Famous placer diggings of the olden days
The Montana of the past is compared with the Klondike and Alaska of today. Alder Gulch was the richest ground ever opened. Last Chance Gulch yielded not less than $20,000,000 by itself.
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Montana
Klon. Dike
Alaska
Alder Gulch
Last Chance Gulch
Clare and
Wall Streets
Montana Central Depot
Taylor and Thompson
Confederate Gulch
Missouri River
Diamond City
Wheeler
Confederate Gulches
Bear Gulch
Montana Gold Fields Deep History Outlined in Dillon Excerpt
The article recalls Montana’s 1861 discovery on Gold creek near Pioneer and the rise of placer mining led by Granville Stuart in 1862. It notes massive yields from Last Chance gulch and Confederate gulch, compares Montana gold to Alaska and Nevada, and totals placer output around $225 million through 1880, highlighting iconic diggings like Grasshopper gulch and Bear gulch.
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Montana
Goldfield
Gold Creek
Pioneer
Deer Lodge
Granville Stuart
Uruguay
Paraguay
James
Independent
Pike's Peak
Pilgrim Bar
John White
Grasshopper Gulch
Bannack
Mont
Alderve Nea
Last Chance Gulch
Helena
Ophir Gulch
Blackfoot River
McClellan Gulch
Alaska
Nevada
Dillon Examiner
New Telegraph Line Begins From Valdez to Gulkana
A large government crew moved from Valdez to the interior on May 11 to start the telegraph line between Valdez and Gulkana. The line will be doubled to Gulkana with a single wire to Fairbanks. An underground cable will be laid over Thompson pass to avoid winter breaks.
Precinct Boundaries Announced for August Delegate Election
Commissioner Goodwin issues the boundary and polling place order for the next congressional delegate election set for the second Tuesday in August. Precincts cover Fairbanks area with districts on Cleary and Pedro creeks, Totatlanika, Nenana, Tolovana and Graebl, detailing polling locations and river valleys within specified ten mile zones and noting exclusions for Fairbanks town limits.
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Congress
Goodwin
Bonnifield
Wood River
Totatlanika
Nenana
Tanana River
Chena
Nenana River
Duke and Baker
Graebl
Dry Fork
Fairbanks
Little Chena River
Fishig Creek
Fish Creek
Lit Chena River
Gilmore Creek
Goldstream
Isabelle Creek
Big Eldorado Creek
O'Connor
Big Eldorado Creeks
Chatanika River
St. Patrick Creek
Tanana
Graeh
Miners Lose Their Outfit on Chitina River
A three man party sledding a Mother Lode Mining outfit to a Chitina mine on April 6th saw the ice give way. Two horses and the sledding gear were swept under the river while the men escaped, as warm spring weather rotted the ice and halted further spring sledding to the copper district.
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Valdez
Chitina River
Mother Lode Mining Company
Chitina
Copper District
First Wagons of New World and Mexico's Burdened Carriers
The piece notes Mexico as a land of paradox with wheels arriving in 1523 24 yet many goods carried on backs by cargado and aguador. It highlights Mexico’s early wheel use contrasts with ongoing heavy labor and quotes the New York Evening Post on Sebastian de Agaricio and the enduring patient back image.
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Mexico
Sebastian de Agaricio
Plymouth Rock
United States
New World
New York Evening Post
Western Hemisphere
Spain
Vera Cruz
Touebla
Puebla
Central
South America
Cortez
Alvarado
Pizarro
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Fairbanks Brewing GO
Fairbanks, Alaska
Everal
Montanausa
Ophir
Silver
Bear
Highland
Lincoln
New York
Kingsbury
Oregon
Clark’s Cave
Magmie
Meagher
Thompson’s Pass
John D
Sam
Bartholomew
Minneapolis Journal
Cleary Creek
Fairbanks Creek
Pedro Creek
Gilmore Station
Fox Gulch
Eldorado Creek
Vault
Treasure Creeks
Dome Creek
Ester Creek
St. Clair Creek
Tatlanika Precinct
Tatlanika
Discovery Claim
Roosevelt Creek
Nenana Precinct
Tolovana Precinct
Tolovana
Tolovana River
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