Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-12-30


To THE PRESENT AND FORM
Err NINE OPERATORS OF MON
TANA:
Under the newly established Min
eral Resources Survey of Montana,
of the Works Projects administra-
ton. one OF the proposed projects
is the making Of new directory OF
all Montana mines, with short items
about each property
The directory made a few years
ago is out-of-date and was not
complete directory. The main rea-
son that it was not complete is
that the operators failed to answer
the ouestionaires, feeling that there
might be some obligation involved
on their part There was no obli-
CATION involved then and there is
none now in answering the enclosed
questionable.
In spite of its incOmpleteness the
demand for the old directory was so
heavy that it was out of print with
in a short time after publication.
There is a wide demand for a new
directory and the Montana Bureau
of Mines & Geology and the Mining
Association of Montana are giving
their full cooperation to the Min
eral Resources Survey in having
new directory compiled.
We cannot make a complete d.
rectory unless you do your part in
filling out and returning the en-
closed QUESTIONABLE The questions
are not difficult to answer. should
be answered briefly and should take
very little of your time If you
have not all the required informa-
ton at the point of operation, please
send the QUESTIONABLE to your home
office and ask them to complete it.
We are enclosing a typical item
from a recent mining directory of
the United States showing just the
information we are irving TO OBJ
tain for our new Montana directory.
In the question labeled "Histori-
cal" all the information we desire
is that if your company succeeded
che or more companies, give the
names Of the companies it succeed
ed. If your company is cOnsoli
dation Of other companies. please
state this under the Historical
item
If your operations are not incor-
porated. ii will not be necessary to
reply TO those questions on corpora
tons
W. have tried not to include any
questions that would divulge infor
nation of confidential nature.
However, if there ore any questions
that you DO consider OF a private
nature, please do not answer them.
We are trying to send a question
naire to each operation in Montana.
However, you must realize that we
will miss some of them and some
missed one will be in your neigh
borhood. Therefore. we will deem
is a favor if you inform any mine
operator whom you know that we
have unfortunately missed to write
to us for a QUESTIONABLE, and we
will be glad to send one.
The directory is being compiled
as part of the research work of this
project
Besides being a compendium of
valuable information, the new di-
rectory should be means Of stimu-
lating mining, of bringing in new
capital, and of furthering the en-
ployment of labor in private in
dustry.
AS We have informed you, the
sending in of these missionaries.
will entail no obligation on your
part and we urge you to send it to
us as quickly as is convenient. 1t
is not necessary to stamp return
envelope
With advance thanks for your
IMMEDIATE 1907 cooperation,
we are,
Sincerely yours.
CARL J. TRAUERMAN,
SURVEY,
Works Projects Admin
istration.
Montana School of Mines,
Butte, Montana.
Carl j. Trauerman.
Supervisor.
Twenty questions are asked in
the QUESTIONABLE including name of
operating company or individuals
operating: mine address. county,
district, direction and distance from
the nearest rail town; main office
address if other than at property;
IL incorporated, in what state and
when; if incorporated, give kinds
of securities authorized and out
standing and par value of each kind
of securities; if Incorporated, give
name or names, and addresses of
transfer agencies for your securi-
ties if incorporated give names
and addresses of officers and di-
rectcrs; give names of your head
operating officials, such as mana
ger mine superintendent, mill SUI
perintendent. mining engineer. etc;
give briefly the character of ore
and minerals or products produced:
name of principal claim. number of
patented and unpatented claims and
total acreage kinds of power; state
equipment; state method of mine
development and total amount of