Bill Fairweather and Alder Gulch Gold Boom Saga
A Montana story recalls Bill Fairweather the Alder Gulch discoverer who yielded vast gold. It covers the Holter dam project near Helena creating a 50 mile chain of Missouri River lakes and the planned 40 000 kilowatt plant at Holter. It recounts Fairweather’s fearless era, capture by Indians, and his death in 1875.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holter
Montana Power Company
Helena
Wolf Creek
Montana
Great Falls
Missouri
Hauser Lake
Canyon Ferry
Bill Fairweather
Alder Gulch
Fairweather
Alder
T. W. Cover
Henry Edgar
Barney Hughes
Sweeney
Rodgers
Deer Lodge
Yellowstone
Main Range
Deer Lodge Pass
Big Hole
Beaverhead
Tobacco Reot Range
Granite Creek
Madison
Gallatin
Lewis Simpson
Bill
Simmons
Medicine Lodge
Madison Valley
Wigwam Creek
Edgar
Bannack
Congress
Virginia City
Madison County
Wairweather
Peace River
Alaska
William H. Fairweather
Butte and Superior faces huge patent dispute and stock plunge
The Minerals Separation Co sues Butte and Superior Mining and other western firms for infringing flotation patents. Judge Bourquin ruled against Butte and Superior, triggering an expected appeal and potential multi‑million damages, while Anaconda Copper pays royalties under license. The stock slid from 105 to 25.60 as the case reshapes mining profits and royalty costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falls
Minerals Separation Company
Butte & Superior Mining Company
West
Butte & Superior
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
The
Butte
Utah Copper Company
Utah
China Copper Company
Ray Consolidated
Miami Copper Company
Bourquin
San Francisco
Minersle Separation Company
Anatonda Copper Mining Company
W. A. Clark
Speller
Minerals Separation Co
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Circuit Court of Appeals
Allied Porphyry Copper
Butte & Superior Company
Compny
Billings Grower Produces Potatoes Above Ground
J. F. Engle, a rancher near Sugar City, Montana, grows a potato vine that bears fruit above ground. He displayed the unusual plant in a local business, where it drew much curiosity. The tubers form on the vine stalks rather than underground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billings
Burbank
J. F. Engle
Sugar City
Engle
Cantonment at American Lake Costs 6.52 Million
War department releases show the army cantonment at American Lake cost 6,517,468 for 45,949 men. The per capita cost is 142, the lowest. Buildings totaled 3,181,300 while water and sewers ran 1,309,643 and roads 406,500.
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War Department
American Lake
Camp Lewis Resembles Pioneer City Without Vice
Montana’s first national army contingent settles at Camp Lewis near Tacoma with 2500 men. The facility sits amid pines and a lake, offering sanitation, discipline, and recreation as 100 percent pure water and ample food support training. Major General H A Green leads this orderly setup ahead of the 46000 planned soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
New National Army
Camp Lewis
Tacoma
H. A. Green
Green
United States
American Lake
Greene
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High Dam
Power Company
Beautiful Lake
Gate of the Mountains
Lewis and Clark
Bannock
Fairweather Bar
Aldergulch
Verona Town Company
Verona
Legislative Assembly of
Idaho
G. G. Bissell
Richard Todd
J. B. Caven
Henry Plummer
Salt Lake
A. J. Oliver & Co
Express
Suit of Minerals Separation Co
Safety First
First National
First National Bank
al Is
Montana Capital
Bankers Loan and Mortgage Company
Bankers Loan and
Pioneer City
Lewis
Camp Murray
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