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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-02-02

months for Carson s. Prize In Amboy
then went to Polo, H.. and opened 9
store for them. In the summer Of 1880
went to Galena, Ill. and opened q
store there for them under the firm
name Of Wa1kinshaw g. Gourley and
continued IN the business there until
May z, 1852. On account Of disagree
ment with Mr.. Carson I left the COM
pany and made arrangements to go to
Australia with the Bruce brothers, who
were engaged Ia business in Australia
and who had served their apprentice
ship in the same house In Ireland that
I had.
I came to Fort Benton on the EN-
ily," the first steamboat that arrived at
Fort Benton. On that trip recall we
passed a herd Of buffalo that must
have been 100 miles In width On the
same boat was Sam Hauser, later gov
ernor Of Montana territory. There was
also with us q man by the name OF
Dance, who later became a merchant in
Virginia City; also man by the name
of Bell, who was wounded while on an
expedition with Stewart to locate a
city at the mouth Of the Big Horn
river. Frank and Hiram Stone, who
later located in Gallatin valley, were on
the same boat.
After landing at Fort Benton. June
Is, 1852, the Spread Eagle" a boat OF
the American Fur company arrived
June II, two days later than the EN-
ily," we fitted out with pack horses
and went to Pioneer gulch, about 20
miles from the city of Deer Lodge,
where they were prospecting for gold.
I was at Pioneer two days, then went
on a stampede to Basin, Mont; was at
Basin one night and was informed by
an Indian that men we're mining at
Priclkly Pear and also how to find their
camp.
On the road from Basin to Prickly
Pear I passed the first immigrant train
ever reached Montana from Min
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nesota. At the Priclly Pear they were
using q longtom. I decided to locate
there. This was really the first min-
ing camp In Montana and was located
about June 20. 1852; that Is. II was the
first place where gold was found in
paying quantities.
I returned to Fort Benton Jesse
Crooks q think he is stiII living,)
George Hampstead and Isaac Collins, all
Of Galena, ILL.,, were partners and came
on the same boat with me- Hampstead
went on through to the coast, and
Crooks and were partners until we left
the country and Collins left also
Reaching Fort Benton got my sup
plies which had left there and
brought them TO Prickly Pear. Crooks
and located ranches at the mouth Of
Holmes gulch seven miles east Of Hell
ena, one and one-half miles up the
creek from the East Helena smelter.
In October, 1852, private mail car
rier from Walla Walla brought letters
to Prickly Pear at the price of $3.50
per letter. He reached Prickly Pear
with his horse pretty well given out
and wanted to know the road to Ban
mack. An Indian had told him how
one could go through without getting
lost by going to Beaverhead Rock,
where he would find the trail to Ban
mack. had stayed with this Indian
over night at the head of White Tail
Deer creek. That night he swore me-
with my hand up that while I lived
I should not tell anything that he
might tell me. Then he proceeded to
paint in words the description Of those
men, with all their little peculiarities.
who he said had come, or were coming,
to this country as band Of road
agents.
It was easy to distinguish every man
he described. At times it was disturb
ing information. It made one uneasy
20 know he had to talk to and associate |
with these people, as I did for the
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time they lived 10 operate ID Montana
had many experiences with these
men, and my last encounter occurred
at Deer Lodge. / had been In Virginia
City the day before. The town was
surrounded by men whose business was
to see that nobody got out OF Il.
We had - horses that we used IN
packing. The only feed for them In
Virginia City was frozen slough grass
cut from the top Of the ice. They
charged $500 head for horses. and I
knew there was good bunch grass with
in two or three hours Of Virginia CITY.
and thought simply had to get out
with the horses. If I went down the
gulch knew would be stopped: and
it occurred to me that a man I knew
might be in command Of the squad at
Nevada City. The man expected to
find them was Leroy Southmayd.
When got to Nevada City, down the
gulch from Virginia City was halted
and informed that / could not 90
through. Going for my horses In the
morning very early I ran my face
against swinging pair Of boots. I got
back to camp with the horses in a
hurry: kicked over the coffee pot
where my partner was getting ready
for breakfast and told him we had TO
pack up and get out Of there.
We ate breakfast on the Big Hole
river. We were going to Deer Lodge
to the Pemberton ranch to leave the
horses there for wintering. We got
there after dark. On the road in the /
valley below Virginia City we picked I'D
four mules belonging to King and Gil
lette and with them to break trail |
across the little snowdrifts we met in |
crossing gulches we made it to the
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when confronted with Red Yagers
testimony that Bunton had shared the
money from the first stage coach rob-
berry, and that Bunton had hired him
to kill Jack Thomas cattle. His con-
viction was unanimous. Told he must
die, he gave his partner, Cooke, gold
watch and other property to settle his
debts. At the gate Of Louis Demorest's
corral not FAR from Pete Martins house
two uprights and q croSsbeam made q
rough and ready gaIlows. Bunton was
taken there, placed on board between
two boxes. Asked If he had anything
to say and wanted anything he an
swered, mo, all want is q mountain
three hundred feet high to jump off.
I shall give the time, one, two. threel"
He jumped, and died without strug-
gle. According to Dimsdale, the poles
OF the scaffold we're cut down at the
request Of the corral keepers wife.
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2 Legislators Are
Old SchoOlnlates
Home town boys make good.

Home town boys make good.
That could have been the heading
on recent issue of the newspaper at
Hastings, Mimi, for the article told Of
two graduates Of the local high school
who are active In Montana politics.
The two are Clarence Chamberlain,
Of AcCone county, and L. w. Busch Of
Fallon county, both members OF the
Montana house.
They are both graduates of the same
high school, Chamberlain finishing In
1911 and Busch in 1913 Both have
been residents of Montana since 1914
and neither had seen the other since
leaving Minnesota until they arrived in
Helena to attend the oath legislative
assembly.
They have been busy recalling events
Of their boyhood and recounting their
activities since arrival in the Treasure
state. Busch is an insurance man and
abstractor at Baker, while Chamberlain
is a rancner on Sandy creek.
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Jib Mine at Basin Has Interesting
History; Was Built by F. A. Heinze

The history of buildings which house
the present 300-ton gravity notation
mill at the Jib mine at Basin, dates
back to the time of F. A. Heinze, In the
early 1900's. They were erected on the
site Of the old Kate gold mine, which
was built in the COS, and burned down
IN 1896.
This mill treated ores from the Katie
mine, which is now one Of the Jib
group. It was a common occurrence in
that operation for the foreman to put
his hand into the Jig and pull out q
hand full Of gold nuggets.
The 2,O00-ton mill which Heinze built
to treat copper ores from the Butte
properties ran for two or three years.
1t was shut down when Heinze sold out
to the Anaconda company for $4,000
600 and went TO New York to try his
luck in the stock market game. He was
as poor at that as he was good at min
ing litigation.
In 1909 the Butte and Superior Min
ing company utilized the buildings and
some of the machinery to treat the
zinc ores from their Black Rock mine.
It was in this plant that the froth flo
tation process was first successfully US
ed in the United States. It was here
also that E. H. Nutter, chief engineer
for the Minerals Separation, Ltd, of
London, one evening about 1910, visited
J. M. Hyde in the residence which is
now called the Staff house. After din
ner MIR. Nutter gained entrance to the
mill and investigated the process. He
Immediately reported to his company
that their patented rights were being !
anfringed on. This was the beginning
of the famous flotation patent htiga-
ton, which was finally settled in 1922
by the payment Of s5.000,00O to the
English company by various western
mining companies affiliated with the
D. @. Jackling interests.
In 1912 the Butte 81 Superior trans
ferred their milling operations to Butte.
During the war Max Atwater made a
fortune by re-treating the zinc tailings
from this mill run in a smaller mill
just below Basin. He later conducted
an elaborate series of large scale tests
ON the sulphuric acid teaching and
eIoctrolytic precipitation process for
zinc ores. This work was carried oni
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-02-02
HIGHWAY BIDS
ARE ACCEDTED
MORE THAN S70O, 900 IN CONTRACTS
LET BY COMMISSION AT Hell
ENA AT SESSION

In the first major letting Of the
1895 season, the Montana highway
commission recently awarded con-
tracts on is federal and secondary
system highway construction and re-
pair projects, for total expenditure
Of S709, 1869. The letting covered
$3.50 miles Of road work and incIud-
ed the construction Of "A large and
small bridges.
On the federal system the work to
be done consists Of 1885 miles OF new
grading, 3.022 miles of regarding, sur
facing and oiling, 1892 miles Of plant
mixed oil surfacing, and 20 bridges.
The secondary system projects cover
1924 miles of grading and surfacing
and the construction Of a. bridges.
The projects, the firms receiving the
awards, and the contract prices follow:
Grading and surfacing of 2.032 miles
Of the White Sulphur Springs north
feeder road In Meagher county, E. NJ.
Brown Of Bozeman, $12,3O825.
Regarding, sllrfacing and road mix
oiling Of 3.022 miles Of the Witt hill
section of U. S. No. 10 In Saltwater
county, Standard Construction COM
pany Of Bozeman, 81, 07677.
Construction of a reinforced concrete
bridge on above road, John M. Cover
dale and e. o. johnson of Anaconda,
$8,576.
Plant mix oiling- of 1881 miles of
the Sieben-C Cascade section of q. s..
NO. 81 in Lewis and Clark county, J..
G. Mcguire Construction company Of
Butte, $100,96152.
Grading Of 12.685 miles Of the Sand
Springs-Jordan section of the central
Montana highway in Garfield county,
Frank j. Haas of Helena, $64. $685..
Construction of several bridges ON
above road, Walter Mackin Of Brock
way, $38,O70.85.
Construction Of bridges across the
F1athead and saltwater rivers and sew
eral smaller bridges on the Kalispeu
east section of u S. No. 2 IN Flathead
county, Colonial Construction company
of Spokane, Wash, $243, 691.12.
Grading and slrfacing Of 6178 miles
Of the Twin Bridges north section OF
the Vigilante trail in Madison county;
Earl l. McNott Of Eugene. Ore, $751;
028.l9.
G0A&0bA A4Sl114 VI oEfG4oA tACnVc4 bAAAA-
Der pile trestle bridges on above road,
Charles G. Goddard Of Butte, SO, AGO.
IS.
Grading and surfacing Of 4517 miles |
Of section B Of the Terry Brockway
feeder road In Prairie county, e. N.
Brown Of Bozeman, S23.628.4S.
Construction OF two treated timber |
pile trestle bridges on above road,
Walter Mackin OF Brockway. $7,859.76.
Grading and surfacing of "a miles |
Of section B of the Stanford north feed
er road Ia Judith Basin county, e. N.
Brown Of Bozeman, S26,577.42.
Construction Of treated timber pile
trestle bridges ON above road, Walter
Aackin Of Brockway, $3.50.
Grading and surfacing Of 3.087 miles
Of section B Of the Lewistown- Denton
feeder road in Fergus county, Frank
J. Haas of Helena, $23, ASCOT.
Construction OF pile trestle bridges
On above road, Walter Mackin Of
Brockway, s4,205.
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Ia a modern flotation machine, and
treated some $4,000 tons Of taiiings be-
fore winter weather made this opera
ton impractical. In the near future
Mr.. Miller and associates intend to
start the mill treating ores from the
White Elephant and later from the
Hope and Katie mines.
Looking back. 1t seems doubtful II
any mill building ia the western min
ing districts has had q greater var
lety Of experiences than this one which
was 30 eosidly built BY Heinze.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-02-02
az GRACE sTONE COATEsl

The following photographed
sketch Of James G0uriey was found
among the papers Of the late George
ID. Pease, Esq, of Bozeman. It was
written from MIR. GOurley's dicta-
tzoa several years ago, and Is avail
able through the courtesy Of Miss
Bess Adams Of BOzeman. Mr.. Pease
was a native Of Montana, born in
GaIlatin City, Feb. 20, 1871, descend
ant Of 3 Longtime Of pioneers. his
interest I'm Montana pioneers was
sincere, and he brought TO light many
an item Of personal history otherwise
lost. MIR. GourIey lives in Bozeman.
His story follows:
I was born In the County Of Armagh,
Ireland, May 8, 1910. Ny parents were
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-02-02

John Gourley q n d
Mary Cleland Gour-
ley. They we're farm
ers and I was raised
on a farm and went
to school. On Feb. 81,
1854 I was appren-
ticed to Henry Haw-
kins g. Co. Of Newry,
Ireland, in the drap-
cry business. ] served
as such for five years.
In 1859, I entered in
to an agreement with
John F. Prize (of the
firm Of Carson g.
Prize Of Amboy, Ill,
later known as Car
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-02-02
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Ask your doctor about this. And
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BAYER Aspirin prices have been
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there's no point now in accepting
other than the real Bayer article you
want.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-02-02

Co. of Chicago) Mr.Pirie and Mr.. Scott
served their apprenticeship with the
firm Of Hawkins & Co. where served
mine, and there I met MFR. Pirie. Un-
der my agreement with them was to
work for them three years and open
new stores for them. I landed In New
York from Ireland, May 4, 1853, my
10th birthday, and went to Amboy,
Ill, arriving May z. worked three
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ranch easier than we had thought we
could.
About 200 a. m. we were awakened
by four or five snotguns striking the
floor. The Vigilantes had left Virginia
City about the same time we left our
camp in the morning and had followed
us, thinking we were road agents run
ming off stock. I carried a lot of let
tiers for Frank Worden, who was in
business where Deer lodge city now
is. I had these letters for Worden and
wanted to give them up because / was
going to buy goods, and told the man,
(Ed.-Does Mr.. Gourley mean the man
at the ranch, the road agent with whom
he had his final experience?) that /
was going to Deer Lodge in the morn
ing and didn't want to take these let
tiers with me, that he had better take
them. He told me could not go,
but after quite little talk he told
me might go if I wanted to take the
risk. bought five or six packs Of
goods for Worden to take back to Ban
mack and Virginia City and during
all Of the time was under a fire OF
questions from Bill Bunton, lieutenant
Of the road agents, and q was certain
the man the Vigilantes wanted.
William Bunton was hanged Jan. 10,
1864, near his saloon, a half interest in
which he had won st poker two weeks
before. He had figured in the first
stage coach robbery in Montana In
October, 1863, when hummer Dan gave
up $1,000 In gold dust. Bunton was q
stool pigeon for the road agents, and
one Of the three passengers on the Salt
Lake stage out Of Virginia City. Will
liam A. Ramsay was driving to relieve
Caldwell, one Of the owners of the
line. Caldwell had made several trips
and was played out. George Ives and
Frank Parish, the road agents who
robbed the stage, ordered Bunton on to |
the box to hold the horses when they
ordered Ramsay off Bunton made /
great pretense Of crying and whining,
begging them not to shoot him as he
was unarmed.
During the night following his arrest,
q sympathizer succeeded in slipping
him derringer, but it was discovered
and removed before he could use 1t.
He refused to confess anything, even
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-02-02

Two dahlias grown by Mrs. r. T.
Moore Of Nashville, Tenn, are called
the "Siamese twins" by her neighbors
because they are joined together on
one stem.
The Washington times., 1935-03-22
HOLDOUT BANK
DUEFOR' spot

The single "hold-out" on the
Federal Deposit Insurance Cor
poration will be put on the spot
soon as proposed legislation to
strengthen operations Of this new
arm Of the country'S financial
structure has been enacted by
Congress, high Administration Of
ficials declared today.
The hold-out is ]. M. Nichols,
president of the Englewood, ILL.,,
National Bank, who refused to
Join the FDIC, to pay assess
ments or to display signs over
windows at his bank indicating
deposits had been insured.
Under the law, the deposits Of
national banks automatically are
insured by the FDIC. These in
stitutionS are required to pay an
assessment of one-half of / per
cent of deposit liability to set up
o fund to insure deposits and to
display signs on all bank windows
indicating deposits are insured.
Nichols, an opponent Of bank
insurance and other New Deal
banking policies, refused to meet
the teMns of the law and defied
the FDIC to do anything about
It. So far the corporation has
let the matter ride" and has
engaged in no controversy with
Nichols.
The Washington times., 1935-03-22
Business Men Delay
Action on BlantOn

ton withhold approval the
action Of the executive com.
mittee Of the Federation Of
Business Associations, with re-
spect to the controversy between
Representative Thomas Blan-
ton, Commissioner Melvin c.
Hazen, Ernest w. Brown, super
intendent Metropolitan Police
and Inspector Albert J. Headley,
and the matter be referred to
all constituent associations for
report. Associations represent
ed at last nights meeting were:
Southeast Washington, Central,
Georgia Avenue, Northeast
Washington, Georgetown Pro
greSSive and Georgia Avenue"
Business Mems
Robert w. Mccullough. Of the
Northeast Association, called at
tention to legislation recently
introduced giving the Pennsyl
vania Railroad Company right
of-way to extend trackage into
the Patterson Park tract to ere
ate an industrial center in thai
area. It was asserted the pro
posed extension wiuld create
three dangerous grade crossings
including one close to three
school buildings. Mr.. McCul
lough, Joseph Bait, and DR.. F
Thomas Evans were named 8
committee to. place the matter
before the District Commis
The Washington times., 1935-03-22
DR.. Holt to Tell
7. B. Prevention

A talk on "Infantile Tubercu.
losis and the Prospects for Pre-.
vention" will be given by DR.. EN-
NETT Holt, jr., Of the department
of pediatrics Of the Johns Hop.
kins University Medical School,
at the Garnet-Patterson School
March 20.
The program will be sponsored
by the Medico- Chirurgical Society,
and will include film on urban
public health. Music will be given
by members Of the Howard Uni
versity Conservatory Of Music.
The Washington times., 1935-03-22
Jury Selections
In D. G.. Assailed

Unfair tactics in the selection
of Jurors for service in the Dis.
trict Of Columbia Supreme Court
have aroused the local colored
citizens it was learned today.
The Negro Bar Association has
named a special committee to in.
vestigate charges that colored
persons are being barred from ser.
vice by member Of the jury com.
mission. The bar committee in.
cludeS William E. Taylor, Richard
ThompkinS, w. L. Houston, James
G. Waters, Perry w. Howard and
Edward Lovett.
The Washington times., 1935-03-22


of Representative Blanton's al
legged efforts to control certain
promotions in the Metropolitan
Police Department, as brought
out in evidence submitted before
the special House committee in
vestigating local crime conditions.
The action was taken at an ex-
ecutive meeting Of the Federation,
after which the following reSolu-
tion was released by the aSsocia-
tion president, Arthur Clarendon
Smith, to be referred to member
organizations for a report to the
next meeting Of the Federation,
April 18.
Resolved: That the Fedora
The Washington times., 1935-03-22

ness Mems AS
Sociations will
not indorse the
re c e MT action
Of its execu-
tive committee
demanding the
resignation OF
r representative
T h m as L.
Blanton, Texas,
as a member
OF Tie HOUSE
District Com
mittee.
The reSolu-
ton was draft
~AaNNl
The Washington times., 1935-03-22
BY A. J. DRISCOLL
Citizens Associations EditOl

Until every unit organization
has been afforded an opportunity
to act, the Federation of Busi-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-10
Mckay Successor To A. J. Collins,
 Report Announces
Connecticut Branch Office Formally Publishes Change
 in Personnel of Local Representatives

John R. Mckay of Cheshire, has been appointed temporary director of the Connecticut State employ ment branch o-fice on North Main street, in the absence of Arthur j.. Collins, who yesterday assumed charge of the Bridgeport office MT. Mckay has been member of the staff of the local office for some time. Whether MT. Collins trans fer to the Bridgeport office is per- manent or temporary could not be learned today.
 The Waterbury manager, who has held his post here since last Jan- uary, was sent to Bridgeport fol- lowing the transfer of Rockwell J. Larrabee, director of the Bridge port office, to the administrative staff of Miss Helen Wood, director of the state employment service. Enlarged Program
 It is believed that the creation of 8 new post for MT. Larrabee pre- sages a greatly expanded program for the state bureau. According to the official statement. from Miss Woods office announcing his ap- pointment, his duties will be assist ing the state director in supervis- ing placements made in private business by the Is employment of- fees throughout the state and mak- ing field visits to employers who have sought workers through the Connecticut Employment service. MT. Larrabee will also assist in or ganizing branch offices where they