Pioneer Limerock Wilson recalls 1881 Montana moves and mining life
W E Lime rock Wilson recounts his escape from Montana winter of 1881 82 after a stolen boat ice bound river and failed jobs pushed him toward Maiden and Maiden area mines He recalls Billy Mitchell Mrs Mitchell and Tom Carbine along the Northern Pacific grade and early Rosebud camps and his the Gilt Edge mining work and aging as he nears 77 while still active in mining in eastern Montana
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Missouri
Bismarck
W. E
Limerock
Wilson
Montana
New Mexico
Billy Mitchell
Livingston
Yellowstone Gates
Northern Pacific
Tchell
Jack
Tom
Coilege
Mitchell
Chicago
Fort Maginnis
Maiden
Ae A
Gleave
Ed Williams
Billy
Kit Mitchell
Rosebud
Brown
Kit
Curley Tom
Iowa
Kennedy
Bit Nose Kennedy
Fort Custer
Bit Nose
Buffalo
Yellowstone
Fort Stevenson
Udy
Pete Larson
Rae Edge
Mr. Seltzer
West
Copenhagen
Denmark
Julia Seltzer
United States
Anaconda
Great Falls
New York City
Seltzer to Paint Early Montana Mason Lodge Scene
Montana plans to acquire a 9 by 15 foot oil by O C Seltzer depicting the first symbolic Mason meeting in Montana held Sept 23 1862 on a Rocky Mountain peak. It will hang in the Masonic grand lodge library in Helena with funding from Jesse Stoner and others.
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Montana
John Kain
O. C. Seltzer
Great Falls
Continental Divide
Mullan Pass
Masonic Grand Lodge
Helena
Kain
Grand Lodge
Ed Grafton
Billings
Brown
Phlip G. Cole
New York City
W. J. Marshall
Missoula
Lewis A Smith
Butte
Stoner
Masons
Mary E. Hannon
Art Department
Montana State College
Seltzer
N. P
Langford
Charlton
Mr. Seltzer
Rocky Mountains
Great Mountain Range
Master Mason
Fiske
Dakota
Grasshopper
Bannack
Minnesota
Half Million Pounds Wool Sold in Miles City Sale
A half million pounds of wool were sold during the wool pool sale at the Northern Pacific warehouse in Miles City. Fourteen buyers bid, Kenneth McLean sold the largest clip of about 50 000 pounds at the top price, 19 cents per pound. Both north and south side clips were included as buyers from Boston Billings Salt Lake City Philadelphia and other eastern points competed.
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Miles City
Northern Pacific
Kenneth McLean
Boston
Mass
Billings
Salt Lake City
Utah
Philadelphia
Pipeline firms seek to quit Montana field operations
Illinois Pipeline Co of Casper Wyoming filed with the Montana railroad and public service commission for permission to cease business. It says loss of piping oil from Montana fields to Canadian refineries due to Alberta Turney valley development. Transit & Storage Co of Port Huron Michigan filed a similar petition July 9. They seek to remove pipe from Sunburst area to near the international border at Sweet Grass.
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Montana Railroad and Public Service Commission
Illinois Pipeline Co
Casper
Wyo
Montana
Turney Valley
Alberta
Commission
The
Transit & Storage Co
Port Huron
Mich
Sunburst
Sweet Grass
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Seville
Spain
Wwe
Charles M. Russell
Russell
C. Seltzer
Second Pipeline Outfit
H.W. Hultberg
U.S.A
Pike’s Peak
Mt. Washington
Conoco