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United States War Production Board. Helena District Office Records, 1941-1946

Overview of the Collection

Creator
United States. War Production Board. Helena District Office
Title
United States War Production Board. Helena District Office Records
Dates
1941-1946 (inclusive)
Quantity
7.5 linear feet of shelf space
Collection Number
MC 239
Summary
The Helena, Montana, district office of the United States War Production Board was established in June 1942 to coordinate production of minerals and other materials for World War II. Records primarily consist of general office correspondence of district manager Oscar A. Baarson; Mining Division correspondence of mining technical advisor William M. Manning and subject files on mine operators in Montana, Idaho, North Dakota, and Wyoming; and general correspondence of salvage coordinator E. J. Keeley. Also included are press releases, minutes, reports and general subject files.
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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Historical Note

The United States War Production Board (WPB) was established in the Office of Emergency Management on January 16, 1942, to continue the work of the Office of Production Management and the Supply Priorities and Allocations Board. The WPB was assigned the task of coordinating and directing war procurement and production programs in federal agencies as well as in the private sector. At the end of World War II, the WPB was terminated and its functions transferred to the Civilian Production Administration (CPA). The Helena district office was opened in June 1942 under the direction of Oscar A. Baarson. The Helena office operated in turn under the Seattle, San Francisco, Denver, and finally, Minneapolis regional offices. Baarson's staff included Thomas Caverly, Emergency Coordinator of Mines; William M. Manning, Technical Advisor for Mining; and E. J. Keeley, coordinator for the Salvage Division. The primary function of the Helena office was to coordinate enforcement of federal regulations involving mines in Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, North and South Dakota, and Washington. Each mine in the state was required to apply for a serial number authorizing it to purchase equipment and supplies as a vital war industry. Gold mines were deemed non-essential and were forced to close under regulation L-208. The Helena office closed in January 1946.

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Content Description

This collection consists of office files (1941-1946) for the Helena district office of the United States War Production Board (WPB). There are three subgroups: general office files, mining division files, and salvage division files. General office files consist primarily of the correspondence of district manager Oscar A. Baarson with other WPB offices, and with companies and individuals around the state. In addition the subgroup includes a subject file, minutes of various related organizations, and miscellany. The Mining Division subgroup includes correspondence of Technical Advisor for Mining William M. Manning with other WPB Mining division administrators, a subject file on mining operators and strategic minerals, and a card file on mines. After Manning's death April 1, 1945, Oscar Baarson became the Acting Technical Advisor for Mining. The Salvage Division subgroup includes correspondence of E.J. Keeley and the Montana State Salvage Committee with other WPB salvage operations, and with private companies; correspondence of the Women's Division; and press releases, reports, and general subject files.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

by subgroup and 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

  • District Office

  • Mining Division

    • Interoffice Correspondence

      • Description: United States Office of Production Management. Administrator of Mine Priorities (Wilbur A. Nelson)
        Dates: 1941-1942
        Container: Box/Folder 4 / 1
        Location: Mining Division / Interoffice Correspondence
      • Description: United States War Production Board. Denver Office Assistant Deputy Director for Metals and Minerals/Mine Production (Edward H. Rott)
        Dates: 1942-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 4 / 2-4
        Location: Mining Division / Interoffice Correspondence
      • Description: United States War Production Board. Denver Office Deputy Director for Metals and Minerals/Mine Production (James Reed Lane)
        Dates: 1943-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 4 / 5
        Location: Mining Division / Interoffice Correspondence
      • Description: United States War Production Board. Mining Division Deputy Director (Marcellus H. Stow) (includes 1942 "Report on the Running Wolf Iron Properties [Little Belt Mountains]")
        Dates: 1942-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 4 / 6-7
        Location: Mining Division / Interoffice Correspondence
      • Description: United States War Production Board. Priorities Coordinator (Donald M. Nelson)
        Dates: 1941-1942
        Container: Box/Folder 4 / 8
        Location: Mining Division / Interoffice Correspondence
      • Description: United States War Production Board. Salt Lake City and Ogden, Utah
        Dates: 1943-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 4 / 9
        Location: Mining Division / Interoffice Correspondence

    • General Correspondence

    • Outgoing Correspondence

    • Diaries

      • Description: Office diary: William M. Manning
        Dates: Feb.-Mar.1945
        Container: Box/Folder 7 / 1
        Location: Mining Division / Diaries

    • Organization

      • Description: Regional Mining Division functions
        Dates: 1943-1944
        Container: Box/Folder 7 / 2
        Location: Mining Division / Organization

    • Reports

      • Description: "Brief Memoranda Concerning War Minerals in Montana" Montana School of Mines (includes antimony, bentonite, chromite, manganese, sapphires, tungsten, vermiculite)
        Dates: Apr. 1941
        Container: Box/Folder 7 / 3
        Location: Mining Division / Reports
      • Description: Metals Reserve Company reports on various Montana mines and smelters
        Dates: 1945
        Container: Box/Folder 7 / 4
        Location: Mining Division / Reports

    • Subject File

      • Description: Aluminum
        Dates: 1943
        Container: Box/Folder 7 / 5
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: American Mining Congress Metal Mine War Conference
        Dates: 1942
        Container: Box/Folder 7 / 6
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Antimony
        Dates: 1942-1943
        Container: Box/Folder 7 / 7
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Applications of mining companies to Office of Defense Transportation
        Dates: 1942-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 7 / 8-10
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Arsenic
        Dates: 1944
        Container: Box/Folder 7 / 11
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Asbestos
        Dates: 1945
        Container: Box/Folder 7 / 12
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Barium
        Dates: 1942
        Container: Box/Folder 7 / 13
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Bentonite
        Dates: 1943
        Container: Box/Folder 7 / 14
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Beryl and beryllium
        Dates: 1942-1944
        Container: Box/Folder 7 / 15
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Bismuth
        Dates: 1943-1944
        Container: Box/Folder 7 / 16
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Calcite crystals
        Dates: 1943-1944
        Container: Box/Folder 7 / 17
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Charcoal
        Dates: 1943
        Container: Box/Folder 7 / 18
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Chrome
        Dates: 1944
        Container: Box/Folder 7 / 19
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Classification of small mines
        Dates: 1945
        Container: Box/Folder 7 / 20
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Coal mines
        Dates: 1943-1944
        Container: Box/Folder 7 / 21
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Copper
        Dates: 1943-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 7 / 22
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Copper rivets for harness repair
        Dates: 1945
        Container: Box/Folder 7 / 23
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Corundum
        Dates: 1943-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 7 / 24
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Critical metals and minerals
        Dates: 1942-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 7 / 25
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Custom mills
        Dates: 1943
        Container: Box/Folder 7 / 26
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Field report forms
        Dates: 1943
        Container: Box/Folder 7 / 27
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Flourspar and fluorite
        Dates: 1942-1943
        Container: Box/Folder 7 / 28
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Garnet
        Dates: 1943-1944
        Container: Box/Folder 7 / 29
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Geodes
        Dates: 1943
        Container: Box/Folder 7 / 30
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Graphite
        Dates: 1943
        Container: Box/Folder 7 / 31
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Gypsum
        Dates: 1942
        Container: Box/Folder 7 / 32
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Iron ore
        Dates: 1943-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 7 / 33
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Lead
        Dates: 1943-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 7 / 34
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Limitation Order L-208 (re closing of gold mines)
        Dates: 1942-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 7 / 35
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Manganese
        Dates: 1942-1943
        Container: Box/Folder 8 / 1
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mercury
        Dates: 1943-1944
        Container: Box/Folder 8 / 2
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mica
        Dates: 1942-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 8 / 3
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operator quotas
        Dates: 1942-1943
        Container: Box/Folder 8 / 4
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Allied Copper Company (Moffat and Johnson Mine, Sheridan)
        Dates: 1943-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 8 / 5
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: American Gem Mines (Philipsburg)
        Dates: 1942-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 8 / 6
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: American Smelting and Refining Company, East Helena Plant (E.M. Tittmann, manager)
        Dates: 1942-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 8 / 7
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: American Smelting and Refining Company, East Helena Plant reports of ore receipts and processing
        Dates: 1944-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 8 / 8
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: American Smelting and Refining Company, Gregory Mine
        Dates: 1941-1944
        Container: Box/Folder 8 / 9
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Anaconda Copper Mining Company (Butte) (includes strike, May 1944)
        Dates: 1941-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 8 / 10-11
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Anaconda Copper Mining Company chrome mine (Columbus)
        Dates: 1942-1944
        Container: Box/Folder 8 / 12
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Anaconda Copper Mining Company reports of ore receipts and processing
        Dates: 1944-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 8 / 13
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Anderson Phosphate Mines (Garrison)
        Dates: 1941-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 8 / 14
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Peter Antonioli (Butte)
        Dates: 1941-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 8 / 15
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Armstrong Mining Syndicate (Rimini)
        Dates: 1942-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 8 / 16
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: A-Az
        Dates: 1942-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 8 / 17
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Bair-Collins Company (Roundup)
        Dates: 1941-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 8 / 18
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Bell and Bukvich (Butte)
        Dates: 1942-1944
        Container: Box/Folder 8 / 19
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Belrust Mining Company (Philipsburg)
        Dates: 1942-1943
        Container: Box/Folder 8 / 20
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Bennett Mining Company (Neihart)
        Dates: 1943-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 8 / 21
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Boaz Mine (Norris)
        Dates: 1942-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 9 / 1
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Boss Tweed-Clipper Mines, Inc. (Pony)
        Dates: 1942-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 9 / 2
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Broadwater Consolidated Mines
        Dates: 1942
        Container: Box/Folder 9 / 3
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Broadwater Zinc and Lead Mines (Iron Mask Mine, Hassel)
        Dates: 1942-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 9 / 4
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Brophy Coal Company (Red Lodge)
        Dates: 1941-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 9 / 5
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Butte Mines Merger Corporation
        Dates: 1942-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 9 / 6
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Tom Byrd (January Mine, Winston)
        Dates: 1942-1943
        Container: Box/Folder 9 / 7
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: B-Bz
        Dates: 1941-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 9 / 8-9
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Calone and Johnson (Belt)
        Dates: 1941-1942
        Container: Box/Folder 9 / 10
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Gust Carlson (Helena core drilling)
        Dates: 1943-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 9 / 11
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: P. Carter (Miles City; Atlantic City, Wyo.)
        Dates: 1942-1943
        Container: Box/Folder 9 / 12
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: H.W. Carver (East Pacific Mine, Winston)
        Dates: 1941-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 9 / 13
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Leo J. Coady (Clyde Park calcite crystals)
        Dates: 1943-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 9 / 14
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Consolation Mining and Milling Company (Lincoln)
        Dates: 1942-1943
        Container: Box/Folder 9 / 15
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Consolidated Mining Company (Sterrett Napton, Missoula)
        Dates: 1943-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 9 / 16
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Contact Mines Corporation (Philipsburg)
        Dates: 1941-1943
        Container: Box/Folder 9 / 17
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: E.K. Coyner (Meagher County)
        Dates: 1941
        Container: Box/Folder 9 / 18
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Crystal Graphite Mining Company (Ruby Mountains) [formerly R.F.L. Graphite Company]
        Dates: 1941-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 9 / 19
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: C-Cu
        Dates: 1941-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 9 / 20
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Kenneth Davis (Pioneer)
        Dates: 1944-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 9 / 21
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Domestic Manganese and Development Company (Butte; Philipsburg)
        Dates: 1942-1943
        Container: Box/Folder 9 / 22
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Dunn, Hayes and Malin (Bannack)
        Dates: 1943-1944
        Container: Box/Folder 9 / 23
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Da-Dz
        Dates: 1942-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 9 / 24
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: East Belt Coal Mine
        Dates: 1941-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 10 / 1
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Ernest C. Ecklesdafer (Flagstaff Mine, Avon)
        Dates: 1943
        Container: Box/Folder 10 / 2
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Elliston Lime Company
        Dates: 1943-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 10 / 3
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Empire Mines, Inc. (Marysville)
        Dates: 1931
        Container: Box/Folder 10 / 4
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: W.P. and E.L. Enders (limestone quarry, Carbon County)
        Dates: 1941-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 10 / 5
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Ermont Mines, Inc. (Dillon)
        Dates: 1941-1943
        Container: Box/Folder 10 / 6
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Ea-Ez
        Dates: 1941-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 10 / 7
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Joseph T. Farrow (Two Percent Mine, Philipsburg)
        Dates: 1942-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 10 / 8
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Fisher-Katzer Investment Company (includes report, 1935, on Midas Gold Mining and Milling Company properties near Libby)
        Dates: 1942
        Container: Box/Folder 10 / 9
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Florence Company (Neihart)
        Dates: 1941-1943
        Container: Box/Folder 10 / 10
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Forest Rose Mining and Milling Syndicate (Jens)
        Dates: 1941-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 10 / 11
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Fa-Fu
        Dates: 1941-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 10 / 12
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Camilla Gage (Emma Mine, Twin Bridges)
        Dates: 1942-1944
        Container: Box/Folder 10 / 13
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Gerber Coal Company (Stockett)
        Dates: 1941-1943
        Container: Box/Folder 10 / 14
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: John Giulio (Boulder)
        Dates: 1942-1944
        Container: Box/Folder 10 / 15
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Gold Creek Mining Company (Ennis)
        Dates: 1941-1943
        Container: Box/Folder 10 / 16
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Golden Messenger Corporation (Helena) (includes "Report on the Golden Messenger Property [York Mining District]" by J.C. Archibald and diamond drill log)
        Dates: 1941-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 10 / 17-18
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Fred Gooden (Silver Wave Mine, Townsend)
        Dates: 1942-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 10 / 19
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Great Northern Railway Company (Giffen Coal Mine, Cascade County)
        Dates: 1941-1943
        Container: Box/Folder 10 / 20
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Green Campbell Mining Company (Silver Star)
        Dates: 1941-1943
        Container: Box/Folder 10 / 21
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Green Mountain Mining Company (Dixon)
        Dates: 1941-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 10 / 22
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Grey Blanket Coal Company (Lodge Grass)
        Dates: 1941-1944
        Container: Box/Folder 10 / 23
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Ga-Gru
        Dates: 1941-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 10 / 24
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: H and H Mines (Drummond)
        Dates: 1942-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 10 / 25
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Helena Sand and Gravel Company
        Dates: 1942-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 10 / 26
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Hopkins and Sons Mining Company (Elliston)
        Dates: 1942-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 10 / 27
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Ha-Hu
        Dates: 1941-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 10 / 28
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Industrial Minerals Corporation (Fuller Corundum Mine, Gallatin Gateway)
        Dates: 1944-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 11 / 1
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Irma Mines, Inc. (Cooke City)
        Dates: 1941-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 11 / 2
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: I-Iz
        Dates: 1941-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 11 / 3
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Jardine Mining Company
        Dates: 1941-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 11 / 4-5
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Jeffries Coal Company (Roundup)
        Dates: 1941-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 11 / 6
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Jennison Coal Company (Fairview)
        Dates: 1941-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 11 / 7
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Ja-Ju
        Dates: 1941-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 11 / 8
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Kennedy Creek Mining Company (Missoula)
        Dates: 1942-1944
        Container: Box/Folder 11 / 9
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Klies Mining Company (Neihart)
        Dates: 1941-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 11 / 10
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Ka-Ku
        Dates: 1942-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 11 / 11
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Ed Lahey (Bluebird Tailings, Rocker)
        Dates: 1944
        Container: Box/Folder 11 / 12
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Walter Lehman (Gold Bug Mine, Yogo)
        Dates: 1941-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 11 / 13
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Lexington Mining Company (Big 7 Mine, Neihart)
        Dates: 1941-1944
        Container: Box/Folder 11 / 14
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Liberty Montana Mines Company (Jefferson Island)
        Dates: 1942-1944
        Container: Box/Folder 11 / 15
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Lincoln Placers Associates, Inc. (Lincoln)
        Dates: 1942-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 11 / 16
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Little Ben Mining Company (Landusky)
        Dates: 1941-1943
        Container: Box/Folder 11 / 17
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: G.D. Lyon and Company (McQuarrie)
        Dates: 1942-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 11 / 18
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: La-Lz
        Dates: 1941-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 11 / 19
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: M. and M. Mining Company (Ohio-Keating Mine, Radersburg)
        Dates: 1941-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 11 / 20
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Marie Leasing Company (Philipsburg)
        Dates: 1942-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 11 / 21
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Marietta Mines (Townsend)
        Dates: 1941-1944
        Container: Box/Folder 11 / 22
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Maronick Limestone Company (East Helena)
        Dates: 1941-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 11 / 23
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Martin Brothers (Liberty County)
        Dates: 1942-1944
        Container: Box/Folder 12 / 1
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Stuart McKee (Elkhorn)
        Dates: 1942-1944
        Container: Box/Folder 12 / 2
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: McLaren Gold Mining Company (Cooke City)
        Dates: 1941-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 12 / 3
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Metals Reserve Company (purchase depot, Butte)
        Dates: 1942-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 12 / 4
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Mike Horse Mining and Milling Company (Lincoln) (includes report, Nov. 1943)
        Dates: 1941-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 12 / 5-6
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Mines Operating Company (Empire Mine, Marysville) [formerly Martin Mining Company] [maps in OVERSIZE FOLDER]
        Dates: 1943-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 12 / 7
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Minmont Company (East Pacific and Spring Hill mines, Broadwater and Lewis and Clark counties)
        Dates: 1941-1943
        Container: Box/Folder 12 / 8
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Missoula-Lincoln Metals Company
        Dates: 1941-1943
        Container: Box/Folder 12 / 9
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Monongahela-Mt. Washington Mining Company (Helena)
        Dates: 1941-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 12 / 10
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Montana Coal and Coke Company (Washoe)
        Dates: 1941-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 12 / 11
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Montana Leasing Company (Neihart)
        Dates: 1943-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 12 / 12
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Montana Phosphate Products Company (Garrison)
        Dates: 1942-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 12 / 13
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Montana Rainbow Mining Company (Drumlummon Mine, Marysville)
        Dates: 1941-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 12 / 14
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Moorlight Mining Company (Granite County)
        Dates: 1941-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 12 / 15
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Mountain Talc Company (L.F. Teutsch, Ennis)
        Dates: 1942-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 12 / 16-17
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Ma-Mu
        Dates: 1941-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 13 / 1
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Nancy Lee Mines, Inc. (Mineral County)
        Dates: 1943-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 13 / 2
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Neihart Mine and Milling Company [formerly Klies Mining Company]
        Dates: 1943-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 13 / 3
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Nettie Mining Company (Butte)
        Dates: 1943-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 13 / 4
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Newman Brothers (Elliston)
        Dates: 1941-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 13 / 5
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: North Butte Mining Company (Butte)
        Dates: 1943-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 13 / 6
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: North Mocassin Mines Syndicate (Kendall)
        Dates: 1941-1943
        Container: Box/Folder 13 / 7
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Northwest Mining Company/Rex Mining Company (H.E. Luderer, lessee, Empire Mine, Marysville)
        Dates: 1941-1943
        Container: Box/Folder 13 / 8
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Northwestern Improvement Company (Colstrip)
        Dates: 1941-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 13 / 9
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: N-O
        Dates: 1941-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 13 / 10
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Perry-Schroeder Mining Company (Missouri River sapphires)
        Dates: 1941-1944
        Container: Box/Folder 13 / 11
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Philipsburg Mining Company
        Dates: 1941-1944
        Container: Box/Folder 13 / 12
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Porter Brothers (Helena and Flagstaff dredge mines, Avon)
        Dates: 1943-1944
        Container: Box/Folder 13 / 13
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Pa-Pu
        Dates: 1941-1944
        Container: Box/Folder 13 / 14
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Quartz Hill Mining Company (Dewey)
        Dates: 1941-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 13 / 15
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Queen Leasing Company (Neihart)
        Dates: 1941-1942
        Container: Box/Folder 13 / 16
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Republic Coal Company (Roundup)
        Dates: 1941-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 13 / 17
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Rice and Wegener (Faithful Mine, Divide)
        Dates: 1942-1944
        Container: Box/Folder 13 / 18
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Roundup Coal Mining Company
        Dates: 1941-1943
        Container: Box/Folder 13 / 19-20
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Ra-Ru
        Dates: 1941-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 14 / 1
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Saranac Mine and Mill (Ray L. Lucier, lessee, Maxville)
        Dates: 1941-1944
        Container: Box/Folder 14 / 2
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Silver Crescent, Inc. (Marysville)
        Dates: 1941-1943
        Container: Box/Folder 14 / 3
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Silver Star Chrome Company (J. Vernon Davis, Silver Star)
        Dates: 1942-1944
        Container: Box/Folder 14 / 4
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Silver Star Gold Mining Company (Peter Antonioli, Silver Star)
        Dates: 1941-1944
        Container: Box/Folder 14 / 5
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: A.O. Smith Corporation/Marvin F. Riebhoff (Golden Sunlight Mine, Whitehall)
        Dates: 1941-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 14 / 6
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Southern California Minerals Company (Ennis; Dillon)
        Dates: 1941-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 14 / 7
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Spring Hill Mine (Helena)
        Dates: 1944
        Container: Box/Folder 14 / 8
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: St. Joseph Lead Company (Block P Mine, Hughesville)
        Dates: 1941-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 14 / 9
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Standard Silver-Lead Mining Company (Gould Mine, Wilborn; Sunshine Mine, Libby)
        Dates: 1941-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 14 / 10
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Ray J. Stanfield (Orphan Boy and Washington groups, Broadwater County)
        Dates: 1942-1944
        Container: Box/Folder 14 / 11
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Star Mine (Neihart)
        Dates: 1942-1944
        Container: Box/Folder 14 / 12
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Star Pointer Exploration Company (Bearmouth)
        Dates: 1942-1943
        Container: Box/Folder 14 / 13
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Sunshine Mining Company (Philipsburg)
        Dates: 1942-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 14 / 14
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Surmi Mines, Inc. (Great Falls)
        Dates: 1942-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 14 / 15
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Swansea Mines, Inc. (Stemple)
        Dates: 1941-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 14 / 16
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Sa-Swanson)
        Dates: 1941-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 14 / 17
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: T
        Dates: 1941-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 14 / 18
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: U. S. Bureau of Mines
        Dates: 1942-1944
        Container: Box/Folder 14 / 19
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: United Mines Company (Butte)
        Dates: 1942-1943
        Container: Box/Folder 14 / 20
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: U-V
        Dates: 1941-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 14 / 21
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Winston Brothers Company (Jefferson and Broadwater counties)
        Dates: 1941-1944
        Container: Box/Folder 14 / 22
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Wa-Wo
        Dates: 1941-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 14 / 23
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine operators: Y
        Dates: 1943-1944
        Container: Box/Folder 14 / 24
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mine production
        Dates: 1944-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 15 / 1
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Mineral Resources Survey (Carl Trauerman, supervisor)
        Dates: 1941
        Container: Box/Folder 15 / 2
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Molybdenum
        Dates: 1943
        Container: Box/Folder 15 / 3
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Nickel
        Dates: 1943
        Container: Box/Folder 15 / 4
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Non-metallic minerals
        Dates: 1942
        Container: Box/Folder 15 / 5
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Non-serialized mines
        Dates: 1944
        Container: Box/Folder 15 / 6
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Out-of-state mine operators: Idaho Emergency Coordinator of Mines (includes list of Idaho mines)
        Dates: 1942
        Container: Box/Folder 15 / 7
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Out-of-state mine operators: Idaho (A-Z)
        Dates: 1942
        Container: Box/Folder 15 / 8-9
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Out-of-state mine operators: North Dakota (Truax-Traer Coal Company)
        Dates: 1942-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 15 / 10
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Out-of-state mine operators: North Dakota (B-W)
        Dates: 1943-1944
        Container: Box/Folder 15 / 11
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Out-of-state mine operators: Oregon (Porter Brothers, Bandon)
        Dates: 1942-1943
        Container: Box/Folder 15 / 12
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Out-of-state mine operators: Oregon (B-W)
        Dates: 1942
        Container: Box/Folder 15 / 13
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Out-of-state mine operators: Washington (A-Z)
        Dates: 1942
        Container: Box/Folder 15 / 14-15
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Out-of-state mine operators: Wyoming (B-C)
        Dates: 1944
        Container: Box/Folder 15 / 16
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Preference Rating Order P-56 and interpretations
        Dates: 1942-1944
        Container: Box/Folder 15 / 17
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Premium Price Plan (re bonus metal prices)
        Dates: 1943-1944
        Container: Box/Folder 15 / 18
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Pumice
        Dates: 1944
        Container: Box/Folder 15 / 19
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Quartz crystal
        Dates: 1942-1943
        Container: Box/Folder 15 / 20
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Quicksilver (mercury)
        Dates: 1943
        Container: Box/Folder 15 / 21
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Sheelite
        Dates: 1942
        Container: Box/Folder 15 / 22
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Silicious ore for fluxing
        Dates: 1943
        Container: Box/Folder 15 / 23
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Spodumene deposits in South Dakota
        Dates: 1944
        Container: Box/Folder 15 / 24
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Talc (L.E. Griffith prospect)
        Dates: 1943
        Container: Box/Folder 16 / 1
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Tin
        Dates: 1942-1943
        Container: Box/Folder 16 / 2
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Tungsten
        Dates: 1942-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 16 / 3
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Uranium
        Dates: 1944
        Container: Box/Folder 16 / 4
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Vermiculite
        Dates: 1942-1944
        Container: Box/Folder 16 / 5
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Xanthite
        Dates: 1944
        Container: Box/Folder 16 / 6
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Zinc
        Dates: 1944-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 16 / 7
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Zircon
        Dates: 1942
        Container: Box/Folder 16 / 8
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File
      • Description: Zonolite
        Dates: 1944
        Container: Box/Folder 16 / 9
        Location: Mining Division / Subject File

    • Miscellany

      • Description: Lists of mine operators (by town)
        Dates:
        Container: Box/Folder 16 / 10
        Location: Mining Division / Miscellany
      • Description: Lists of mines operating in Montana under PD-119
        Dates: 1942
        Container: Box/Folder 16 / 11
        Location: Mining Division / Miscellany
      • Description: Lists of mines operating in Montana under Preference Order P-56 (by serial number)
        Dates: 1941-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 16 / 12
        Location: Mining Division / Miscellany
      • Description: Lists of mines priorities
        Dates:
        Container: Box/Folder 16 / 13
        Location: Mining Division / Miscellany
      • Description: Lists of ore shippers to Anaconda copper and zinc plants and to American Smelting and Refining Company (these lists were used as the initial basis for establishing what mines were operating in Montana)
        Dates: 1941
        Container: Box/Folder 16 / 14
        Location: Mining Division / Miscellany
      • Description: Lists of PRP applications by mining companies
        Dates: n.d.
        Container: Box/Folder 16 / 15
        Location: Mining Division / Miscellany
      • Description: Lists of quartz mines (by county)
        Dates: 1941
        Container: Box/Folder 16 / 16
        Location: Mining Division / Miscellany

    • Miscellany

      • Description: Mine operators card file (includes alphabetical and serial number files for Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming) [card box]
        Dates: 1941-1945
        Container: Box/Folder 17 /
        Location: Mining Division / Miscellany

    • Miscellany

  • Salvage Division

    • General Correspondence

    • Press Releases

    • Reports

      • Description: Reports re scrap paper, rags, and metal shipments; salvage operation report
        Dates: 1943-1944
        Container: Box/Folder 16 / 24
        Location: Salvage Division / Reports

    • Subject File

    • Miscellany

      • Description: Miscellaneous including fact sheets, GPO War Production Board instruction sheets, and lists of county salvage chairmen
        Dates: 1943, n.d.
        Container: Box/Folder 16 / 29
        Location: Salvage Division / Miscellany

    • Clippings

      • Description: Helena Independent Record article on scrap collection drives
        Dates: 1945
        Container: Box/Folder 16 / 30
        Location: Salvage Division / Clippings

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Subject Terms

  • Housing--Montana
  • Labor relations--Montana
  • Manganese mines and mining--Montana
  • Mines and mineral resources--Idaho
  • Mines and mineral resources--Montana
  • Mines and mineral resources--Oregon
  • Mines and mineral resources--South Dakota
  • Mines and mineral resources--Washington (State)
  • Mining claims--Montana
  • Salvage (waste, etc.)--Montana
  • World War, 1939-1945--Civil defense
  • World War, 1939-1945--War work

Geographical Names

  • Wyoming


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