Montana Beaverhead mines and the rise of a copper state
A sweeping account of Montana mining history highlights Beaverhead county's gold silver and copper districts. Prospectors fueled by Grasshopper and Argenta operations, with the Polaris Elk Horn Wadams and Ajax fields, promise large pay streaks once capital and rail access improve. The piece credits foundational sites at Bannack and the birth of statehood to modern mining ambitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wadams
Golden Leaf
Excelsior
Blue Wing
Delmonte
Bonaparte
Montana
Idaho
Pioneer
Beaverhead
Banmack
Our County
Ruby G. Street
Jeff Davis
Argenta
W. A. Clark
Grasshopper
Bannack
Polaris
Elk Horn
Birch Creek
Hecla Consolidated Mines
Hecla
Our
Butte
Cleopatra
Knippenberg
Tinon
Spring Creek
Brown Bros
W. W. Francis
Meyers
Willke
Wisdom
Big Hole
Rocky Mountains
Salmon City
Jahnke Group
Miner Creek
Fournier
Turcott
Simpkins
Townsend
Jackson
Big Swamp Creek
Ajax
Montana Ajax Mining Co
Treasury
Rockies
Delightful Summer Trip to Salt Lake City and Denver
Travel ad extols an eastbound summer route via the Rio Grande system through Colorado with scenic views and fine service. It notes only one car change between Butte and Chicago and St. Louis, inviting readers to request rates and a copy of With Nature in Colorado from G. W. Fitzgerald, general agent, Butte, Montana.
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Salt Lake City
Denver
Colorado
Butte
Chicago
St. Louis
Nature
G. W. Fitzgerald
Montana
Salvation Army Weekly Services Schedule
Salvation Army conducts services every week night for the public except Monday and Friday with Sunday sessions at 3 and 7 30 p m All are cordially invited to attend.
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Salvation Army
Dra
Lode location details in Madison county Montana records
The document lists multiple mining lodes including San Verdi, Dien, Lone Pine, Magnet and Waliedi fractions with detailed bearings, distances, and starting cor none marked by granite rocks. It identifies total area of 110.84 acres and cites adjacent claims and file references in Lode Locations records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cor No 1
Waliedi
Cor
Lone Pine Lode
Bismarck Lode
San Verdi Lode
Dillon Lode
A. A. Manser
Forest Reserve Land Lease Application Notice
Legal notice from U S Land Office Helens Montana May 11 1903 announces O Miller via attorney P M Collins applies to select tract NW of section 29 township 7 range 68 W M under the 1897 act. Within 80 days protests may be filed if land deemed more valuable for minerals than agriculture. published May 22 1903 by Register.
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U.s.land Office
Helens
Mont
O. Miller
P. M. Collins
Helena
Mottans
S NW Rex
General Land Office
Register
Department of the Interior
George W. French
Dillon
Montana
Charles B. Orn
Eaid
John T. Kennedy
William A
Joseph B. Poindwie
Mm. Cliger
Eriot Dillon
Frank D. Minacce
United States Land Office
U. S
Towit
Tech
Frank D. Mtracue
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A.J. Noves
Cape Horn
Capetown
Rand
Yukon Plain
Marshall
Sutter's Mill
Placer Mining
Frank Allen
Dakota
Salt Lake
Atlantic
Ocean
Swansea
Wales
Polaris and Elkhorn
Raven Rocks
Beaverhead County
Quartz Hill
Dewey’s
Partridge Bros
English Co
Vipond Park
Lone Pine
Bonanza
W. E. Sanders
W. F. Sanders
Maynard Bros
The
Wadams Group
Ely
Ely Brothers
Warren 8T
N.Y
City Drug Store
Ajax Mine
Jim Dumps
Jim
Gatarrh
Catarre
Hayfever
Consolidated, Weaert Land
Louis E. McNinch
Dell
N. Bex
L. J. Price
U. A
Ernest B. McNinch
Lota
James K. Fleming
Charles E. Morris
John Downing
Lewis EB. McNinch
Dell, Mont
Frank D. Miracne
Biamarck Nugget Gulch Consolidated Mining Company
Bismarck Nugget Gulch Consolidated Mining Company
Edwin Norris
Discovery Shaft
Ban Verdi Lode
Madison County
Helena, Montans, Land Office
USS
Rour. Lyons
Monida
Frederick I. Hanson
Lakeview
Levi Shambow
Alexander Phillips
John P. Shambow
Alfred H. Hedges
Frank D. Mrracix
A. S
Thomas I’. Hamilton
WISE
George M. Tash
John Lenkersdorfer
Henry Gray
Arthur McCreary
Frank D. MimActe
Devert Land
Walter J. Crowell
Alvin L. Anderson
Henry F. Cope
George P. Romain
We W. Crowell
Frank D. Migaole
Régister
District Court
Fifth Judicial District
State of
Samuel Ashbaugh
John G. Willis
County
KE B. Spreixlive
Sansuel Asbbaug
Albert W. Crowell
Alvin &. Anderson
George ?. Romain
Nantans
Fane
Richard Deacon
Jno
G. Willis
Dillon, Mont
County of
Isaiah Cashmorr
Hichard
Lloyd B. Thomas
Chancey R. Brown
Weet
Surveyor General of the United States
Coun
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