Alder Gulch’s Rich Legacy in Montana Gold Dredging
Montana mining history centers on Alder Gulch with vast dredging since 1862. By 1914 Alder Gulch yielded about 6.8 million dollars, shaping Montana as a top gold producer after California. Conrey Placer Mining Co. began in 1898 with four electric dredges and 650 horsepower. equipment cost around 1.2 million dollars, powered from the Madison River plant. Estimates indicate millions more remain, with dredging extending over 10 acres of valley and three gravel strata awaiting extraction.
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Montana
Alder Gulch
California
United States
Grasshopper Creek
Beaverhead County
Mont
Bannack
Virginia City
Harper and Kelling Brothers
Tome
Ruby River
Alder ‘Gulch
Bay River
Califoria
Conrey Placer Mining Company
Conrey Company
Ipment
Ler Gulch
Madison Iver
MIM
Laying Down the Law on Sunday Barberies
In Des Moines the Davenport case argues shaving is not labor and that the state cannot deny a barber the Sunday shop open privilege. Attorneys contend if a man can carry a mule on Sunday, he has a right to have his head carried, a somewhat humorous framing of the legal point.
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State Supreme Court
Des Moines
Davenport
Cape Colony
Africa
United States
Stephenson
Wisconsin
Profit in Drug Plants and Home Garden Growers
An Illinois Pharmacists association talk highlights profitable drug plants grown by households. Belladonna and hydrastis yield high prices. war reduces foreign supply, boosting US cultivation. The article lists belladonna, hyoscyamus, scopalamine, stramonium, podophyllum, cascara, rhubarb, and castor oil as usable drugs with cautions on dosing and safety.
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University of Illinois
Illinois Pharmaceutical Association
Farmer
United States
Department of Agriculture
Europe
Asia
Germany
Ecopolta
Bavaria
Hungary
Pacific
Domestic service for men after the war
The piece surveys postwar employment shifts in Britain and America as women who joined war industries fear losing hard won pay and hours. It notes widespread moves from domestic work to factories and fields, men facing novel roles as hotel staff and service workers, and debates on whether veterans will reclaim traditional domestic positions. It highlights girls in London taxis, women in mines, farms, and aeroplane engine plants, and the growing female workforce challenging prewar gender roles.
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Great Britain
Philadelphia
England
Chicago
York
Scotland
Faia
London
War Office
British Boards of Trade
Tommy
Tom
Timber Plag Warns of Blister Fungus in New York
The white pine blister is traced to currant and gooseberry bushes. New York orders destruction of berry bushes to curb the forest plague.
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New York
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Bonita
Edieine Lake
Sphilipsburg
Polver
Town Lake
Istin
Story Hamilton
Wisdom
Ravalli County
Biller
Flint Creek Valley
Ilvey
Mer
Haghnry
Butte
Cation
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Bagun
Conrey
Ruby, Mont
America
Bes
China
India
Chicago Tribune
Eiland
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