Granite Mountain Mine Story of Philipsburg Prospector
The Granite Mountain mine in Philipsburg Montana rises from Eli D Holland's quest for meat to a world famous silver find. California miner Holland, partners James Estill and Josiah Merrill, and later mining engineer Charles D McLure built title through 1890s, with a 1800 foot shaft and a three mile tunnel, until silver prices collapsed. The discovery made McLure a leading figure and funded regional development.
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Montana
Granite Mountain
Philipsburg
Eli D. Holland
California
St. Louis
Holland
James W. Estill
Josiah M. Merrill
America
Charles D. McLure
Hope
Merrill
McLure
Flint Creek
Death Oblivion or Dishonor Ended Early Northwest Explorers
A historical account describes Jefferson seeking a fourth western expedition to find the Pacific, detailing failed earlier choices George Rogers Clark John Ledyard and Andre Michaux, and noting Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led the successful voyage. It chronicles Lewis fate and Clark post expedition career, including monuments and legacies in Tennessee and Louisiana.
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Jefferson
Northwest
Louisiana
United States
Columbia
Robert Gray
Oregon Territory
Rockies
France
George Rogers Clark
John Ledyard
Andre Michaux
Lewis
Michaux
Meriwether Lewis
Nashville
William Clark
Lewis County
Tennessee
Caroline County
Virginia
Kentucky
Clark
Wayne
Fallen Timbers
University museum gains Cree canoe chair and brassware gifts
Gifts from Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Olson of Arlee, Alice Woody of Missoula, and "Shorty" Shope add a Cree canoe, a fort chair dated before 1870, six linen items, two books, several almanacs from 1838 to 1887, and old brassware to the State university museum alongside a note on long engineering calculations for a modern airliner.
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John Owen
State University Museum
W. A. Olson
Arlee
Alice Woody
Missoula
Shorty” Shope
Owen
Franklin D. Woody
Major Owen
Olson
The
United States
Charles A. Goodrich
de Whitney
New York
M Hosteter
People’s
Ayers
Shope
University
No Copper Smelter in All United States When Butte Hill Was Opened
Marcus Daly, Butte pioneer mining man, died in New York Nov 12 1900 and was buried there. Daly helped found Butte copper industry after shipping ore to Wales and building a smelter, with early associates including Haggin Hearst and Tevis. Also notes two rural electrification groups filing articles of incorporation for $10000 and $4000.
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United States
Butte Hill
Marcus Daly
Butte
Mr. Daly
Netherlands Hotel
New York City
New York
Ireland
Virginia City
Nev
Alice
Walkerville
Walker Brothers
Salt Lake City
Seattle
Cape Horn
Wales
J. B. Haggin
George Hearst
Lloyd Tevis
Cardston Plans Jubilee Year
Cardston Alberta prepares for its golden jubilee next year marking the Mormon settlement founded in 1887 by Charles Ora Card and associates. The town will host visitors from old-timers and dignitaries as preparations intensify led by Joseph Y. Card, Brigham Young’s grandson.
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Cardston
Alberta
Babb
Calgary
Banff
Will
Charles Ora Card
Utah
Idaho
Montana
Washington
British Columbia
Prairie Country
Macleod
Lee’s Creek
Card
First Presidency
Mormon Church
Cad Valley
Joseph Y. Card
Brigham Young
Zina Young Card
Special one week fisheries management course at MSU
The zoology department at Montana State College will run a seven day short course in fisheries management starting December 7. The program targets fish culturists and forest service workers and includes lectures laboratory work and discussions. Elmer G. Phillips will cover Montana stocking policy and J. K. Dwinelle will present the forest service stocking policy. Fred J. Foster will address regional bureau leadership.
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Montana State College
J. D. Brown
Forest Service
Elmer G. Phillips
Montana
J. K. Dwinelle
Fred J. Foster
United States Bureau of
Postmaster Glimpses What Might Have Been
J R Kruger postmaster of Plains escaped a car hanging 20 feet above the river after skidding on an icy road between Perma and Paradise. A wrecker’s cable failed and the vehicle plunged onto rocks. Kruger was returning from Missoula when the crash occurred as seven cars also slid into ditches that day, with a truckload of pigs spilling nearby.
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J. R. Kruger
Plains
Kruger
Missoula
Perma
Paradise
Dinosaur egg nest found near Waterton border in Alberta
Workmen improving the Chief Mountain highway near Waterton National Park uncovered a fossilized dinosaur egg nest after a rock slide. The eggs, football sized, are millions of years old and likely to be sent to the Ottawa National Museum.
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Chief Mountain
Waterton National Park
North America
Alberta
Montana
National Museum
Ottawa
Also Mentioned on This Page
Louisiana Territory
Grinder
Natchez Trace
University’s
Yellowstone Valley Electrification Association
Huntley
Yellowstone County
Lower
Charles Card
Canada
Mormon Colony
Netherlands
Clark’s Fork Valley
Anaconda
Frontier
Frontier Raw Fur Corp
West
Calumet
Jack Caskey
Avaton St
Memphis
Tenn
Nancy E. Williams
Moreland Ave
Atlanta, Ga
K. J. Tobin
Beverly Hills
General Foods
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