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 |