Montana Prospecter Jake Hoover’s sweeping life of gold and fame
Living in a Seattle lakeside cabin, Jake Hoover, famed Montana prospector and early hunter, built a reputation as a patrician adviser on fishing and mining. From Tenderfoot bar to sapphire leads, his ventures spanned Montana and Alaska, with ties to Charlie Russell and a persistence to unearth gold in unsettled gulches.
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Lake Union
Seattle
Dovastry Club
Jake Hoover
Mtana
Montana
Hoover
Jake
Iowa
Tenderfoot Bar
Gold Creek
Bill Buchanan
Yogo Creek
Yogo Gulch
Yogo
Charlie Russell
Jake Hoover and the Fergus county Sapphire Mines Discovery
A Montana prospector named Jake Hoover reflects on a bitter strike dispute and recounts his discovery of sapphire mines in Fergus county in 1895. He recalls cattle ranching on the Judith river South Fork and a prospecting trip that led to the famous find yielding wealth to its owners.
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Jake
Pike’s Peak Gulch
Montana
Rich
Deer Lodge
Hoover
Utica
S. S. Hobson
Hobson
Helena
Jake Hoover
Fergus County
Judith River
Yogo Creek
Judith
Senate action halts park water use and opens lands
The Senate passed Evans' bill to allot Fort Belknap lands and open allotted lands to settlement. It also approved a Montana Broadwater irrigation dam bill not to power use. A water power law amendment blocks park based water permits without congressional approval. A 17 year old bank clerk stole Liberty bonds worth 772000. a $1000 reward is set and bonds valued at 25000 recovery reward.
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Idaho
Montana
Belknap Reservation
Senate
United States Senate
National Park
Congress
Yellowstone Lake
Falls River
Yellowstone Park
Snake River
House
Fort Belknap Reservation
Broadwater Irrigation District
Missouri River
Chicago
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United States
Sunrise
Resurrection Bay
Rex Beach
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Charles M. Russell
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Fort Benton
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Hoover's
Old Hoover
Walter Bright
Lewistown
Postum. Cereal Company
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Battle Creek, Mich
BULL
Tobacco
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Sibae
R. Rosenberg
Optometrist
E. Park St
Butte, Mont
Butte
Metropolitan Petroleum Company of
Great Cat Creek
Metropolitan Petroleum
Metropolitan Petroleum Company OF Montana
Montana Building
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