Montana Historical Society Library & Archives Archives
MC
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Moorlight Mining Co.
Moorlight Mining Co. records
1918-1945
7 linear feet
The Moorlight Mining Co. mined silver and manganese ore in
Philipsburg, Montana. Records include general correspondence, employment records, financial
records, legal documents, organizational records, production records, print material,
reports, subject files, and miscellany.
16:8-6
English
Administrative Note
The Moorlight Mining Co. was incorporated in Philipsburg, Montana, on July 12, 1918, by
John Hickey, Thomas F. Hickey, Charles J. Anderson, Nathan Williams, and W. W. Williams. The
Co. was capitalized at $$200,000. the Williams' and Anderson were only briefly involved in
the Co.. By 1930 the Co. officers were John Hickey, president and general manager; Thomas
Hickey, vice-president; and J. C. Harrah, secretary-treasurer. These three men continued to
operate the Co. until the death of John Hickey in September 1945. Within two months the Co.
was purchased by the Taylor-Knapp Co..
The Co. operated several silver, zinc, and manganese properties in the Philipsburg area,
becoming one of the major producers of manganese ore for batteries. The Co.'s primary mine
was the True-Fissure. Other mines, including the Bryant, Climax, Durango, and Headlight
mines, were operated under contract and by leasers. During World War II, the Co. became a
major producer of manganese ore for the war effort. It employed 50 miners and could have
used about 25 more. As the war ended production declined. In November 1945, shortly after
the death of its president John Hickey, the Moorlight Mining Co. sold all of its properties
to the Taylor-Knapp Co..
Records include general correspondence (1921-1945) predominantly with equipment and supply
vendors, but also with government agencies, leasers of company mines, charity and social
organizations, and friends. During the New Deal era there is correspondence about the
National Recovery Administration (NRA) industry codes; during World War II there is
considerable correspondence concerning the wartime restrictions on mining and the
requirements of getting government approval for buying equipment and supplies.
Arranged by series. Some material housed in Archives map case. See inventory below for more
information.
Collection is open for research
Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of the Montana Historical
Society Library & Archives. The Library & Archives does not necessarily hold
copyright to all materials in the collection. In some cases permission for use may require
additional authorization from the copyright owners. For more information contact an
archivist.
Item description and date. Name of Collection. Collection Number. Box and Folder number.
Montana Historical Society Library & Archives, Helena, Montana.
Acquisition information available upon request.
The Moorlight Mining Co. records were received as part of a larger collection of
Taylor-Knapp Co. records. The latter Co. was the successor in November 1945. Since the
records of the two companies were easily isolated, they have been processed as two separate
collections. Correspondence has been arranged in three sets: pre-New Deal Era, New Deal Era,
and World War II, since the operations of the Co. were heavily impacted by the economics and
politics of those three distinct time periods. Processed in 2011.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the Montana Historical Society
Library & Archives catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics,
persons, or places should search under these terms.
Moorlight Mining Co.
Philipsburg (Mont.)--History
Manganese mines and
mining--Montana--Philipsburg
Mines and mineral
resources--Montana--Philipsburg
Mines and mineral
resources--Montana--Philipsburg
New Deal, 1933-1939--Montana
World War, 1939-1945--Equipment and supplies
Montana
Mines and mineral
resources
Detailed Description of the Collection
General Correspondence
1 / 1
Anaconda Copper Mining Co.
1929-1931
1 / 2
A (correspondents include A. F. and A. M. [Ancient
Free and Accepted Masons], Robert M. Adams Co., Ann Arbor Railroad Co.)
1930-1932
1 / 3
B (correspondents include Charles C. Baker, Bemis Bro.
Bag Co., Julian Boyd, Butte Machinery Co.)
1922-1932
1 / 4
Cleveland Rock Drill Co.
1929-1932
1 / 5
Consolidated Mining and Smelting Co.
1931
1 / 6
C (correspondents include Chicago Pneumatic Tool Co.,
Cochise Rock Drill Manufacturing Co.; Thomas O. Collins; Columbia Floral Co., Columbia
Steel Casting Co., Cookson Produce and Chemical Co., Edna W. Copp)
1928-1932
1 / 7
Denver Fire Clay Co.
1930-1932
1 / 8
Ding's Magnetic Separator Co.
1927-1932
1 / 9
D-E (correspondents include Davis Chemical Co.,
Domestic Manganese and Development Co., H. J. Dow, Engineering and Mining Journal,
Oscar Engle, Rep. John M. Evans, Exolon Co.)
1929-1932
1 / 10
Fairbanks, Morse and Co.
1929-1930
1 / 11
F-G (correspondents include Feenaughty Machinery Co.,
Florence Crittenton Home, Foote Mineral Co., Gardner-Denver Co., General Air Filters
Corp., Catherine W. Goodrich, Granite-BiMetallic Consolidated Mining Co.)
1929-1932
1 / 12
H (correspondents include Hall-Perry Machinery Co.,
Henry Hansen, Hardinge Co., Harry B. Henderson, Thomas F. Hickey, W. Earl Hopper, John
Huddleston, Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Co., Frederick B. Hyder)
1929-1932
1 / 13
Ingersoll-Rand Co.
1930-1932
1 / 14
International Harvester Co.
1929-1932
1 / 15
I-K (correspondents include Independent Laundry Co.,
Charley Johnson, W. G. Kirchoffer, E. P. Knowles)
1929-1932
1 / 16-18
E. J. Lavino and Co.
1921-1922
2 / 1-2
E. J. Lavino and Co.
1922-1923
2 / 3
Rep. Scott Leavitt
1929-1932
2 / 4
L (correspondents include Ned Latta, Charels R.
Leonard, Lunkenheimer Co.)
1929-1932
2 / 5
Marconi Electric Co.
1930-1932
2 / 6
Montana Hardware Co.
1929-1932
2 / 7
Montana Iron Works
1929-1932
2 / 8
Montana state agencies (includes Board of
Equalization, Industrial Accident Board, Registrar of Motor Vehicles, Secretary of
State)
1922-1932
2 / 9
M (correspondents include Manhattan Rubber
Manufacturing Co., Walter Mayfield, J. J. McDonald, Lily Royal McDonel, Edgar McLure,
Frank Miller and Sons, Miners Savings Bank and Trust Co., Mitchell Diamond Drill Co.,
Montana Coal and Iron Co., Montana Organization on Unemployment Relief, Montana Power
Co., Montana State Fair Mineral Exhibit, Morse Bros. Machinery and Supply Co., Murphy
and Whitlock)
1926-1932
2 / 10
N-O (correspondents include National Coal Association,
J. A. Newport and Co., Niedermeyer-Martin Lumber Co., Northern Pacific Railway Co.,
Nott-Atwater Co., Ohio Ferro-Alloys Corp.)
1929-1932
2 / 11
Philipsburg Mining Co.
1930-1932
2 / 12
P-R (correspondents include Paper Service Co.,
Patterson Foundry and Machine Co., Petrie Tractor and Equipment Co., Pittsburg Boiler
and Machine Co., Republic Iron and Steel Co.)
1929-1932
2 / 13
Snyder and Bacon
1929-1932
2 / 14
S (correspondents include Frank Samuel and Co., Leslie
Loring Savage, W. W. Shaffer, Shell Oil Co., N. C. Sheridan, Hubert L. Smith, Frank
Springer, Star Garage, Stearns-Roger Manufacturing Co., A. W. Strowger, Sullivan
Lumber Co.)
1929-1932
2 / 15
W. S. Tyler Co.
1929-1932
2 / 16
T (correspondents include Tennessee Eastman Corp.,
Traylor Engineering and Manufacturing Co., Albert E. Turney)
1930-1932
2 / 17
United States Rubber Co.
1929-1932
2 / 18
United States government agencies (includes Assay
Office, Internal Revenue Service, Bureau of Mines, War Dept.)
1929-1932
2 / 19
U (correspondents include Underwood Typewriter Co.,
United States Guarantee Co.)
1929-1932
2 / 20
Western Iron Works
1927-1932
2 / 21
James A. White
1930-1932
2 / 22
W (correspondents include Sen. Thomas J. Walsh,
Western Montana National Bank, Westmont Tractor and Equipment Co., Sen. Burton K.
Wheeler, Harry H. Willis, J. C. Woodson and Co., S. P. Wright and Co.)
1929-1932
3 / 1
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co.
1937-1939
3 / 2
American Mining Congress
1938-1939
3 / 3
Anaconda Copper Mining Co.
1933-1939
3 / 4
A (correspondents include A. F. and A. M. [Ancient
Free and Accepted Masons], Robert M. Adams Co., Alexander Publishing Co.)
1933-1939
3 / 5
Buhl Plumbing and Heating Co.
1934-1935
3 / 6
B (correspondents include Beaverhead County Clerk and
Recorder, Bemis Bro. Bag Co., Charles O. Bielenberg, R. W. Bixby, Black Pine Silver
Mines Inc., Board of Fire Underwriters, John M. Briggeman, W. J. Briney, E. D. Bullard
Co., Business-Men's Clearing House, Butte Machinery Co.)
1933-1939
3 / 7
Cascade Machinery and Electric Co.
1937-1939
3 / 8
Century Storage Battery Co.
1933-1934
3 / 9
Cleveland Rock Drill Co.
1933-1939
3 / 10
Columbia Steel Casting Co.
1933-1939
3 / 11
Contact Mines Corp. (previously Silver Prince Mining
Co.)
1936-1938
3 / 12
C (correspondents include William Campbell, Cardwell
Blue Print and Supply Co., A. F. Carper, Rollo N. Chaffee, Jack Clark, Mary L. Clough,
Thomas O. Collins, Conrad Refining Co., Continental Oil Co., George B. Conway, R. A.
Conyes, Arthur V. Corry, Clarence Corry, Cut Bank Refining Co.)
1933-1939
3 / 13
William B. Daly (re NIRA codes)
1933-1934
3 / 14
Denver Fire Clay Co.
1933-1937
3 / 15
Ding's Magnetic Separator Co.
1933-1937
3 / 16
Everett Doe (Granite County legislator)
1933-1935
3 / 17
D-E (correspondents include Daugherty Lumber Co.; M.
Eldon Davidson; Deer Lodge County Emergency Relief Administration; Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western Railroad Co.; Dewar Manufacturing Co.; Dorr Co.; J. H. Dunbar;
E. I. DuPont deNemours and Co.; Walter Eckley; Elks [BPOE]; Engineering and Mining
Journal)
1933-1939
3 / 18
First National Bank, Missoula
1936-1939
3 / 19
F (correspondents include Federal Dry Battery Corp.,
Filter Media Corp., J. R. Finkelstein, Flax Co., Foote Mineral Co.)
1933-1939
3 / 20
G (correspondents include Gardner-Denver Co., General
Electric Co., General Tire and Rubber Co., Granite County High School, Robert M. Gray,
Leonard E. Griffith, Grinnell Co.)
1933-1939
3 / 21
Hall-Perry Machinery Co.
1933-1939
3 / 22
Hardinge Co.
1933-1938
3 / 23
John Hickey, Thomas Hickey, John Harrah
1934-1939
3 / 24
H (correspondents include Clarence E. Hansen, Henry
Hansen, John E. Harris, L. Hay, Hecla Mining Co., Hendrie and Bolthoff, Hennessey Co.,
Edward Hocking, Lou M. Hoffman, Bud Hooban, Homer Huffman, Loren C. Hurd, William
Hynes)
1933-1939
3 / 25
Ingersoll-Rand Co.
1933-1939
3 / 26
International Filter Co.
1934-1936
3 / 27
I-J (correspondents include Ignition Co., Illinois
Central System, Independent Laundry Co., International Harvester Co., International
Smelting and Refining Co., International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Local
24; Edwin T. Irvine, Jardine Mining Co., Jeffrey Manufacturing Co., Charley Johnson,
Edwin G. Johnson, W. C. Jourdan)
1933-1939
4 / 1
K (correspondents include L. E. Kaukonen,
Kilburn-Rubens Mines Inc., Edwin Kreitlow, Walter Kroger, Edward Kroutil, J.
Kulstad)
1933-1939
4 / 2
Linde Air Products Co.
1933-1939
4 / 3
L (correspondents include Leon La Rock; Rep. Scott
Leavitt; Lembke Heating and Engineering Co.; A. Leschen and Sons Rope Co.; G. T.
Lewis; City of Lincoln, Nebraska; Link-Belt Co.; Lister Typewriter
Service)
1933-1939
4 / 4
Midvale Co.
1935-1938
4 / 5
Mining Association of Montana
1935-1939
4 / 6
Missoula Mercantile Co.
1933-1935
4 / 7-8
Montana Hardware Co. / Montana Hardware Dept.,
Anaconda Copper Mining Co.
1933-1939
4 / 9
Montana Iron Works
1933-1939
4 / 10
Montana state agencies (includes Attorney General,
Auditor, Board of Equalization, Industrial Accident Board, Registrar of Motor
Vehicles, School of Mines, Secretary of State, Unemployment Compensation
Commission)
1933-1939
4 / 11
Montanans Inc. [State Chamber of Commerce]
1933-1939
4 / 12
Murphy and Whitlock
1933-1937
4 / 13
Sen. James E. Murray
1938
4 / 14
Mc (correspondents include Jim McCarthy, J. J.
McDonald, William McLean, Edgar McLure)
1933-1939
4 / 15
M (correspondents include Machinery and Supply Corp.
of America, Mancha Storage Battery Locomotive Co., Walter Mayfield, Mine and Smelter
Supply Co., Mine Safety Appliances Co., Mitchell Diamond Drill Manufacturing Co., John
A. Moline, Montana Coal and Iron Co., Montana Consolidated Mines Corp., Montana State
Bank, Moonlight Mining Co., Morse Bros. Machinery Co., William H. Muller and Co., H.
Murphy)
1933-1939
4 / 16
National Carbon Co.
1935-1939
4 / 17
National Equipment Co.
1935-1939
4 / 18
National Recovery Administration (re Code Authority
for the Manganese Industry)
1933-1935
4 / 19
Clyde J. Neu
1939
4 / 20
Nott-Atwater Co.
1935-1939
4 / 21
N-O (correspondents include Tip Napton, National
Bituminous Coal Commission, Naylor Pipe Co., Northern Handle Co., Northern Pacific
Railway Co., Northwest Refining Co., Rep. Jerry J. O'Connell)
1933-1939
4 / 22
Sen. John R. Page
1933-1937
4 / 23
Philipsburg Mining Co.
1934-1938
4 / 24
P-Q (correspondents include Paper Service Co., Harry
H. Parsons, W. J. Paul, Nels Pearson Estate, City of Philipsburg, Plummer Bag
Manufacturing Co., Polleys Lumber Co., Postal Telegraph-Cable Co., T. C. Power and
Bro., Harold Pumpelly, Martin Qualls)
1933-1939
5 / 1
Ray-O-Vac Co.
1936-1937
5 / 2
Reconstruction Finance Corp.
1933-1935
5 / 3
R (correspondents include A. J. Rahn, Robert E. Rau,
Red Comet Inc., William Rehmer, Republic Steel Corp., Research Products Corp., Henry
Rising and Co., George Roberts, J. J. Robertson, Rockwood Sprinkler Co., Victor Ross,
Albert Rostron, Guy Rumpf, Jesse C. Rutherford, Frank M. Ryan)
1933-1939
5 / 4
Snyder and Bacon
1933-1939
5 / 5
Stearns Magnetic Manufacturing Co.
1937
5 / 6-7
Stearns-Roger Manufacturing Co.
1934-1939
5 / 8
Sullivan Machinery Co.
1935-1939
5 / 9
Lloyd Swingle
1935-1939
5 / 10
S (correspondents include Leslie L. Savage; R. A.
Scarborough; Separations Engineering Co.; D. E. Showalter; Sico Machinery Co.; Bobby
Smith; W. A. Smith; Charles Snorf; Gladys Snorf; Socony-Vacuum Oil Co.; Song Shop;
Spillway Builders Inc., Fort Peck; City of Springfield, Minn.; St. Regis Paper Co.;
George L. Steinbrenner; Steinen and Pool; John Stuart, Mike Sugum; Matt Sullivan;
Sullivan Valve and Engineering Co.)
1933-1939
5 / 11
Arthur F. Taggart
1938-1939
5 / 12
Bert Taylor Jr.
1938
5 / 13
Trout Mining Co. / Trout Mining Division of American
Machine and Metals Co.
1932-1939
5 / 14
W. S. Tyler Co.
1933-1935
5 / 15
T (correspondents include Taylor-Knapp Co., A. R.
Templeton, Lloyd Thomas, Francis A. Thompson, Tony's Tin Shop, Traylor engineering and
Manufacturing Co., Tropag Asbest and Erzimport, Tyrolean council No. 3)
1933-1939
5 / 16
United States government agencies (includes National
Defense Power Committee, Forest Service, Internal Revenue Service, Bureau of Labor
Statistics, Bureau of Mines, Navy Dept.)
1933-1939
5 / 17
United States Rubber Products
1933-1938
5 / 18
United States Vanadium Corp. (Blair
Burrell)
1935-1937
5 / 19
U (correspondents include USL Battery Corp., Union
Iron Works, Union Mineral Corp., University of Wisconsin, Utah-California Motor Lines,
Victoria Mines Inc.)
1934-1939
5 / 20
James A. Walsh
1933-1939
5 / 21
Western Iron Works
1933-1939
5 / 22
Western Montana National Bank
1933-1938
5 / 23
Sen. Burton K. Wheeler
1933-1938
5 / 24
W (correspondents include Myrtle Wallin, John J.
Walsh, W. T. Walsh, Warner Iron Co., Con Warren, Waterworks Equipment Co., Webb City
and Carterville Foundry and Machine Works, Western Air Express, Western Machinery Co.,
Western Montana Shrine Club, Willis Sales Co., Dick Wills and William Wallin,
Winchester Repeating Arms Co., Donovan Worden)
1933-1939
5 / 25
Y-Z (correspondents include Yale Oil Corp., Zion
Industries Inc.)
1937-1938
6 / 1
Alexander Publishing Co.
1940-1945
6 / 2
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co.
1941-1944
6 / 3
American Mining Congress
1940-1944
6 / 4
American Smelting and Refining Co.
1942-1944
6 / 5
Anaconda Copper Mining Co.
1940-1945
6 / 6
A (correspondents include E. O. Ackerman, A. E. Adami,
Alemite Co., Claude V. Almandinger, American Cancer Society, American Forge Co.,
American Legion Auxiliary, American Pneumatic Tool Co., Annis Air Filters, James
Armes, Associated Industries of Montana, Auerbach Educational Productions)
1940-1945
6 / 7
Butte Machinery Co.
1941-1945
6 / 8
B (correspondents include Baker Brothers' Service, Guy
Bancroft, Barron's, Robert Bauer, Bemis Bro. Bag Co., Charles O. Bielenberg, Board of
Fire Underwriters, Alfred A. Braddock, Virgil W. Brooks, Walter Brooks Jr., E. D.
Bullard Co., Business-Men's Clearing House, Byron Jackson Co.)
1940-1945
6 / 9
Cascade Machinery and Electric Co.
1940-1943
6 / 10
Cleveland Rock Drill Co.
1940-1945
6 / 11
C (correspondents include California Co., California
Cotton Mills Co., Carboloy Co., Carus Chemical Co., Chicago Pneumatic Tool Co.,
Richard W. Churchill, Cleveland Pneumatic Tool Co., R. C. Clock, Tim Clowes, John H.
Cole, Colorado Mining Association, Columbia Steel Casting Co., Columbia Wiping Cloth
Co., Consistory Shrine Temple Association, Continental Oil Co., Cooper-Bessemer Corp.,
C. S. Cowan, E. L. Craddock, Wilbur F. Criswell, George Cromwell)
1940-1945
6 / 12
Deister Concentrator Co.
1940-1944
6 / 13
Denver Equipment Co.
1942-1945
6 / 14
Denver Fire Clay Co.
1941-1945
6 / 15
Douglas, Wilson, Ferris and Co.
1940-1945
6 / 16
D (correspondents include Thomas J. Davis, Hubert O.
DeBeck, Dictaphone Corp., Hugo Dobler, Fred Dodge, O. E. Duff, Fred Duffield, C. F.
Duncan, George F. DuVall)
1940-1945
6 / 17
Thomas A. Edison Inc. Storage Battery
Division
1943-1945
6 / 18
Electric Shop
1943-1945
6 / 19
E (correspondents include Edgewater Steel Co.,
Electric Smith, Engineering and Mining Journal)
1940-1945
6 / 20
F (correspondents include Harold T. Farrow, Federal
Bureau of Investigation, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, First National Bank of
Missoula, Flax Co., Flint Creek Valley Bank, Florence Laundry Co., Forest Rose
Syndicate, Franklin Smelting and Refining Co.)
1940-1945
6 / 21
G (correspondents include Galigher Co., Garden City
Floral Co., Gardner-Denver Co., J. C. Garlington, G. H. Garnett, General Electric Co.,
General Motors Corp., Meyer Genzberger, Granite County Rationing Board, Dan J. Grant,
Robert M. Gray, Green Bay and Western Railroad Co., William r. Greene)
1940-1945
6 / 22
Hall-Perry Machinery Co.
1942-1945
6 / 23
Haverty's Lumber Yard
1940-1942
6 / 24
Thomas Hickey
1940-1944
6 / 25
H (correspondents include Clarence H. Hall, Hugh
Handlin, Hardinge Co., John E. Harris, Lester S. Harrison, Dennis Heaney, Hendrie and
Bolthoff, Don R. Hill, Edgar Holm, Percy T. Horrell, William Howard, Humphreys
Investment Co., Maynard H. Hunt)
1940-1945
6 / 26
Ingersoll-Rand Co.
1940-1945
6 / 27
I-J (correspondents include Independent Pneumatic Tool
Co., International Filter Co., International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers,
Jardine Mining Co., Johns-Manville, Charles E. Johnson, Clarence E.
Johnson)
1940-1945
7 / 1
Kiplinger Washington Agency
1941-1944
7 / 2
Walter Kroger (includes letter re death of his partner
Maynard Hunt)
1940-1943
7 / 3
K (correspondents include J. Bryant Kasey, Edison W.
Kent, Kenneth H. King, William I. Klein, Wyatt Knapp, Guy Kneale, J. C. Knipe, John
Kountz, Earl Kramer, H. G. Krouskap, F. A. Kuhlman)
1940-1945
7 / 4
Linde Air Products Co.
1940-1945
7 / 5
L (correspondents include Last Chance Gulch Mining
Association, E. J. Lavino and Co., Lewis and Clark County Dept. of Public Welfare, M.
I. Leydig, Lombard Governor Corporation)
1940-1945
7 / 6
Mine Safety Appliances Co.
1943-1945
7 / 7
Mining Association of Montana Carl
Trauerman)
1940-1945
7 / 8
Montana Coal and Iron Co.
1940-1943
7 / 9
Montana Hardware Co.
1940-1945
7 / 10
Montana Iron Works
1940-1944
7 / 11
Montana state agencies (includes Board of
Equalization, Board of Health, Highway Traffic Safety Advisory Committee, Income Tax
Dept., Industrial Accident Board, Registrar of Motor Vehicles, School of Mines,
Unemployment Compensation Commission)
1940-1945
7 / 12
Montanans Inc. (includes Montana Automobile
Association)
1940-1945
7 / 13
Morse Bros Machinery Co.
1942
7 / 14
Murphy and Whitlock / Murphy, Garlington and Pauly
(includes negotiations with City of Philipsburg re tailings released into their
sewers)
1940-1945
7 / 15
Sen. James E. Murray
1941
7 / 16
Mc (correspondents include Sen. Pat McCarran,
McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., R. E. McHugh, W. McLean)
1941-1945
7 / 17
M (correspondents include MacMillan Petroleum Corp.,
Sen. Mike Mansfield, Richard Meyer, John Miller, Mine and Smelter Supply Co.,
Minneapolis-Honeywell Regulator Co., Missoula White Pine Sash Co., Monroe Calculating
Machine Co., Montana Consolidated Mines Corp., Montana Rainbow Mining Co., Montana
Society of Certified Public Accountants, H. D. Morse, P. M. Mosier)
1940-1945
7 / 18
National Association of Manufacturers (includes
National Industrial Information Committee)
1940-1945
7 / 19
National Equipment Co.
1943-1945
7 / 20
National Safety Council
1942-1944
7 / 21
N-O (correspondents include Tip Napton, National
Carbon Co., Frank J. Naughten, Clyde J. Neu, Edward C. Neu, Charles Newman, Timothy
Nolan, Northern Pacific Railway Co., Edwin A. Nylund, Robert D. O'Brien, R. T. Ogle,
Ralph J. Otten re death of John Hickey)
1940-1945
7 / 22
Philipsburg Mining Co. (includes sale to Moorlight
Mining Co.)
1940-1944
7 / 23
Clarence and Emmett Pickett
1942-1944
7 / 24
J. A. Poore (re Climax Mine)
1940-1942
7 / 21
P (correspondents include Oliver L. Page, Lowell M.
Paige, Paul Pancich, Earle B. Patten, City of Philipsburg, Phosphate Recovery Corp.,
Leon A. Platte, Walter L. Pope)
1940-1945
8 / 1
Rep. Jeannette Rankin
1941
8 / 2
Raymond Bag Co.
1940-1941
8 / 3
R (correspondents include William E. Rae,
Reconstruction Finance Corp., N. B. Ringling Estate, H. J. Rodenberg, Miles P. Romney,
T. C. Russell)
1940-1945
8 / 4
Scientific Supplies Co.
1940-1945
8 / 5
Stearns-Roger Manufacturing Co.
1940-1945
8 / 6
Sullivan Machinery Co.
1940-1945
8 / 7
S (correspondents include Schnitzer and Wolf Machinery
Co., Frederick G. Schultz, William W. Shaffer, Shakespeare Co., Shell Oil Co., Shodair
Crippled Children's Hospital, Carl W. Sinclair, Anton Smit and Co., M. R. Snodgrass,
Snyder and Bacon, South Bend Lathe Works, Steffeck Equipment Co., Stonehouse Signs
Inc., J. F. Sullivan, Sullivan Valve and Engineering Co., Sun Oil Co., Sunshine Mining
Co., Richard E. Superneau, Lloyd Swingle)
1940-1945
8 / 8
T (correspondents include Tamping Bag Co., A. V.
Taylor Jr., Texas Contractors Supply Co., Maurice Thorner, Tinling and Powell, Carl
Tolman, Trout Mining Division of American Machine and Metals Inc., Tungsten Mining
Corp., W. S. Tyler Co.)
1940-1945
8 / 9
United States Office of Defense Transportation
(includes correspondence, forms, ration stamps, etc.)
1942-1945
8 / 10
United States Selective Service
1942-1943
8 / 11
United States War Manpower Commission (and
predecessors)
1942-1943
8 / 12
United States War Production Board (and predecessor
Office of Production Management)
1941-1945
8 / 13
United States other government agencies (includes
Bureau of the Census, Federal Power Commission, Internal Revenue Service, Bureau of
Labor Statistics, Bureau of Mines, Treasury Dept., Work Projects
Administration)
1941-1945
8 / 14
U-V (correspondents include Union Pacific Railroad,
Union Special Machine Co., United States Rubber Co., United States Vanadium Corp., F.
A. Van Blaricom, Varlacoid Chemical Co., C. W. Vier)
1940-1945
8 / 15
James A. Walsh
1940-1941
8 / 16
Webb City and Carterville Foundry and Machine Works /
Webb Corp.
1940-1943
8 / 17
Western Iron Works
1940-1945
8 / 18
W (correspondents include Wagner Electric Corp., Guy
L. Warren, Washington Machinery and Storage Co., Western Montana National Bank,
Westmont Tractor and Equipment Co., Wheel Trueing Tool Co., Sen. Burton K. Wheeler, H.
W. Wilker, Asa Willard, Willis Sales Co., Winninghoff Motors, unidentified)
1940-1945
Court Papers
9 / 1
Maynard Harold Hunt Estate
1940
9 / 2
Attachments
1935-1941
Employment Records
9 / 3-6
Accident reports
1929-1945
9 / 7
Draft deferment cards: A-Z
1942-1944
9 / 8
Draft deferment lists and local draft board
actions
1943-1945
9 / 9
Employee earnings
1940-1941
9 / 10
Employee lists provided to Mine-Mill Union
1937-1943
9 / 11-12
Employment reports to Montana Industrial Accident
Board
1928-1945
10 / 1
Labor distribution (includes Moorlight
Addition)
1935, 1941-1944
10 / 2
List of employees inducted into armed
services
circa 1940-1949
10 / 3
Payroll
1928, 1938, 1941
10 / 4
Payroll: Freeman, Freeman and Berquist
lease
1937-1942
10 / 5
Payroll: Horton-McLean; Superneau-Connor
leases
1937-1938
10 / 6-7
Payroll: Hunt and Kroger lease; Kroger
lease
1937-1942
10 / 8
United States War Manpower Commission statements of
availability: A-Z
1945
10 / 9
Wage scales
1941-1944
Financial Records
10 / 10
Accounts receivable: Contact Mines Corp.
1939-1941
10 / 11
Balance sheets, etc.
1928-1933
10 / 12
Checkstubs
1939-1945
10 / 13
Cost of production
1941-1943
10 / 14
Fire insurance
1935, 1941
11 / 1-2
Invoices: Anaconda Copper Mining Co. (mostly Hardware
and Brick Depts.)
1927-1939
11 / 3
Invoices: A
1938-1943
11 / 4-5
Invoices: Bowen Bros. Electric Light and Power
Co.
1927-1931
11 / 6
Invoices: Butte Machinery Co.
1942
11 / 7
Invoices: B-C
1927-1933
11 / 8-10
Invoices: Cleveland Rock Drill Co.
1936-1945
11 / 11
Invoices: Denver Fire Clay Co.
1939-1941
11 / 12-14
Invoices: Electric Shop
1932-1945
11 / 15
Invoices: F
1927-1930
11 / 16
Invoices: Goody Shop (flowers for
funerals)
1937-1945
11 / 17
Invoices: G-I
1937-1945
11 / 18
Invoices: Dr. A. C. Knight (company
doctor)
1929-1945
11 / 18
Invoices: K-L
1927-1945
11 / 19
Invoices: Linde Air Products Co.
1939-1943
11 / 20
Invoices: Mine Safety Appliances Co.
1939-1943
11 / 21
Invoices: Montana Coal and Iron Co.
1937-1941
12 / 1-2
Invoices: Montana Hardware Co.
1927-1941
12 / 3
Invoices: Montana Iron Works
1928-1942
12 / 4-8
Invoices: Montana Power Co.
1929-1945
12 / 9
Invoices: M
1924, 1927-1939
12 / 10
Invoices: N-R
1929-1943
12 / 11
Invoices: Scientific Supplies Co.
1940-1941
12 / 12-13
Invoices: Stearns-Roger Manufacturing Co.
1935-1945
12 / 14
Invoices: Sullivan Machinery Co.
1942
12 / 15
Invoices: S-U
1928-1939
13 / 1-2
Invoices: Western Iron Works
1925-1945
13 / 3
Invoices: Winninghoff Motors
1930-1936
13 / 4
Invoices: W
1929-1935
13 / 5
Invoice register: Mill addition (related to United
States Vanadium Co.)
1935
1-2
Journals (includes a few Taylor-Knapp entries at end
of Vol. 2)
1937-1946
13 / 6
Payments towards Philipsburg Mining Co.
claims
1940-1942
13 / 7
Railroad freight book (includes tonnage of
ore)
1918-1930
13 / 8
Royalties to Philipsburg Mining Co.
1940
13 / 9-11
Taxes: Granite County property taxes
1927-1945
13 / 12
Taxes: Montana corporation taxes
1931, 1940-1943
13 / 13
Taxes: Montana gross yield taxes
1926-1942
13 / 14-15
Taxes: Montana net proceeds taxes
1927-1945
13 / 16
Taxes: Montana motor vehicle license
1924-1945
13 / 17
Taxes: United States
1936-1944
13 / 18
Taxes: miscellaneous
1937-1943
13 / 19
Unemployment Compensation Commission
contributions
1938-1942
13 / 20
United States savings bonds
1939-1943
Legal Documents
14 / 1
Agreement: International Union of Mine, Mill and
Smelter Workers and Domestic Manganese and Development Co.
1937
14 / 2
Agreements: lubricating oil suppliers
1930-1945
14 / 3
Agreements: mineral exploration
1940
14 / 4-10
Granite County Abstract and Title Co. listing of
filings in county courthouse
1929-1944
14 / 11
Intentions of holding mining claims
1935
14 / 12
Miscellaneous
1933-1939, undated
Organizational Records
15 / 1
Articles of incorporation [photocopy]; annual reports
to Montana Secretary of State (additional annual reports are in Secretary of State
Business Entity records #D011766)
1918, 1929-1932
Production Records
15 / 2-4
Assays [sampled weekly]
1920, 1926-1945
15 / 5
Drill record
1942-1943
15 / 6
Hunt and Kroger lease of Headlight Mine: equipment
furnished
1937-1940
15 / 7-8
Manganese concentrate shipments (includes
assays)
1921-1922
15 / 9
Manganese ore delivered from contractors and
leasers
1930
15 / 10
Manganese ore milled for Trout Mining Co.
1937-1938
15 / 11
Manganese shipments reported to U.S. Bureau of
Mines
1928-1941
15 / 12-15
Manganese shipments to E. J. Lavino and
Co.
1921-1923, 1943-1945
16 / 1-3
Manganese shipments to various companies
1943-1945
16 / 4
Ore settlements: Anaconda Copper Mining Co. (silver
and lead)
1942
16 / 5
Ore settlements: Bryant contract
1941-1944
16 / 6
Ore settlements: Climax ore (J. A. Poore)
1941-1944
16 / 7
Ore settlements: Contact Mines Corp.
1940-1944
16 / 8
Ore settlements: Durango ore (Freeman, Freeman and
Berquiest lease)
1940-1944
16 / 9
Ore settlements: Headlight ore (Hunt and Kroger lease;
Kroger lease)
1940-1942
16 / 10
Ore settlements: Horton Dump
1943
16 / 11
Ore settlements: Marie Ore (Polich and
Taylor)
1939-1942
16 / 12
Ore settlements: Monarch Ore (Terkla and Jurin;
Cunningham and McLean)
1940-1941
16 / 13
Ore settlements: Morning Ore (Graham)
1940-1942
16 / 14
Ore settlements: Trout Mining Co.
1940-1942
16 / 15
Ore settlements: True Fissure ore (various
contracts)
1941-1944
16 / 16
Ore settlements: various leases
1940-1941
16 / 17
Proposals: Sullivan Machinery Co.
1939, 1941
16 / 18
Sampling of Moorlight tailings
1935
16 / 18
Supplies used by mines (see list in front of
book)
1943-1945
Printed Material
17 / 1-3
Catalogs of equipment and supplies (various
companies)
1927-1945
17 / 4
List of U.S. Bureau of Mines publications transferred
to Library
undated
17 / 5
Prentice-Hall Inc. newsletters (re taxes, wages,
wartime regulations etc.)
undated
17 / 6
Selective Service publications
1944-1945
Reports
17 / 7
American Zinc Institute reports
1934
17 / 8
Montanans Inc. report
1943
17 / 9
A. W. Strowger reports on manganese depletion
provisions
1931-1932
17 / 10
Reports to U. S. Bureau of the Census' census of mines
and quarries
1929, 1939-1942
17 / 11
Reports to U. S. Bureau of Mines
1943-1945
17 / 12
Reports to U. S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics
1932
17 / 13
Reports to U. S. Department of Labor
1944-1945
17 / 14
Reports to U. S. Office of Price Administration
1945
17 / 15
Reports to U. S. Office of Solid Fuel Coordinator for
War; Petroleum Administration for War
1943-1944
17 / 16
Reports to U. S. War Manpower Commission (includes
reports of employment totals, certificates of separation)
1943-1945
17 / 17
Reports to U. S. War Production Board
1942-1944
Subject Files
17 / 18-19
American Manganese Producers Association (includes
discussions of tariffs and imports from Brazil and Soviet Union)
1929-1933
18 / 1-5
American Manganese Producers Association (includes
discussions of tariffs, wartime regulations, and imports from Brazil and Soviet
Union)
1933-1945
18 / 6
Joint Conference on the Russian Situation (re
prisoner-produced manganese in Soviet Union)
1931
18 / 7
Maintenance and equipment: cable
(electric)
1940
1
Maintenance and equipment: concentrator storage
bin
1940
18 / 8
Maintenance and equipment: dryers (OVERSIZE blueprints
in OvFd)
1940-1945
18 / 9
Maintenance and equipment: dust collectors
1936-1941
18 / 10
Maintenance and equipment: feeders (Jeffrey
Manufacturing Co.)
1935-1937
18 / 11
Maintenance and equipment: fire protection (including
sprinklers)
1937
18 / 12
Maintenance and equipment: flow sheets for mill
1940-1945
1
Maintenance and equipment: flow sheets for mill
blueprints (Oversize Folder)
1940-1945
18 / 13
Maintenance and equipment: hoists (electric, mine)
1927-1941
1
Maintenance and equipment: hoists (electric, mine)
blueprints (Oversize Folder)
1927-1941
18 / 14
Maintenance and equipment: loaders (Jeffrey
Manufacturing Co.)
1944
1
Maintenance and equipment: loaders (Jeffrey
Manufacturing Co.) blueprints (Oversize Folder)
1944
18 / 15
Maintenance and equipment: oil burners and roasters
(blueprints in Oversize Folder 2)
1935-1938
18 / 16
Maintenance and equipment: pumps
1941
18 / 17
Maintenance and equipment: rock drills
1939-1942
18 / 18
Maintenance and equipment: rod mill
1935-1936
18 / 19
Maintenance and equipment: screens
1935-1936
18 / 20
Maintenance and equipment: speed reducers
1934-1935
19 / 1
Maintenance and equipment: tables (concentrating:
Deister Concentrator Co.)
1937
2
Maintenance and equipment: tables (concentrating:
Deister Concentrator Co.) blueprints (Oversize Folder)
1937
19 / 2
Maintenance and equipment: tools (small)
1941
19 / 3
Maintenance and equipment: trammers
1941-1945
19 / 4
Maintenance and equipment: ventilation tubes and
pipes
1937-1942
19 / 5
Maintenance and equipment: water tanks
1935-1941
19 / 6
Maintenance and equipment: welding
equipment
1935
19 / 7
National Dogs for Defense Committee
1943-1945
19 / 8
Philipsburg State Bank receivership
1931
19 / 9
Taylor-Knapp Co. equipment
1939-1940
19 / 10
U. S. trade agreement with Brazil (including
manganese)
1935
19 / 11
U. S. War Production Board (re arbitration between
Philipsburg mining companies and International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
local)
1935
19 / 12
Carl Zapffe (re demanganization of water supplies in
Brainard and Mankato, Minnesota, and elsewhere)
1935
Miscellany
19 / 13
Blank stationery
undated
19 / 14
Boarding house list
1945
19 / 15
Certificates: state explosives license
1936-1942
19 / 16
Durango Mine map
1935
1
Durango Mine map (Oversize Folder)
1935
19 / 17
Flint Creek Valley Bank statements of
condition
1940-1945
19 / 18
Granite County road work
1929-1930
19 / 19
Montana Industrial Accident Board rates,
classifications, and safety inspection certificates
1930-1937
19 / 20
Montana State Bank statements of condition
1930-1931
19 / 21
Montanans Inc. annual meeting
1945
19 / 22
Philipsburg Rotary Club receipts and annual
report
1944-1945
19 / 23
Shrine Charity Ball donations
1945
19 / 24
Trucks list
1945
19 / 25
Western Montana National Bank statements of
condition
1929-1938
19 / 26
Whip tap separating screen (W. S. Tyler Co.)
1919
1
Whip tap separating screen (W. S. Tyler Co.) blueprint
(Oversize Folder)
1919
Clippings
19 / 26
"Two officials here to clarify rules of issuance of
securities"
1938