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Wealthy Granite Mining Town Lived in Its Heyday
The Helena Journal souvenir biography recalls Granite Montana at 6,000 feet, population 2,500, famed for Granite Mountain and Bi-Metallic mine. It notes diverse mines, harmony claims, four churches, a $20,000 miners union hall, Fire chief Travaille, Deputy Sheriff McLeod, local schools led by G. J. Beek, and bustling commerce from jewelers to hardware stores.
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Grace Stone Coates
Granite
Helena Journal
Rockies
Montana
United States
Granite Mountain
Elizabeth
East Granite
Zeus
Fannie Parnell
Lord Nelson
Granite Belle
Gold Coin
Morning Star
Cleveland
Young America
Methodist Episcopal
Church of England
Miners’ Union
Red and Gun Club
Tom Trevaille
D. A. McLeod
P. Gallagher
Nixon
Bi-Metallic
Sligh and Power
G. J. Beek
May Kennedy
Effie R. Buck
Cornwall
British Isles
George Beek
Travaille
J. H. Vial
Vial
England
Butte
Alice Band
Gallagher
Ireland
Northern Pacific Railway
Dakota
Poutet & Gallagher, General Merchants
Glendive
trans-Atlantic
H. A. Richards
C. Richard
George B. Kane
M. E. Edwards
Gildersleeve & Charest
D. A. and
A. J. Boyd