Just grabbed the next box in my project and it's much heavier than it should be.

Me opening the box: please don't be rocks, please don't be rocks...
Box: it's rocks
#ThatArchivesLife

Ask and you shall receive @HistoryColorado, let's take a journey to see what's inside this bag of rocks!

FYI if this is the last tweet in the thread then that means I found gold in the bag and no longer work here.

Alright, looks like we have rocks inside of envelopes because that is totally a fine and good way to store rocks for 110 years.

What's left of the envelopes only notes exhibit numbers so I'll need to dig into the case later on to see if they mention what these are.

Bags are from South Butte Mining Company v. Anthony J. Hoida, et al. US Circuit Court of Montana, filed 1910. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/298110 

Well that was fast, first thing I looked at was a court transcript that mentions these rocks are "carbonate quartz" that "carries silver, lead, copper, and gold." Hooray for easy research!

"Q: Did you bring with you some of the stuff that you showed Mr. Barker?
A: Yes, sir; there will be two more sacks coming up in a little while."

Wish I could send myself back through time and space to briefly appear and scream "No more rocks!" during this part of the case.

I've had my hands in less than 10% of these Montana court records so far and I've already found about 10 bags of rocks and a bonus box filled with small bags of dirt.

Archivists, look upon our burden and weep!