MTLSMFi1.xml Guide to the Montana Industrial and Energy Minerals Bureau Records 1968-2005 Montana Deptartment of Environmental Quality, Permitting & Compliance Division Records Montana Historical Society Research Center 2005 Finding aid encoded by Molly Kruckenberg 2005 Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard, 2nd Edition). 2016 November Items were added to the inventory and the local call number was supplied. Montana Historical Society Archives SMFiche 1 Montana Deptartment of Environmental Quality, Permitting & Compliance Division Montana Industrial And Energy Minerals Bureau Records 1949-2006 In 1971 the Montana Coal and Uranium Bureau was established as part of the Reclamation Division of the Department of State Lands. In 1996 it was changed to the Industrial and Energy Minerals Bureau of the Department of Environmental Quality. These Records (1966-2002) consist of subject files on coal and uranium mining and oil extraction companies operating in Montana. Files include correspondence; bond releases; prospecting and operating permit files; annual, inspection, and monitering reports, reports re, violations, comprehensive mine plans, reclamation planning, and research, as well as general statistical reports re coal production from 1968-1994. Also included are surveys, maps, contracts, environmental impact statements, and other date re vegetation, geology, air quality, etc. The bulk of the records are arranged alphabetically by company name. However a separate subgroup of permit files of the Montana Bureau of Mining and Geology (MBMG) are organized by county. English

In 1971 the Reclamation Division was created as part of the Montana Department of State Lands. Included in the division was the Coal and Uranium Bureau which was created to oversee the activities of commercial coal and uranium extraction companies. In 1996, via state government reorganization, the Bureau was changed to the Industrial and Energy Minerals Bureau when the Reclamation Division was transferred to the Department of Environmental Quality. With this change the Bureau expanded it's responsibilities to include petroleum companies and other energy related extraction industries.

These records consist of subject files on coal and uranium mining and oil extraction companies operating in Montana. Files include correspondence; bond releases; prospecting and operating permit files; annual, inspection, monitering, and violation reports; mine reclamation planning and research reports; comprehensive mine plans; surveys; maps; contracts; permanent program submissions for commercial coal mines; Environmental Impact Statements, and other data concerning vegetation, geology, soils, archeology, cultural resources, water, blasting, air quality erosion, spoils, road relocation, hydrology, wildlife, dust, etc. The records are arranged alphabetically by company name [to locate files by file number see scattered lists in accession records]. These files may also contain compiled statistical coal production reports for the various companies/mines for 1968 through 1994. [To locate files by file number see scattered lists in accession records] One set of fiche includes coal production statistics (1968-1979) from all of the mines. Also included in a separate subgroup are permit files of prospecting/mining/drilling projects of the Montana Bureau of Mining and Geology (MBMG). These MBMG files are organized by county. In addition, the Coal and Uranium Bureau subgroup contains correspondence for the Coal Bureau and Opencut mining. The correspondence is arranged chronologically by file name.

Acquisition informationavailable upon request

Fiche envelopes within each company in the Subject Files are organized by the order in which they were received which is roughly chronological.

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the Montana Historical Society Archives catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search under these terms.

Coal mines and mining--Montana Environmental policy Environmental protection Mines and mineral resources--Montana Strip mining--Montana Industries--Montana Absaloka Mine (Big Horn County, Mont.) Big Sky Mine (Rosebud County, Mont.) Blackjack Mine (Mont.) Brophy Mine (Bearcreek, Mont.) Coal Creek Mine (Powder River County, Mont.) East Decker Mine (Big Horn County, Mont.) Montco Mine (Mont.) North Decker Mine (Mont.) PM Coal Mine (Roundup, Mont.) Pearl Mine (Mont.) Rosebud Mine (Mont.) Savage Mine (Richland County, Mont.) West Decker Mine (Mont.) Wolf Mountain Mine (Big Horn County, Mont.) Montana Business, Industry, and Labor Government and Politics Mines and Mineral Resources Detailed Description of the Collection

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

Industial and Energy Minerals Bureau Case files A1 / 1 Anschutz Uranium Corp., includes bond release application 1977-1996 B1 / 1-2 Beartooth Coal Company (Brophy No. 2 Mine), includes general correspondence, EIS files, inspection reports, wildlife survey proposal, and applications 1975-1986 B2 / 1-25 Burlington Northern, includes prospecting permit files for Custer, Dawson, Fallon, Garfield, McCone, Musselshell, Prairie, Rosebud, Wibaux, and Yellowstone counties 1977-1982 B3 / 1 BMP Investments, Inc., includes prospecting files 2001-2002 B4 / 1-7 Big Sky Coal Co. [includes renewal application, inspections, and engineering] 1979-2000 C1 / 1-17 Coal Creek Mining Company (Coal Creek Mine), includes applications, correspondence, inspection reports, permits, revisions, bonding, violations, annual reports, wildlife, vegetations, hydrology, blasting, and prospecting files for Powder River County 1978-1999 C2 / 1 Coastal States Energy, includes bond release; and prospecting permit files for Cascade County 1984-1990 C3 / 1 Cominco American, includes field files 1976-1987 C4 / 1 Concho Petroleum 1966-1987 C5 / 1 Conoco, Inc. 1979-1987 C6 / 1-72 Consolidation Coal, includes correspondence; bond releases; applications; and prospecting files for Big Horn County 1973-1995 D1 / 1-14 Decker Coal Company, includes MPDES reports, bond files, permit revisions, reports and correspondence re wildlife, hydrology, archeology, reclamation research, and mine inspections [May also include records re East Decker, North Decker and West Decker. see also East Decker, North Decker, and West Decker; and also State Microfilm 38] 1972-1998 D1 / 14-73 Decker Coal Company, includes prospecting permit files for Big Horn County [see also State Microfilm 38], renewals 1972-2002 D2 / 1-32 [East] Decker, includes MPDES, annual, and inspection reports; correspondence; maps; permit files; renewals; Pacificorp to Kennecott transfer, major revision; and reports and general correspondence re hydrology, cultural resources, blasting, engineering, vegetation, spoils, and MPDES reports [See also State Microfilm 38]. 1972-2003 D3 / 1-19 [North] Decker, includes annual and inspection reports; bond files; correspondence; and reports and correspondence re vegetation, soils, hydrology and geology. 1972-1993 D4 / 1-61 [West] Decker, includes MPDES, annual, and inspection reports; applications; major revisions; Pacificorp transfer; and correspondence and reports re engineering, soils, hydrology, spoils, coal conservation, wildlife, and vegetation 1972-2003 D5 / 1-22 Divide Coal Mining Company (Divide Coal Mine), includes applications, correspondence, inspection reports, and maps 1949-1999 E1 / 1-4 Exxon Minerals Company, includes bond release and prospecting files for Jefferson County 1979-1996 G1 / 1-3 Glacier Park Company, includes application for transfer to Mountain Inc. and prospecting files for Musselshell and Yellowstone counties 1995-1999 G2 / 1-3 Gulf Energy and Minerals, includes bond release; and prospecting files for Broadwater and Mussellshell Counties 1975-1997 H1 / 1-19 Hathaway Coal Company, includes applications and inspection reports 1979-2000 I1 / 1 Independent and Small Mines, includes the case file on Jack Allread & Rex Hanson Coal Mine 1986 K1 / 1-19 Kerr-McGee, includes Carter, Cascade, and Pondera Counties; and includes Friends of the Earth response to Interrogatory 1973-1993 K2 / 1-4 Kiewit Mining and Engineering Company (Wolf Mountain), includes applications and related correspondence [see also Peter Kiewit Sons' Company] 1982-1987 K3 / 1-56 Knife River Coal Mining Company (Savage Mine), includes applications and renewals; annual, water monitoring, planting, and inspection reports; middle impoundment proposals; MPDES reports; reports and correspondence re engineering, vegetation, hydrology, wildlife, soils, blasting, and water quality; application for name change; maps; and transfer 1974-2004 K4 / 1 Kennecott Minerals Company, includes prospecting files for Fergus county 1981-1998 M1 / 1-67 Meridian Minerals Company (Bull Mountains Test Pit and Comanche Basin), includes applications and related correspondence; transfer application for Meridian to Bull Mountain Mining Corporation, and Meridian to Glacier Park Company; EIS comments; permits, bonding, inspections, violations, annual reports, soils, air quality, wildlife, begetation, hydrology, blasting, and engineering; prospecting files for Musselshell and Yellowstone counties 1973-2002 M2 / 1 Minatome 1980-1990 M3 / 1-10 Mobil Oil Corporation, includes bond releases; and prospecting files for Custer, Judith Basin, McCone, Powder River, Richland, Rosebud and Dawson counties 1973-1998 M4 / 1-57 Montco (Montco Mine and Nance Mine), includes inspection reports; annual reports; applications and related correspondence and legal documents; renewal applications; insurance documents; subject files on wildlife, vegetation, hydrology, cultural resources, engineering, and environmental analysis; general correspondence; prospecting files for Rosebud county; and SMP reports 1976-1990, 1998 M5 / 1-22 Mountain, Inc. (Bull Mountain Mine No. 1), includes permits, litigations, bonding and insurance, violations, inspections, annual reports, spoils, air quality, wildlife, begetation, hydrology, cultural resources, engineering, environmental analysis, and citizen complaints 1980-1998 M6 / 1 Montana Power Company, includes correspondence regarding the Fly Ash Pond 1982-1983 N1 / 1-3 ND (North Dakota) Mining and Mineral Resources, includes bond releases; and prospecting files for Dawson, Fallon, and Wibaux Counties 1982-1991 O1 / 1 Ormsbee Development Company, includes bond release application 1975-1997 P1 / 1-32 Peabody Coal Company (Big Sky/Peabody Company Mine), includes applications; transfers; annual and inspection reports; bond releases; engineering and related correspondence; correspondence and reports re soils, hydrology, spoils, cultural resources, blasting, soil and water research project, scortia pit, engineering, wildlife, hydrology, and vegetation 1973-1995 P1 / 33-58 Peabody Coal Company, includes bond release and prospecting permit files for Rosebud County; inspections; MPDES reports; subject files re blasting and hydrology; and minor revision requests 1970-1998 P2 / 1-2 Peter Kiewit Sons' Company, includes partial release; consolidation recommendation; and prospecting files for Big Horn County [see also Kiewit Mining and Engineering Company] 1980-1996 P3 / 1-4 Phillips Petroleum Company, includes bond releases; and prospecting files for Custer, Dawson, and Prairie Counties 1973-1988 P4 / 1-21 PM Mining Company (PM coal Mine), includes applications, contracts, correspondence, inspection reports, permits, bonding and insurance, annual reports, soils, spoils, wildlife, vegetation, hydrology, blasting, engineering, environmental reports, violations, and renewals 1972-1998 R1 / 1-4 Rosebud Coal Sales, includes drill logs; and prospecting files for Big Horn County 1970-1996 R2 / 1 Resource Associates of Alaska, includes prospecting files Blaine county 1981-1991 R3 / 1 Rocky Mountain Energy, includes propecting files for Carter county 1978-1997 S1 / 1-3 Sabine Production Company, includes application and bond releases; prospecting files for Stillwater and Sweetgrass Counties 1977-1996 S2 / 1-4 Shell Oil Company (Pearl Mine), includes surface mining permits; bond release; and prospecting files for Big Horn County 1982-1995 S3 / 1-26 Spring Creek Coal Company (Spring Creek Mine), includes applications and bond releases; annual, inspection, monitoring, and special reports; Pacificorp to Kennecott transfer; correspondence re soil, vegetation, hydrology, and engineering; prospecting files for Big Horn County 1974-1996 S3 / 27-34 Spring Creek Coal Company (Spring Creek Mine), includes prospecting files for Big Horn County 1974-1996 S3 / 35-67 Spring Creek Coal Company, includes applications; inspections; reports; correspondence; permit renewals; maps; and subject files on soils analyses, hydrology, blasting, drainage reconstruction, and engineering 1985-2004 S4 / 1-2 System Fuels, includes bond release; transfer from Resource Assocation of Alaska; and prospecting files for Lewis and Clark County 1979-1988 T1 / 1-4 Tenneco, includes bond release file and prospecting files for Wibaux County 1980-1996 U1 / 1 Union Carbide, includes bond release; and prospecting files for Ravalli County 1980-1995 U2 / 1 Uranerz, includes bond release; and prospecting files for Beaverhead County 1985, 1993 U3 / 1-2 Utah International Inc., includes bond release, correspondence regarding the Moorhead Coal Field, and prospecting files for Custer County 1981-1990 U4 / 1-22 Union Reserve, includes permits, applications, bonding, inspection reports, violations, annual reports, air quality, vegetation, hydrology, archaeology, and general correspondence 1978-1998 W1 / 1-2 Warburton Coal Company (Blackjack Mine), includes inspection reports and bond release applications 1983-1992 W2 / 1-64 Wesco, includes prospecting permit files for Cascade, Dawson, McCone, Powder River, and Rosebud counties; renewals; applications; general hydrology; blasting correspondence; and engineering 1973-1997 W3 / 1-159 Western Energy Company (Rosebud Mine), includes applications; inspection, planting, water monitoring, and annual reports; surface mine permits; permit consolidation and compliance statement; McKay Coal Test Burn; seam coal analysis; archeological surveys; blasting logs; comprehensive mine plan; maps; and correspondence and reports re hydrology, vegetation, reclamation, engineering, wildlife, soils, dam safety, and spoils [see also State Microfilm 38] 1979-1997 W3 / 160- 229 Western Energy Company (Rosebud Mine), includes applications; bond releases; prospecting files for Cascade, Fallon, Judith Basin, Rosebud, and Treasure counties; applications; renewals; correspondence re vegetation, alternate reclamation, engineering, cultural resources, and hydrology; prospecting; and inspection reports 1973-2006 W4 / 1 Western Nuclear, includes bond release; and prospecting files for Carbon County 1973-1993 W5 / 1-99 Westmoreland Resources (Absaloka Mine), includes bond release and permit applications; inspection, planting, monitoring, environmental, and annual reports; reports and correspondence re air quality, vegetation, archeology, geology, Sarpy Creek hearing analysis, soils and spoils, engineering, power line and county road relocation, wildlife, spoils, hydrology, water analysis, 1973-1996 W5 / 100- 122 Westmoreland Resources Inc. (Absaloka Mine), includes bond releases; and prospecting permit files for Big Horn County 1973-1999 W5 / 123- 178 Westmoreland Resources, Inc., includes bond releases; renewals and subject files on soils and overburden, spoils, wildlife, vegetation, hydrology, dam safety, cultural resources, blasting, and engineering; annual reports; and general correspondence 1975-2003 W6 / 1 WRI, includes inspection reports 1996-2000 1 / 1 Miscellaneous: Coal Production Statistics from all of the mines 1968-1979 Subject Files A1 / 1 Association of State Reclamationists Correspondence 1972-1977 B1 / 1-2 Blasting, includes information on certified blasters and correspondence 1977-2005 C1 / 1 Montana Coal Council, includes information on rule changes 1984-1986 C2 / 1-2 Coal Board Certification 1976-1979 F1 / 1 Friends of the Earth 1973-1977 I1 / 1-2 Interstate Mining Compact Commission, includes general and legal corespondence 1977-1980 M1 / 1-7 Miscellaneous, includes miscellaneous correspondence 1975-2005 N1 /1 Natural Resources Information System, includes correspondence between state agencies. 1987-1991 N2 / 1 Northern Plains Resource Council 1973-1984 O1 / 1-59 U.S. Office of Surface Mining [includes inspection, training, and miscellaneous correspondence; federal registers; policies; oversight; coal production figures; general hydrology] 1976-2006 O2 / 1-27 U.S. Office of Surface Mining: Administration and Enforcement Grant 1978-2003 O3 / 1 Old West Regional Commission 1974-1977 R1 / 1 Resource indemnity Trust Grant 1986 R2 / 1-5 Research and Studies, includes reclamation research, and correspondence regarding vegetation and cultural resources 1977-2004 W1 / 1-2 Western Interstate Energy Board, includes correspondence 1988-2002 Montana Bureau Of Mines and Geology Permit Files 2 / 1-6 Big Horn County undated 3 / 1-2 Custer County undated 4 / 1-2 Daniels County undated 5 / 1-6 Dawson County undated 6 / 1-4 Fallon County undated 7 / 1-4 Garfield County undated 8 / 1-6 McCone County undated 9 / 1-2 Missoula County undated 10 / 1-2 Musselshell County undated 11 / 1-4 Powder River County undated 12 / 1-6 Prairie County undated 13 / 1-2 Ravalli County undated 14 / 1-13 Richland County [includes drill log data and maps] undated 15 / 1-4 Roosevelt County undated 16 / 1-4 Rosebud County undated 17 / 1-2 Sheridan County undated 18 / 1 Treasure County undated 19 / 1-2 Valley County undated 20 / 1-3 Wibaux County undated 21 / 1-2 Miscellaneous: Prospecting, Custer office, MBMG #74090 (includes Prairie, Garfield, Big Horn, Richland, and Rosebud Counties) undated 22 / 1-3 Miscellaneous: General permits undated Coal And Uranium Bureau Correspondence 23 / 1-19 Administrative 1971-1973 24 / 1-2 Coal Read File 1971 25 / 1-2 Coal Read File 1972 26 / 1-5 Coal Read File 1973 27 / 1-5 Coal Read File 1974 28 / 1-5 Coal Read File 1975 29 / 1-6 Coal Read File 1976 30 / 1-7 Coal Read File 1977-1981 31 / 1-7 Coal Read File 1978-1980 32 / 1-6 Coal Read File 1979 33 / 1-6 Coal Read File 1980 34 / 1-7 Coal Read File 1981-1982 35 / 1-6 Coal Read File 1982 36 / 1-7 Coal Read File 1983 37 / 1-6 Coal Read File 1984-1985 38 / 1-9 Coal Read File 1985 39 / 1-8 Coal Read File 1986-1993 40 / 1-6 Coal Read File 1987 41 / 1-4 Coal Read File 1988 42 / 1-5 Coal Read File 1989 43 / 1-5 Coal Read File 1990 44 / 1-5 Coal Read File 1991 45 / 1-5 Coal Read File 1992 46 / 1-5 Coal Read File 1993 47 / 1-4 Coal Read File 1994 48 / 1-4 Coal Read File 1995 49 / 1-4 Coal Read File 1996 50 / 1 Coal requests for information undated 51 / 1-4 Coal Read File 1997 52 / 1-4 Coal Read File 1998 53 / 1-4 Coal Read File 1999 54 / 1-4 Coal Read File 2000 55 / 1-4 Coal Read File 2001 56 / 1-4 Coal Read File 2002 57 / 1-11 Coal Read File 2003 58 / 1-12 Coal Read File 2004 59 / 1-12 Coal Read File 2005 60 / 1-7 Billings program coal read file 1994-2000 61 / 1-4 Opencut Read File 1996 62 / 1-4 Opencut Read File 1997 63 / 1-4 Opencut Read File 1998 64 / 1-4 Opencut Read File 1999 65 / 1-4 Opencut Read File 2000 66 / 1-4 Opencut Read File 2001 67 / 1-4 Opencut Read File 2002 68 / 1-12 Opencut Read File 2003 69/1-12 Opencut Read File 2004 70 / 1-12 Opencut Read File 2005 71 / 1-9 Calendar File - Opencut 1990-2000 72 / 1-4 Prospecting 1985-1998