Two Prospectors of Sixties Had World's Richest Hill
William Allison and G O Humphreys, early Butte miners, located the first claims on the Montana Butte hill in 1864. Though their holdings grew to the legendary Mountain Con and many mines, they died poor, never securing vast wealth from their discoveries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford
Rockefeller
Mellon
Crosus
Butte
Pioneer
Midas Midas
William Allison
G. O. Humpfreys
Allison
Humpfreys
Butte Hill
Butte District
Miller
Mickel
Yellowstone County
Miles City
Bozeman
Lincoln’s
Middle West
Wilbur F. Sanders
E. Warren Toole
Montana
J. W. S. Trevell
Garlock
Billings
Justice Court
Harwood
Allison and Humpfreys
Deer Lodge County
Allison-Humpfreys
Humphreys
Mountain
Buffalo
Missoula
Moscow
Twin Sisters
South Lode
Alder Gulch
Dennis Leary
H. H. Porter
Big Hole
Eschman
Missoula Lode
Philipsburg
Humprite
C. £. Irvine
G. A. Humpfreys
Montana Territory
Mountain den
Siver
Michael V. Conrey
Montana to Receive Additional Tax Revenue for State Funds
The Montana treasurer announced remittances totaling 154 257.59 dollars from the estate of the late James L. Hamilton of Butte as inheritance tax. Additional receipts of about 200 000 dollars from Harry W. Child’s Helena estate and 219 000 dollars from Anaconda Copper Mining Company metal mines tax are expected, funding general fund warrants. Governor Erickson and State Treasurer Williams noted the adjustment allows warrant cashing until regular tax receipts arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James L. Hamilton
Butte
State Land Board
Harry W. Child
Helena
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Land Board
F. E. Williams
Erickson
Snowdeep Snowfall Reaches Western Montana Mountains
Missoula reports heavy early mountain snowfall across western Montana with three and a half feet at East Portal and 38 inches at Lookout Pass. Ranchers in Ovando and Bitter Root valley note moisture prospects for next year as irrigation regions see snow in mountains. Rail lines at Milwaukee and Northern Pacific move rotary snow equipment to cope with the fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bull Mountains
Billings
Coulson
Northern Pacific Railway
Willard
Railway Company
United States
Northern Pacific
W. A. Allen
Judge Goddard
Yellowstone Valley
R. T. Allen
Dr. Allen
Mr. Allen
Corydon
Iowa
Louis Fenske
Ed Clark
First National Bank
Gazette
H. M. Proctor
Judge Proctor
Young Redmond
Dutch Charley
Sam Wilde
Wildy
Montana
Missoula
William Monahan
Ovando
Blackfoot Valley
Bitter Root
Mission Range
Flathead
Idaho
East Portal
Lookout Pass
Missoula-Wallace
Milwaukee Railway
Avery
Haugen
Wallace
St. Regis
Seven Flood Damage Suits Filed Against Milwaukee Railroad
Seven damage suits totaling 16200 were filed in district court at Roundup against the Milwaukee railroad for flood damage on Half Breed creek in August 1930. Plaintiffs allege obstructions in the natural water course placed by the railroad contributed to the losses. Named plaintiffs include Pete J Imberly, Anna Wiston, Robert Fanning, Emil Springer, Frank Cebull, Louis Strand, and Mrs. Alice Shaw Fowler with requested amounts from 1300 to 2950 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee Railroad
Half Breed Creek
Pete J. Imberly
Anna Wiston
Robert Fanning
Emil Springer
Frank Cebull
Louis Strand
Alice Shaw Fowler
Also Mentioned on This Page
O. F. Goddard
W. BH. Banfill
Wvntil
J. R. Goss
E. N. Harwood
State Supreme Court
District Court
Goss
Goddard
Yellowstone
Coulson Post
A. K. Yerkes
Judge Goss
Bismarck
N. D
Michigan
Mandan
Mr. Goss
Collins
Rosebud
Burns Smith
Junction City
John Smith
Engineering Department
Dewey & Brown
Supreme Court
Cheyenne
Wyo
Laramie
Crazy Woman Fork
Friendly
Texas
Harvard Law School
Wilde
John McGinness
Baboon Gulch
Banfill
Securities Building
Shaft
Town Gulch
Dublin Guich
North
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