Revival of Mining in Pony Region Sparks Montana Hope
The Pony district in Madison County shows renewed mining activity after decades of quiet. Experts see potential with Willow Creek outcrop, a 100 stamp mill at Hassel, and mines like Clipper Boss Tweed, while older prospects from Alder Gulch echo with questions of a new boom.
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Edward B. Reynolds
Montana
United States
Butte
Pony District
Butte Inter Mountain
Inter Mountain
Pony
Rae
Willow Creek
Madison County
California
Mineral Hill
Mallory
Morain
Getchell
Morris
Boss Tweed and Clipper
Clipper-Boss Tweed
Hassel
Diamond Hill Mining Co
Clipper
Boss Tweed
Bell
Eclipse
Charity
Summit
Clipper- Bell
Boss Tweed and Clipper Group
Iphone
Keystone
Rustle
Policy
Ned
North Star
Atlantic and Pacific
Gilt Edge
Old Joe
Golden Chariot
Emmett
Belknap
White Pine
Lena
Iron
Taft
Hancock
Last Chance
Barker
Long Branch
Jumbo
Union
Agitator
Glad
Helena Girls Star in Lehr Short “Montana Gold Diggers of 1938”
A group of 15 Helena women travel to Aus tin surroundings under Fox Movietone News photographer Lee Orr to film the Montana Gold Diggers of 1938. They pose with miner gear and a burro, visit the Porter Bros dredge north of Helena, and list participants including Vivian Linderman Loueella Devan Yvonne Moody Thelma Barker Betty Baker Lorraine Hanson Thirza Crosley Marian Templer Lottie McGowan Elizabeth Bowers Maxine Porter Ethel Martinsen and Marge Ellsworth. the feature is arranged by the Marlow theater and Helena Chamber of Commerce and will be released as a Lou Lehr short.
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Helena
Austin
Lee Orr
Fox Movietone News
Montana
Porter Bros
Vivian Linderman
Loueella Devan
Yvonne Moody
Thelma Barker
Betty Baker
Lorraine Hanson
Thirza Crosley
Marian Templer
Lottie McGowan
Elizabeth Bowers
Maxine Porter
Ethel Martinsen
Marge Ellsworth
Marlow Theater
Helena Chamber of Commerce
Lou Lehr
Family of Bluebirds Take Angler's Basket for Home
Western Montana angler George Burnett finds a bluebird nest in his fishing basket at Georgetown Lake. The female lays five eggs and four hatch over June 11 to 25, with Burnett helping the birds despite his fishing schedule. He seeks advice from James J. McGuire and ultimately allows the birds to raise their quintuplets in the basket.
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Eorge Burnett
Montana
Georgetown Lake
George
Rainbow
Burnett
United States
Canada
James J. McGuire
Izaak Walton
Deer Lodge County
McGuire
Montana Grain Yields Higher In Carter Fort Benton Area
Lawrence G. Levitte of the Great Northern railroad reported winter wheat yields near Carter Fort Benton at about 40 bushels per acre in some fields and 30 in others. He noted 62 pounds per bushel, plump kernels, and no dockage with harvesting earlier than elsewhere. Reports from east of Great Falls aligned with these figures, while harvesting began around Conrad.
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Carter-Fort Benton
Lawrence G. Levitte
Great Northern Railroad
Lewistown
Levitte
Great Falls
Conrad
Boss Tweed mine and Montana gold boom history
The text recalls Montana gold rush history with Boss Tweed mine depths of 1000 feet and 175 foot vein, estimating 800,000 tons of ore, while alder gulch and Madison county's gold quartz outcroppings spurred early settlement. It mentions placer, arastras, stamp mills, and the shift from free gold to sulfides as deeper mining progressed.
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Aldergulch
Steele
Oro-Cache
Snowcap
Kearsage
Key
Stone
Scranton
Apex
Lucas
Montana
Madison County
Old Alder Gulch
Pony
Old Gulch
Butte Inter Mountain
Treasure State
East
Blue Wing
Beaverhead County
Big Hole
Rocky Mountains
Idaho
B. O. Fournier
Jackson
Gates
Clara Bell
Mountain Chief
Eclipse
Amazon
Texas
Welcome Stranger
Boss Tweed
New Glacial Area Found near Red Lodge Montana
Biologist David J. Maclay of the Missoula regional forest offices led a survey into a newly discovered glacial district in the Beartooth mountains near Red Lodge. He and two rangers found 25 lakes and about 30 streams with native rainbow and eastern brook trout, plus several glaciers including one two miles square behind Granite Peak.
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Montana
David J. Maclay
Missoula
Beartooth Mountains
Red Lodge
Maclay
Glacier Park
Granite Peak
Modern Lewis and Clark Descendants Tour Montana Route
A Trailfinders school caravan of about twenty youths from Altadena Calif visits Great Falls Montana for two days. The group retraces the Lewis and Clark route through seven states to study history firsthand using photostatic copies of Clark’s charts. Leaders include Harry C. James and staff with historians from Missouri and Utah.
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William Clark
Meriwether Lewis
Northwest
Great Falls
Ae Pat
Nowortal O Y
Trailfinders School
Altadena
Calif
Lewis and Clark
Eston Randolph Jr
St. Louis
Captain Clark
Bill Fee
Uni
Gram Oeorge Shannon
California
Auguste Chouteau
Bill Jackson
Anne Shannon Monroe
Oswego
Ore
Bill
E & Famous Lawyer
Virginia
Fort Clatsop
Astoria
Harry C. James
Clark
Lewis’ Ag
James
Dick Fay
Dick Head
M. Beauregard
Missouri Histori Society
Chambers of Commerce
Line of March
Salt Lake City
Galen Saint
Brigham Young miAlthough
Eston
Finn
Montana Wheat Crop 1938 Is Third Largest on Record
Montana's 1938 wheat crop is estimated at 77,580,000 bushels, the third largest on record. Jay G. Diamond, bureau statistician, notes only 1927 and 1928 crops exceed it. Values to growers may total about 39 to 45 million dollars, with protein boosts possible. Spring and winter wheat totals and regional conditions are discussed, including grasshopper damage in eastern Montana.
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Gallatin Valley
Montana
U. S. Bureau of Agriculture
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Jay G. Diamond
Bureau
Lost Lake in Yellowstone Found by Rangers
Rangers report locating a large pond near Flat Mountain in Yellowstone. Frank Oberhansley and Maynard Barrows describe a sausage shaped body about eight miles long, unseen on official maps since 1921, challenging current topographic records.
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Lost Lake
Yellowstone Park
Flat Mountain
Yellowstone
Frank Oberhansley
Maynard Barrows
Teta Lake
Yellowstone Lake
Park Shute
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Pony Region
Great Reef
Ajax
Swamp Creek
Hecla Consolidated Mining Co
Glendale
Camp Creek
Thomas B. Hendricks
Indianapolis
Ind
Grover Cleveland
Beaverhead
Lion Mountain
Hecla Company
Cleopatra
Helena Girls
Lehr Short
Sacajawea
Finn Burnett
Agricultural Bureau
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