Anaconda Copper Mining Company purchases ledger 1917

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Anaconda Copper Mining Company purchases ledger 1917

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Purchases ledger for the Anaconda Copper Mining Company for 1917.

2 reels of microfilm.

eng,

University of Montana--Missoula Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library Archives and Special Collections

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Anaconda Copper Mining Company

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The Anaconda claim was located in 1875. In 1881 Marcus Daly discovered the copper vein that began copper mining in Butte, Montana. The Anaconda Copper Mining Company was organized on June 18, 1895 in Butte and it dominated the early industrial history of Montana. In 1903 nearly three-quarters of the wage earners in the state were either directly or indirectly working for the company. In 1917 there was a general miners' strike, and much worker/owner tension stirred up by the war, the I.W.W., and ...