Cokedale Montana Livingston Coke Coal Company 1891 Letterhead 8 x 6.5

This July 29, 1891 business letter from Cokedale, Montana was issued on Livingston Coke and Coal Co letterhead and signed by Superintendent Geo. T. McLeod.

During the rapid industrial development of Montana’s mining districts, coke and coal companies supplied essential fuel to smelters, railroads, and machinery operations that depended on precise mechanical fittings and maintenance equipment. Correspondence like this illustrates the practical realities of supply chains in the territorial and early statehood period, where hardware orders, returns, and specification corrections were handled through direct written instruction.

The typed letter is addressed to A. M. Holter Hardware Co of Helena, Montana and details the return of two glass oilers intended for 3/8 inch gas pipe thread because they were too small. The superintendent requests two number six adjustable glass oilers to fit 1/2 inch gas pipe thread and specifies a replacement spring of 3/8 inch round steel measuring 1 7/8 inches long by 1 7/8 inches in diameter. The original signature of Geo. T. McLeod appears at the lower right, with Supt noted beneath.

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