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Hope Mining Company (Mont.)
Hope Mining Company
Records
1907-1913
.75 linear feet of shelf
space
The Hope Mining Company was a silver
mining company located in Philipsburg, Montana. Records consist of interoffice
correspondence (1907-1913), general correspondence (1907-1913), minor financial
records (1907-1911), articles of incorporation and minutes (1907), assay
reports (1907-1910) and a field survey book (1909)
English
The Hope Mining Company was incorporated
under Montana law on April 20, 1907, by the owners of the Goodhope Mining
Company and the Granite- BiMetallic Consolidated Mining Company, including Paul
Fusz, John R. Lucas, Horace Rumsey, A.B. Ewing, L.M. Rumsey, and others. They
acquired the property of the Goodhope Mining Company. The new company was
capitalized at $300,000 compared to $90,000 for the old company. This company
operated the Hope property until 1911 when they sold it to the new Philipsburg
Mining Company. The company was formally dissolved in 1913.
Content Description:
Records consist of interoffice
correspondence (1907-1913), primarily of Paul A. Fusz, George S. Zehnder, John
R. Lucas, and lewis M. Rumsey Jr.; general correspondence (1907-1913); minor
financial records (1907-1911); articles of incorporation and minutes (1907),
assay reports (1907-1910) and a field survey book (1909)
Arrangement:
by series
Acquisition Information:
available upon request
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.
Mines and
mineral resources--Montana--Granite County
Silver mines and
mining--Montana--Granite County
Granite County
(Mont.)
Philipsburg
(Mont.)
Montana
Business, Industry, and Labor
Mines and Mineral Resources
Detailed Description of the Collection
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection
Interoffice Correspondence
1 / 1-7
Home Office (correspondents
include Paul A. Fusz, George S. Zehnder, John R. Lucas, Lewis M. Rumsey Jr.)
1907-1913
1 / 8
Home Office (telegrams)
1907-1910
General Correspondence
1 / 9
American Exchange National
Bank
1907-1909
1 / 10
American Smelting and
Refining Company
1907-1910
1 / 11
A-B (correspondents include
Anaconda Copper Mining Company, Charles Anderson, Bernard Bandler and Son,
Jacques Baszanger and Company, G.P. Blackiston, V.L. Butler, Butte Electric
Supply Company, Buebendorf Brothers)
1907-1912
1 / 12
Colusa Parrot Mining and
Smelting Company
1907-1909
1 / 13
J.T. Conner, assayer
1907-1908
1 / 14
Continental Oil Company
1907-1910
1 / 15
C (correspondents include
J.J. Carmichael, Carney Coal Company, Cleveland Pneumatic Tool Company, M.B.
Cory, E.A. Cralle)
1907-1913
1 / 16
Daly Bank and Trust Company
1907-1911
1 / 17
D (correspondents include
Sewell Davis, Dearborn Drug and Chemical Works, Dow Chemical Company, R.G. Dun
and Company)
1907-1913
1 / 18
J.C. Febles
1909-1911
1 / 19
F-G (correspondents include
Fair Drug and Assay Supply Company; A.A. Fairbairn; Ferns Coal Company;
Garfield Smelting Company; Goodall Brothers, Assayers; L.V. Graham; Granite
County offices)
1907-1911
1 / 20
H-K (correspondents include
E.A. Hannah, Henry Heil Chemical Company, Ingersoll-Rand Company, Inland
Crystal Salt Company, Keystone Lubricating Company, Kilbourne and Jacobs
Manufacturing Company)
1907-1909
2 / 1
Lewis and Walker, assayers
1907-1909
2 / 2
L (correspondents include
Rod Leggatt; Geo. W. Lord Company, water purifying chemicals)
1907-1908
2 / 3
M (correspondents include
S.J. Mathus; James McGeeney; Mining and Scientific Press; Minnesota Boiler
Compound Company; Monarch Coal Company; Montana State Boiler Inspector; W.E.
Moore, company attorney; Mike Mungas)
1907-1913
2 / 4
Northern Pacific Railway
Company
1907-1908
2 / 5
N-O (correspondents include
New York and New Jersey Lubricant Company, Oregon Short Line Railroad Company,
Ed S. Orr)
1908-1911
2 / 6
Pittsburgh and Montana
Copper Company
1907-1909
2 / 7
P-R (correspondents include
Perry Candle Company, Richardson Drug Company, P.H. and F.M. Roots Company,
R.A. Rowan and Company)
1907-1911
2 / 8
William G. Schofield,
attorney
1911
2 / 9
S (correspondents include
S.H. Supply Company, Dan Smith, George M. Smith, S.C. Snavely, Granville
Stuart, Sturtevant Mill Company, Julius Swanson)
1907-1910
2 / 10
George J. Tansey (acquired
Hope property through a lawsuit)
1910
2 / 11
Joseph T. Terry and Company,
metallurgists
1908-1909
2 / 12
U (correspondents include
United States Geological Survey, United States Internal Revenue Service)
1907-1912
2 / 13
Washoe Copper Company
Sampling Works
1907-1910
2 / 14
W-Y (correspondents include
Walker Commercial Company, George D. Weaver, T. Weinstein and Company Bankers,
Western Elaterite Roofing Company, Western Pacific Railway Company, S.A.
Worcester, H.P. Young)
1907-1911
Financial Records
2 / 15
Daly Bank and Trust Company
deposit slips
1907-1911
2 / 16
Financial reports
(letterpress book: includes payrolls, cash statements, supplies issued, voucher
lists)
1907-1911
Organizational Records
2 / 17
Articles of incorporation
(copied from Secretary of State records); minutes
1907
Production Records
2 / 18
Assay reports (letterpress
book)
1907-1910
Miscellany
2 / 19
Field survey book
1909