Gold Rush Returns to Bannack and Montana Placer Camps
Historic Bannack and other pioneer camps in Montana surge with activity as 3,000 to 5,000 miners work placer and quartz deposits. Operators in Norris Pony Virginia City Darby Pioneer Gold Creek and Butte districts report high grade ore, new mills and leases, with totals possibly rising in 1933.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bannack
Treasure State
Carl J. Traverman
Montana
U. S. Department of Commerce
Norris
Pony
Virginia City
Darby
Pioneer
Gold Creek
Saltese
Blackfoot
Confederate Gulch
York
Canyon Ferry
Silver Bow
Helmville
Lincoln
Butte
Jardine
Sandusky
Portman
Marysville
Castle
Harrison
Highlands
Twin Bridges
Sheridan
Iron Rod
Dillon
Argenta
Philipsburg
Georgetown
Winston
Townsend
Rodgersburg
Avon
Clancy
Basin
Missoula
August Dornboos
Josephine
Norwegian Gulch
Bozeman
Ainlay
Washington Bar Placer Ground
Ed Hickey
Lyman Roscoe
Steve Murphy
Eastern
Milton Leydig
Atlantic and Pacific Group
Engineers State
R. E. Sawyer
Washoe
Strawberry Group
Seattle
Park County
Harry Bacorn
East Helena
Crevasse Mountains
Edgar Wild
Princeton Mining Company
Missouri
McKee
Hal Naftalin
Minneapolis
Frederick C. Gilbert
Gilbert
Colorado
American Smelting and Refining Company
Bell Group
Little Boulder
Liberty Montana Mines
Edward Deschamps
J. R. E. Slevers
Largey
I. B. Mining Company
I. B. Haviland
William Franck
James Hancock
Ermont
Hidden Treasure
Keith Estate
H. A. Bieber
Madison County
Laurin
Frank Bins
Camp Bird Group
William Thompson and Associates
Camp Bird
California
Harris Guides
Dr. Sievers
Larry Duggan
Alex Leggatt
Alex Walker
Butte and Associates
U. S. Mint
L. O. Thomas
Spokane
Wallace
Sargeys
Pioneer and
Gold Creek Mining Company
Patrick Wall
Harry Symons
Charles R. Leonard
William Schmit
Saukville
Wisc
Arthur Corry
M. Keer Beadle
C. A. Jonson
Killbourne
Oregon Mountain Mining Company
Lincoln Gulch Placer Mining Company
Tatum
Helena
Montana Placers Company
L. E. Wild
Billings
Buffalo Placers
Great Falls
Libby
Vermillion Creek
George Hayworth
M. D. Kelly
Milwaukee
Libby Creek
W. H. Mann
C. A. Welles
Chicago
Golden West Mining Company
M. E. Schouweiler
Dodson
Little Rockies
Little Ben
North August
J. W. Ingersoll
Carl J. Trauerman
Norman Holter
Aubrey Holter
George T. McGee
Barnes-King Development Company
John Corvette
James T. Finlen
Metals Bank and Trust Company
Charles Zortman
Beaver Creek Mining Company
Ruby Mining Company
Associates
Clinton
John Roos
Vosburg
Vosburg Syndicate
Engineers
Gable
Clancy Creek
Gregory
Confederate District
Diamond City Mining Company
Diamond City
Big Belt Mining Company
Magpie Creek
J. W. Kager
D. H. Wells
G. W. Green
A. J. Knieval
H. A. Tash
Walter Mallette
Spokane Associates
Prospect Quartz Group
C. E. Gohn
Wimetka
M. L. Savage
York Placers
John King
Chili
Jefferson City
Callahan Gold Mining Company
Owen F. Brinton
Carl J. Nepper
Butte Contractor
A. E. Strom
Anaconda
T. D. Farrow
Butte Lumberman
G. H. Garnett
Victor
B. F. Chamberlain
Rodersburg
Rocker
Best Hope
Hobo Mining Company
Oscar Karri
Silver Bow Creek
Basin District
Montana School of Mines
F. A. Thomson
Curtis L. Wilson
Eugene S. Perry
A M. Gaudin
Oscar A. Dingman
Carl A. Shafer
Andrew V. Corry
J. A. MacEwan
Charles Clapp
State University
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Samuel Crowther
Samuel Blythe
Saturday Evening Post
Preston Balliet
Wall Street Journal
Butte Highlands Mining Company
H. H. Des Roches
Frank Hayes
Walker Carroll
Judith Mountains
Lewistown
St. Louis Mining and Milling Company
Drumsummon
Bell Boy
William H. Manning
Empire Gold Group
Walter Shay
Butts
Ruby Gulch
Zortman