Papers, 1927-1965.

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Papers, 1927-1965.

Collection contains Stewart's extensive subject files, which contains reports, feasibility studies and newspaper clippings pertaining to the evaluation of mineral deposits and mines and mining in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Central and South America (1927-1965); research notebooks on mining exploration and mines in the United States and South America; and geographical and topographical maps of the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Central and South America.

32 cubic ft. (32 boxes)

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Stewart, Blair W.

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Blair W. Stewart (1904- ) is a consulting mining engineer and geologist who worked with Anaconda Copper Mining Company in Butte, Montana, from 1928-1933 and later with Montana Power and other mining firms. From the description of Papers, 1927-1965. (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCat record id: 27844200 ...

Montana Power Company

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The Montana Power Company was formed on December 12, 1912, in Butte through the merger of the Butte Electric and Power Company with three of its subsidiaries: the Madison River Power Company, the Billings and Eastern Montana Power Company, and the Missoula River Power Company. A few months later, the two remaining large power producers in Montana, the Great Falls Water Power and Townsite Company, and the Thompson Falls Power Company, were taken into the company by acquisition of sto...

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 ...