Madison County’s Virginia City Growth Amid Mining Prospects
The piece notes steady regional trade with wool tariff benefits to sheep men, improving overall business. It highlights Virginia City as Madison County’s seat, once a booming Klondike hub, now revived by new mining developments and mechanized gravel work. A eastern investor group led by J. R. Sloss leased Gorin property at Junction to install a steam gravel plant in Aldergulch, marking a novel mining method.
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Salon
Sangeefon
Virginia City
Madison County
United States
Bannack
Aldergulch
J. 4. Sloss
Gorin Qar
Y Ground
Junction
Virginia City Montana Placer Past And Present
A historical glimpse of Virginia City Montana detailing its founding in 1863, the Alder Gulch placer rush, and the vast gold washed from nearby grounds. It describes a 60 foot tower and cable driven sluicing system used to move gravel and wash pay dirt.
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Virginia City
Ruby Valley
Alder Gulch
Wallace Street
Bannack
Alderguich
Virginia
Aldergulch
Virginia City's Gravel and Mine Prospects Intensify
The article describes gravel operations with car shipments to a tower dump and sluice processing, bonding of land to Steam Dredging, and plans to expand with Alder Gulch ground. It notes bonds, payments to Phillip Courey, and future mill construction near Kennett hill, with high grade ore and a 60-stamp mill under development.
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Montana Faming Company
Courey
Eston
Brown’s Gulch
Virginia City
Solo
Monte Christo
Amos Fisher
Sheridan
Holmes
Rivers
Stevenson
Butte
Kennett Hill
Virginia
Kennett
Millards of
Omaha
W. B. Millard
Moore’s Creek
Millard
Homestake
Black Hills
Itséim
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Schlitz’s
Idanha Mineral
Hermitage
Old Crow
Yellowstone
Bond & Lillard
McBrayer
Guckenheimer Rye
Baltimore
Howard
Cressida
H. D. Brainard
F. B. Williams
H. J. Thompson
R. A. Reynolds
Thompson & Reynolds
Dillon, Mont
K. Paul & CO
Lima, Mont
Lima
Ditima
Alder Gulch Canyon
Montana Flaming Company
Sedman, McGregory and Sweet Estates
Phillip Courey
Brown's Zulch
There
Redrock
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