Lead Mines Discovered After Beaverhead Horse Stampede
A party seeking game in Beaverhead witnessed horse stampede due to swarming flies on Lion Mountain at Glendale. One hunter Bryant found silver lead ore on exposed rock, triggering staking, rough-terrain mining, and shipments to Corinne Utah for smelting in Denver. News spurred a miner rush and new claims near Diamond and other camps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lion Mountain
Hecla Mining Co
Mry Knippenberg
Glendale
Lion City
Trapper
Hecla
Montana
Feeeiie
Bill Hamilton
Corinne
Utah
Denver
Bannack
Noah Armstrong
Seattle
Diamond
Butte's Early Hecla Mining Era and Lion Mountain Tale
A historical summary recounts Butte’s early motor taxi firms, the Hecla company formation with Hendricks and others, and the Lion Mountain mining boom. It details discoveries around Beaverhead county, the Trapper camp, the Cleopatra and Sheep mines, the smelter, tramway dangers, cold underground work, and the rise and decline of Lion Mountain camps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe
Lion Mountain
Trapper
James L. Hamilton
Butte
Hamilton Block
John Canavan
Anaconda
Canavan
Trapper City
Harvey
Day
Hecla
Bob McConnell
Dewey
Taylor& Pease
Hecl Company
Hecla Company
Glendale
John Longley
Myles
Cleopatra
Cleopatra Mine
Bones of Indian Found Near Whitefish Lake Residence
While digging for Dr. C. G. Sandelius residence on the south shore of Whitefish lake Roy Bengsten uncovered a buried skeleton believed to be an Indian. The bones included worn bear-like teeth and a 20 inch tree grew over the site near where the Whitefish river meets the lake, a historic Indian camping spot for winter whitefish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. G. Sandelius
Whitefish Lake
Roy Bengsten
Whitefish
New militia motor transport company formed in Malta
A motor transport militia unit has been organized at Malta and announced by the adjutant general in Helena. The unit numbers 48 enlisted men, designated Co. D, 116th quartermaster corps, 9th corps area, bringing strength to 50 with a captain and first lieutenant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malta
Adjutant General
Helena
116Th Quartermaster Corps
Warden Sets Wild Swan Hunt Record With Airplane Flight
A Montana tale recalls Alex Warden chasing a wild swan by plane. Northwest Airways flight from Helena to Townsend crashes into three Canada-bound swans, killing one. Pilot Rueschenberger jettisons to Helena, dodges jammed rudders, lands safely as wreckage and bird remains are found in wings and fuselage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwest Airways
Canada
Helena
H. B. Rueschenberg
Cox
Walter Barnes
I University
New York
Townsend
Barnes
Rueschenberger
Rueschenberg
Grandma Watch Your Step and Flight Mishap Notes
A fragmentary article mentions Mrs. Abigail Leffentwel and her son-in-law in Los Angeles visiting a trailer, with fishing and dancing as her diversions. A relief ship was sent from Bus to the east after an air incident requiring repairs and new parts. The Great Falls Chamber of Commerce congratulates a director on a dangerous landing and presents a hunting-themed medal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abigail Leffentwel
Mek M. HL
White
Boseman
Also Mentioned on This Page
Beaverhead
Indianapolis
Penberg
Thomas A. Hendricks
Allen and Atkins
Charles L. Dahler
Thomas Hendricks
United States
Grover Cleveland
Ohio
Indiana
Hendricks
Senippenberg
Armstrong
Cleve
Hen Harvey
Doc Day
Jerry Grotevant
Joe McCreary
Mon‘ntana—Upper
Charles Schewe
Mitchell
Bariet Brooks
Henry Knippenberg
The
Hecila Mining Co
Gallatin
Bozeman, Mont
Jeb
Anaconda Sales Company
Alex Warden
Tribune
Chamber OF Commerce
Warden
Jack
Montana Gardens
Rocky Mountain
State Nursery & Seed Co
Letberms Am
Horns
Browm Leghorns Co
Beff
Ancor
Orpingtons
Escoe
BR. C
R. L
B.C.R
Austra
Reds
Pambergs
CES
Boote’s Hatcheries Corp
Worthington
Minnesota
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