Papers, 1921-1961.

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Papers, 1921-1961.

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Collection contains subject files regarding the Capital Gas Corporation, the Mondakota Gas Company, the Shelby and Soap Creek Refineries and the suit against the MDUC (1921-1957); correspondence mostly with Leif Erickson and Milo Olson, attorneys representing Mondakota in its suit against the MDUC (1926-1961); legal papers regarding Mondakota's suit against the MDUC, oil and gas leases and operating agreements (1923-1957); and petroleum maps for Montana and Wyoming.

23.05 cubic ft. (50 boxes)

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7272028

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Capital Gas Corporation

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Shelby Oil Refinery (Shelby, Mont.)

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Erickson, Leif, 1906-1998

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Wight, John, 1889-1986

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John F. Wight, along with his brother Edwin A. Wight homesteaded in Powder River County, Montana in 1917 and shortly thereafter began developing oil fields in Montana and Wyoming with the Capital Gas Corporation. He was president of the Mondakota Gas Company of Billings, Montana and in 1927 organized Midwest Holding Company, which performed petroleum exploration and drilling in Montana and Wyoming. Wight also held interest in the Atlantic-Pacific Oil Company and owned the Soap Creek...

Soap Creek Refinery (Soap Creek, Mont.)

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Mondakota Gas Company

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Olson, Milo.

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Montana-Dakota Utilities Co.

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