CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT: LANDS AND MINERALS DIVISION:

An Inventory of Its Railway Mineral Lease Records at the Minnesota Historical Society

Government Records

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	Creator:	Minnesota. Division of Lands and Minerals.
	Title:	Railway Mineral Lease Records.
	Dates:	1904-1957.
	Language:	Materials in English.
	Abstract:	Correspondence, leases, easements, and blueprint maps containing information on the location, completion, and use of railroad spur tracks to various mines in northeastern Minnesota.
	Quantity:	0.75 cubic feet (2 partial boxes).
	Location:	See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

These files contain information regarding the completion of spur tracks to individual mines, supplied to the State Auditor and (after 1931) the Department of Conservation by railroad companies, the state Railroad and Warehouse Commission, and state superintendent of mines F. A. Wildes. Latter documents in the files are copies of easements granted to railroads, generally for access to mines. Also includes maps and plats.

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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota. Division of Lands and Minerals. Railway Mineral Lease Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number: 993-135

Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 990017287760104294

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION


Location
104.L.9.5B		Attorney General's opinion re: rescinding contracts for leasing state mineral lands, 1904.


		Duluth and Iron Range Railroad, 1910-1915.


		Duluth and Northeastern Railroad, 1942.


		Duluth, Missabe, and Iron Range Railway, 1942-1957.


		Duluth, Missabe, and Northern Railway, 1911-1914.


		Duluth, Rainy Lake, and Virginia Railway, 1907.


		Duluth, Rainy Lake, and Winnipeg Railway, 1912.


		Duluth, Winnipeg, and Pacific Railway, 1912, 1947.


		Great Northern Railway, 1905-1942.


		Kinney and Yeats Spurs, 1914.


		Minnesota and Manitoba Railway, 1942.


		Northern Pacific Railway, 1915, 1942.


		Soo Line Railroad and Predecessors, 1910-1918.


Location	Folder
126.G.3.4	1	Maps and plats:
			Blueprint showing lots for proposed improvement, Sec. 8, T57, R20, Undated.
			Blueprint showing lots for proposed improvement, Sec. 36, T58, R20, Undated.
			Draper Mine, shortest distance to Duluth, Missabe, and Iron Range Railway, January 1915.
			Islands in Longyear Lake at Chisholm, August 1915.
			Drill hole record/exploration sheet in Sliver Mine, 1917.
Location	Folder
126.G.3.4	2		Proposed improvement lots, Sec. 36, T57, R20, December 1918.
			Hanna and Pilot mines: Spur tracks, April 1919.
			Mesaba Railway Company Hanna Mine Spur, May 1920. 3 items.
			Mesaba Railway Company Hanna Mine Spur, May 1920.
			Resurvey of Sec. 30, T49, R19, August 1921.
Location	Folder
126.G.3.4	3		Blueprints showing tracks leased by state for logging railroad, Twomey Williams Company, 1924. 5 blueprints.
				Clipped together with related correspondence.
			State addition to Eveleth, 1925.
				Showing it platted into blocks, and with the location of the D.W. & P (Duluth, Winnipeg, and Pacific?) Railroad right-of-way.

CATALOG HEADINGS

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:: Mine railroads -- Minnesota -- Right of way.; Mines and mineral resources -- Minnesota.; Railroads -- Minnesota.

Persons:: Wildes, F. A. (Frank A.)

Organizations:: Minnesota. State Auditor.; Minnesota. Department of Conservation.; Railroad and Warehouse Commission of the State of Minnesota.

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