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Strandberg Mines, Inc. records

Guide to the Strandberg Mines, Inc. records
1910-1964, bulk 1937-1964

Collection number: HMC-0359.
Creator: Strandberg Mines, Inc.
Title: Strandberg Mines, Inc. records.
Dates: 1910-1964, bulk 1937-1964.
Volume of collection: 6.7 cubic feet.
Language of materials: Materials in this collection are in English.
Collection summary: Records of an Alaskan mining company.

Organizational history:
Strandberg Mines, Inc., originally named Strandberg and Sons, Inc., was formed in 1937 by David Strandberg. Strandberg had originally formed the Strandberg-Johnson Mining Co. at Flat Creek Mine in 1910, which ceased operation around 1915. Strandberg Mines’ mining activities included prospecting, mining, milling, and smelting, primarily in Alaska. The company carried out mining operations in Eureka, Folger, Prospect Creek, Bishop Creek, Candle, Bonanza Creek, and Ruby. Strandberg Mines, Inc. ceased operation in the early 1960s.

Collection description:
The collection consists of records relating to the business operations of Strandberg and Sons, Inc. and Strandberg Mines, Inc., as well as an expense ledger for the Strandberg-Johnson Mining Co. A majority of the records relate to the company’s final years of operation. The collection includes administrative records, equipment inventories, financial records, correspondence, and annotated maps. The collection includes records that were created prior to the formation of Strandberg and Sons, Inc.

Arrangement: The collection is arranged in the following series:

Series 1: Administrative records; 1931-1964
Series 2: Correspondence and subject files; 1917-1964
Series 3: Financial records; 1910-1919, 1947-1963
Series 4: Maps; 1928, 1948-1954

Digitized copies: This collection has not been digitized. For information about obtaining digital copies, please contact Archives and Special Collections.

Rights note: Archives and Special Collections holds copyright to materials created by Strandberg Mines, Inc.

Preferred citation: Strandberg Mines, Inc. records, Archives and Special Collections, Consortium Library, University of Alaska Anchorage.

Separated materials: Some published material has been separated from the collection and added to the Archives’ ephemera collections. Please contact an archivist for further information.

Related materials: The Archives also holds the David and Jenny Strandberg family papers, HMC-0357;  Harold Strandberg papers, HMC-0237; Lawrence and Olga Doheny family papers, HMC-0355; and the Robert Geehan Papers, HMC-1163, which contains the financial records of the Cripple Creek Mining Company.

Custodial history: The Strandberg-Johnson Mining Co. expense ledgers were transferred to Archives and Special Collections by Alaska and Polar Regions Collections and Archives at the University of Alaska Fairbanks in 2006.

Acquisition note: The collection was donated to Archives and Special Collections by Olga Doheny and Odin Strandberg. A deed of gift was signed by Odin Strandberg in 1997.

Processing information: This collection was arranged and described by Kathy Hertel in 2000. The guide to the collection was converted to current standard and series combined by Veronica Denison in 2016.

Container list:
Series 1: Administrative records; 1931-1964.  0.4 cubic feet.
This series contains the administrative records for Strandberg Mines, Inc., including the Articles of Incorporation, bylaws, and minutes for board of directors and stockholder meetings. The series also includes mining claim information and deeds, as well as inventories and appraisals of machinery and equipment at various mining locations.

Box/Folder Description Dates
1/1 Articles of Incorporation and bylaws 1937-1940
1/2 Bylaws undated
1/3 Lease agreements of mining operations 1931-1935
1/4 Placer and lode mining claims: Certificates of location 1952
1/5 Quitclaim deed: Miller Creek 1957
1/6 Special Directors’ meeting 1952
1/7 Stockholders meeting 1962
1/8 Memoranda 1961
1/9 Reports of Strandberg trips 1961
1/10 Bureau of Public Roads: Right of Entry 1960
1/11 Court Case: Johnson vs. Strandberg Mines, Inc. 1963
1/12 Bids undated
1/13 To-do list 1964
1/14 News clippings; Mining forms 1954-1955
1/15 Stationary undated
1/16 Title Search on Mining Claims undated
Box 5 Aerial photographs of mining areas, includes Fairweather Range and Eureka 1952-1957
1/17 Minerals Equipment Company equipment list 1963
1/18 Eureka, Taft inventory and order lists 1960-1962
1/19 Folger machinery and equipment inventory and appraisals 1960
1/20 Hydraulic equipment inventory in Sullivan and Tofty 1940
1/21 Jig inventory and purchases undated, 1937
1/22 Manley machine and equipment inventory undated
1/23 Medfra purchases, appraisals and inventory 1960
 1/24 Indian River equipment purchases and inventory lists 1960
1/25 Strandberg Mines, Inc. equipment, machinery, and building inventory 1960

Series 2: Correspondence and subject files; 1917-1964. 1.6 cubic feet.
This series contains correspondence to and from Strandberg Mines, Inc. A majority of the correspondence pertains to the company’s finances, which includes payments made for insurance, real estate, land, payroll, supplies and equipment, and taxes. The series is arranged chronologically, and alphabetically therein, either by correspondent’s late name or affiliated business, or organization name.

Box/Folder Description Dates
1/27 Abbott Agency: Insurance and Real Estate 1954, 1956
1/28 Blue Cross 1954, 1958
1/29 Climax Molybdenum Company 1957-1958
1/30 Correspondence D 1953-1958
1/31 Correspondence F 1951, 1955
1/32 Correspondence H 1941-1946, 1957
1/33 Correspondence J 1955
1/34 Correspondence K 1957
1/35 Correspondence L 1955
1/36 Correspondence M 1955
1/37 Correspondence P 1941, 1955-1956
1/38 Pruss, Donald E. 1958
1/39 Correspondence R 1954
1/40 Correspondence S 1917, 1954-1958
1/41-42 Standard Oil Company of California, Anchorage 1957-1958
1/43 Standard Oil Company of California, Bethel 1958
1/44 Standard Oil Company of California, Seattle 1958
1/45 Standard Oil Company of California (General) 1959
1/46-51 Stanley, Kirk undated, 1954-1958
1/52 Correspondence T 1955
1/53 Correspondence A 1960
1/54 Ace Motors 1960
1/55 Alaska Airlines, Inc., Seattle 1960
1/56 Alaska Miners’ Association 1960
1/57 Alaskan Stationers & Publishers 1960
1/58 Alaska Railroad 1960
1/59 Alaska, State of – Department of Taxation 1960
1/60 Alaska, State of – Employment Security Commission 1960
1/61 Alaska, State of – General 1960
1/62 Alaska, State of – Representative Rivers; Senators Gruening and Bartlett 1960
1/63 Alaska, University of – Alumni 1960
1/64 Alaska, University of – General 1960
1/65 American Institute of Mining, Meteorological, and Petrochemical Engineers 1960
1/66 American Mining Congress 1960
1/67 Anchorage, City of 1960
1/68 Anchorage Port Commission 1960
1/69 Correspondence B 1960
1/70 Carrington Company, Seattle 1960
1/71 Correspondence – General 1959-1960
1/72-74 Correspondence D-F 1960
1/75 Fairbanks Lumber Supply 1960
1/76 Fairchild Aerial Surveys 1960
1/77 Frank’s Flying Service 1960
1/78 Correspondence G 1960
1/79 Goodnews Bay Mining Company 1960
1/80 Grocers Wholesale 1960
1/81 Correspondence H 1960
1/82 Hunt & Mottet Company 1960
1/83-86 Correspondence I-L 1960
1/87 Lindy’s Market 1960
1/88 Correspondence M 1960
1/89-90 Correspondence Mc., majority from L. McGee 1960
2/1 Correspondence N 1960
2/2 Northern Commercial Company, Seattle 1960
2/3-4 Correspondence O-Q 1960
2/5 Quality Meat Co. Inc.; Quality Meat Market 1960
2/6 Correspondence R 1960
2/7 Research Institute 1960
2/8 Correspondence S; Standard Oil Company of California 1958, 1960
2/9 Strandberg Mines, Inc. – Personal Inter-camp 1960
2/10-11 Correspondence T-U, including United States Treasury Department, US Mint, US Air Force 1960
2/12 U.S. Bureau of Mines 1960
2/13 U.S. Bureau of Public Roads 1960
2/14 U.S. Internal Revenue Service 1960
2/15 U.S. Smelting, Refining, and Mining Co. 1960
2/16 Vulcan Iron Works, Semi-Automatic Operation for Small Hoists 1960
2/17 Washington Iron Works 1960
2/18 Western Tractor & Equipment, Seattle 1960
2/19 Wien Alaska Airlines, Inc. 1960
2/20 Yukon Equipment Co., Fairbanks 1960
2/21 Yukon Office Supply 1960
2/22 Correspondence A 1961
2/23 Correspondence A, includes Alaska Miners Association 1962
2/24 Alaska Airlines 1961-1962
2/25 American Mining Congress 1961
2/26 Alaska Miners Association 1961
2/27 Alaska, State of 1961
2/28 Anchorage, City of 1961
2/29 Correspondence B 1961
2/30 Benson, Gus 1961
2/31-34 Correspondence C-F 1961
2/35 First National Bank, Fairbanks 1961
2/36 Correspondence G, includes US Geologic Survey 1961
2/37 Correspondence H 1961
2/38 Correspondence I, includes US Internal Revenue Service 1961
2/39-44 Correspondence J-N 1961
2/45 Notes: Messages and phone calls 1961
2/46 Correspondence P 1961
2/47 Quality Meats 1961
2/48-49 Correspondence R, S 1961
2/50 Strandberg Correspondence 1961
2/51 Strandberg, Inter-company 1961
2/52 Strandberg, Olga Doheny 1961
2/53-55 Correspondence T, U, W 1961
2/56 Yukon Equipment Company 1961
2/57-75 Correspondence A-P, R-S 1962
2/76 Standard Oil Company of California, Seattle 1962
2/77 State of Alaska 1962
2/78-82 Correspondence T-W, Y 1962
2/83 Correspondence A 1963
2/84 Correspondence B-C 1963
2/85 Correspondence D-P, R-S 1963
2/86 State of Alaska 1963
2/87 Strandberg 1963
2/88 Correspondence T-W 1963
2/89 Colorado Mining Association, Petroleum Club of Anchorage roster 1961, 1964
2/90 Fifth and Sixth Annual Mining, Minerals, and Petroleum Conference 1960-1961
2/91 State of Alaska, Division of Mines & Minerals – Mines & Petroleum Bulletin 1962

Series 3: Financial records; 1910-1919, 1947-1963. 3.9 cubic feet.
This series contains ledgers that include machinery and equipment expenses and payroll. The series also contains invoices, cancelled checks, banking transactions, and an expense ledger for the Strandberg-Johnson Mining Co.

Box/Folder Description Dates
Box 6 General accounting ledgers 1956-1959
Box 6 Mine Machinery and Equipment ledger 1959
3/1-3 Payroll 1958-1961
3/4 Payroll Control ledger for 1958-1960 1960
3/5 Debit, credit, and balance ledger 1960
3/6 Strandberg-Johnson Mining Co. expense ledgers 1910-1915
3/7 Financial ledger: Inventory, upgrading costs 1915-1919
3/8-10 Banking transactions: First National Bank; Matanuska Valley Bank 1960, 1963
3/11-16 Bills and receipts: Estimates of work performed; Receipts; Price estimates; Strandberg accounts; Travel expenses; Union 76 1947, 1959-1963
3/17-20 Small Business Administration: Candle Creek appraisal; Earnings (past and projected); Small Business Administration loan; Strandberg Mines, Inc. data for Small Business Administration loan application 1960-1961
3/21-25 Statements: Mining operations; Schedule of accounts and accounts payable; Statement of Expenses; Territory of Alaska  financial statement and annual report 1951, 1959-1960
3/26-27 Taxes 1952-1963
3/28-33 Payroll: Annual labor for Alaska Hot Springs District (1950) and Utopia Field (1955-1958); Time slips; Disability benefits and Social Security undated, 1950-1961
Boxes 7-8 Cancelled checks 1954-1960
3/34 Ace Motors 1960
3/35 Air Force, Army-Navy Surplus invoices (Big Ray’s Surplus Store) 1960
3/36 Airport Machinery Company invoices 1960
3/37-4/2 Alaska Airlines, Inc. invoices: Includes shipping freight to and from Folger, McGrath, Seattle, Fairbanks, and Anchorage 1960
4/3 Alaska Chemical Corporation, Fairbanks invoices 1960
4/4 Alaska Fire Equipment invoices 1960
4/5 Alaska Fish and Farm invoices 1960
4/6 Alaskan Stationers and Publishers invoices 1960
4/7 Alaska Propane invoices 1960
4/8 Alaska Railroad invoices 1960
4/9 Alaska Rivers Navigation Co. invoices 1960
4/10 Alaska Technical Supply Company (Alaska Fuel Supply) invoices 1960-1961
4/11 Alaska Welding Supplies (Anchorage and Fairbanks) invoices 1960
4/12 Anchorage Automotive invoices 1960
4/13 Anchorage Cold Storage invoices 1960
4/14 Anchorage Daily News invoices 1960
4/15 Anchorage Hardware Co. invoices 1960
4/16 Anchorage Oxygen Co. and Carbon Dioxide Equipment Co. invoices 1960
4/17 Anchorage Radio and Television Co. invoices 1960
4/18 Anchorage Times Publishing Co. invoices 1960
4/19 Arctic Office Machine Co. invoices 1960
4/20 Army-Navy Surplus Co invoices 1960
4/21 Aurora Motors invoices 1960
4/22 Automotive Parts & Equipment Co. Anchorage and Fairbanks invoices 1960
4/23 Bagoy, Flowers By invoices 1960
4/24 B and C Electric invoices 1960
4/25 Bearing Engineering Co. invoices 1960
4/26 Benson, Gus invoices 1960
4/27 Business Machines Sales and Service invoices 1960
4/28 Carrington Co., Fairbanks and Seattle invoices 1960
4/29 Communications Services invoices 1960
4/30 Co-op Photo, Fairbanks invoices 1960
4/31 Dart, Chuck invoices 1960
4/32 Fairbanks Aircraft Service invoices 1960
4/33 Fairbanks Lumber Co. invoices 1960
4/34 Fenton’s Pharmacy, Fairbanks invoices 1959-1960
4/35 Frank’s Air Service invoices 1960
4/36 Fuel invoices 1961-1962
4/37 Grocers Wholesale invoices 1960
4/38 Hellenthal, Hellenthal & Cottis invoices 1959-1960
4/39 Hewitt’s Photo and Drug Co. invoices 1960
4/40 Sedwick Martin Hickel Enterprises invoices 1960
4/41 Hub Air Service, McGrath invoices 1960
4/42 Hughes Trading Post invoices 1960
4/43 Insurance, Inc. invoices 1960
4/44 Interior Airways invoices 1960
4/45 Interior Equipment and Service invoices 1960
4/46 Inventory Summaries, Folger invoices 1960
4/47 Frank Jones Manley Store invoices 1960
4/48 Kelly’s Service, Fairbanks invoices 1960
4/49 Ketchikan Spruce Co. invoices 1960
4/50 C.R. Lewis Co. invoices 1960
4/51 Lindy’s Market and Grocery, Fairbanks invoices 1960
4/52 Miller Bentley Co. Fairbanks invoices 1960
4/53 Miller Dalton Co. Anchorage invoices 1960
4/54 Other invoices 1960
4/55 M & 0 Parts, Fairbanks invoices 1960
4/56 McGrath Roadhouse invoices 1960
4/57 McGrath Trading Post invoices 1960
4/58 Nerland’s Store, Fairbanks invoices 1960
4/59 New York Life Insurance Co. invoices 1960
4/60 Nordale Hotel invoices 1960
4/61 Northern Commercial Co., Anchorage invoices 1960
4/62 Northern Commercial Co., General invoices 1960
4/62-63 Northern Commercial Co., Fairbanks invoices 1959-1960, 1963
4/64 Northern Commercial Co., McGrath invoices 1960
4/65 Northern Commercial Co., Seattle invoices 1960
4/66 Northern Supply Co. invoices 1960
4/67 Pacific Air Freight invoices 1960
4/68 Pictures, Inc. invoices 1960
4/69 Polaris Travel Agency invoices 1960
4/70 Prentice-Hall, Inc. invoices 1960
4/71 Quality Meat Market, Fairbanks invoices 1960
4/72 Reeve Alaska Airmotive invoices 1960
4/73 Steel Fabricators invoices 1960
4/74 Strandberg, Estate of Jenny invoices 1960
4/75 Talkeetna Air Service invoices 1960
4/76 Thrifty Market invoices 1960
4/77 Washington Iron Works invoices 1960
4/78 Western Tractor and Equipment, Anchorage invoices 1960
4/79 Westward Hotel and Chartroom invoices 1960
4/80 Wien Alaska Airlines invoices 1960
4/81 Clint Winans (Bertha) invoices 1960
4/82 Sig Wold Storage invoices 1960
4/83 Yukon Equipment Co., Fairbanks invoices 1960
4/84 Yukon Office Supply invoices 1960
4/85 Yutana Barge Lines invoices 1960

 Series 4: Maps; 1928, 1948-1954. 0.8 cubic feet.
This series contains U.S. Geological Survey geologic and topographical maps, as well as notes and drawings that relate to the maps. A majority of the maps include annotations and markings which pertain to potential and prospected mining claims.

Oversize folder Item Description Dates
1 1 Swanson River Field, Kenai Peninsula 1961
1 2-3 Part of Sheenjek River 1928
1 4-5 Talkeetna Mountains 1952
1 6 Willow Creek Mining District: Preliminary map, not yet edited or reviewed by USGS 1948-1950
1 7-9 Yukon Territory: Potential mineral resources and oil leases 1954
2 1 Alaska National Geographic Map 1961
2 2-3 Anchorage and vicinity, includes school bus stop zones in Rabbit Creek area and shaded areas around the Anchorage International Airport 1962
2 4-6 Maps of Alaska with hand drawn routes: “Ferry Routes, Proposed Development System”; “Canadian Connections, Existing Highways, Ferry Systems, Access Roads”; “Geologic Map of the Alaska Railroad Region” 1954
3 1-3 Hayes, “Paxson’s Geochem” 1951-1952
3 4-5 Healy 1952
3 6 Keeler Quadrangle (California) 1951
3 7-8 Mt. McKinley (Denali) 1952
3 9 Nabesna Quadrangle 1952
3 10-16 Talkeetna Mountains 1952

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