Importance of Montana Mining History and Copper Rise
In Lewistown a historical review highlights Montana’s mining origins from Francoise Benetsee to the copper era. It covers early gold discoveries, the Summit Valley boom, Daly’s account of Butte’s Anaconda hill, and the shift from gold and silver to copper. It cites 1937 metal outputs, employment, and expenditures of the Anaconda group, underscoring mining as a key state industry.
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Lewistown
all-Mon- Co
Francoise Benetsee
Daly
Montana
Francois Finlay
Benetsee
Gold Creek
James
Granville Stuart
Benetsee Creek
Finlay
Hurlburt
Big Prickly Pear Creek
Montana City
John White
Pioneer
Bannack City
Bill Fairweather
Alder Gulch
John Cowan
Last Chance Gulch
Silver Bow Creek
Butte
Silver Bow
Confederate Gulch
Montana Bar
Madison
Lewis and Clark
Deer Lodge
Meagher
Jefferson
Beaverhead
Monsane
Anaconda Hill
Summit Valley Mining District
Alice
Walker & Walker
Salt Lake City
Anaconda
Hickey
George Hearst
J. B. Haggin
Lloyd Tevis
San Francisco
Marcus Daly
Corrine
Utah
Swansea
Wales
Anaconda Mining Co
Northwest
Anaconda Copper Mining Co
Great Falls
Humphreys Gold Corp
Clancy Creek
Virginia City
Porter Bros. Corp
Helena
Ermont
Argenta
Little Rockies
Jardine
Park County
Gould
Wilborn
Spring Hill
Trout
Silver Prince
Philipsburg
Jack Waite
Sanders County
Basin-Montana Tunnel Co
Basin
Ors
Fe County
Barnes-King
United States Bureau of Mines
William B. Daly
Backache Relief Through Kidney Care
An old advertisement explains backaches stem from tired kidneys and waste buildup in the blood. It promotes Doan’s Pills as a long running remedy used by millions for over 40 years to flush kidneys and relieve pain.
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Dean
Doan
CROP PRODUCTION BRIGHT IN MILK RIVER VALLEY FSA PROJECT
In the Milk River valley 134 families resettled on irrigated units report good crops due to favorable moisture. Sugar beets and grains advance with 400 acres leveled and 40 miles of ditches completed. Farmers anticipate higher revenues as irrigation expansion continues and remaining lands are developed.
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Milk River Valley
Farm Security Administration
Milk River
Chinook
Nashua
Agricultural E S
Notable Westward Pioneer Emma Claridge, 91, Dies
Emma Jackson Claridge, who crossed the plains in 1862 as a young immigrant, died at her son E N Claridge's home in Twin Bridges. Born in Nottingham in 1847, she traveled from England to Utah and later lived in Nehi, Butte, Mill Creek, Anaconda, and Rochester before settling near Twin Bridges. Her husband, 8 D Claridge, died in 1917.
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Emma Jackson Claridge
E. N. Claridge
Twin Bridges
Nottingham
England
Plains
Claridge
Lake City
Nehi
Utah
D. Claridge
Butte
Walkerville
Caples & McCune
Mill Creek
Anaconda
Rochester
Dredgemaster Dies at Fort Peck Under Sudden Heart Disease
Vivian R Murwin, 56, superintendent of the dredge at Fort Peck, died suddenly from heart disease aboard the dredge. The incident occurred as crews operated near Panama and Greece routes, with Murwin’s death prompting immediate closure of the day’s operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Peck
Vivian R.murwin
Panama
Greece
Elk Starvation on Gallatin Range Hits 69 Dead
Forest service reports 69 of 85 elk counted on the upper Gallatin river range perished this spring from malnutrition with one death each from wire tangling, a hunting wound, and a poacher. Most victims were yearling calves, several bulls and cows, with April the peak month as winter forage vanished. As snow recedes elk return to high summer ranges where forage is abundant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallatin River
Forest Service
James N. Templer
Helena National Forest
National Forest
Gallatin
Rocky Mountain
Inspections Due of Seed Tracts Urged by Montana Official
Montana State College agronomist Ralph Mercer announces field inspections for registered alfalfa along the Yellowstone River begin July 5 with William Hay of the Montana grain inspection laboratory. Small grain inspections start after edging and heading. growers must cut common alfalfa for hay at inspection and reinspect after the second cut. Mercer urges roguing and clean cultivation to remove weeds and trashy grain, stressing weed control and field cleaning before inspections.
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Ralph Mercer
Mercer
Monten State College Honors 158 Students on Spring Honor Roll
W H McCall reports that 158 Monten State college students posted above average marks in the spring quarter and earned honor roll status. Fourteen achieved A grades per credit while others counted toward the roll.
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Monten State College
W. H. McCall
Tax collections exceed 1936 figures for second half 1937
State Treasurer reports 1937 tax receipts for the second half higher than those for the same period in the previous year. The findings indicate stronger revenue performance as the year progressed, signaling improved collection efficiency and sustained fiscal activity.
Pioneer of Montana Dies at Pablo Home
Edmund J. Dubay aged 78, a Montana pioneer, died at his Pablo area home after a long illness. Born in Maine, he moved west at 22, walked to Deer Lodge and Missoula, aided the Northern Pacific nearby, taught Indian children at St Ignatius for four years, homesteaded near Columbia Falls, and later settled at Pablo in 1891. He was a leading Flathead Indian Reservation farmer, raising wheat averaging 40 to 50 bushels per acre.
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Montana
Pablo
Edmund J. Dubay
Mr. Dubay
Maine
Silver Bow
Deer Lodge
Missoula
Northern Pacific Railroad
St. Ignatius
Columbia Falls
Mary Bisson
Raphael Bisson
Caragana shrubs halt erosion on Newton farm contour
Nine thousand Caragana shrubs were planted along contour strips on a 400 acre field at Newton farm in Valley County. The project, led by C C Starling of the Soil Conservation Service and supervised by Herschell Hurd, used contour planting to end up and down hill farming and reduce winter snow capture and erosion. Vocational agriculture students assisted under instructor Ralph Mowery with help from Valley county extension agent Charles Jarrett.
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Glasgow
Aan
East Lasgow
T Archer
Soil Conservation Service
Treasure State
Archer
C. C. Starling
Great Falls
Newton
Newton Place
Eugene Speery
Herschell Hurd
The
Ralph Mowery
Charles Jarrett
Valley County Extension
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Anas
FA CF
General Electric Refrigerator
General
General Electric
Forest Rangers
Ray N. Shannon
Blaine
Broadwater
Carbon
Chouteau
Caster
Daniels
Dawsonee
Fallon
Fergus
Flathead
Garfield
Lincoln
McCone Errr Ereery
Meagher Taarereres Ave
Mineral Ee
Powder River Eee
Sheridan
Great Britain
Cliff Newton
Valley County
Clark’s Fork Valley
Baee
Anaconda Copper Mining Co. Lands Department
Missoula, Mont
Montana Hardware Co
Montana Street
Buite
Second Street
Mont
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