Montana Coal and Iron Company records, 1889-1967, bulk, 1910-1945.

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Montana Coal and Iron Company. Montana Coal and Iron Company records, 1889-1967, bulk, 1910-1945.

Montana Coal and Iron Company records, 1889-1967, bulk, 1910-1945.

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The Montana Coal and Iron Company was a Bearcreek, Montana, coal mining company. Records (1889-1967) include organizational papers; interoffice and general correspondence; financial records; production records; reports; and other materials. Records (1889-1967) of the company consist of interoffice and general correspondence, court papers, employee records, financial records, legal documents, organizational records, reports, subject files and miscellany. There are small subgroups for two subsidiaries: the Britannic Mining Company of Shoup, Idaho, and the Ruby Creek Mine, of Madison County, Montana. There is extensive interoffice correspondence (1900-1945) among the officers of the company. Of especial importance is the very regular correspondence between general manager of the mine James M. Freeman, and the various successive presidents of the company. During the early years from 1910-1915 there is also considerable correspondence among the various other officers of the company. Under interoffice correspondence there is also correspondence between company officials at Washoe and verious sales offices around Montana, and in North Dakota and Spokane, Washington. General correspondence (1911-1945) consists primarily of correspondence between the company and mining equipment supply houses, sales agents, and customers. These letters reflect the day-to-day operations of the company. Court Papers (1909-1937) include several cases involving the company and its officials. Employee Records (1908-1955) including accident reports, payrolls, and miners' miscellaneous earnings reports. Financial Records consist of audit reports (1911-1946), cash books (1906-1945), business statements and combined balance sheets (1910-1956), customer ledgers (1909-1947), expense journals and ledgers (1906-1939), general ledgers (1909-1954), ground rent books (1911-1948), insurance policies (1911-1933), inventories (1921-1946), production records (1919-1925), railroad shipments (1930-1944), tonnage books (1912-1945), trial balance sheets (1909-1951), voucher distribution registers (1909-1917), and miscellaneous other financial items. Legal Documents (1890-1953) consist of deeds, agreements, contracts. etc. Organizational Records consist of minutes (1911-1918, plus scattered) of trustees and stockholders; presidents' and vice presidents' annual reports; annual meeting materials (1920-1938), including resolutions, scattered minutes, etc.; and stockholder ledgers and lists. Printed Materials consist of mining equipment catalogs from a variety of suppliers. Reports consists of corporate reports to a variety of state and federal agencies, and to Moody's and R. G. Dun and Co.; a report (1916) of James M. Freeman on the proposed Foster Creek Mine; and a report (1909) on the Yellowstone Park Railroad. Subject Files include a variety of topics, most importantly labor-management files (1910-1945) of the Joint Board of Montana Coal Operators Association and the United Mine Workers of America. Miscellany includes flyers; lists of sales agents and customers; "fire boss books" of mine inspection; Montana Coal Operators Association quarterly reports; etc. The subgroup for the Britannic Mining Company of Shoup, Idaho, includes interoffice and general correspondence (1922-1924), proposals for mining and power plant equipment, blueprints, assay reports, insurance policy, and miscellany. The subgroup for the Ruby Creek Mine of Madison County, includes interoffice and general correspondence (1935-1938), and reports to the U.S. Treasury on gold produced.

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