Montana Industrial and Energy Minerals Bureau records, 1968-2005.

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Montana Industrial and Energy Minerals Bureau records, 1968-2005.

In 1971 the Montana Coal and Uranium Bureau was established as part of the Reclamation Division of the Department of State Lands. In 1996 it was changed to the Industrial and Energy Minerals Bureau of the Department of Environmental Quality. These Records (1968-2005) consist of subject files on coal and uranium mining and oil extraction companies operating in Montana. Files include correspondence; bond releases; prospecting and operating permit files; annual, inspection, and monitoring reports, reports regarding violations, comprehensive mine plans, reclamation planning, and research, as well as general statistical reports re coal production from 1968-1994. Also included are surveys, maps, contracts, environmental impact statements, and other date re vegetation, geology, air quality, etc. The bulk of the records are arranged alphabetically by company name. However a separate subgroup of permit files of the Montana Bureau of Mining and Geology (MBMG) are organized by county. These records consist of subject files on coal and uranium mining and oil extraction companies operating in Montana. Files include correspondence; bond releases; prospecting and operating permit files; annual, inspection, monitering, and violation reports; mine reclamation planning and research reports; comprehensive mine plans; surveys; maps; contracts; permanent program submissions for commercial coal mines; Environmental Impact Statements, and other data concerning vegetation, geology, soils, archeology, cultural resources, water, blasting, air quality erosion, spoils, road relocation, hydrology, wildlife, dust, etc. The records are arranged alphabetically by company name. These files may also contain compiled statistical coal production reports for the various companies/mines for 1968 through 1994. One set of fiche includes coal production statistics (1968-1979) from all of the mines. Also included in a separate subgroup are permit files of prospecting/mining/drilling projects of the Montana Bureau of Mining and Geology (MBMG), which are organized by county. In addition, the Coal and Uranium Bureau subgroup contains correspondence for the Coal Bureau and Opencut mining. The correspondence is arranged chronologically by file name. (SMFiche 1)

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