Overland Gold Seekers Expedition West to Bannack
A detailed diary of Fisk's Gold Seekers 1863 overland trek from St Paul to Bannack and Virginia City, with daily camp routines, deserter incidents, encounters with Sioux and Pend d’Oreilles, gold diggings near Stinking Water, and notes on Bannack, Virginia, and emerging mining camps in Montana including Helena area and Neihart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fisk
Plains
Montana
St. Paul
Minn
Bannack
Virginia City
Idaho Territory
James L. Fisk
Fort Ripley
Rogers
Messrs
Hesse
Hamay
Major
Oregon
Washington Territory
Shortie
Otter Tail City
Dayton
Bitte-Phosphate Ad Claim Targets Montana Readers
An advertisement promising steady weight gain and improved energy touts Bitte-Phosphate as an essential brain and nerve nutrient. It urges Montana readers to try the product with a guarantee of results or money back.
Helena Man Seeks City OK to Mine Near Last Chance Gulch
Wilkinson applies to Helena city council for a mining privilege on a small patch near Oro Fino and Grizzly Gulches. He cites past pay gravel, a 60 foot depth, and promises to impound tailings with bond indemnity and a revenue share. Prominent locals urge council action. he previously mined at German Bar in 1864 and helped in Grizzly Gulch in 1865.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Wilkinson
German Bar
Junction City
Father and Brothers
Grizzly Gulch
Mining Men See Big Silver Boom Sweeps Helena and Montana
Leading Montana mining figures report a renewed silver boom with prices rising and demand abroad in India and Europe. Helena is expected to become a hub of activity for several years as small camps reopen in Jefferson Broadwater Granite and Lewis and Clark counties. Miners like Max Atwater of Basin begin operations at Baltimore near Boulder while other companies push silver prospects west of Butte. The spring boost follows the demonetization era and reflects revived interest in silver mining across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falls
Little Belts
Moulton
Cascade Mining & Milling Company
Helena
Montana
India
Max Atwater
Basin
Baltimore
Boulder
Butte
Jefferson
Broadwater
Granite
Lewis and Clark
Corbin
Wickes
The Bootlegger Scent and the Old Fashioned Man
An old fashioned man famed for returning from cellar visits with exalted scents now has a son who spends a quarter hour chasing the trail of a bootlegger. The contrast hints at lingering prohibition era echoes and family ties to illicit trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arabia
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Low Breckenridge
George Dart
S. H. Johnson
William Denton Dibb
M. D
George Northrup
Antoine Frencier
R. D. Campbell
Gold Country
Northrup
Geire
Tulle
Red River
Mouse River
Johnston
Antoine
Peputawsih-ash-eta
Fort Charles
Colonel Hawkins
Big Sandy
Virginia
Saskatchewan River
Sun River
Clark
Flathead Mission
Pend d’Oreilles
Flathead Country
Coeur d’Alenes
Silver Creek
Benton
Rocky Mountains
Livingston Creek
Deer Lodge Valley
Volney Grant
Big Hole
Rattlesnake River
Yankee Flats
Con Brady’s
Nevada
Summit
Fairweather
Yellowstone
Thin People
Gombault
Beskipt
Lawrence. Williams Company
Cleveland
Honorbilt
Mayer Shoes
Mayer Boot & Shoe Co
Milwaukee
Wis
Lee Rice
Mrs
B. P. Patenaudke
General School Supply Co
Great Falls, Montana
Last Chance Gulch
Capital
Irving Whitehouse Company
Mhten
Gana 7 Falls
Nenu
Northrup, King & Co
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