Ghost of Ajax mine haunt inspires Dillon club tale
A Dillon club initiates new member Tom Landers who recounts a March 1903 letter from Linley Montana about the Ajax mine haunted by Dutch Gus. Miners at Ajax reportedly spot the ghost at Big Swamp creek and fear it, with extensive tale of spectral prowls and vanished materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon Pipe Dreamers
Tom Tanders
Big Hole
Landers
Ajax
Linley
Montana
St. Louis Republic
Addreag
Red Lodge
Butte
Wisdom
Pipers’ Club
Big Swamp Creek
Jackson and
Gus
Spook
Dutch Gus
Assay Office
Carbon County
Beaverhead County
Days on the Road volume from Mrs Herndon arrives in Montana
A new memoir Days on the Road by Mrs. S R Herndon recounts a 1865 across the plains journey from Missouri to Virginia City Montana. The diary covers daily travel with brothers Winthrop and Hilhouse Raymond and Sim Buford detailing canyon dangers tolls and pioneer life. Priced at 1 and available at the Tribune store Hughes and McCalebs.
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S. R. Herndon
Virginia City
Montana
Plains
Missouri
Union
Winthrop
Hilhouse Raymond
Sim Buford
Missouri River
Hermeays
Blacktail Deer Creek
Sweetwater
Wonderland Entrance at Cinnabar to Become Artful Park Gate
The Northern Pacific railway and the U S government will upgrade the Cinnabar station area into a handsome complex. An arch will greet visitors, built from nearby rocks with moss kept intact for a natural look. A miniature waterfall lake rustic buildings and attractive grounds will frame the terminus and park entrance.
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Northern Pacific Railway
United States
Cinnabar
Decision of Interest to Justices in Stock Killing Case
Judge Stewart ruled a transcript fee of 20 cents per folio for appealing from Justice Mehlberg to a higher court is a legal charge. William Wallace Jr represented Northern Pacific Railway in the appeal from the stock killing suits by Rittenhouse Brothers and J F Border, upholding the payment requirement.
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Stewart
Justices of the Peace
William Wallace, Jr
Northern Pacific Railway Company
F. Mehlberg
Rittenhouse Brothers
J. F. Border
Justice of the Peace
Mehlberg
Border
Two Austrians Freed Over Elk Killing Charge
Two Austrian men confined in Livingston jail on an out of season elk killing charge were released on a writ of habeas corpus after the commitment by the justice was found not to be in proper form.
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Livingston
Bounty Law Overhaul Tightens Penalties and Inspectors
A substitute bill revises bounty rules for killing wild animals. It raises penalties for violations, lowers coyote and pup bounties to 3 dollars, and creates a county inspector system. Inspectors mark skins, verify affidavits, issue certificates, and report monthly to the county clerk.
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THE
OM Landers
Lindley, Carbon Co
Mont
Ajax Mine
Big Hole Basin
Helena
Alfred Hampton
Great Falls
H. D. Ebey
M. H. Wall
Wung Sam
Frank P. Sterling
Ah Fung
Ah Chung
East Helena
Gardiner Station
G. T. Paul
F. E. T. Broeck
I. Christiansen
Contractor and Builden
Kentucky Avenue
Vine Street
Dillon, Mont
B.F. White
R. A. Sullivan
First National Bank
Dillon
A. F. Graves
Wm. Roz
A. L. Stowe
State Bank of Dillon
Dillon, Montana
Tate Opervision
Europe
F.L. Graves
WM. Ron
Martin Barrett Jos
Shineberger
A. F. Graeter
A. L. Stone
Edwin Norris
Attorney-at-Law
A. L. Bapcon, N. G
W.F. Casumore’ Secy
Upper
Montana St
Salt Lake Port
Dillon Lumber Co
J. B. Mickinney
Maurice A. Walker, M. D
Metlen
Ilto
Fordale
Sheep Creek Basin
Harry Andrus
Dillon- Examiner
Fifth Judicial District
State of
Beaverhead
Andrew Nelson
August Wenger
W. S. Barbour
W.S. Barbour
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