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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)
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.
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Biographical Note

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.

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Content Description

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].

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

by series

Acquisition Information

Acquisition Information:

available upon request

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection

  • Biographical Materials

    • Description: Obituaries of Gust Carlson, Hanna Forsman Carlson, and Gustaf M. Carlson; Helena census listing, 1930
      Dates: 1956-1996
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 1
      Location: Biographical Materials

  • Miscellaneous Correspondence

    • Description: Lars Carlson [nephew] to various relatives re Helena earthquakes; Gustaf to mother re stange weather phenomenon
      Dates: 1935, 1949
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 2
      Location: Miscellaneous Correspondence

  • Subject Files

    • Description: Alaska Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company (Ketchikan, Alaska; includes report with photos)
      Dates: 1912
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 3
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Apex Mine (Butte, Montana; includes report by Frank L. Sizer and maps)
      Dates: 1891, n.d.
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 4
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Atlas Mine (Wickes, Montana; includes report by John Berkin, map, and assay records)
      Dates: n.d.
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 5
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Baltimore Copper Mining Company (Boulder, Montana; includes report by Daniel Hanley and assay records)
      Dates: 1907
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 6
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Beale Lode (German Gulch, Montana; includes correspondence from Irving Chandler, George B. Conway)
      Dates: 1907
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 7
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Beaver Mining Company (Elkhorn District, Beaverhead County, Montana; includes report by John A. Ryan and prospectus)
      Dates: 1917
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 8
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Black Crow Mine (Radersburg, Montana; includes notes)
      Dates: 1938
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 9
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: 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]
      Dates: 1920, 1938-1939
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 10
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Carlson Exploration Company (Hibbing, Minnesota; includes sample forms)
      Dates: n.d.
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 11
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Carlson Mine (formerly Kleinschmidt-Irish Syndicate Mine, Winston, Montana; includes report by Gustaf Carlson Jr., lease agreement, survey notes, production statistics)
      Dates: 1897-1946
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 12
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Choteau iron ore (Choteau, Montana; includes notes, report by U.S. Bureau of Mines, clipping)
      Dates: 1945-1946
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 13
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Clayton, Idaho, property (includes correspondence with J.M. Jensen and photos)
      Dates: 1949
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 14
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Corbin-Valparaiso Copper Mining Company (Corbin, Montana; includes prospectus)
      Dates: 1907
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 15
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Crown Point Mine (Alhambra District, Jefferson County, Montana; includes report by Paul W. Koetitz and survey notes)
      Dates: 1939, n.d.
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 16
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: East Helena (Montana) tailings (includes report by A.A. Morrison, assays, and sketch maps)
      Dates: 1937, n.d.
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 17
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: 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)
      Dates: 1887-1946, 1987
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 18-19
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Eddleman property (Clinton, Montana; includes correspondence with W.A. Eddleman)
      Dates: 1939-1940
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 20
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: 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]
      Dates: 1941
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 21
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Fluorspar mine (Superior, Montana; includes correspondence with Herman U. Brass and Jim Scott; diamond drilling report; clipping; photos)
      Dates: 1947
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 22
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Franklin Mine (Helena, Montana; includes correspondence with Kady Lee Potter; claim description; clipping; assays; ore settlement sheets)
      Dates: 1913-1923
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 23-24
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Gold Nugget Mine (Fremont County, Wyoming; includes report by J.C. Ingersoll)
      Dates: 1931
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 25
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: 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]
      Dates: 1903-1934
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 26-27
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Hidden Treasure and Copper King Claims (Corbin, Montana; includes reports by Alfred Frank and David E. Loughran)
      Dates: 1911, 1920, n.d.
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 28
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Howard Mine (Lewis and Clark County, Montana; includes ore shipment record)
      Dates: 1899-1907
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 29
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Ida Mine (Elkhorn, Montana; includes prospectus of Consolidated Mining and Milling Company, assays, memorandum of agreement)
      Dates: 1931-1937
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 30
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: 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]
      Dates: 1960-1980
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 31-34
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Lake Chelan, Washington (includes clippings and photos re mines at Stehekin and Holden)
      Dates: 1947-1957
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 35
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Lee Mountain Mine (Rimini, Montana; includes notes and assays)
      Dates: 1941
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 36
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Leiter Mine (also known as Grey Eagle Mine, Sheridan, Montana; includes reports by E.H. Burdick and Archie Burnett) [maps in Oversize Folder 2]
      Dates: 1938
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 37
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Lemhi iron mine (Lemhi, Idaho; includes correspondence with Stanley Eck, E.B. Hubard, photos)
      Dates: 1954
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 38
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Magnolia Mine (Grant County, Oregon; includes report by W.J. Elmendorf, correspondence with Claude E. Southwick, maps)
      Dates: 1904, 1932
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 39
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Meadow Creek Coal Company (Chestnut, Gallatin County, Montana; includes reports by A.V. Corry and C.P. McCormack)
      Dates: 1921, 1923
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 40
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Mike Horse Mine (Lincoln, Montana; includes report by Chester T. Kennan, assays, clippings)
      Dates: 1899-1928, 1966
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 41
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Minah Lead-Silver Mine (Wickes, Montana; includes report by U.S. Bureau of Mines) [map in Oversize Folder 2]
      Dates: 1948
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 42
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: 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)
      Dates: 1946
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 43
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Monitor Mine (Adair, Idaho; owned by Montana-Idaho Copper Company; includes prospectus, notes, clipping) [maps in Oversize Folder 2]
      Dates: 1915, 1986
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 44
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Mono Mine (Boulder, Montana; includes notes, map)
      Dates: n.d.
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 45
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Montana-Idaho Mines Corporation / Montana Consolidated Mines Corporation (includes prospectus, letter, sample documents) [see also folders for East Pacific Mine and Spring Hill Mine]
      Dates: 1927-1928, n.d.
      Container: Box/Folder 2 / 1
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Morning Mine (Basin, Montana; includes correspondence with West America of Montana) [map in Oversize Folder 2]
      Dates: 1957
      Container: Box/Folder 2 / 2
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Mystery Quartz Lode Claim (Deer Lodge County, Montana; includes lease, drilling record,photos, sketch maps)
      Dates: 1948-1949
      Container: Box/Folder 2 / 3
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Ontario, Canada, properties (Sturgeon Lake, Ontario; includes correspondence with Reginald Anderson and W.J. Hoover, assays, clipping)
      Dates: 1932
      Container: Box/Folder 2 / 4
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Potomac Copper Company (Potomac, Montana; includes report by William P. Jahn, letter to stockholders)
      Dates: 1937-1939
      Container: Box/Folder 2 / 5
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: St. Louis Drumlummon Mines Inc. (Marysville, Montana; includes report by Leverett S. Ropes, clippings) [map in Oversize Folder 3]
      Dates: 1935, 1966-1978
      Container: Box/Folder 2 / 6
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Shannon Claim (Marysville, Montana; includes prospectus for Marysville Gold Mining Company; legal notice listing property of Barnes-King Development Company; notes)
      Dates: 1910-1968
      Container: Box/Folder 2 / 7
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Shober Claims (Boulder, Montana; includes lease with Gust and Gustaf Carlson; correspondence with J.H. Shober; assays; maps; photos)
      Dates: 1946-1948
      Container: Box/Folder 2 / 8
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Silver and Bell mines (Barker Mining District, Montana; includes report by Leverett S. Ropes)
      Dates: 1937
      Container: Box/Folder 2 / 9
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: 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]
      Dates: 1936-1964
      Container: Box/Folder 2 / 10
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: 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.)
      Dates: 1910-1980
      Container: Box/Folder 3 / 1-5
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Spring Hill Mine (Unionville, Montana; includes operating costs, marketing costs, insurance coverage)
      Dates: 1928-1936
      Container: Box/Folder 3 / 6
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Spring Hill Mine (Unionville, Montana; includes legal, organizational and court papers; list of legal documents in offices of Harold Mead)
      Dates: 1940-1963
      Container: Box/Folder 3 / 7
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Spring Hill Mine (Unionville, Montana; includes assays, smelter returns)
      Dates: 1928-1938, 1966, n.d.
      Container: Box/Folder 3 / 8
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Spring Hill Mine (Unionville, Montana; includes daily mine reports)
      Dates: 1939-1940
      Container: Box/Folder 3 / 9-10
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Spring Hill Mine (Unionville, Montana; includes inventories of equipment)
      Dates: 1934, 1940?
      Container: Box/Folder 3 / 11
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Spring Hill Mine (Unionville, Montana; includes maps and drawings) [in Oversize Folder 3]
      Dates: 1908-1975
      Container: Box/Folder 3 / 12
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Spring Hill Mine (Unionville, Montana; includes notebooks of mill totals, inventory)
      Dates: 1934-1937, n.d.
      Container: Box/Folder 3 / 13
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Spring Hill Mine (Unionville, Montana; includes production statistics)
      Dates: 1927-1940, 1962
      Container: Box/Folder 3 / 14
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Spring Hill Mine (Unionville, Montana; includes survey books)
      Dates: Sept.1934- Feb. 1936
      Container: Box/Folder 3 / 15
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Spring Hill Mine (Unionville, Montana; includes survey books)
      Dates: Feb. 1936- Nov. 1941
      Container: Box/Folder 4 / 1-4
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Spring Hill Mine (Unionville, Montana; includes survey books re diamond drilling)
      Dates: Oct.1934- Mar.1941
      Container: Box/Folder 4 / 5
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Spring Hill Mine (Unionville, Montana; includes clippings)
      Dates: 1929-1976
      Container: Box/Folder 4 / 6
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Spring Hill Mine (Unionville, Montana; includes copies of photos) [originals in Photo Archives]
      Dates: 1908, 1934
      Container: Box/Folder 4 / 7
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Stemwinder Property (west of Fort Harrison, Helena, Montana; includes correspondence with E.A. Hart) [maps in Oversize Folder 4]
      Dates: 1918-1936
      Container: Box/Folder 4 / 8
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: White Pine Mine (Warm Springs Creek, Jefferson County, Montana; includes notes, production statistics, report by Gustaf Carlson, sketch maps)
      Dates: 1941-1955
      Container: Box/Folder 4 / 9
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: 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]
      Dates: 1907-1987
      Container: Box/Folder 4 / 10
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: 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]
      Dates: 1899-1949
      Container: Box/Folder 4 / 11
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Diamonds and diamond drills (mostly clippings and advertisements)
      Dates: 1922-1985
      Container: Box/Folder 5 / 1-2
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Drilling jobs (includes contracts, reports, photos, etc.)
      Dates: 1937-1954
      Container: Box/Folder 5 / 3
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Drilling record
      Dates: 1943-1950
      Container: Box/Folder 5 / 4
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Geology education (includes University of Minnesota curriculum, USGS examinations, etc.)
      Dates: 1909-1930
      Container: Box/Folder 5 / 5
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Geology (mining)
      Dates: 1932-1942, n.d.
      Container: Box/Folder 5 / 6
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Geology (plate techtonics, continental drift, etc.)
      Dates: 1968, n.d.
      Container: Box/Folder 5 / 7
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Geology (radio carbon dating)
      Dates: 1951-1961
      Container: Box/Folder 5 / 8
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Geology (miscellaneous)
      Dates: 1940, 1953
      Container: Box/Folder 5 / 9
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Placer mining (brochures, booklets, articles)
      Dates: 1932-1970, n.d.
      Container: Box/Folder 5 / 10
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Rock art in Lump Gulch below Park Lake near Helena (includes drawing and slides)
      Dates: n.d.
      Container: Box/Folder 5 / 11
      Location: Subject Files

  • Writings

    • Description: Gustaf Carlson term paper "A report on the mineralography of Butte ores" (University of Minnesota)
      Dates: ca. 1931
      Container: Box/Folder 5 / 12
      Location: Writings
    • Description: Gustaf Carlson masters thesis "Application of the microscope to ore testing with special reference to a Butte ore" (University of Minnesota)
      Dates: 1932
      Container: Box/Folder 5 / 13
      Location: Writings

  • Miscellany

    • Description: Diagram showing stages in the processing of copper ore (from Arizona Mining Association)
      Dates: n.d.
      Container: Box/Folder 5 / 14
      Location: Miscellany
    • Description: Helena National Forest, Montana (brochure, including map)
      Dates: 1935
      Container: Box/Folder 5 / 15
      Location: Miscellany
    • Description: Yearly average prices of copper, lead, zinc, and silver
      Dates: 1881-1936
      Container: Box/Folder 5 / 16
      Location: Miscellany

  • Clippings

    • Description: Re mining properties, etc.
      Dates: 1931-1992
      Container: Box/Folder 5 / 17
      Location: Clippings

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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.)


02/25/2003

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