Montana Historical SocietyLibrary & Archives
MC 315
Philipsburg Mining Company
Philipsburg Mining Company records
1911-1944
9.0 linear feet
Records of the Philipsburg Mining Company, of Philipsburg,
Montana, consist of interoffice correspondence between the Philipsburg office, the St. Louis
office, and the sales office in Cincinnati; general correspondence; financial records,
consisting primarily of vouchers; production records, including assay reports and manganese
ore shipment records; accident reports; and miscellany.
15:5-6
150:3-5 [Volumes]
English
Historical Note:
The Philipsburg Mining Company was incorporated under Missouri law on March 28, 1911, to
take over the properties of the Hope Mining Company. The officers of the company were the
principal stockholders of the Granite-BiMetallic Consolidated Mining Company. In 1916 the
firm began mining manganese at the Algonquin Mine, a former silver mine on Frost Creek, and
in 1917-1918 developed several other productive bodies along the same lode. During the two
years following the conversion to manganese mining, the Algonquin produced 55,000 tons of
ore, most of it shipped to the East for steel production. In 1918 the Philipsburg Mining
Company completed and put into operation a large mill near Philipsburg designed to
concentrate the lower grades of ore from the Algonquin and other mines to increase the rate
of production of manganese.
The market for manganese declined at the end of World War I. However, some mines, such as
the Algonquin, were able to continue on a reduced scale because of the need for manganese in
making dry-cell batteries and certain chemicals. In 1940 the Philipsburg Mining Company
owned property including 284 claims and 3,964 acres near Philipsburg, but had no mine in
operation.
The company ceased filing annual reports with the Montana Secretary of State in 1944 and
its charter expired in 1957.
Records consist primarily of interoffice correspondence between the Philipsburg office, the
St. Louis office, and the sales office in Cincinnati; and general correspondence. Major
interoffice correspondents include L.M. Rumsey Jr., John P. Meyer, Leigh Wyman, John R.
Lucas, Dan Smith, Charles G. Ewing, and Joseph Yob. Major outside correspondents include
vendors of equipment and supplies, purchasers of manganese and silver, and state and federal
agencies.
In addition, there are employment records including accident reports (1916-1924) and
payrolls (1911-1937); financial records (1912-1935); map indexes; organizational records;
production records, consisting of assay reports (1913-1939), manganese and silver shipping
notices (1916-1943), and shift bosses' daily reports (1923-1925). Reports include weekly
narrative reports on mine operations. There is a subject file on manganese including
specifications, lists of purchasers, shipments by state, and a report on Philipsburg
manganese. Miscellany includes ads for equipment, a scrapbook re mill construction
materials, and field survey books.
Arranged by series. Some material housed in Archives Map Case and Manuscript Volumes. See
Location of Collection above and inventory below for more information.
Collection open for research.
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Acquisition information available upon request.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the Montana Historical Society
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Philipsburg Mining
Company
Algonquin Mine (Philipsburg,
Mont.)
Granite County
(Mont.)
Philipsburg (Mont.)
Assaying.
Industrial safety--Montana--Granite County.
Manganese mines and mining--Montana--Granite
County.
Mine accidents--Montana--Granite County.
Mine safety--Montana--Granite County.
Mines and mineral resources--Montana--Granite
County.
Silver mines and mining--Montana--Granite
County.
Zinc mines and mining--Montana--Granite County.
Industrial accidents--Montana--Granite County.
Electric batteries.
Iron-manganese alloys.
World War, 1914-1918--Equipment and Supplies
Montana
Mines and Mineral
Resources--Montana--Philipsburg
Detailed Description of the Collection
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection
Historical Information
1 / 1
Copies of letters concerning history of company
1912-1917
Interoffice Correspondence
1 / 2-8
Home Office (St. Louis office to Philipsburg office,
correspondents include George S. Zehnder, L.M. Rumsey Jr., John P. Meyer, Leigh Wyman)
1911-1929
1 / 9-15
Home Office (Philipsburg office to St. Louis office,
correspondents include John R. Lucas, Charles C. Baker, John P. Meyer, Dan Smith,
Leigh Wyman, Joseph C. Yob)
1911-1929
2 / 1-4
Home Office (both directions intermixed;
correspondents include Charles G. Ewing, Leigh Wyman, Joseph Yob)
1930-1941
2 / 5-8
Home Office (telegrams)
1914-1934
2 / 9-12
Sales Office (Cincinnati office to Philipsburg
office; correspondents include W.W. Pettis)
1916-1919
2 / 13-14
Sales Office (Philipsburg office to Cincinnati
office; correspondents include Charles B. Baker, John P. Meyer)
1916-1917
3 / 1-2
Sales Office (Philipsburg office to Cincinnati
office; correspondents include Charles B. Baker, John P. Meyer)
1919-1921
3 / 3
Sales Office (telegrams)
1916-1917
3 / 4-6
Sales Office (copies of their general correspondence
forwarded to Philipsburg)
1916-1921
General Correspondence
3 / 7
American Carbon and Battery Company
1916-1917
3 / 8
American Casting Company (E.E. Weaver)
1916
3 / 11
American Smelting and Refining Company
1913-1917
3 / 12-13
Anaconda Copper Mining Company / Washoe Sampler
1911-1917
3 / 14
A (correspondents include Agents Supply Company,
Ahrens and Ott Manufacturing Company, Alaska Junk Company, Allis-Chalmers
Manufacturing Company, American Concentrator Company, American Spiral Pipe Works,
American Steel Foundries, Henry Auerbach)
1911-1917
3 / 15-16
Bilrowe Alloys Company (includes telegrams sent to
Sales Office)
1916-1921
3 / 17
C.A. Burdick
1916
3 / 18
C.F. Burgess Laboratories / Burgess Minerals Company
1916-1917
3 / 19
Business-Men's Clearing House (Denver, Colo..
employment agency)
1917
3 / 20
B (correspondents include Robert A. Bell, Bemis
Brothers Bag Company, Binney and Smith, S. Birch and Sons Construction Company, Mary
E. Bowles, H.H. Bradt, G.T. Bramble, Thomas N. Brogan)
1916-1917
4 / 1
M.B. Cory
1911-1914
4 / 2
C (correspondents include B.E. Calkins Company;
Camphuis and Rives, J.J. Carmichael; Carnegie Steel Company; Carus Chemical Company;
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company; Collins and Company, Collins Land
Company, Continental Oil Company; Council of National Defense; John A. Crowley
Company; Courtney Brothers)
1916-1917
4 / 3
D (correspondents include Daly Bank and Trust
Company, Andrew Davis, Denver Fire Clay Company, Joseph Dixon Crucible Company,
Lawrence Donlan, W.L. Dunn)
1916-1917
4 / 4
G.H. Elmore Company (includes brochures)
1916-1917
4 / 5
E-F (correspondents include eating houses of
Philipsburg, Electro Metallurgical Company, Elgin National Watch Company,
Fairbanks-Morse and Company, First State Bank of Philipsburg, Flint Electric and
Manufacturing Company, French Battery and Carbon Company, Paul A. Fusz Estate)
1912-1918
4 / 6
G (correspondents include General Electric Company,
General Engineering Company, M. Genzeberger, Goodall Brothers, B.F. Goodrich Rubber
Company, Michael Gordon Hides and Junk, Granite County offices, Great Falls Power
Company, Great Lakes Refining Company)
1912-1917
4 / 7
Haas Brothers
1915-1917
4 / 8
E.A. Hannah and Company, Bankers (see also
Philipsburg State Bank)
1915-1916
4 / 9
W.A. Howard (includes U.S. Smelting Company, Butte
Central Mining and Milling Company)
1916-1917
4 / 10
F.L. Howarth
1917
4 / 11
H (correspondents include Hansen and Lloyd, Joseph P.
Hartnett, Hauck Manufacturing Company, L.F. Hayes, Hendrie and Bolthoff Manufacturing
and Supply Company, Perry Hewitt, William A. Hooton, John Huddleston, Andrew Hudson,
D.W. Hughes Lumber Company, E. Humphrey)
1912-1917
4 / 12
I-K (correspondents include Indiana Laboratories
Company, Interstate Employment System, J.M. Jackson, Jeffrey Manufacturing Company,
Chester T. Kennan, Maurice P. Kirk, F.W. Kroger)
1916-1917
4 / 13
E.J. Lavino and Company
1916-1919
4 / 14
L (correspondents include Edwin M. Lamb, Sidney C.
Lawson, F.C. Leavens, Charles R. Leonard, Lewis and Walker, David Loeser, John J.
Lucas, John R. Lucas personal)
1916-1919
4 / 15-17
Miami Products Company / Miami Metals Company
1916-1917
4 / 18
Montana Industrial Accident Board
1915-1917
4 / 19
Montana [various state agencies]
1917
4 / 20
M (correspondents include Mrs. Owen McBride,
McCullough-Turner Company, Charles D. McLure, Meese and Gottfried Company, Men
Finders, Mine and Smelter Supply Company, Mineral Supply Company, Mississippi Valley
Iron Company, Missoula Mercantile Company, Montana Hardware Company, Montana Power
Company, Willard L. Morrison, Henry L. Myers)
1914-1917
4 / 21
Northern Pacific Railway Company
1916-1917
4 / 22
N-O (correspondents include National Bank of Tacoma,
National Carbon Company, National Geographic Society, George Nevling, Edmund Newton,
J.D. Norris, Ottumwa Box Car Loader Company)
1916-1917
4 / 23
Philipsburg State Bank (see also E.A. Hannah and
Company)
1917
4 / 24
P-R (correspondents include Pacific Tank and Pipe
Company, John R. Page, City of Philipsburg, Polleys Lumber Company, E.L. Proebsting,
Redwood Manufacturers Company, N.B. Ringeling, C.G. Rothwell)
1916-1919
5 / 1
Salt Lake Hardware Company
1919
5 / 2
J.M. Schiffman
1919
5 / 3
G. Sommers and Company
1919
5 / 4
Standard Publishing Company
1919
5 / 5
Stephens-Adamson Manufacturing Company (re purchase
of conveyer)
1917, 1919
5 / 6
S (correspondents include Sanford-Day Iron Works,
M.W. Savage Factories Inc., Schaefer Tent and Awning Company, A. Schwarz, Scullin
Steel Company, Service Recorder Company, Harry Showers, T.L. Smith Company, Standard
Underground Cable Company, Stanley Works, B.F. Sturtevant Company, Swedish Steel
Corporation)
1911-1919
5 / 7
Texas Company
1919
5 / 8
Truax Manufacturing Company
1917, 1919
5 / 9
T (correspondents include Tacoma Smelting Company,
Three Forks Portland Cement Company, Traylor Engineering and Manufacturing Company,
Troy Wagon Works Company, W.S. Tyler Company)
1915-1919
5 / 10
United States Rubber Company
1919
5 / 11
United States government (includes Bureau of Mines,
Bureau of Standards, Forest Service, Geological Survey, Internal Revenue Service,
Surveyor General)
1912-1919
5 / 12
U-V (correspondents include Underwood Typewriter
Company, Union Carbide Sales Company, Union Iron Works, United Iron Works Company,
United States Steel Corporation, Joseph P. Vilk)
1916-1919
5 / 13
Western Iron Works
1917, 1919
5 / 14
Western Lumber Company
1916-1917, 1919
5 / 15
W (correspondents include Wagner Manufacturing
Company, Western Casualty Company, Western Machinery Company, Western Minerals
Company, Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, W.H. Wiley, Worthington Pump
and Machinery Corporation, Wyoming Shovel Works)
1914, 1917, 1919
5 / 16
Y-Z (correspondents include Yale and Towne
Manufacturing Company, H.P. Young Mining Machinery and Supplies, John Zeletovich)
1914-1919
5 / 17
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
1922-1941
5 / 18
A (correspondents include Allis-Chalmers
Manufacturing Company, American Cyanamid Company, American Metal Company, American
smelting and Refining Company)
1926, 1934-1941
5 / 19
Butte Machinery Company
1925-1928
5 / 20
B-E (correspondents include Bennetts' Chemical
Laboratory; R.S. Blitz; Gust. Carlson; Coeur d'Alene Hardware Company; Contact Mines
Corporation; Corette and Corette; Courtney, Cole and Courtney; Diebold Electric
Company; C. C. Dunkle; Eastern Iron and Metal Company; Eimco Corporation; Electric
Steel Foundry Company)
1922-1941
5 / 21
Franco Electric Corporation [succeeded by Yale
Electric Company]
1922
5 / 22
F-K (correspondents include Federal Pipe and Tank
Company, Filter Media Company, Gabel's Machine Works and Auto Service, A. M. Gaudin,
Geyser Ice Company, Hardinge-Western Company, C.L. Hewitt, C.O. Howe, Kennedy-Van Saun
Manufacturing and Engineering Company)
1925-1926, 1934-1941
5 / 23
Charles R. Leonard
1922-1932
5 / 24
L (correspondents include Linde Air Products Company,
Link-Belt Company)
1934
5 / 25
Henry Mathews
1922
5 / 26
M (correspondents include Marchant Calculating
Machine Company, Missoula County Commissioners, Missoula Mercantile Company, Montana
Board of Equalization, Montana Highway Commission, W.E. Moore, Moorlight Mining
Company, Sen. James Murray)
1921-1927, 1934-1941
5 / 27
N-P (correspondents include National Tank and Pipe
Company, Everett Nicolaysen, Nordberg Manufacturing Company, Owen Bucket Company, H.
C. Packer, John R. Page, City of Philipsburg, I.O. Proctor, Cong. Jeannette Rankin)
1925-1928, 1933-1941
5 / 28
Salt Lake Hardware Company
1920-1922
5 / 29
J.M. Schiffman
1920-1922
5 / 30
Shapleigh Hardware Company
1922
5 / 31
Silver Bow Automobile Company
1920-1922
5 / 32
G. Sommers and Company
1920
5 / 33
Standard Publishing Company
1920-1921
5 / 34
Standard Underground Cable Company
1920-1921
5 / 35
Stearns-Roger Manufacturing Company
1921-1923
5 / 36
Stimpson Equipment Company
1921-1922
6 / 1
S (correspondents include Herbert Salinger; John
Sawbridge; Ross Schermerhorn; Anna Schmidt; Scratchawl Mining and Development Company;
Service Recorder Company; Smith, Deibet and Ristig; Standard Motor Parts Company;
Stanley Jordan and Company; F.C. Stannard Machinery Company; V. C. Stephens; Louis J.
Stern; A. D. Stoddard; Sturm and Yaw)
1920-1940
6 / 2
Tamarack and Custer Consolidated Mining Company
1926-1927
6 / 3
Texas Company
1920-1922
6 / 4
Timber Butte Milling Company
1920, 1925-1926
6 / 5
Twin Dry Cell Battery Company
1922
6 / 6
W.S. Tyler Company
1920-1922, 1930, 1934
6 / 7
T (correspondents include Tacoma Smelter, C.J.
Tagliabue Manufacturing Company, G.H. Tennant Company, W.J. Thomas, Three Forks
Portland Cement Company, Carl J. Trauerman, Traylor Engineering and Manufacturing
Company, W.H. Trippet, Trout Mining Company, Truax Manufacturing Company)
1920-1927, 1941
6 / 8
Union Carbide Sales Company
1920-1921
6 / 9
United States Rubber Company
1920-1922
6 / 10
United States government (includes Bureau of Mines,
Forest Service, Geological Survey, Land Office, Surveyor General, Treasury Dept.)
1920-1922, 1937
6 / 11
Utah Oil Refining Company
1920-1922
6 / 12
U-V (correspondents include Underwood Typewriter
Company, United Metals and Power Corporation, United States Electrical Tool Company,
United States Smelting Refining and Mining Company, Upson Nut Company, B. Potter Van
Court, Velie Motors Corporation)
1920-1921, 1935
6 / 13
Washington Machinery and Supply Company
1920-1922
6 / 14
Western Electric Company
1920
6 / 15
Western Iron Works
1920-1922, 1934, 1937
6 / 16
Western Lumber Company
1920-1921
6 / 17
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
1920-1922
6 / 18
S.P. Wright and Company
1920-1922
6 / 19
W (correspondents include Edwin H. Wagner and
Company, Wagner Manufacturing Company, Walter G. Waitt, James L. Wallace, Thomas J.
Walsh, Wausau Abrasives Company, Wellman-Seaver-Morgan Company, Weowna Refining
Company, Western Auto Supply Agency, Burton K. Wheeler, H. Whitworth, H.P. Wilson and
Company, H.J. Wirth, Worthington Pump and Machinery Corporation)
1920-1921, 1934, 1941
6 / 20
Yale Electric Corporation [succeeds Franco Electric
Corporation]
1922
6 / 21
Y (correspondents include Yawman and Erbe
Manufacturing Company, H.P. Young Mining Machinery and Supplies)
1920-1921
Court Papers
7 / 1
Silver Prince Mining Company et al. vs. Philipsburg
Mining Company et al (re trespass)
1942
Employment Records
7 / 1a-8
Accident reports: A-Z
1916-1924
7 / 9-12
Payrolls
1911-1912, 1919, 1921 1936-1940
7 / 13
Time books: Algonquin Mine
1920-1921
7 / 14
Time books: Bryant Mine
1919-1920
7 / 15
Time books: unidentified mines
1919-1920
7 / 16
Time books: unidentified mines
1919-1920
Financial Records
7a / 1
Bank deposit slips
1912-1917
1
Distribution of supplies
1917-1918
2
Financial statements (monthly)
1917-1919
7a / 2
Financial statements (monthly)
1920-1924, 1943
7a / 3
Insurance coverage
1920
2a
Inventory book
circa 1920-1939
7a / 4
Inventories
1917, 1923 1924, undated
7a / 5
Inventories: lumber
1917, 1935
8 / 1
Invoices: A-W
1924
8 / 2
Invoices: repairs at Hope House
1912
8 / 3
Invoices: Stearns-Roger Manufacturing Company
1922
8 / 4-5
Invoices: miscellaneous
1934-1935
8 / 6
Labor distributions
1923 July-August
8 / 7-8
Ledger sheets (includes M.H. Rohn team and truck
hauling)
circa 1917
8 / 9-10
Notices of shipment of equipment and supplies from
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
1921-1925
8 / 11
Notices of shipment of equipment and supplies from
Butte Electric Supply Company
1919-1925
8 / 12
Notices of shipment of equipment and supplies from
Denver Fire Clay Company and from Denver Rock Drill Manufacturing Company
1919-1925
8 / 13
Notices of shipment of equipment and supplies from
Stearns-Roger Manufacturing Company
1922-1925
8 / 14
Notices of shipment of equipment and supplies
[miscellaneous]
1919-1925
3
Purchase register
1920-1921
8 / 15
Receipts [scattered]
1917-1935
8 / 16
Shipments of scrap metal and mine equipment to others
1917-1925
8 / 17-18
Taxes
1917, 1920-1924
9 / 1
Vouchers [scattered]
1912-1917
9 / 2-11
Vouchers #1-999
1920-1921
10 / 1-3
Vouchers #1001-1224
1921
10 / 4
Miscellaneous (includes expenses, etc.)
1922-1935
Legal Documents
10 / 5
Certificates of location of claims
1921-1928
10 / 6
Lease agreements
1916, 1927 1935
10 / 7
List of property holdings, insurance, etc.
1919-1920
10 / 8
Miscellaneous (includes notice of intention to apply
for a patent, agreement with City of Philipsburg, abstract of title, list of
mortgages, etc.)
1920-1953
Maps
10 / 9
Map of Two Percent, Poor Man, Dashaway, and Durango
lodes
undated
1
claim map of Philipsburg/Granite [Oversize Folder:
see Archives map case]
undated
10 / 10-12
Index to maps, drawings, and surveys]
1917-1920, undated
Organizational Records
10 / 13
Miscellaneous (includes stockholder list; directors'
authorization; affidavit of non-enemy interest)
1919, undated
Production Records
10a / 1
Assay reports: Algonquin Mine
1921-1923
10a / 2-8
Assay reports: Montana Laboratory Company
1919-1925, 1935-1938
10a / 9
Assay reports: miscellaneous
1913-1958, undated
10a / 10
Assay record
1923-1925
11 / 1
Assay tests #1-42
1922
11 / 2-2a
Car record and horse teams (also includes cash
accounts for Granite Mountain Mine, 1887-1888; weather records, 1923-1925)
1916-1919, 1925-1926
11 / 3
Cars of ore hoisted
May 1924- February 1925
11 / 4
Manganese shipping notices: Berkshire Iron Works
1917-1919
11 / 5-6
Manganese shipping notices: Bilrowe Alloys Company
1917-1919
11 / 7
Manganese shipping notices: C.F. Burgess Laboratories
1917-1923
11 / 8
Manganese shipping notices: French Battery and Carbon
Company
1922-1923
11 / 9
Manganese shipping notices: Indiana Laboratories
Company
1917
11 / 10
Manganese shipping notices: E.J. Lavino and Company
1918-1921, 1923
11 / 11
Manganese shipping notices: Lavino Furnace Company
1918-1919
11 / 12
Manganese shipping notices: Manhattan Electrical
Supply Company
1919-1920, 1923
11 / 13
Manganese shipping notices: Miami Products Company /
Miami Metals Company
1916-1918
12 / 1-8
Manganese shipping notices: National Carbon Company
1916-1923
12 / 9
Manganese shipping notices: Southeastern Iron
Corporation
1917-1918
12 / 10
Manganese shipping notices: Southern Manganese
Corporation
1918
12 / 11
Manganese shipping notices: miscellaneous companies
1917-1923
12 / 12
Manganese shipments: totals
1916-1919
12 / 13
Manganese tailings shipping notices: Anaconda Copper
Mining Company
1922-1924
13 / 1
Monthly progress reports: Algonquin Mine
1921-1924
13 / 2-3
Ore settlements sheets (includes leasers' names,
weight, assay, treatment and freight charges, etc.)
1919-1922, 1926-1943
13 / 4-5
Ore shipments to Washoe Sampling Works (some include
assays)
1912-1917
2
Shift bosses' daily reports (includes stoping,
exploration, and development totals and labor distribution) [Oversize Folder: see
Archives map case]
1923 October-November
4
Shift bosses' daily reports (includes stoping,
exploration, and development totals and labor distribution)
1924-1925
13 / 6-8
Silver ore shipments to Washoe Sampler and to
American Smelting and Refining Company (includes both company ore and leasers)
1916-1924, 1934
13 / 9
Statistics on ore production and shipment
1916-1919
13 / 10-11
Zinc ore shipments to Washoe Sampler (includes
Algonquin Mine and leasers)
1921-1922
Reports
13 / 12-15
Weekly narrative reports: Algonquin Mine
1921-1925
13 / 16
Reports by Charles A. Hyder
1922
Subject Files
13 / 17
Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association
1922
13 / 18
Manganese (includes specifications, lists of
purchasers of manganese, shipping rates, shipments nationally by state, report on
Philipsburg manganese)
1916-1924
13 / 19
Montana manganese power pole line (includes
description and map)
undated
Miscellany
14 / 1
Ads for equipment
1917
3
Blueprints of wagon scale and reversible wagon
spindle [Oversize folder: see Archives map case]
1916, undated
14 / 2
Drawing of mill by Ward Miller
circa 1925
14 / 3-9
Field survey books, #1-21
1917-1924
15 / 1
Field survey books, #22, un-numbered
1924, 1919
15 / 2
Field survey books: "Progress book" #1-2
1917-1925
15 / 3
Machinery including blueprints, instructions, etc.
1934-1937
15 / 4
Memo book on mine workings
1921-1922
15 / 5
Petition to remove Sam Henderson and wife from
company house
undated
15 / 6
Proposed additions to machinery and equipment at
mines and mills of Philipsburg Mining Company
1922
15 / 7
Scrapbook re mill construction materials, including
blueprints
1921-1922
15 / 8
"Statement by Senator Tasker L. Oddie of Nevada...on
his amendment to increase the duty on manganese ores"
1929
15 / 9
Miscellaneous (includes certificate of compliance re
storage and transportation of explosives, gas tank gauges, list of leasors, summary of
legislative bills re mines taxation, specifications for magnet machine)
1921-1925, undated