E.J. LONGYEAR COMPANY:
An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical
Society
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| Creator: | E.J. Longyear Company
(Minneapolis, Minn.). |
| Title: | Company
records. |
| Date: | 1883-1900
(bulk 1890-1975). |
| Abstract: | Correspondence, leases, mining and drilling
reports, proposals, consulting files and reports, mine production and shipping
statements, maps, letter books, minute books, and financial records of a
family-owned mining company incorporated in 1911 by mining entrepreneur Edmund
Joseph Longyear to encompass his exploration and drilling activities on
Minnesota iron ranges and elsewhere. The name of the corporation was later
shortened to Longyear Company (ca. 1970) and, in 1988, the corporate offices
were moved to Salt Lake City. |
| Quantity: | 238.0 cu. ft. (184
boxes, including 112 volumes). |
| Location: | See Detailed Description section for shelf
locations. |
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Edmund J. Longyear was born in Grass Lake, Michigan, November 6, 1864.
After attending the University of Michigan for two years, he entered the office
of his cousin, John Munro Longyear, Marquette, Michigan. He worked in JML's
office for a few months and in 1886 became a rodman on the survey for the
Marquette, Houghton and Ontonagon Railroad. In 1887 he became a timber and iron
ore cruiser for Edward G. Kingsford. After this he entered the Michigan Mining
School at Houghton, from which he was graduated in 1888. JML then hired him for
test pitting on the Upper Peninsula's Gogebic Range and at Metropolitan,
Michigan. He married Nevada Patten in 1890, the same year JML sent him to
Minnesota to drill on his recently acquired lands. Between 1890 and 1901 EJL
centered his drilling activities on the Mesabi Range and made his home in
Hibbing. During his drilling work he acquired interests in mineral leases and
mineral lands.
In 1901, when he moved to Minneapolis, he left a local organization in
Hibbing to manage the drilling and other business interests in northern
Minnesota. Longyear & Hodge, a partnership formed in 1903 with John E.
Hodge (Marquette, Mich.) took charge of the expanding business outside
Minnesota. In 1911 he incorporated the E.J. Longyear Company to encompass all
the drilling business and to manufacture diamond drills at Marquette. His
interests in mineral lands, mines, mineral leases and townsites were reflected
in other companies in which he was shareholder, officer, and director.
In the years between the incorporation of the E.J. Longyear Company
and EJL's retirement from the presidency in 1924, the company's business became
world-wide. The scope of business continued to widen during the presidency of
his son, Robert Davis Longyear, who retired in 1960 to become chairman of the
board of directors. The company had drilling and shaft digging contracts,
provided professional geological and mining engineering services, and sold
drilling equipment in almost every state in the United States, including
Alaska, as well as in Africa, Canada, Mexico, Australia, Brazil, China, Cuba,
San Salvador, France, India, Nicaragua, Norway, Peru, Russia, Spain, Sweden and
Venezuela. The minerals the company drilled for or analyzed were coal, gold,
nickel, cobalt, copper, iron, pyrites, oil, molybdenum, bauxite, tungsten,
manganese, asbestos, potash, salt, asphalt, lead, zinc, silver, titanium,
sulphur, clay, marble, granite, aluminum, silica, quartzite, lithium, chromium,
trona, phosphates, and barium. The company also did soil sampling and
foundation testing.
As the activities became more complex and far-flung, the business
organization was changed to meet new needs. The E.J. Longyear Exploration
Company, incorporated in 1922, took charge of exploring and prospecting. The
E.J. Longyear Manufacturing Company, incorporated in 1922, manufactured and
sold diamond drills and other equipment. The E.J. Longyear Development Company,
incorporated in 1922, took charge of shaft sinking, tunneling, and mine
development. To the E.J. Longyear Company, as the parent, remained the function
of supervising and coordinating corporate and financial matters and operating
results for the three subsidiary companies. The Longyear Holding Company was
incorporated in 1928 as a personal holding company, to own and manage the
personal holdings of EJL, including mineral lands and other investments, and to
perform all keeping of records and execution of financial transactions.
The only foreign subsidiary was Canadian Longyear, Limited (North Bay,
Canada), incorporated in 1931 during the period covered by these papers.
Sales agencies were as follows:
Austin Hoy and Company, Ltd., London, England
Atkins, Kroll & Company, Manila, Philippines, and San Francisco,
Calif.
The Clarence L. Boyd Company, Ltd., Tulsa, Okla.
W. R. Grace & Company, New York, N.Y.
Brooks Equipment & Mfg. Company, also known as:
Brooks-Payne-Osborne Equipment Company, Knoxville, Tenn.
J. P. Bonardi, 1775 Broadway, New York, N.Y.
Cia. Importadora de Maquinas, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Carolina Engineering Company, Charlotte, N. C.
J. F. Comer Company, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Dominion Distributors Company, St. John's New Foundland, Canada
The Dominion Construction Company, Wellington, New Zealand
The Denver Rock Drill & Machinery Company, Ltd. (or) The Denver
Machinery Company, Ltd., Johannesburg, South Africa
H. W. Foester, Inc., El Paso, Tex.
Gildemeister, Meltzer, Ambor, Cia. Ltda., Santiago, Chile
International Machinery Company, Lima, Peru, Santiago, Chile,
Antofagasta, Chile, Oruro, Bolivia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Kipp-Kelly, Ltd., Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Lewis Brothers Company, Tulsa, Oklah.
Lynn Mac Cleod Engineering Supplies, Ltd., Thetford Mines, Quebec,
Canada
R. S. McClintock, Spokane, Washington
The Mine & Smelter Supply Company, Denver, Colorado, and Salt Lake
City, Utah
Mine & Contractors Supply Company, Ltd., Birmingham, Ala.
Northern Commercial Company, Fairbanks, Alaska, Anchorage, Alas.
Perrault Brothers, Tulsa, Okla.
Jorge A. Perry & Alberto Lobo-Guerrero, Bogota, Columbia
John Rieckermann, Kobe, Japan
Purves E. Ritchie & Sons, Ltd., Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Salmon & Cowin, Birmingham, Ala.
Western Machinery Company, Ltd., Perth, Australia
The companies in which E.J. Longyear had interests as stockholder,
officer, or director are as follows:
American International Corporation, New
York. Incorporated in the early 1900s. EJL was a stockholder. The
business of the company consisted of investment and financing.
Bovey Company. Real estate, village lots
in Bovey, Minnesota.
Brazilian Iron and Steel Company.
Incorporated in 1910. EJL was a stockholder. The business of the company
consisted of exploration for and development of iron ore in Brazil.
The Cascade Corporation. Incorporated in 1908. EJL was
president from 1908 to 1932. The company was a "pool" for the development of
ore bodies around Palmer, Michigan. In 1955 the properties were leased to
Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company and other mining interests. Taconite operations
were scheduled to begin in 1962.
Cascade Land Company. Incorporated in
1912. EJL was a stockholder. The business of the company was ownership of
certain lands in the vicinity of Palmer, Michigan, in particular, an undivided
one-half interest in the fee of a 160-acre tract, which, with the other lands,
was leased to the Cascade Corporation.
Cascade Mining Company. Incorporated in
1912. EJL was a stockholder. The company was organized to carry on mining
operations on the property of the Cascade Corporation, in particular the
Isabella Mine, which shipped a total of 42,000 tons and closed down in 1920 due
to unprofitable operation.
The Division Company, Minneapolis.
Incorporated in 1913 by EJL, John E. Hodge, Frank G. Jewett, Rollin N. Dow,
Marshall E. Pearce. The business of the company was property acquisition and
management.
Edmund Iron Company.
The Extension Company, Minneapolis.
Incorporated in 1916 by EJL, Frank G. Jewett, John E. Hodge, Marshall E.
Pearce, Rollin N. Dow. The business of the company was acquiring title to land,
land contracts, personal property, and stock of other corporations.
Falconbridge Lands, Limited. Incorporated
in 1918 as a Canadian firm to take over the Sudbury nickel properties and other
Canadian lands of the Minneapolis and Michigan Development Company. Fred B.
Snyder was president. EJL and EJL Company recognized the possibility of buried
nickel-copper deposits in the Sudbury, Ontario, nickel district and presented
this possibility to Falconbridge Lands, Ltd. This was followed by diamond
drilling which proved up a commercial ore body of approximately 6,000,000 tons.
This was then submitted to Thayer Lindsley of Toronto and subsequently led to
the organization of Falconbridge Mines, Ltd., now one of the leading nickel
producers of the world.
First National Bank of Minneapolis. EJL
was a stockholder.
First Security and National Bank,
Minneapolis. EJL was a stockholder.
Judson Land Company, Chicago. EJL was a
stockholder. Incorporated in 1912. When exploration work was done on the lands
of the Nevada Land Company, it was found that ore bodies existed on adjoining
lands. The Judson Land Company was founded to take options on the lands and
explore them. Fifty-year leases were taken out from the fee owners. The
Mastodon property on the Judson lands was leased to the Balkan Mining Company.
Other portions were leased to the Judson Mining Company.
Judson Mining Company, Chicago.
Incorporated in 1913. Had an office in Crystal Falls, Michigan. EJL was a
stockholder. Operated mines on lands leased from the Judson Land Company.
Kearsarge Land Company. Incorporated
January 26, 1906. E.J. Longyear was a director, 1906-1927.
Keewatin Mining Company, Hibbing,
Minnesota. Incorporated July 16, 1912. E.J. Longyear was a director,
1912-1928.
Kona Iron Company, Minneapolis. Organized
in 1929 by R. M. Bennett, E. J. Longyear and John R. Van Derlip to take title
to certain mineral lands on the Cuyuna Range, Minnesota.
Longco Oil Corporation. Incorporated in
1916. EJL was president. On the board of directors were Russell M. Bennett,
Fred B. Snyder, Wilbur L. Ball, John E. Hodge, and Rollin N. Dow. Frederick
Ayer was a large stockholder. The E.J. Longyear Company turned over to Longco
for development properties with oil prospects and for exploration and
development certain properties with oil possibilities. The E.J. Longyear
Company held half of the common stock. P. W. Donovan was general manager.
Longyear Mesaba Land and Iron Company, Jackson,
Michigan. Organized in 1887. EJL was a stockholder; JML was president.
The business of the company was dealing in timber and mineral lands and
exploration of mineral lands.
Meriden Iron Company, Hibbing, Minnesota.
Russell M. Bennett was secretary-treasurer and Oscar B. Warren, general
manager. Incorporated September 15, 1903.
Minneapolis and Michigan Development Company,
Minneapolis. Incorporated November 12, 1912 to own, lease, explore, and
develop mineral properties in Minnesota, Michigan, and elsewhere in the United
States and Canada. E. J. Longyear was a director, stockholder, and participant
in exploration. The company was dissolved July 16, 1941.
Minneapolis Industries Association,
Minneapolis. Organized in 1916 to promote an industrial area in
Minneapolis. EJL was a stockholder.
Molybdenum Products Corporation.
Incorporated in 1917 to develop a molybdenum mine near Denver, Colorado. EJL
was a stockholder. General manager was M. S. McCarthy, Wilbur Ball and C. F.
Clay were also heavily interested in the company. The E.J. Longyear Company
became owner of the assets of the corporation in 1921.
Nashwauk Company.
Nevada Land Company, Chicago. Organized
around 1911 to develop ore properties on the Menominee Range in Michigan,
called the "Porter" Lands. It leased some of the property to the Judson Mining
Company, other portions to the Balkan Mining Company and to the Nevada Mining
Company. The company founded on its property the town of Alpha. President of
the company was G. G. Hartley, secretary-treasurer was George F. Porter, vice
president was H. H. Porter, and assistant secretary-treasurer was C. L. Buehl
(1915).
Nevada Mining Company, Chicago. Organized
in 1915 to develop the Amasa-Porter mine on lands of the Nevada Land Company.
The officers were the same as those of the Nevada Land Company.
Sargent Land Company. Organized the
townsite of Keewatin in Itasca county, Minnesota. Incorporated January 26,
1906. E. J. Longyear, a director, 1906-1927.
Southern Townsite Company.
Standard Rock Products Company. Rock
aggregate and gravel company. Operated in California about 1918-1919.
Discontinued because of unprofitable operation.
Standish Iron Company. EJL was a
stockholder.
Sutton Land Company.
Tri-State Development Company, Limited.
In addition to the companies in which he had a financial stake, EJL
was interested as a businessman in a large number of civic, trade, and
professional, social, and other nonprofit organizations. Prominent among them
were the following:
Aero Club of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
American Committee of Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Americanization)
American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, New York.
American Mining Congress, Washington, D. C.
American Petroleum Institute, New York.
Associated Charities, Minneapolis.
Automobile Club of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Trinity Baptist Church, Minneapolis.
Bureau of Legal Aid, Minneapolis.
Chamber of Commerce of the United States.
Civic League of Minnetonka, Minnetonka, Minnesota.
Council of Social Agencies, Minneapolis. (Also listed as Minneapolis
Council of Social Agencies, Inc.) EJL was member of the budget and distribution
committee.
Diamond Core Drill Manufacturers Association. (company membership.)
Duluth Bethel Society, Duluth, Minnesota.
Excelsior Fruit Growers Association, Excelsior, Minnesota.
General Fresh Air Fund Committee, Minneapolis.
Infant Welfare Society, Minneapolis.
International Committee of the YMCA.
Iron County (Michigan) Welfare Association. (Purpose was prohibition.)
Juvenile Protective League of Hennepin County, Minneapolis.
Lafayette Club, Minneapolis.
Lake Superior Iron Ore Association, Cleveland, Ohio.
Lake Superior Mining Institute, Ishpening, Michigan.
Lowry Hill Improvement Association, Minneapolis.
Lowry Hill Protective Association, Minneapolis.
Machinery and Allied Products Institute, Chicago.
Maternity Hospital, Minneapolis.
Minikhada Club, Minneapolis.
Minneapolis Athletic Club.
Minneapolis Civic and Commerce Association.
Minneapolis Club.
Minneapolis Humane Society. (Social welfare, women and children.)
Minneapolis Industries Association.
Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts.
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra.
Minneapolis Working Boys' Band Association.
Minnesota Anti-Saloon League, Minneapolis.
Minnesota Employers' Association, St. Paul.
Minnesota Game and Fish Protective League, Minneapolis.
Orchestral Association of Minneapolis.
Prohibition State Committee, Minneapolis.
Union City Mission, Minneapolis.
University of Michigan Alumni Association.
Voters' League, Minneapolis.
War Chest, Minneapolis. (World War I)
YWCA, Minneapolis.
In the 1950s the company began to expand its international operations
with the opening of offices and manufacturing facilities in Europe, Mexico,
Central America, Australia, Japan, and other places.
E.J. Longyear Company had from the beginning been a family-owned
corporation. In 1964, however, a 25% stake in the company was sold to FACTS
(Finance, Accounting and Technical Services), a holding company that controlled
Boart International.
The name of the corporation was shortened to Longyear Company around
1970. In the mid-1970s Boart became the sole owner of the company, and Longyear
became a manufacturer of diamond bits as well as a provider of contract
drilling services.
Following a collapse in prices for base metals and in demand for
minerals in the early 1980s--and a consequent decline in the company's
business--a period of retrenchment set in. Longyear's Minneapolis plant was
closed, and its operations transferred to its plant in North Bay, Ontario. The
company then sought to diversify and broaden its base, and a series of
corporate acquisitions were undertaken.
In 1988 the corporate headquarters was moved to Salt Lake City,
Utah.
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| Annual reports and corporate newsletters are in the Minnesota
Historical Society serials collection. |
| The Edmund Joseph Longyear and family papers, and a collection of
genealogical data pertaining to the Longyear family, are in the Minnesota
Historical Society manuscript collections. |
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| This collection is indexed under the following
headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers
desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the
catalog using these headings. |
| Topics: |
| | Copper mines and mining. |
| | Family corporations--Minnesota. |
| | Gold mines and mining. |
| | Iron mines and mining. |
| | Mine surveying. |
| | Nickel mines and mining. |
| | Ores--Sampling and estimation. |
| | Prospecting. |
| | Townsite law--Minnesota. |
| Places: |
| | Gogebic Range (Mich. and
Wis.). |
| | Biwabik (Minn.). |
| | Bovey (Minn.). |
| | Chisholm (Minn.). |
| | Cuyuna Range (Minn.). |
| | Hibbing (Minn.). |
| | Keewatin (Minn.). |
| | Mesabi Range (Minn.). |
| | Nashwauk (Minn.). |
| Persons: |
| | Armstrong, Lee C. |
| | Bennett, Russell Meridan, 1865-1934. |
| | Congdon, Chester Adgate, 1853-1916. |
| | Donovan, Percy W. (Percy William), 1879-1973. |
| | Hartley, Guilford G., 1853-1922. |
| | Hodge, John E. |
| | Longyear, Edmund J. (Edmund Joseph), 1864-. |
| | Longyear John Munro, 1850-1922. |
| | Longyear family. |
| | Longyear Robert D. (Robert Davis), 1892-1970. |
| | Walker, Archie Dean, 1882-1971. |
| Organizations: |
| | American Institute of Mining
Engineers. |
| | Falconbridge Nickel Mines
Limited. |
| | Inland Steel Company. |
| | Keewatin Mining Company (Hibbing, Minnesota). |
| | Lake Superior Iron Ore Association. |
| | Meriden Iron Company (Hibbing, Minnesota). |
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| Preferred Citation: |
| | [Indicate the cited item and/or series
here]. E.J. Longyear Company Records. Minnesota Historical Society. |
| | See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional
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| Accession Information: |
| | Accession number: 7267; 7270; 7627; 7745; 14,919 |
| Processing Information: |
| | Processed by: Lucile M. Kane, 1962; David B. Peterson, August
1995 |
| | PALS ID number: 09-00040399 |
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Correspondence and Related Papers
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| The papers from 1885 through 1913 are filed chronologically, since
they were in so chaotic a condition upon receipt that their original
organization could not be retained. |
| From 1914 through 1920, the original order has been retained, but
within each subject or author folder, the items have been filed
chronologically. From 1921 through 1945 the order within each filing unit has
not been changed, and they progress from the latest date to the earliest. |
| The overall filing system from 1913 to 1945 is alphabetical by
year. Letters are filed either by the name of the signer, the organization he
represents, or the individual or organization concerned in the correspondence.
The filing system is not consistent. For example, in the P. W. Donovan file are
letters written by Donovan as well as letters written to him; and in the Cuyler
Adams file there are letters written about him as well as to and by him.
Letters concerning the various companies in which EJL was interested may be
filed by the name of the company or by the name of the company official who is
corresponding with him. At the end of each letter there is usually a
miscellaneous file, arranged alphabetically. Many times there is duplication
between the regular file and the miscellaneous. For example, there may be a
Cuyler Adams file in its proper location in the alphabetical file, then several
letters in the miscellaneous file. Too, a letter relating to the University of
Michigan might be filed under U one instance, and M the next. Because of the
complex and uneven organization, scholars are advised to note the box number in
their citations. |
| The correspondence files have not been weeded. Thus a great deal
of trivia is filed with matters of great importance. |
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1885-1892
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| | | Correspondence for the years 1885-1889 covers the period when
EJL was in his native state of Michigan, attending the University of Michigan
at Ann Arbor and the Michigan Mining School at Houghton; working on a survey
crew for the Marquette, Houghton and Ontonagon railroad on the south shore of
Lake Superior; cruising timber and iron under Edward R. Kingsford; and, in the
employ of JML, working as a mining engineer at Watersmeet and Metropolitan,
Michigan, where he sank test pits on the Gogebic Range. Most of the letters for
this period are from JML to EJL. They contain information on JML's attempts to
secure employment for EJL; EJL's education; JML's plan to offer a prize for
papers on mining and geology; photography; family news; directions and
information on test pits, options on mineral lands, and supplies. There is an
invoice for a drill shipped to EJL by the Diamond Prospecting Company, Chicago,
enumerating the parts of the drill, and letters offering carbon and other
supplies from the Millie Iron Mining Company and others. There are also letters
to EJL from M. E. Wadsworth, Michigan Mining School, with comments on Minnesota
geology, and letters to EJL from JML with references to plans for explorations
in Minnesota. |
| | | In 1890 EJL and his assistant, Fred Mitchell, went to the Mesabi
Range in Minnesota to explore lands acquired in 1887 by the Longyear Mesaba and
Iron Company. The papers for 1890 have information on arrangements with the
Duluth and Iron Range Railroad Company for a switch at Mesaba (now a ghost
town) for unloading coal and the purchase by EJL of rights to cut wood on the
company's lands; recruiting a labor force; securing supplies and equipment;
leasing additional land; instructions and guidance from JML regarding the work;
drilling operations; family news, including EJL's marriage; and EJL's
assignment as Mesabi correspondent for the Lake Superior
Mining and Manufacturing Review. Included also is data on explorations
made for Bennett & Longyear (JML and Russell M. Bennett); an independent
exploring contract between EJL and the Mallmann Iron Mining Company; assays;
and other matters relating to exploration, land acquisition, and leases. |
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1893-1901
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| | | The correspondence for the 1893-1901 period covers most of the
years EJL lived in a camp on the Mesabi Range and in the village of Hibbing.
There is information about supplies; work progress; drilling instructions;
options and leases on mineral lands; contracts for drilling for JML, Russell
Bennett, and the Pillsburys as individuals or as partners; explorations for or
inquiries concerning explorations from Leonard Day, A. M. Chisholm, Martin B.
Koon, Ezra Rust, M. H. Alworth, Wright, Davis & Company, O. D. Kinney,
Mahoning Ore and Steel Company, Chester A. Congdon, Oliver Iron Mining Company,
Eastern Railway Company of Minnesota, the Bank of Montreal, J. S. Mundy, G. G.
Hartley, the Niles Land Company, Henry Nienstedt, Arthur Hill and Company,
Frank J. Hecker, George E. Tener, George L. Chesebrough, A. B. Robinson, Great
Northern Railway, Charles R. Haines, H. F. Brown, T. D. Merrill, J. L.
Washburn, M. S. Rutherford, Dwight B. Woodbridge, John P. Morrow, J. B. Adams,
John Helmer, G. H. Warren, L. W. Hill, the North American Iron Company, and
Drake Bartow & Company. |
| | | There is also information on laboratories offering assaying
services; the townsite of Biwabik; job applicants; construction of the EJL home
in Hibbing; the townsite of Hibbing; the Pillsbury addition to Hibbing; civic
affairs in Hibbing, particularly schools; activities of the alumni of the
Michigan Mining School; family news; minerals in other parts of the nation,
such as gold mines near Custer, South Dakota and copper and gold mining in
Montana; the Tri-State Development Company (Limited) of Michigan, of which EJL
was field manager; lands of the "Merritt Pool" in which JML had an interest;
gold mining properties of A. B. Upton near Rat Portage; general news of
developments on the Minnesota iron ranges, economic conditions in the iron
industry, and the quality of Minnesota ores; European travels of G. G. Hartley;
affairs of the American Institute of Mining Engineers; EJL's report on
"Explorations on the Mesabi Range"; R. M. Bennett's mineral properties in
Ashland, Oregon; affairs of the Electric Metal Locating Company, of which JML
was one of the organizers; and insurance. There are quite a few letters from
EJL, written when he was absent from his Hibbing office. The rest of the
correspondence consists of letters to EJL, addressed to him largely at his
Hibbing office, and letters sent to him as enclosures. |
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1885-April 1897.
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May 1897-May 1901.
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June 1901-Sept. 1902.
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1902-1913
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| | | The papers for the 1902-1913 period consist of correspondence
and accounts, as well as reports on productivity of mines and status of various
drilling operations. The correspondence from 1902 to 1904 is for the most part
incoming letters. Beginning in 1904 and continuing throughout the period carbon
copies of outgoing letters are included. |
| | | The collection continues to embrace both personal and business
matters. The personal papers have information on the Longyear family's
religious life (Baptist); political campaigns (local, state, and national);
requests for support by religious, charitable, cultural, and political
organizations both on the range and in Minneapolis, where the family made its
home after 1901; activities of various members of the Longyear family (travel,
education, health, etc.); furnishing the Longyear homes in Minneapolis and at
Lake Minnetonka; the experience of friends in exploring and mining operations
in various parts of the world (see particularly letter dated January 2, 1904
regarding mineral explorations in the Philippines); the Lake Superior Mining
Institute; the Michigan College of Mines; the American Institute of Mining
Engineers; and a proposal by Lord Murray to bore diamond drill holes in the
bottom of the ocean to get information about the earth's crust (see JML to EJL,
May 13, 1911; EJL to Alfred C. Lane, May 15, 1911; Lane to EJL, May 19, 1911,
Dec. 16, 1912). |
| | | The papers document the activities of several business
organizations which EJL owned, managed, or had an interest in. Prominent among
them were two exploration companies. E.J. Longyear, Mining Engineer, continued
the work in Minnesota and spread its activities from the Mesabi to include all
the other ranges as well. Longyear & Hodge, a firm in which John E. Hodge
was Longyear's partner, was organized in 1903 (?) to perform all work outside
Minnesota. The two firms operated until 1911, when all exploring operations
were consolidated into the E.J. Longyear Company. The two companies explored or
investigated mineral lands in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, North Dakota,
Illinois, Kentucky, Wyoming, and Canada. |
| | | The papers relating to mineral explorations contain a vast fund
of information ranging from matters of policy to petty operational details.
Included is data on supplies and equipment; construction of an office building
in Hibbing; instructions on drilling operations from clients and progress
reports from workmen in the field; applications for positions; inquiries from
individuals and companies planning to buy mineral lands about the mineral
resources of various areas; experiments with an electric locating device; and
analyses of ores. |
| | | Among the individuals and firms who engaged the Longyear
companies to drill, explore, or study mineral lands in this period were the
following: |
| | | Adams, David T.; Algoma Iron Mining Company; Bennett, Russell
M.; Bovey-DeLaittre Lumber Company; Bradford Mining Company; Bradley, C.H.;
Buffalo and Susquehanna Iron Company; Canisteo Mining Company; Chemung Iron
Company; Cherry Valley Iron Company; Chisholm, A.M.; Clarke, Hopewell;
Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company; Cliff Mining Company; Congdon, Chester A.;
Crosby, George H.; Croxton Mining Company; Day (J.W.) & Company; Drake,
Bartow & Company; Drake & Stratton Company; Eastern Railway Company of
Minnesota; Eaton Bros.; Elizabeth Iron Company; Fay, George A.; Fay, Marcus L.;
Florence Iron River Company; Great Northern Iron Ore Prop.; Haines, Chas. R.;
Hanna (M.A.) Company; Hartley, G.G.; Hill, Louis W.; Hovland, H.B.; Humphreys,
W.Y.; Hunter Mining Company; International Harvester Company; Iron King Mining
Company; Iroquois Iron Company; Kerr & Kerr; King, Owen; Lake Erie Ore
Company; La Rue Mining Company; Lake Superior Powder Company; Leetonia Mining
Company; Leopold, Nathan F.; Little, Henry A.; Little & Prindle; Mahoning
Ore and Steel Company; Miller, A.M., Jr.; Minneapolis Threshing Machine
Company; Minnesota Iron Company; Mississippi Land Company; Morrison, Clinton;
Morrow, John P.; New Jersey Zinc Company; Niles Land Company; North American
Iron Company; Northwestern Improvement Company; Ohl, Edwin M.; Oliver Iron
Mining Company; Onondaga Iron Company; Orelands Mining Company; Philbin, D.M.;
Pickands, Mather and Company; Pillsbury, Bennett and Longyear; Pillsbury
Estate; Pitt Iron Mining Company; Provident Life and Trust Company; Robinson,
A.B.; Rogers, Brown and Company; St. Paul Iron Mining Company; Sauntry,
William; Sellwood, Joseph; Smith and Wyman; Spry, John C.; Simmons, Parke;
Sutherland, George C.; Tener, George E.; Vermillion Pine and Iron Land Company;
Wahl (T.W.) and Company; Walker, Archie; Walker, Thomas B.; Wanless Iron
Company; Warren, G. H.; Washburn, William D., Jr.; Washburn Lignite Coal
Company; West Missabe Land Company; Wisconsin Pine Land Company; Woodbridge,
Dwight E. |
| | | In addition to exploring, drilling and studying mineral lands
for others, EJL acquired an interest in various mineral lands and leases for
himself and partners. Chief among his associates in these transactions were JML
and Russell M. Bennett. |
| | | Other companies in which EJL was interested were the Longyear
Mesaba Land and Iron Company (with JML and others); the Meriden Iron Company;
the Kearsarge Land Company; the Sutton Land Company; the Sargent Land Company;
the Nevada Land Company; the Edmund Iron Company. |
| | | EJL's correspondence with his clients and his associates in the
various companies in which he had an interest reveal a great deal of peripheral
information about the iron ore and steel industries as well as about the main
business at issue in each relationship. There is data on general economic
conditions in the industry, state iron ore leases, iron ore taxation in
Minnesota, production of the various mines, transactions in mineral lands on
the Minnesota ranges, and royalties paid on various leases. Of interest too are
the letterheads of the many small iron ore companies in Minnesota, as well as
those in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Michigan. |
| | | EJL was interested in the development of various townsites in
northern Minnesota: the Pillsbury Addition to Hibbing; the Southern Addition to
Hibbing; Nashwauk; Bovey; Keewatin; and Chisholm. The correspondence relating
to the townsites includes information on platting; organization of the several
townsite companies; company profits; the sale of lots; civic affairs;
elections; local politics; governmental organization; taxation; schools,
streets, water plants, street improvements, and other public works; and
requests by inhabitants of the townsites to the proprietors for gifts to
churches and other organizations. |
| | | Among those associated with Longyear in the several townsite
companies were M. H. Alworth, R. M. Bennett, Joseph Sellwood, G. G. Hartley, O.
D. Kinney, E. B. Hawkins, A. B. Coates, W. J. Moore, C. E. Moore, Marshall E.
Pearce, Bovey-DeLaittre Lumber Company, Alfred F. Pillsbury, Kearsarge Land
Company, and Longyear Mesaba Land and Iron Company. |
| Location | Box |
| 145.F.14.8F | 4 | |
Oct. 1902-March 1904.
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| Location | Box |
| 145.F.14.9B | 5 | |
April 1904-June 1905.
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| Location | Box |
| 145.F.14.10F | 6 | |
July 1905-April 5, 1906.
|
| Location | Box |
| 145.F.14.11B | 7 | |
April 6-Nov. 30, 1906.
|
| Location | Box |
| 145.F.14.12F | 8 | |
Dec. 1906-July 4, 1907.
|
| Location | Box |
| 145.F.14.13B | 9 | |
July 5, 1907-Feb. 13, 1908.
|
| Location | Box |
| 145.F.14.14F | 10 | |
Feb. 14-Oct. 31, 1908.
|
| Location | Box |
| 145.F.15.1B | 11 | |
Nov. 1908-July 26, 1909.
|
| Location | Box |
| 145.F.15.2F | 12 | |
July 27, 1909-May 17, 1910.
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| Location | Box |
| 145.F.15.3B | 13 | |
May 18, 1910-July 31, 1911.
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| Location | Box |
| 145.F.15.4F | 14 | |
Aug. 1911-Dec. 1913.
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1914-1945
|
| | | The alphabetical-by-year filing system, which begins in 1914,
includes the major units listed below. The list is not complete. It encompasses
only the names of correspondents and subjects (individuals and organizations)
that occur frequently in the files. Since the listing is not complete,
searchers looking for data should not rule out the possibility that it is
present in the collection even though it does not appear here. The exact
location of the files listed below cannot be given, but, whenever possible,
alternate filing possibilities are indicated. |
| | |
Aero Club of Minneapolis EJL was a member.
|
| | |
Ajo Consolidated Copper Company, Ajo, Ariz. Drilling
client.
|
| | |
Alberta Block Coal Company, Drumheller, Alberta, Can.
Drilling client.
|
| | |
Algoma Steel Corp., Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., Can.
Drilling client.
|
| | |
American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Tulsa,
Okla. Longyears were members.
|
| | |
American Committee of Minneapolis EJL gave financial
support.
|
| | |
American Immigration Company, Chippewa Falls,Wis.
Drilling client.
|
| | |
American Institute of Mining Engineers, New York.
Longyears were members.
|
| | |
American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical
Engineers, New York. Longyears were members.
|
| | |
American International Corp., New York. EJL was a
stockholder.
|
| | |
American Metal Company, Mexican Division, New York.
Purchased diamond drills from Longyears.
|
| | |
American Mining Congress, Wash., D.C. Longyears were
members.
|
| | |
American Petroleum Institution, New York. Longyears
were members.
|
| | |
American Smelting and Refining Company, Tucson, Ariz.
Drilling client.
|
| | |
Anaconda Copper Mining Company, Butte, Mont. Longyears
sold drilling equipment.
|
| | |
Anderson, Eric. Longyear drill foreman.
|
| | |
Anderson, Frank. Longyear drill foreman.
|
| | |
Anderson, Herman. Longyear drill foreman.
|
| | |
Anderson, Martin. Longyear drill man and drill
foreman.
|
| | |
Anderson, Oscar. Longyear foreman.
|
| | |
Anderson, O.B. employee in Marquette. Some letters of
Fred F. Fredlund, in charge of the mechanical department in Marquette, appear
in the Anderson file, and vice versa.
|
| | |
Associated Charities, Minneapolis. Longyears
contributed.
|
| | |
Augustson, Axel. Longyear runner and drill
foreman.
|
| | |
Automobile Club of Minneapolis. Longyears were
members.
|
| | |
Auvinen, Henry. Longyear mining foreman in shaft
sinking operations.
|
| | |
Baehr (Wm. E.) Organization, Chicago, Illinois.
Drilling client. Managed and operated the St. Cloud Public Service
Company
|
| | |
Ball, Wilbur L. Owned stock in Molybdenum Products
Corp. Was stockholder and member of the board of directors of Longco Oil Corp.
Was member of the N.Y. firm Rosenberg, Levis and Ball.
|
| | |
Bandler (Bernard) and Sons, Inc., N.Y. Longyears
purchased carbons from the firm.
|
| | |
Trinity Baptist Church of Minneapolis. Longyears were
members and supporters.
|
| | |
Barto, William. Longyear drill foreman.
|
| | |
Bennett, Russell M. Longyear associate in several
companies, including Molybdenum Products Corp.
|
| | |
Bethlehem Steel Corp. Bethlehem, Pa. Drilling
client.
|
| | |
Big Jim Consolidated Gold Mining Company, Los Angeles,
Calif. Drilling client.
|
| | |
Black River Regulating District Watertown, N.Y. Tunnel
client.
|
| | |
Bonardi, John P. Longyear sales representative in
N.Y.
|
| | |
Boyle, Hugh. Longyear representative in Canada and
first manager of Canadian Longyear, Ltd.
|
| | |
Boyles Brothers, Spokane, Wash. Purchased drilling
equipment.
|
| | |
Bradley and Pischel, Salt Lake City, Utah. Drilling
client.
|
| | |
Brazilian Iron and Steel Company, Longyear family
members were stockholders. Pres., C. K. Leith.
|
| | |
Bureau of Legal Aid, Minneapolis. Longyears
contributed.
|
| | |
Cal Chemical Company, Staunton, Va. Longyears
purchased supplies from the firm.
|
| | |
Calumet and Arizona Mining Company. Drilling
client.
|
| | |
Calumet and Hecla Consolidated Copper Company,
Calumet, Mich. Drilling client.
|
| | |
Canadian Mining and
Metallurgical Bulletin, Montreal, Canada. Longyears placed
advertisements.
|
| | |
Canadian Mining Journal,
Gardenvale, Canada. Longyears placed advertisements.
|
| | |
Carlson, William. Longyear drill foreman.
|
| | |
Carpenter, F. I. Drilling client.
|
| | |
Cascade Corporation. EJL was president.
|
| | |
Cascade Land Company.
|
| | |
Cascade Mining Company.
|
| | |
Castile Mining Company, Ironwood, Michigan. Drilling
client.
|
| | |
Castile Mining Company, Ramsay, Michigan. Drilling
client.
|
| | |
Cerro de Pasco Copper Corp., New York (Peru).
Purchased Longyear drills and supplies.
|
| | |
Chamber of Commerce of the United States.
|
| | |
Chenowith, Fred. Longyear mining captain.
|
| | |
Chile Exploration Company, N.Y. Purchased Longyear
drills.
|
| | |
Civic League of Minnetonka, Minnetonka, Minn.
Longyears were members.
|
| | |
Clark Drilling Corp., N.Y. Purchased Longyear
drills.
|
| | |
Clausen, Arthur C. Architect and landscaper for
Longyears' Rose Farm, Lake Minnetonka.
|
| | |
Clay, C. F. Denver attorney who was stockholder in
Molybdenum Products Corp.
|
| | |
Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company, Ishpeming, Mich.
Drilling client. Leased Longyear mineral holdings. Purchased Longyear drills;
drilling client.
|
| | |
Clifton Porcupine Mines, Limited, Toronto, Canada.
Drilling client.
|
| | |
Clover Leaf Gold Mining Company, Deadwood, S. D.
Purchased Longyear drills.
|
| | |
Coal Age, New York.
Longyears placed advertisements.
|
| | |
Coal Industry, Longyears
placed advertisements.
|
| | |
Cole, Willard A. Longyear engineer and superintendent,
shaft sinking operation.
|
| | |
Cole and McDonald Exploration Company, Virginia,
Minn.
|
| | |
Collector of Internal Revenue. Longyear taxes. Check
also under United States Departments, and under
the names of states.
|
| | |
Columbus, Ohio. Test borings for water supply dam.
Longyear client.
|
| | |
Congdon, Chester A. Longyear associate in mineral land
and lease transactions.
|
| | |
Combination Iron Company. Drilling client.
|
| | |
Compania Cienfueguera de Minas, Cienfuegos, Cuba.
Drilling client.
|
| | |
Compania de Real Del Monte Y Paschua, Pashuca,
Hidalgo, Mexico. Purchased Longyear drills.
|
| | |
Compania Exploradora International, S.A., New York.
Drilling client.
|
| | |
Compania Minera de Penoles, Santa Eulalla, Mexico.
Drilling client.
|
| | |
Compania Minera La Luz y Los Angeles, Nicaragua.
Drilling client.
|
| | |
Consolidated Coal Company, New York. Drilling
client.
|
| | |
Continental Diamond Drilling Company, Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma. Purchased Longyear drills.
|
| | |
Cooper, Lloyd D. In charge of Longyear work in Norway,
chief engineer and manager of Longyear mining department; general manager of
EJL Company.
|
| | |
Copper Range Company, Painesdale, Mich. Drilling
client. Associated with Copper Range were Champion Copper Company, Trimountain
Mining Company, and Atlantic Mining Company.
|
| | |
Corbett, Clifton S. Geologist with Longco Oil and Gas
Corp.
|
| | |
Costa Rica Oil Corp., New York. Purchased Longyear
drills.
|
| | |
Council of Social Agencies, Minneapolis. Longyears
were contributors. See also Minneapolis Council of Social
Agencies, Inc.
|
| | |
Cowin, Percy G. Engineer, foreman, shaft sinking
operations, sales representative in Alabama.
|
| | |
Culbert, J. F. Longyear foreman.
|
| | |
Cuyuna-Bessemer Iron Company, Duluth, Minn. Drilling
client.
|
| | |
Davison Chemical Company Drilling client
(Cuba).
|
| | |
Davey, James H. Longyear mining foreman.
|
| | |
Denver Machinery Company, Ltd. Johannesburg, So.
Africa. Successor to Denver Rock Drill and Machinery Company. Longyear agent.
Purchaser of Longyear drills.
|
| | |
Denver Rock Drill Manufacturing Company, Pittsburgh,
Pa. Furnished equipment to Longyears.
|
| | |
Desbarats Mining Company, Limited, Ontario, Canada.
Drilling client and professional services.
|
| | |
Dessau, Maurice S. Sold carbons to
Longyears.
|
| | |
Diamond Core Drill Manufacturers Association Longyears
were members. Most of the files are under Rohrbach.
|
| | |
Diamond Drill Carbon Company, New York. Longyear
purchased carbons from the firm.
|
| | |
Division Company, Minneapolis. EJL was
incorporator.
|
| | |
Dixon, James C. Longyear drill runner.
|
| | |
Donovan, Percy W. general manager of Longco, Manager
of EJL Company, contract drilling department and other positions with
Longyears; director of EJL Company.
|
| | |
Douglas, George P. Drilling client.
|
| | |
Dow, Rollin N. Secretary of EJL Company and other
positions with Longyears.
|
| | |
Duluth Bethel Society, Duluth, Minn. Longyears gave
financial support.
|
| | |
Edmund Iron Company.
|
| | |
Edson, Frank A. Petroleum engineer and president of
the Continental Diamond Drilling Company. Client.
|
| | |
El Potosi Mining Company, Mexico. Purchased Longyear
drills.
|
| | |
Ellis, Bruce. Longyear drilling superintendent Arizona
and the Southwest.
|
| | |
Elnes, Olaf. Longyear drill foreman.
|
| | |
Empire Steel and Iron Company, Wharton, New Jersey.
Drilling client, and development consultation.
|
| | |
Engineering and Mining Journal,
New York. Longyears furnished news for publication, exchanged news with
editor about developments in the field, and advertised in the
journal.
|
| | |
Engineering and Mining
Journal-Press, New York. Longyears advertised in the
journal.
|
| | |
Engineering News-Record,
New York. Longyears advertised in the journal.
|
| | |
Erickson, George. Longyear drill foreman.
|
| | |
Ernst & Ernst, Minneapolis. Auditors for
Longyears
|
| | |
Eubanks, George. Stockholder in Longyear companies,
especially Molybdenum, manager for field operations EJL Company, mining
division.
|
| | |
Eureka Corp., Limited, Eureka, Nevada. Drilling
client.
|
| | |
Excelsior Fruit Growers Association, Excelsior,
Minn.
|
| | |
Extension Company, Minneapolis EJL was an
incorporator.
|
| | |
Falconbridge Mines, Ltd. EJL was an incorporator.
Pres. was Fred B. Snyder. See also files under Bureau of Mines, Canada, and H.
Foster Bain.
|
| | |
Fangel and Company, Oslo, Norway. Purchased Longyear
drills.
|
| | |
Fargo Engineering Company, Jackson, Mich. Drilling
client (dam sites).
|
| | |
First National Bank, Bovey, Minn. Handled Bovey
lots.
|
| | |
First National Bank, Minneapolis. Longyears were
stockholders.
|
| | |
First Security and National Bank, Minneapolis.
Longyears were stockholders.
|
| | |
Foester, Hallard W. Representative of EJL
Manufacturing Company, Southwest and Mexico.
|
| | |
Fredlund, Fred F. Head of mechanical department, EJL
Company, Marquette, Mich.
|
| | |
Garvey (Chas.) Diamond Drilling Company, Port Henry,
New York. Drilling client, and purchaser of supplies.
|
| | |
General Chemical Company, New York. Drilling client
(Cuba).
|
| | |
General Fresh Air Fund Committee, Minneapolis.
Longyears contributed. Check under Minneapolis for
all Minneapolis organizations, since the filer sometimes classified by
city.
|
| | |
Gholz, Arthur L. Longyear drilling superintendent.,
manager, drilling division, 1917-1921.
|
| | |
Gildersleeve, A.M. Had interest in Molybdenum Products
Corp.
|
| | |
Gill, E.J. Longyear drill foreman.
|
| | |
Goldfields American Development Company, Ltd. Shaft
digging client.
|
| | |
Gowling, Thos. A. Longyear drill superintendent and
sales manager, EJL Manufacturing Company and EJL Company.
|
| | |
Grace (W.R.) and Company, New York. Purchased Longyear
drills.
|
| | |
Grasselli Chemical Company, Terre Haute,
Ind.
|
| | |
Great Northern Iron Ore Properties. Drilling client
and mineral leases.
|
| | |
Hanifen and Company, Spokane, Washington. Longyears
ordered carbon supplies from the firm.
|
| | |
Hanna (M.A.) Company. Drilling client. Purchased
Longyear drills, and other relationships.
|
| | |
Hartley, Cavour. Vice president of Nevada Mining
Company and Judson Mining Company. Associated with EJL and H. H. Porter in a
potash proposition in New Mexico.
|
| | |
Hartley, G.G. Associated with Longyears in mineral
land and lease transactions, in townsite companies; president of Judson Land
Company, Judson Mining Company, Nevada Land Company, Nevada Mining Company,
Edmund Iron Company, Standish Iron Company.
|
| | |
Heed, T. D. President of the Nevada Mining Company and
the Judson Mining Company.
|
| | |
Hellsten, August. Longyear drill foreman.
|
| | |
Henderson, Edward. Longyear drill foreman.
|
| | |
Hodge, John E. Vice president of EJL Company and
officer and incorporator in other Longyear companies.
|
| | |
Holman, W. H. Longyear mining foreman.
|
| | |
Home Savings and Trust Company, Denver, Colorado.
Trustee in a contract between Molybdenum Products Corporation and EJL
Company.
|
| | |
Homestake Mining Company, Lead, South Dakota. Drilling
clients and purchaser of drilling equipment.
|
| | |
Hoy (Austin) and Company, Limited, London. Longyear
agents and purchasers of drilling equipment.
|
| | |
Hunt, Walter E. Longyear engineer and district
drilling superintendent, Mesabi Range.
|
| | |
Hunter, James W. Longyear drill foreman.
|
| | |
Hurja, Matt. Miner and mining foreman.
|
| | |
Importadora de Maquinas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Longyear agent.
|
| | |
Infant Welfare Society, Minneapolis. Longyears gave
financial support.
|
| | |
Inland Steel Company, Ishpeming, Michigan. Drilling
client and purchaser of equipment.
|
| | |
International Committee of the YMCA. Material is
sometimes filed under YMCA. Longyears gave financial support.
|
| | |
International Harvester Company, Chicago. Leased mines
from Longyears and others.
|
| | |
International Mining Corporation, New York. Affairs of
the Inter-Alaska Exploration Company.
|
| | |
Iowa Railway and Light Company, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Drilling client.
|
| | |
Iron County (Michigan) Welfare Association. Longyears
gave financial support.
|
| | |
Iron Trade Review,
Cleveland, Ohio. Longyears advertised in the journal.
|
| | |
Jefferson Island Salt Mining Company, Jefferson
Island, Louisiana. Drilling and shaft sinking client.
|
| | |
Jewett, Frank G. Vice president of EJL Company,
1911-1916.
|
| | |
Johnson, Albin. Longyear drill foreman.
|
| | |
Johnson, Andrew. Longyear drill foreman.
|
| | |
Johnson, John. Longyear drill foreman.
|
| | |
Judson Land Company. Longyears were
stockholders.
|
| | |
Judson Mining Company. Longyears were
stockholders.
|
| | |
Juvenile Protective League of Hennepin County,
Minneapolis. Longyears gave financial support.
|
| | |
Kearsarge Land Company. Longyears were stockholders.
Russell Bennett was secretary and treasurer of the company.
|
| | |
Keewatin Mining Company, Hibbing, Minnesota. Longyears
were stockholders. Other men interested were Oscar B. Warren, Russell M.
Bennett, John R. Van Derlip, JML, Harold O. Ayer, Fred B. Snyder, John P.
Snyder, E. C. Gale, and Charles S., John S. and Alfred F.
Pillsbury.
|
| | |
Klippel, Walter G. Sales representative, EJL
Manufacturing Company, in Oklahoma and elsewhere.
|
| | |
Lafayette Club, Minneapolis. Longyears were
members.
|
| | |
Lake Superior Iron Ore Association, Cleveland.
Longyears were in frequent correspondence with the Association.
|
| | |
Lake Superior Mining Institute, Ishpeming,
Michigan.
|
| | |
Leith, Charles K. Faculty member, University of
Wisconsin, who did geological work for Longyears, stockholder in Molybdenum,
president of Brazilian Iron and Steel Company.
|
| | |
Lewis Brothers Company, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Agents for
Longyears.
|
| | |
Longco Oil and Gas Corporation. EJL was president.
Other men interested were Russell M. Bennett, Fred B. Snyder, Wilbur L. Ball,
John E. Hodge, Rollin N. Dow. Basic plan of the company is in 1916 file under
Ball. Percy W. Donovan, Manager.
|
| | |
Longyear, Clyde. Son of EJL who made trips to various
parts of the country for the companies; salesman and superintendent of drilling
operations.
|
| | |
Longyear, Edmund J.
|
| | |
Longyear, John Munro.
|
| | |
Longyear, John Munro, Jr. Family interest by EJL in
introducing JML's son to the exploring business.
|
| | |
Longyear, Philip O. Family letters regarding school at
Williams College and service in the ambulance corps, World War I.
|
| | |
Longyear, Robert Davis. Education and service with the
companies.
|
| | |
Longyear (E.J.) Company.
|
| | |
Longyear, Canadian, Ltd.
|
| | |
Longyear Mesaba Land and Iron Company, Jackson,
Michigan. Longyears were stockholders. JML was president.
|
| | |
Lowry Hill Improvement Association, Minneapolis.
Longyears were members.
|
| | |
Lowry Hill Protective Association, Minneapolis.
Longyears were members.
|
| | |
Lum, Leon E. Associated with EJL in mineral lands and
leases.
|
| | |
Lynch Brothers. Purchased Longyear drills.
|
| | |
Machinery and Allied Products Institute,
Chicago.
|
| | |
Malquist, David. Longyear drill foreman.
|
| | |
Mammoth Cave Development Company, Louisville,
Kentucky. Shaft digging client.
|
| | |
Marland Refining Company, Ponca City, Oklahoma.
Drilling client and purchaser of Longyear drills.
|
| | |
Maternity Hospital, Minneapolis. Longyears gave
financial support.
|
| | |
McClintock, Richard S. Agent and purchaser of Longyear
drills.
|
| | |
McIntyre-Porcupine Mines, Limited, Ontario, Canada.
Drilling client and purchaser of drilling equipment.
|
| | |
McMillen, F. D. Drilling client.
|
| | |
Mead, Warren J. Faculty member of the University of
Wisconsin who worked as a Longyear geologist. Was stockholder in
Molybdenum.
|
| | |
Meriden Iron Company, Hibbing. Longyears were
stockholders. Others interested were Russell M. Bennett and Oscar B.
Warren.
|
| | |
Mesabi Iron Company, Babbitt, Minnesota. Drilling
client.
|
| | |
Miller, James P. Longyear drill foreman.
|
| | |
Minas de Matahambre, Cuba. Shaft sinking
client.
|
| | |
Mine and Smelter Supply Company, Denver, Colorado.
Longyear agent.
|
| | |
The Miner, Vancouver,
Canada. Longyears advertised in the journal.
|
| | |
Minikahda Club, Minneapolis. Longyears were
members.
|
| | |
Mining Corporation of Canada, Limited, Toronto,
Canada. Drilling client.
|
| | |
Mining and Metallurgy,
New York. Longyears advertised in the journal.
|
| | |
Mining Journal, Phoenix,
Arizona. Longyears advertised in the journal.
|
| | |
Minneapolis and Michigan Development Company,
Minneapolis.
|
| | |
Minneapolis Athletic Club. Longyears were
members.
|
| | |
Minneapolis Civic and Commerce Association. Longyears
were members.
|
| | |
Minneapolis Club. Longyears were members.
|
| | |
Minneapolis Humane Society. Longyears gave financial
support.
|
| | |
Minneapolis Industries Association. Longyears were
stockholders.
|
| | |
Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts. Longyears were
members.
|
| | |
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra. Longyears gave
financial support.
|
| | |
Minneapolis Working Boys' Band Association. Longyears
gave financial support.
|
| | |
Minnesota Anti-Saloon League, Minneapolis. Filing is
occasionally under Anti. Longyears gave financial
support.
|
| | |
Minnesota Employers' Association, St. Paul. Longyears
were members.
|
| | |
Minnesota Game and Fish Protective League,
Minneapolis. Longyears gave financial support.
|
| | |
Minnesota Testing Laboratories, Inc., Duluth,
Minnesota. Tested mineral samples for Longyears
|
| | |
Molybdenum Products Corporation. Longyears were
stockholders. Check Ball, Clay and McCarthy files
too.
|
| | |
Mount Isa Mines, Limited, Mount Isa, Queensland,
Astralia. Longyear shaft sinking client.
|
| | |
Nevada Land Company. Longyears were
stockholders.
|
| | |
Nevada Mining Company. Longyears were stockholders.
Others interested were G. G. Hartley, H. H. Porter, George F. Porter, C. L.
Buehl, T. D. Heed, Cavour Hartley, W. L. Anderson, M. E. Richards, H. P.
Gaston.
|
| | |
New Jersey Zinc Company, New York. Drilling client,
purchasers of equipment.
|
| | |
New York Orient Mines Company, New York. Drilling
client.
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Newport Mining Company, Ironwood, Michigan. Drilling
client.
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Nichols, Clifford R. Longyear engineer.
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Northern Commercial Company, Seattle, Washington.
Agent for Longyears.
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Northern Miner, Toronto,
Canada. Longyears advertised in the journal.
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Northern Ore Company, Edwards, New York. Drilling
client.
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Oglebay, Norton and Company, Cleveland, Ohio. Drilling
client.
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Oil and Gas Journal,
Tulsa, Oklahoma. Longyears advertised in the journal.
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Oliver Iron Mining Company. Material found in EJL
files, and Oliver company officers.
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Onahman Iron Company, Duluth. Drilling client. Some
material under Ferro Mine.
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Orchestral Association of Minneapolis. Longyears gave
financial support.
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Orkla Grube-Aktiebolag, Lokkens, Norway. Shaft sinking
client.
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Palatine Mining and Development Company, Chicago.
Drilling client.
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Pamlico Lumber and Development Company, Peoria,
Illinois. Drilling client.
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Patrick, R. S., Duluth, Minnesota. Supplied Longyears
with carbon (Black diamonds).
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Pearce, Marshall E. Hibbing and Minneapolis. Treasurer
of E.J. Longyear Hibbing organization and first treasurer of E.J. Longyear
Company. Date of employment: 1901-1917; died about 1918 or 1919.
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Penn Arizona Development Company, Tucson, Arizona.
Drilling client. See Ellis file also.
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Pennsylvania Drilling Company, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania. Purchased drilling equipment from Longyears.
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Peterson, Charles. Longyear drill foreman.
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Peterson, Louis. Longyear drill foreman.
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Peterson, Robert. Longyear drill foreman.
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Phelps Dodge Corporation, Morenci, Arizona. Drilling
client and purchaser of Longyear equipment.
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Pickands, Mather and Company. Drilling
client.
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Pickard, Albert F. Longyear drill foreman and field
superintendent, 1939-1957.
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Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, Barberton, Ohio.
Drilling client.
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Porter, George F. Associated with Longyears in Judson
Land Company, Judson Mining Company, Nevada Land Company, Nevada Mining
Company.
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Porter, J. Clarke. Sold Longyear drills on commission
and in charge of coal department of EJL Company.
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Prohibition State Committee, Minneapolis. Longyears
gave financial support.
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Purdy, Edward. Longyear drill foreman.
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Reber, Maxine. Drilling client.
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Republic Iron and Steel Company, Birmingham, Alabama.
Drilling client; mine leases.
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Republic Steel Corporation. Drilling
client.
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Reward Arizona Mining Company, Casa Grande, Arizona.
Drilling client. See Ellis file also.
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Richards, Maurice E. Associated with Longyears in
Judson Mining Company and Nevada Mining Company.
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Rincones (R.P., Jr.) Company, New York. Longyears
purchased carbons from the firm.
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Roan Antelope Copper Mines, Limited, Northern
Rhodesia, Africa. Drilling client.
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Roberts, Hugh. Longyear geologist.
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Rohrbach, Clifford H. Secretary of Diamond Core Drill
Manufacturers' Association.
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Rose Farm. Longyear farm at Excelsior.
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St. Joseph Lead Company, Bonne Terre, Missouri.
Purchased Longyear drills, and was also a drilling client.
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St. Louis Smelting and Refining Works, St. Louis,
Missouri. Drilling client.
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Sargent Land Company. Longyears were
stockholders.
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Saskatchewan Exploration and Development Company,
Limited, Toronto, Canada. Drilling client.
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Shepstedt, Axel. Longyear foreman.
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Silverwood, Benjamin A. Longyear drill
foreman.
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Simes, E. W. Longyear Sales representative in
Oklahoma.
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Sjolander, Charles P. Longyear drill
foreman.
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Smit (J.K.) and Sons, New York. Longyears purchased
supplies from the firm.
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Smith, John R. Officer, Molybdenum Products
Corporation.
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Smith, William E. Longyear drill superintendent. With
Falconbridge Mines, Limited also.
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Snyder, Gale and Richards, Minneapolis. Attorneys for
Longyears.
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Sodergren, Oscar. Longyear drill foreman.
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Standard Rock Products Company.
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Standish Iron Company. Longyears were stockholders. G.
G. Hartley was interested in the firm, too.
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Stith Coal Company, Birmingham, Alabama. Shaft digging
client.
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Stewart, J. B. American consul at Chihauhau, Mexico,
important to Longyears in Mexican drilling.
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Stovel, Joseph H. Manager of mining department and
engineer for Longyears.
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Stryker, J. L. Associated with Longco Oil and Gas
Company.
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Stryker, Maurice. Associated with Longco Oil and Gas
Corporation as superintendent and representative.
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Sullivan Machinery Company, Michigan City, Indiana.
Business of the Diamond Core Drill Manufacturers Association.
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Sun Oil Company, Dallas, Texas. Drilling
client.
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Taylor, William L. Longyear Superintendent, Shaft
Sinking Operations; drilling superintendent on Cuyuna.
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Tennessee Valley Authority. See also U.S. Departments.
Drilling client.
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Tri-State Development Company, Limited.
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Union City Mission, Minneapolis. Longyears gave
financial support.
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United States Departments.
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| | | | Sometimes the federal file includes data on state offices, but
files for each state are usually under the name of the state. |
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United States Engineers
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United States Geological Survey
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United States Bureau of Standards
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United States Bureau of Mines
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United States Treasury Department
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Bureau of Reclamation
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Superintendent of Documents
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University of Michigan, Alumni Association. EJL was a
member.
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Van Derlip, John R. Attorney for Longyears and
investor in Longco.
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Van Derlip and Lum. Attorneys for
Longyears.
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Voters' League, Minneapolis. Longyears gave financial
support.
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War Chest, Minneapolis. Longyears gave financial
support.
|
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Warren, Oscar B. Association with Longyears in Cascade
Mining Company, Mace Iron Mining Company.
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Wells and Dickey, Minneapolis. Offered investments to
Longyears.
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Western Machinery Company, Limited. Perth, Australia.
Agent for Longyears.
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Whimster, H.M. Longyear geology
consultant.
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Wicklund, Peter. Longyear drill foreman.
|
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Wisconsin-Minnesota Light and Power Company, Eau
Claire, Wisconsin. Drilling client (dam sites).
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Woodward Iron Company, Bessemer, Alabama. Drilling
client.
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YMCA, Minneapolis. Longyears gave financial
support.
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| Location | Box |
| 145.F.15.5B | 15 | |
1914: A-Z.
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1915: A-El.
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| Location | Box |
| 145.F.15.6F | 16 | |
1915: Em-Ou.
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| Location | Box |
| 145.F.15.7B | 17 | |
1915: Pa-Z and miscellaneous.
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1916: A-Corbett.
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| Location | Box |
| 145.F.15.8F | 18 | |
1916: Cor-Gowling.
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| Location | Box |
| 145.F.15.9B | 19 | | |
