittitle><unitdate>1981</unitdate></did></c02>
   <c02 level="file"><did><container type="Box">2</container><unittitle>Sampling Program - Game Warden Jade Claims, Sublette County, WY</unittitle><unitdate>1978</unitdate></did></c02>
   <c02 level="file"><did><container type="Box">2</container><unittitle>Sea Horse Mesa, Garfield County, Utah</unittitle><unitdate>1980-1985</unitdate></did></c02>
   <c02 level="file"><did><container type="Box">2</container><unittitle>Shattuck Denn Mining Corporation and Subsidiaries, Yaba Caroll mining property</unittitle><unitdate>1960-1962</unitdate></did></c02>
   <c02 level="file"><did><container type="Box">2</container><unittitle>Shattuck Denn Mining Corportation Iron King Division - Deep Drilling project by Still and Still</unittitle><unitdate>1959</unitdate></did></c02>
   <c02 level="file"><did><container type="Box">2</container><unittitle>Simplot Report, Empire Group - Carnation Mine</unittitle><unitdate>1964</unitdate></did></c02>
   <c02 level="file"><did><container type="Box">3</container><unittitle>Standard Metals -Maps, notes, etc. </unittitle><unitdate>1981</unitdate></did></c02>
   <c02 level="file"><did><container type="Box">3</container><unittitle>Standard Metals Corporation - Crested Butte claims (newspaper, colored prints)</unittitle><unitdate>1984-1993</unitdate></did></c02>
   <c02 level="file"><did><container type="Box">3</container><unittitle>Standard Metals Corporation - Yuma, Arizona. Gold exploration sampling program, Empire Group  - La Paz, Arizona</unittitle><unitdate>1982</unitdate></did></c02>
   <c02 level="file"><did><container type="Box">3</container><unittitle>Standard Metals Corporation, Gold exploration sampling notes, Yuma, Arizona</unittitle><unitdate>1982</unitdate></did></c02>
   <c02 level="file"><did><container type="Box">3</container><unittitle>Standard Metals Corporation, Gold Exploration, Empire Claim Group, Cienega Mineral District, Parker, Arizona</unittitle><unitdate>1982-1983</unitdate></did></c02>
   <c02 level="file"><did><container type="Box">3</container><unittitle>STD (Raabe)</unittitle><unitdate>1982</unitdate></did></c02>
   <c02 level="file"><did><container type="Box">3</container><unittitle>Strawberry Hill Mining Company final report</unittitle><unitdate>1981</unitdate></did></c02>
   <c02 level="file"><did><container type="Box">3</container><unittitle>Study memo #2, phase 1, estimated ore resserves, Powderhorn Titanium, Rare Earths,  Columbium Project</unittitle><unitdate>1985</unitdate></did></c02>
   <c02 level="file"><did><container type="Box">3</container><unittitle>Summary of 1977 auger drilling with reserve calculations by Kurtak and Stuhr, Union Carbide - Mims Ferrosilicon Gravel property, Autauga County, Alabama, </unittitle><unitdate>1977-1978</unitdate></did></c02>
   <c02 level="file"><did><container type="Box">3</container><unittitle>Sumamry report: 1962 surface drilling program by Still and Still - Consulting mining engineers and geologists, Prescott, Arizona</unittitle><unitdate>1962</unitdate></did></c02>
   <c02 level="file"><did><container type="Box">3</container><unittitle>Summary of 3 mining properties from Standard Minerals: I. Antler Mine (Mohave County, AZ), II. One Hundred Fort-one Lode Mining claims Mineral Point-Poughkeepsie-Upper Uncompahgree Mining Districts, San Juan and Ouray Counties, CO, III. Kendrik Bay Mine Bokan Mountain, Prince of Wales Island, Southeast Alaska.</unittitle><unitdate>1984-1993</unitdate></did></c02>
   <c02 level="file"><did><container type="Box">3</container><unittitle>Surface percussion drilling program - Blue Jay Mine Area: Jamestown Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado</unittitle><unitdate>1978</unitdate></did></c02>
   <c02 level="file"><did><container type="Box">3</container><unittitle>Thomas "W" and Superior Mines - New Pass Mining District, Nevada</unittitle><unitdate>1980</unitdate></did></c02>
   <c02 level="file"><did><container type="Box">3</container><unittitle>Twin Sister Dunite, Whatcome and Skagit Counties, Washington, Chromite Investigation - Union Carbide Corporation</unittitle><unitdate>1977</unitdate></did></c02>
   <c02 level="file"><did><container type="Box">3</container><unittitle>Union Carbide UCC  cb-ta granite</unittitle><unitdate>1981</unitdate></did></c02>
   <c02 level="file"><did><container type="Box">3</container><unittitle>Union Carbide, Ore Reserve Study, Melocheville Quartzite Quarry, Beauharnois, Quebec, Canada</unittitle><unitdate>1978</unitdate></did></c02>
   <c02 level="file"><did><container type="Box">3</container><unittitle>Vanadium - Area IV</unittitle><unitdate>1965</unitdate></did></c02>
   <c02 level="file"><did><container type="Box">3</container><unittitle>Various Standard Metals Corporation drawings</unittitle><unitdate>1983-1984</unitdate></did></c02>
   <c02 level="file"><did><container type="Box">4-8</container><unittitle>Various geological maps, technical drawings, and surveys</unittitle><unitdate>1960-1999</unitdate></did></c02>
   
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