Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-03-09
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il of placer Mmn in the S@r BOw District front the Guhhes of Which, Free Gold Was Washed j

was a thief and had once robbed his
suice boxes and that he was going to
get him" when the opportunity present.
ed. Fuller hailed from Texas and had
never been further east than Montana.
My father. then over go years old. was
intrigued with the romantic possibilities
OF placer mining. He died two years ago
in Missoula at the age Of 80. A year
after his arrival he was actively engaged
In placer mining in the Lowlands, IA
miles north of Butte, having picked up
Gallaghan as q partner and they oper-
ated in Pilgrim gulch successfully and in
varying degrees of magnitude for five
years when the ground played u In
that time, however, he mined sufficient
free gold to maintain himself In COM
fort the rest of his life. This queer part
nership was not born of friendship for
father did not approve of "Pony's" atti-
tude OF life. Pony. who stood less than
five feet tall, was an all round sport, a
hard drinker when in town and a gam
bil-e-e-r" as he styled himself. He was
known to every faro dealer in Montana.
OF the quartette, Henry Hickman was
the most upright citizen. IN ideal from
tier type of great integrity, though the
poorest miner. He mediated many little
differences and had the respect OF all
and / think 1t was his influence which
kept Fuller from killing Gallaghan long
before the mai tragedy.
SIade Is Murdered
Slade in some way got into the IN
troversy and one morning his body was
found in a mine tunnel at the foot of
Big Butte, shot in the head. 1t was only
another murder of the many unsolved In
Silver Bow county and in a few days it
was a forgotten incident. Pony was free
in expressing his opinion that Fuller
killed Slade and father was always of
the same opinion. Henry Hickman fell
Ill n died In the county hospital. Until
the last he was the fine, legitimate old
type, kindly, honorable and intelligent.
During the five years tha father and
Gallaghan placer mined in Pilgrim gulch
l made many visits to the diggings,
thinking nothing of the l4-mile hike
over Elderkin hill Saturday night after
work, returning to work at sun-up Mon
day morning. Ed r. Gay Of Kalispell.
then assistant cashier of the State Saw
ings bank and Andrew Haggerty. now an
official of the United States Building and
Loan company of Butte and others now
prominent often joined me On those pill
grimages. The camp was a sort Of Mecca
for Butte young men to visit and get a
good Sunday dinner.
G~aiiaghan intrigued me with his 100
per cent western attitude, his merry hos
pitality n his quaint, If not sound
philosophy of life. He and father had
primarily leased the ground from E. S.
Passmore and finding a flaw in the title
had relocated 1t. This threatened a
suit, which however was never pushed
to conclusion.
Among Gallaghan's epigrams I remem-
Der. Possession is only nine points Of
the law-the other point is the point of
a gum" n Gold is where you find 1t
but 1t won't come lookin' for you"
He was full of wise cracks and philoso-