Records, 1914-1955.

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Records, 1914-1955.

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Agreements and contracts with the Anaconda Copper Mining Company (1939-1950), miscellaneous agreements, correspondence and ephemera, and publications.

.5 linear ft.

Butte-Silver Bow Public Archives

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International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

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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 ...