Property of the Bitter Root Development Co., Ravalli County, Montana : now the property of Anaconda Copper Mining Co. / [by] Wilson & Gillie. 1894.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Property of the Bitter Root Development Co., Ravalli County, Montana : now the property of Anaconda Copper Mining Co. / [by] Wilson & Gillie. 1894.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/742003049

1 ms. map : ink on tracing linen, 1 col. ; 144 x 203 cm.

Montana Historical Society Library

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 8114425

Montana Historical Society Library

Related Entities

There are 4 Entities related to this resource.

Bitter Root Development Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c31c1n (corporateBody)

Anaconda Copper Mining Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t18ssg (corporateBody)

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 ...

Wilson and Gillie.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67t44dt (corporateBody)

Gillie, John.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63z1x1d (person)