Butte and Superior Copper Company check register

Collection

Identifier: ACCN 1537

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Scope and Contents

The Butte and Superior Copper Company check register (1906-1911) records financial transactions in this mining company's general account at the First National Bank of Duluth, Minnesota.

Dates

1906-1911

Creator

Butte and Superior Copper Company (Organization)

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Historical Note

The Butte and Superior Copper Company, Ltd., was organized in the year 1906 and began development operations in 1907. J. B. Becher was the trustee at that time, and the transactions recorded in this register are in his own handwriting. During the early history of the company's operation, its ownership and the direction of its affairs were largely controlled by an association of interests having headquarters in Duluth. The basis of this company's development was a group of claims embracing about eighty-nine acres in the northerly portion of the Butte district in Montana, from which considerable quantities of comparatively high grade silver ore lying near the surface had been mined in the early history of this district. It was supposed that these enrichments in the shallower portions indicated underlying copper deposits similar to other claims of this region. After the main shaft was developed, it was discovered that instead of being underlaid by copper bearing ores, the principal value of the veins under development lay in zinc, and other precious metals.

Extent

1.75 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The Butte and Superior Copper Company check register (1906-1911) records financial transactions in this mining company's general account at the First National Bank of Duluth, Minnesota. The Butte and Superior Copper Company, Ltd., was organized in the year 1906 and began development operations in 1907. J. B. Becher was the trustee at that time, and the transactions recorded in this register are in his own handwriting. The basis of this company's development was a group of claims embracing about eighty-nine acres in the northerly portion of the Butte district in Montana, from which considerable quantities of comparatively high grade silver ore lying near the surface had been mined in the early history of this district.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Transfer from Marriott Library Gifts and Exchanges Department in 1995.

Related Materials

More information on this mining company can be obtained from the Annual Reports for the Butte and Superior Copper Company, Ltd., 1912-1923, which are housed in the Print & Journal Division of Special Collections.