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The Burro That Found a Northwest Fortune
Dutch Jake recounts the 1880s Bunker Hill discovery tale in Idaho with Kellogg and Phil O’Rourke, where a stubborn burro named Bill led to a $12 million find. The court ruled the donkey shared the claim. profits then flowed to Kellogg, O’Rourke, Cooper, Peck, and others, while Bill received meals for six years and a memorial tribute.
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Dutch Jake
BNL
Cooper & Peck
N. S. Kellogg
Idaho
Kellogg
Jake
Goetz
Murray
Kellogly
Cooper
Peck
Coeur Alenes
Kelloggs
Kellors
Therat
Bill
Peek
John M. Burke
Burke
Cooner
Kelogg
Kellers
O'Rourke
Tate
Barker Hill
Sullivan
Yelsho
Harry Orcard
Bunker Hill and
Kel Logs
Norman Buck
Idaho Scrolls of Justice
Bunker Hill
Jackass
Phil, O'Rourke
N. 3
Old Bull
Phil
Con Sullivan
Con
Sullvan
Coeur d’Alene
Kingston
Jackass Prairie
Coopw
Pack
Harry Baer
Phil O'Rourke
Don Sullivan
Burro
Kiogg
Forest Grove
Oregon
Bill Lved
Elover
Spokane
Kellong
Alaska
Coeur d'Alene
Outing Magazine