John B. Knaebel papers 1920-1976

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John B. Knaebel papers 1920-1976

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Collection contains reports, summaries, correspondence, maps and other records relating to Knaebel’s work with the Anaconda Mining Company and its management of mining operations. The maps are of various mining sites and include topographical, level, ore estimates and mining and geological maps. The records particularly document Anaconda’s operations of the Pilares mine in Sonora, Mexico and in British Columbia, Canada.

16 cubic ft. (13 document boxes, 1 F24 box, 1 F31 box, 28 map tubes, 1 large map tube)

eng,

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Anaconda Company

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Anaconda Mining Company incorporated 1892; in 1895 renamed Anaconda Copper Mining Company; in 1955 reorganized as Anaconda Company; sold to Atlantic Richfield Co., 1979, and operations shut down in 1983; engaged in mining, smelting, and refining of copper, lead, zinc, and other ores, with subsidiaries in mining, lumber, coal, foundry, and other industries; headquartered in Anaconda, Mont., with major mines in Butte, Mont., area. From the description of Records, 1876-1974. (Montana Hi...

Knaebel, John B. (John Ballantine), 1906-

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Knaebel (1906-1991) was born in Denver, Colorado and graduated from Stanford in 1929 with a degree in Engineering. He took on a wide variety of positions with different companies from 1930-1946 before becoming a mining engineer with Anaconda British Guiana mines. Knaebel worked for various Anaconda companies in South America, the U.S. and Canada, before becoming general manager of new mines and vice-president for Anaconda Company. Knaebel retired from Anaconda around 1976. From the d...

Anaconda Mining.

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