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Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company was founded by Dr. J. Danley Budd, Henry. S. Bryan, William A. McGonagle, John Dwan and Hermon W. Cable in Two Harbors, MN. Initial mining efforts failed to produce corundum, a mineral ideal for making sandpaper. Instead, the mineral anorthosite was used and sales were weak.
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Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company was founded by Dr. J. Danley Budd, Henry. S. Bryan, William A. McGonagle, John Dwan and Hermon W. Cable in Two Harbors, MN.
In 1902, five Two Harbors Businessmen: Henry S. Bryan, Dr. J. Danley Budd, Herman Cable, William A. McGonagle, and John Dwan formed the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company. Duluth Prospector Ed Lewis discovered a potential deposit of corundum near the Baptism River in 1901.
Jun 17, 2013 · 3M began in 1902 when Dr. J. Danley Budd, Henry. S. Bryan, William A. McGonagle, John Dwan and Hermon W. Cable founded Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company. They started the company with the goal of mining for corundum, a mineral ideal for making sandpaper and grinding wheels.
The company was founded by Henry S. Bryan, Hermon W. Cable, John Dwan, William A. McGonagle, and J. Danley Budd in 1902 and is headquartered in St. Paul, MN.
Aug 28, 2023 · 3M was founded in 1902 by Dr. J. Danley Budd, William A. McGonagle, Henry. S. Bryan, Hermon W. Cable, and John Dwan in Northern Minnesota (many a board member has come and gone since then). The then-named Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, from which the name “3M” was eventually derived, began as a small-scale mining venture.
The company was founded by Henry S. Bryan, Hermon W. Cable, John Dwan, William A. McGonagle and J. Danley Budd in 1902 and is headquartered in St. Paul, MN. Read Less
