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Jake Hoover the Montana prospector and his long hunt for gold
The article profiles Jake Hoover known as the Lucky Boy, tracing his Montana and Idaho mining career from the 1860s through sapphire and gold discoveries in Yogo Gulch Fergus County and Alaska. It notes his relentless prospecting, shifting fortunes, legal battles, and later Seattle boating venture, along with connection to Kid Russell and the Judith Basin era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake Hoover
Idaho Territory
Iown
Jake
Hoover
Montana
Hooover
Bannack
Virginia City
Confederate Gulch
Empire Builders
W. A. Clark
Tenderfoot Bar
Gold Creek
Great Clark
Montana Rocky
Rich
Pike’s Peak Gulch
Deer Lodge
Jake Ifoever
Yogo Gulch
Fergus County
Judith River
Judith
Helena Way
Yogo Creek
Helena
Utica
Hobson
Nfobkon
Wobson
Nelena
Judith Basin
Moorer
Alaska
North Country
United States
Sunrise
Resurrection Bay
Stake
Rex Beach
Tie
Seattle
Sound City
Lake Union
Charles M. Nussell
Whoover
South Fork
Paradise
Kid Russell
Woaver
Upper Judith
Hoover Cabin
Mr. Russell
Ile
Judith Iasin
Lewistown
Reed