Francis D. Jones papers, 1888-1943.

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Francis D. Jones papers, 1888-1943.

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Frank D. Jones was an engineer for the National Mining and Exploring Company in Helena, Montana. Collection (1888-1943) consists of legal documents, financial records, and general correspondence. There are also materials about Jones' father Samuel J. Jones, a Wells-Fargo official and supervisor for the National Mining and Exploring Company; survey maps; and letters on Masonic activities in Montana. Collection (1888-1943) consists of legal documents, financial records, and general correspondence. There are also materials about Jones' father Samuel J. Jones, a Wells-Fargo official and supervisor for the National Mining and Exploring Company; survey maps; and letters on Masonic activities in Montana.

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National Mining and Exploring Company.

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Jones, S. J. (Samuel Jackson), 1822-1902.

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Knights Templar (Masonic order)

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Jones, Francis D. (Francis Doremus) b.1861.

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Samuel Jackson Jones was born in Dublin, Ireland, on January 29, 1822. He emigrated to New York in 1837. He spent time in Alabama and New Orleans before heading to California during the gold rush. He spent the early 1860s in England. He came to Helena, Montana, in 1871, to take charge of the Whitlatch-Union mining properties of the National Mining and Exploring Company. A year later he brought his wife Sarah V. and their young son Francis D. Jones to Helena. The Company ceased activ...