Gold Rush Returns as Montanans Wash Creek Gravel
The article chronicles renewed gold prospecting in Montana with miners and even families living in tents chasing pay dirt. It notes modern prospectors blend geology training from the School of Mines with rugged lived experience, and discusses wages, costs, and the elusive pot of gold while detailing sluice box techniques and the lure of rich pay dirt despite warnings from geologists and old timers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward B. Reynolds
Montana
Butte
Pan
Montana Prospectors Revisit Ghost Towns and Old Mines
The piece chronicles early and modern gold and silver mining in western Montana. It notes placer mining yields, quartz stringers, rising metal prices reviving ghost towns, and towns like Granite Philipsburg Garnet and Granite drawing new attention. It ties pioneer cabins to contemporary prospecting and the dream of independent wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Gold Creek
Granville Stuart
Southern Cross
Granite
Bi- Metallic Company
Philipsburg
Hall
Pioneer
Red Lion
Georgetown
Montana Copper Output Ranks Third in 1937 Domestic Production
Montana produced 280,662,270 pounds of smelter copper in 1937, up 65,228,893 pounds from 1936 and 122,901,835 from 1935, ranking third behind Arizona and Utah. The US total copper output reached 1,669,322,278 pounds, with prices averaging 12.1 cents per pound delivered fob refinery during the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
United States
Bureau of Mines
Department of the Interior
Arizona
Utah
Finch
Orld
Far mers Benefit Prompts Broad Economic Growth This Year
A farm aid program boosts agricultural financing and stimulates general business activity for the year. Officials say increased liquidity supports farmers and related industries, with expectations of sustained momentum across regional markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aes
Montana Budget Balanced for First Time in 20 Years
Gov Roy Ayers told Lewis town residents Montana's general fund has a balance over $20,000 after 20 years of red ink. He cited economies, a pay as you go policy, and reduced bonded debt from $11,225,117 to about $9,504.05, with potential property tax relief for 1939 legislature and increased tax intake from licenses and production taxes.
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Lewistown
Roy Ayers
Montana
William Hosking
Recovery
State Board of Equalization
Atien
Seergent Peretna
Ten Dozen Neckties Stolen From Salesman
A car from Great Falls carrying necktie salesman O R Brodrick of Great Falls and driver R R Barret of Great Falls hit a bus on the Butte Helena road near Boulder. The pair left the scene to fetch a wrecker, then returned to find 120 neckties missing from the wagon. The thief took only the expensive ties and left the cheaper ones. Police in Butte and Helena were notified but no arrests reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. R. Barret
Great Falls
O. R. Brodrick
Butte- Helena
Boulder
A. J. Simpson
Amateur Outdoor Athletic Tie Held in New York
An event described as an amateur outdoor athletic tie occurred in New York on October 21, 1871. Details are sparse but indicate a local gathering featuring competitive activities among participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amateutdoor
New In
Frank Lavinge Exudes Old West Fame And Fireside Career
Frank C. Lavinge of the Stevens hotel in Great Falls joins Montana Cowboys as a preferred member. A longtime range rider, rustler hunter and Pinkerton operative, he later became Montana livestock inspector and Alberta provincial police veteran with extensive outlaw hunting across North America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
West
Frank C. Lavinge
Stevens Hotel
Great Falls
Montana Cowboys
Lavinge
Memphis
Tenn
Stadler & Kaufman
Charlie Russell
Stampede For Gold
Coeur d'Alene
Idaho
Colorado
Nevada
California
Arizona
Canada
Stock Association
Southwest
Pinkerton Agency
United States
Alaska
Unon
Helena
Alberta
Early-Day Resident of Great Falls Dies
Mrs. Carrie M. Brown aged 84 longtime Great Falls resident died at her daughter Mrs. R. L. Arthur home in Great Falls She was born March 3 1854 near Lansing Michigan and married Myron Brown in DeWitt Michigan The couple moved to Great Falls in 1890 and later resided at the Masonic Home in Helena Her death followed a long life noted in local records
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie M. Brown
Great Falls
R. L. Arthur
Mrs. Brown
Lansing
Mich
Myron Brown
DeWitt
Southeast Montana Range Returns to Normal After Rain Boost
The Southeast Montana range is recovering from June hail and floods as moisture boosts pastures. Sheep producers report strong ram crops and fine wool, while cattle herds rebuild. overall outlook credits recent heavy rain and soil moisture for better spring grains and range grass next season.
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Conte
Ontana
Yelowstone
Montana
Federal Weather Bureau
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Flathead
Prairie
Rosebud
Powder River
Flour Dam Saves Havre Store From Flood
In Havre Montana a Bear's Paw flood overwhelmed the Bull Hook and threatened the F A Buttrey store. Workers built a flour dam using seven hundred sacks to stop the water waist deep on the sidewalk. Estimated loss reached $900, mostly from wet flour, with $100000 in basement stock unaffected. A New York telegram praised the store's crew for following its founder's flood lesson.
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F. A. Buttrey
Havre
Bear's Paw Mountains
Buttrey
New York
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Secarey 3 & No
Kemp
Jake
Nans
Judith Basin
Bureau of Mines of
Federal Department of Interior
Elk
Sun River
Temperance Commission
GOV
Roy E. Ayers
Frank Lavinge
HOTEL
Cowboys’ Organization
Province of Alberta
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