River Tragedy of 75 Years Ago Sinks with Treasure Lost
A Missouri River scow carrying half a million dollars in gold dust and nuggets sank after a battle with Sioux forces in 1865. The wreck and treasure were searched by Pierre Lavalle and Richard Pope, but 75 years later the river has shifted and no gold has been recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Missouri River
Missouri
Eddy
Virginia City
Fort Benton
Fort Rice
Pierre Lavalle
Richard Pope
Lavalle
Pope
J Emerson
Ohio
Emerson
Omaha
Pioneer Rumley Family in Helena Montana 1865
In 1865 the Rumley family travels west after Lincolns burial aboard the Twilight. They settle in Helena, Montana, where Charles Rumley becomes an assayer and later superintendent of an assay office. The period marks a mining boom with Trout Creek quartz and Bo hm & Co. smelters, sharp price swings, and frontier commerce.
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Charles Rumley
Oregon
St. Louis
Lincoln
Missouri
Fort Benton
Marias River
Benton
Rumley
Helena
Virginia City
Montana
Congress
Bannack
Trout Creek
Bridge
Ee State Street
Reinig
Salt Lake
Bohm & Co
Argenta
Washington
Civil Service
Miley
Theuiley Fon
When Men Grew Rich Overnight in Montana Mines
A retrospective on historic Montana mining booms highlights Bummer Dan and his famed Alabama style bar in Virginia City, the Granite and Bi Metallic silver veins near Philipsburg, and the Drum Summon mine at Marysville. It notes dramatic fortunes, dramatic discoveries, and diverse figures from Alder Gulch to Coeur d Alenes. The piece blends anecdotes of luck, labor, and unlikely windfalls across mining districts and eras.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bummer Dan
Virginia City
Tommy Cruse
Marysville
Montana
Alder Gulch
Dan
Philipsburg
Ben B. Thayer
Anaconda Copper Mining Co
Rockefeller Mining
Granite
St. Louis
Granite Mountain
Deer Lodge County
Drummond
Granite Company
Thomas Cruse
Ing
Castletown Lodge
Coeur d’Alenes
Sullivan and Bunker Hill
Gopher
Lewis and Clark County
Jim Gloster
Gloster
Calumet
Hecla
Michigan
Butte
William McDermott
McDermott
Anaconda Hill
Bell
McDermger
Elot
Anaconda Company
Last Chance
Jerry Roach
Ed, Dick
Walt Roach
Lewis & Walker Assay Co
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Lewis & Walker
Wyoming
BABY
Ramshaw’s
Pioneer - Hatchery
South State
Salt Lake City
Utah
Minorcas
Anconas
New
Gallatin Chick News
Gallatin Chick
Bozeman
Inman Hatcheries
Aberdeen
Nekota
Canby
Hood River
Oreron
H. A. Hoy
Brownwood
Texas
Fountain
Grand Rapids, Mich
P. O. Box
Butte, Mont
Rogers Pass
Dunn
Great Falls
Mont
Percy K. Swan
Chico
Calif
Northwest
Ted Guenzler
Ronan
Eureka
George Cerwonka
Bonner, Mont
Good Town
Robert Askin
Bemidji
Minn
Frary & Burlingame
Nice Creek
F. Krube
Azalea
Bitter Root Valley
Stevensville
George Logan
Hamilton, Mont
Carley Roller Mill
Colfax Iron & Machine Works
Colfax
Poppi Pili
Alpha Clover
Sam Bober
Newell
South Dakota
Hertzler-Carpenter Cattle
Hardin
Kesselheim, Inc
Fratt Bldg
Billings
With
MR. George
Harrisburg
Helga Schleer
J. E. Neal CO
Spokane, Wash
King Bessie
King Ormsby
King Bessie Ormsby
T . Hofstetter
Alaska
Alaska Research
Fourth Ave
Seattle, Wash
Alaska Junk Company
Anauth
Adama
Spokane
Blasius, Inc
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Wwe
Milton Nursery Company
Milton, Oregon
Raradaraarraraaaararrarar Better Pictures
FOX Studios
Seattle Social League
Seattle
Wash
Universal Service
New York City
Kansas City
Madame Hall
P. O
Denver
Colorado
Virginia
State Nursery & Seed CO
J. L. Dorsh CO
Pacific Stamp Works
Sprague Ave
Helena Stamp Works
Walter M. Fordyce
Mabton
Sweden
Gerhardt
San Saba
Tex
Systematic Stamp Company
Monahans
Teachers Agency
ER. L. Huff Teachers’ Agency
Missoula
Wine & Table Grapes
Alicante
John Furrier
Livingston
MN. A. Pebruary
Pippy
C. W. Sundstrom
Manhattan Beach
Western Air Express
Seein Ee
Osw Vos
Ateert Calvert
Calvert Special Skerwcorans
Dliguttady
General Electric
Bay
General Electric Supply Corp
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