The Blood Stained Cache Near Romey Lake
A Pipers club tale recounts a gold cache tied to the Plummer gang with murders near Romeys Lake in the Gravelly Range. Three robbers hid buckskin sacks of gold under sagebrush. after killing one partner, two others died in quest for the loot guarded by a murdered outlaw and an Indian guardian. Years of fruitless digging followed until locals found bones and a gun, with legend preserving the $30,000 hoard near Warm Springs Creek.
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Pipers’ Club
Madi- 800 County
Montana
Knights of the Road
States
Alder Gulch
Plummer
Upper
Ruby
Romey’s Lake
Wigwam
Old Baldy
Virginia City
Dillon
Old Bannack
Bannack
Summit
Romey
Ing
Virginia
Ruby River
Lake
Cantlaw
Indiana
Madison John
Old John
John
Warm Springs
Old
Madison
Madison Valley
George Thorp
Thorpe
Jim Promey
Warm Spring Creek
Jack Thexton
Thexton
Gravelly Range
Farlin Social Notes and Camp News Ledger
Karlin items report Mrs. Thomas Ellis taken to Butte with blood poison and erysipelas, under care of Dr. Schwartz. Local mining and smelter updates share strikes, closures, and travel to Butte. Social events include a well attended schoolhouse dance and Farlin Whist Club, with residents preparing for holidays and upcoming work at claims and shops.
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Karlin
Thomas Ellis
Butte
Dr. Schwartz
W. C. Ellis
Elis House
Tom Elis
Will
Apex
Percy
Thomas
Mica Florence Hooper
Whch
Mining prospects in the Main Range of the Rocky Mountains
K D Clark, visiting Dillon, Idaho, praises Lemhi county mineral prospects and the main range along the border with Montana as rich in surface ore. He notes gold properties Dark Horse, Goldstone, and Ajax near the Ajax, with copper prospects in the dolomite dyke, predicting persistent development will unlock steady mineral wealth from the Big Hole and Lemhi districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. O D. Clark
Idaho
Ajax
Dillon
Selmon City
Clark
Lemhi
Rocky Mountains
Dark Horse
Big Hole
Rabbit Hunting Popular In Dillon Among Residents
Dillon locals prize rabbit hunting with trips to beachlands and river willows. A hunter reported eight big jackrabbits running together and the largest dressed eight pounds. River area yields many small cottontails prized for their flesh.
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Dillon
Deer Killings Reported Sparse After Season Extension
The new game law was extended the deer open season by one month on a technicality, but Dillon sportsmen report few killings. The deer retreat to tall timber to wait until year’s end.
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Dillon
Butte Mayor Appeals Land Entry Ruling
Mayor Mullans Mullina of Butte appeals a General Land Office decision on desert land entry near Henry Lake Idaho. He asserts he resided in Boise when filing but not when proving up the claim.
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Mullina
Butte
Henry Lake
Idaho
General Land Office
Boise
Personal Property Sold To Satisfy $106000 Judgment
Sheriff Gist and HK Hall visited Spring Gulch Saturday to auction off the Monning Gold Dredge company’s personal property to partially satisfy a $106,000 Colorado judgment secured by Clarence A Hand. Items included wood, mining gear, household and office equipment bought for $1,600, with cattle and horses sold at Metlen ranch. The dredge boat remained unsold. more Montana Gold Dredge property will be sold later, and Grasshopper Creek placer ground real estate will also go to sheriff sale. A new company is expected to take over and resume work next spring.
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Gist
HK. L. Hall
Spring Gulch
Monning Gold Dredge Company
Clarence A. Hand
Colorado
District Court
Hall
Metlen
Horse Prairie
Montana Grasshopper Company
Montana Gold Dredge Company
Abe
Grasshopper Creek
Montana
Grasshopper
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Romey Lake
Farlin
Beaverhead
The
Examiner
Castle Gate
Utih
Horr
Mont
James Cook
Sol Willard
Birch Creek Lakes
Sol
Mr. Cook
George Fairweather
Anaconda
Farlin Whist Club
Mia
Tom Tritt
Fred Hopp
Nyhart Bros
Mr. Hopp
T. W. Long
California
Jr. W. Dunn
Alf. Ward
James Kerr
R. H. Wells
Lilly Stanfield
Ming Addie
City
Victor Heberlein
Ben Hur
Robert Leggat
Mr. Leggat
Ed Barrington
Sherman Sapp
Ed Bryan
Mra
G. A. Heberlein
Gerry
J.T. Farley
John Franklin
Nd Kuney
Wo F. Cashmore
Jake Fishburn
Ralph Daw
Moise Willard
Win
Robison
W. M. Co
Glendale
Mesara
Ball and
Cavanaugh
A. G. Black
Mra. Black
Baby Black
Er. Heberlein
T. J. Murray
C. L. Miller
Bugginega
George Mast
Pat Welsh
Chas. Perry
Thos Ellis
Western Mining Co
Farl
Harry Hoffman
Ed. Burley
Mrs. N. Giles
Dredge Boat Co
Mullans
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