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Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-05-23

modern city of Butte. At about the
same time other placer finds were
made by prospecting party composed
OF Frank Ruff, Bud Baker, Peter
Slater and others on Silver Bow creek,
below the present site of Silver Bow
Junction. In few weeks the barren,
desolate looking mountain gulches in
the Butte district swarmed with &C
tivity.
A new district was organized at the
lower end of the gulch and named the
Summit Mountain Mining district. w.
r. Coggswell was the recorder. I'm
mediately the town Of Silver Bow City
sprang up and became the county seat
OF Deer Lodge county. This camp
flourished for time. Other discoveries
were made in the vicinity, at German
gulch, 1865: Highland gulch. 1856: Red
Mountain City in 1867, and Basin gulch
the same year.
Placer Ground Poor
Placer mining was not so profitable
in Butte as in many of the other
camps The diggings were shallow. The
gold was low grade and brought only
sll to sl4 an ounce. A serious draw
back was the fact that the gravel had
to be hauled by OK teams to Silver
Bow creek. the only available stream
for washing. Several bitches were con-
structed, one being from Divide creek
to the placer diggingS at Silver Bow
This was the first time that head
waters of the Missouri were carried to
the Pacific watershed and used for
mining.
Then Butte came into its own as
typical western mining camp. Spec
tacular prosperity showed in the
hurdy-gurdy houses and scores of gam
bling places and saloons, which were
soon running day and night full blast
1t Is estimated that during the three
years that placer mining was carried
ON in Butte about sl.5OO.OOO In gold
was taken out of the gravel. The quartz
veins in the hills adjoining the placer
prospectors, the first vein located be-
ing by w. L. Farlin in 1864, who staked
the Asteroid claim, on the great black
stained quartz reef, west of the pres
ent city. This location, first called the
Black Chief, and afterward the Ira
yona, was originally discovered by
Charles Murphy, Maj. William Graham
and Frank Madison in 1864.
Several claims on the Rainbow lode
were taken up during the sixties, and
ore from the Mountain Chief shaft
was hauled by wagon to Fort Benton,
shipped down the Missouri and taken
TO Newark, N. j.
Placers Worked Out
BY autumn of 1867 many of the
shallow placer mines were worked out.
The ever-restlesS and shifting popula-
ton began to disperse, and Butte was
well nigh deserted. Silver Bow, some
seven miles below Butte, was the scene
OF new boom during the next year
or two, due to the construction Of a
new ditch, which furnished the placer
miners there with water. The town had
population of 1000, nearly a hun
dred claims were being worked and
many buildings from Butte were moved
to the camp
Then the silver ore in Butte started.
The first attempt to work silver ore
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-05-23

had been in 1866. when little arrastra
was put up south Of where the Finlen
hotel stands. The Continental. an old
10-stamp battery hauled in from Stir
ling, Mont. was the first mill, and 1t
proved to be failure. Small quantities
of ore from the Travona were roasted
and amalgamated. and few ounces Of
silver bullion produced. but not in CON-
mercial quantities. The Parrot lead,
named in honor of R. R. Parrot, an
attorney Of note of that time, was dis
covered by Dennis Leary, George w.
Newkirk and Porter Bros. In 1866 and
1867 furnace was built in Town gulch,
near the old site of Butte. to smelt
ores, especially those extracted from
the Parrot mine.
Arrival Of Clark
In 1875 new and important figure
appeared on the scene to influence the
deStinies of Butte. This was William A.
Clark, one of the wizards of the mining
world. He completed the Dexter mill
which had been operated at a loss
previously, and from this began the
first really successful treatment of To-
cal silver ores. From SIS to $50 was
charged per ton for smelling, and these
revenues were the cause Of considerable
mill building.
In 1875 McEnery and Packard dis
covered a claim which they named the
Acquisition. Some very rich silver ore
was taken from it and shipped to the
well known firm of Walker Bros. Of
Salt Lake. The Walker brothers imme-
diately became interested in the dis
trict which produced this ore. At the
time there was in their employ a
young man, Marcus DAILY, whom they
sent to Butte to look over the country
with view to securing, If possible, a
promising claim, and with the appear
ance of DAILY the second overshadowing
figure in Butte'S mining history came
onto the scene. DAILY obtained bond
on the Alice mine for 5000. A spot
was chosen to sink the main shaft,
and this was the pioneer shaft of the
famous Anaconda hill. A milling plant
was gradually constructed, and In 1880
the 60-stamp mill of the Alice COM
pany was constructed. Other properties
were developed as silver producers and
the ore production grew apace.
Bluebird Mine Tragedy
The Bluebird mine, the story Of
which is one Of the most tragic IN the
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-05-23
Who Discovered
Butte?

Who Uas the first discoUerer of ore in the
mining camp of Butte, Which produced near
ly three billion dollars in Uealth, ,UiH neuer
be knOlOn. The first prospectOrs of the rich
est hill in the UOrld of lDhom there is any
record staked their claims in 1864, but they
found a prospect hole that had been sunk
years before, and close beside it fragments
of elk antlers uDhich had been used by the
prospectOr for gads and handspikes There
is no record of prospecting in Montana prior
to 1862. Who lUas the intrepid pioneer who
first had UisiOns of Uealth from, that black,
fOrbidding hill?
In 1864 a prOspector offered six claims on
Butte hill to Traveller for $500. The offer
Uas declined. Within the lifetime of that
traveller those six claims yielded more than
$1,000 100000.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-05-23
PUBLIC WELFARE
MEMBERS NAMED

Membership of Montana's welfare
board was completed when Gov. Sam
c. Ford named Mrs. Belle Nye Of
Billings and Harry l.. Burns of Chi
nook new members.
Governor Ford also appointed o. A.
BergeSon Of Dillon permanent chair
man. Bergeson has been acting chair
man.
Mrs. Nye will succeed Mrs. Edith
Battey of Billings. and Burns, Chinook
attorney and former member OF the
legislature. succeeds George G. Harris
Of Great Falls. Mrs. Nye will serve
a term ending March 4. 1912, and
Burns to March 4. 1913.
The governor also announced the re-
appointment of E. K. Bowman of Har-
din as chairman of the state hail COM
mission.
Other members of the public welfare
board are D. S. McCorkle of Conrad
and Davis Graham Of MiSSoula.
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WILL HELP REFUGEES

head of Brock school for boys IN St.
Paul.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-05-23

More peas are canned in Wisconsin
than In any other state In the country.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-05-23

WILL HELP REFUGEES
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-12-19
East AII-Stars Head
For New Orleans
After Brief Drill
WestfoII, BIondin, Glass
And Bunonis to Join
Squad in South
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Dec. 19.-The Eastern
all-star football team headed for
New Orleans today after assembling
in Chicago and partaking OF one
brief workout on Northwestern Uni
versity's field in Evanston.
Planning to join the squad in the
South were Bob Westfall of Michi-
gan, Ernie Blandin and Ralph Glass
of Tulane and Vince Banonis of
Detroit. The East's stars will meet
the Western aggregation January 8
in the transplanted Shrine game at
Tulane University.
Westfall was forced to tarry an
extra day at Ann Arbor because OF
examinations. Banonis will play In
the North-South game December ~
at Montgomery, Ala, and then re-
port for the East-West game. Blan-
din and Glass stayed at home, since
the rest of the squad Is coming to
their own football lot.
Coaches Bernie Bierman of Min
nesota, Dudley De Groot of Roches-
ter and Dick Hanley, former North
western mentor, directed the squad
in its one-hour signal drill at Evan
ston. Coach Andy Kerr, fourth man
on the directing staff, already has
left for New Orleans.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-12-19

when the Chicago ana new YORK
clubs meet on Wrigley Field for the
pro league championship.
Doesn't Have to Run.
Luckman isn't used much as run
ner. For one thing, he isn't needed
in that capacity, since the Bears
have McAfee, Standlee, Osmanski,
and so on. Usually when he carries
the ball it's because he cannot find
a receiver for his pasSes-and that's
not often. He made only Ii running
attempts this season.
No, Luckman doesn't run the ball,
but he definitely runs the ball club.
He is Mr.. Brains of the ST" forma-
ton, and the whole job'of directing
each play falls in his lap, except
when he's being given brief rest.
Sid threw 119 passes during the
regulation season. Sixty-eight were
completed for ST. average, and
only six were intercepted. Nine
aeria1s resulted directly in touch
downs, and dozens of others set
the stage for scores.
Leemans Leads Giants.
The Luckman of the Giants is
fluffy Leemans, who also is the No.
ball carrier for the New Workers.
Ieemans in 60 attempts completed
81 aerials for ATS yards and a AL
average. Ed Danowski's passes
gained 179 yards and Marion Pugh's
ISL yards for the Giants, but the
nine gents who engaged in forward
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-12-19
Dudley Among
Four Seniorsin
Eastern Group
Albert Of Stanford
Heads Crack Trio y.
Of Westerners y
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 19.-All
eligible members of the Associated
Press all-America first team will be
on the field for the East-West all
star charity game here January 3,
but the East will have four to the
Vests three.
The game, transplanted by the
Shriners to the Sugar Bowl after 1t
was BACKED out in San Francisco by
the war, will feature two star
studded lineups.
Dudley With East's Squad.
The Eastern quota includes Bill
Dudley of Virginia. the Nations
highest scorer. Also listed are
Endicott Peabody. Harvard guard
who received the Knute Rockne
Trophy for ability and sportsman
ship, and Bruce Smith, Minnesota
back who won the Heisman Trophy
as player of the year.
Ralph Fife of Pittsburgh will be
Peabody's all-America running mate
at guard.
The West team has frankie Albert,
Stanford quarterback; Bud Rein
hard, California tackle, and Malcolm
Kutner, Texas end.
\ Of the remaining four all-Amer-
icas, Darold Jenkins will be playing
center for Missouri against Fordham
in the Sugar Bowl here January
and the other three are juniors. Only
seniors play in the East-West game
The Fasteners will have three
members of the second all-America
to one for the West, although the
West has two from the third eleven.
Deluge of Ticket Requests.
Coach Bernie Bierman of Min
nesota will bring most of the Eastern
squad here tonight and the West
erners are expected Sunday. Both
will go to nearby points for training
The Fasteners Coach Andy Kerr
of Colgate has been here for three
days as promoter" for the tilt.
The Sugar Bowl organization, help
ing the Shriners stage the game, re-
ported a deluge of ticket requests
The Shriners' Crippled Children's
Hospital in San Francisco and
Shreveport, La, will halve the net
proceeds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-12-19
Opportunity Beckons
britton in Battle
With Cochrane
Upset in Non-TitIe Bout
Would Put Veterans
Son Close to Top
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MIAMI, Fla. Dec. 19.-Fast-hit-
ting Bobby Britton. the fighting son
Of a one time world champion, will
get the big chance of his ring career
tonight in a non-title fight with
Welterweight King Freddie Coch-
rane.
An upset triumph over Cochrane
in the main event Of the Miami
Herald's Empty Stocking fund show
would carry the 23-year-old Britton
closer to the top than he has man
aged to climb in eight years Of
boxing.
His trainer and chief handler is
his father, Jack Britton, an in-and-
outer for years before he suddenly
developed into a great fighter and
won the welter crown in 1919 at the
age of "a.
Ever since Bobby made his debut
as a fancy boxing, ight-punching
15-year-old. his father has been
grooming him for a shot at the
championship he himself lost to
Mickey Walker in 1922.
The 10-round contest will be
Cochrane's first engagement since
he joined the Navy after lifting the
weller title from Fritzy zivic last
summer and beating Lew jenkins
in a non-title go.
Britton once knocked out Jenkins.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-12-19
Bout for SavoId Here
Blocked by Contract
That Turner Holds
-
Joe Threatens to Stop
Lees Go With BETTING
Unless Given ST 900

An Associated Press dispatch from
New York today says Melo Bettina,
southpaw light heavyweight slugger,
has signed for bout with Lee
Savold in Washington January %,
but there may be e. hitch in the
plans.
Promoter Joe Turner of this city
holds a contract on Savold for a
fight with Harry Bobo of Pittsburgh,
scheduled last October, which Savold
has not fulfilled, and the promoter
intends to stand on his rights.
1t is presumed that the proposed
Bettina-Savold bout would be pro-
NOTED by Johnny Atten at Uline
Arena, but Attell is in New York.
Turner, who is vacationing from
boxing for the time being, has no
fights booked at his arena.
III take $1,000 for a release on
Savold's contract with me-" he said
today. "And If he tries to box for
anybody else before fighting for me
I'll go before the District Boxing
Commission and I'll also go to court
and attach his purse"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-12-19
Terps 70 GET Holiday
After Game Toniqht
With Mountaineers

Sporting a 500 average for two
games, Maryland's courtmen move
to Cumberland. Md, tonight to en-
gage West Virginia in their last
game before the Christmas holidays.
The Terps resume their schedule
December 80 against Seton Hall In
the first of q three-game Northern
trip.
Mearle Du Vail, veteran forward
who underwent an operation for the
removal of a cartilage in his knee,
was reported resting comfortably
and probably will be discharged
from the hospital in time to spend
Christmas at home. There is an
outside chance that Du Vail, a
steadying influence on Maryland's
sophomores, will be back in the
lineup before the end of January
if all goes well.
The Terps also will be without
Irving Gordy tonight. He cut his
finger on a broken dish, requiring
four stitches, and will be lost for a
week.
The starting lineup probably will
find Tommy Mont and Bob James
at forwards; Ernie Travis, center;
Heck Horn and Don Schuerholz,
guards.
In a preliminary game Maryland's
frosh play Fort Hill High School.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-12-19
U. 5. No. I Wartime Sport? Rifle Shooting

argue
should the important sport of the The
shooting 2o0oo rifemen
alone Thousands of these
makmen able and willing instruct service recruits
nod Uncle
and the
rifle the basic fighting OF the
of Army
rifles notably improved Gaand and that
additional with sawed of
they all shoot?
the weren't particularly interested when the
that wash
decisions
couldn't lick least once 6o-o
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-12-19

Bay Municipal Stadium last week
in anticipation of playoff game
with the Giants. That distin-
guished the Packers as the first
team to be overconfident against
the Chicago Bears"
Jacobs Observation-Disclosures
Baer fight tickets go on sale Mon
day, and Mike Jacobs has notified
all sports writer's theren be alb
solutely no comps. Joe Gould Is
taking over management OF Lee
@. Murray, the heavyweight Col.
Stoopnagle sponsors don't for
get he's from South NorWalk,
Conn.,. Gunnar Barlund tries a
comeback against Johnny Shkor
in Boston next month.
Travelin' Tom - Tom LleD,
Florida coach, reports: With
scouting California and the
Southeastern Conference meet
ing in Lexington this past week,
I have, out of six nights, spent
three in the air, two on the train
and a half hour at home"
Cleaning the Cuf1-Local sports
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-12-19
Whatever Happened to Our Grid Big Three?

the scoring leader of the
he at lining
the sights hockey but the reason ne isn't IN the Canadian
turned downor bad
Three of Washington foobaoeorge-
and the Redknswon only II games this
losing tying three lmped home like
trio of selling platers with broken wmdppe
director promotion OF the Anerl-
schools and organizations wishing
official of the circuit get in touch
which is dedicated to the memory
Cobb Ruth and Iris Speaker
will available after January
address League 30 South Michigan
Bldg, Chicago
handouts of Jack Pefer, who FUR
nave
following ereads THE crowd follows Jack Pfener SO
It be of herring lovers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-12-19
Seven AAmera Players Spsh Color on EasWe Charity Grid 7s
Win, Lose |: !:,:;: or or Draw
By FRANCIS E. STAN
Notes to You
BY FRANCIS E. STAN

True story deptWhie Special Kurusu route
to Washington mission local professional golfer
well acquainted with the First Secretary of the japanese Embassy
TOOK his Npponese friend nearby country club for game
Each shooting WELL they fairly rod around the and then
repaired to the locker where the Jap broke NTH OF
ancient Scotch furnished with the compliments of the British
Cant pont?" the TO sell a
little of himself goodwill to the secretary The
Japanese football baseball but
golf should alley All they need is understanding
show them how to promote
with logic that such small
conceded nothing
big golfers
slipped his Scotch and then said: We'll golf as
do not have that room
impaieny Well he said elVlsonng
unofficial No ambassador to Japan why cont
silence FalV
ne tossing
ring of KEYS us another bottle OF Scotch
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-12-19
Yonks Still Are Marketing for First Socker
No Freebies to Lous-Boer Fight BorIund Tries Comeback

writers expect the Yankees to use
Buddy Hassett as bait in a trade
for another first-sacker (maybe
George McQuinn of the Browns)
because there's no telling about
Johnny Sturm's draft status.
Solemn Bernie Bierman stopped
the show at the Minnesota grid
dinner when he announced that
he didn't need any introduction
to the players girl friends be-
cause "they undoubtedly have
told you what kind Of a guy I
am" John Borican, the track
and field star, is real all-around
performer. AS assistant director
at the Newark IN. j. Boys Club,
he teachers drawing, sculpture,
manual training, runs an Ameri-
canism program and leads the
kids in play.
Mother Note-Larry MacPhail's
Christmas card to sports scribes
is q booklet on How to Roast a
Turkey" 1t has been received by
several guys who know all about
hoW to roast MacPhau.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-12-19
Orange Bowl Is SeIIout,
But Fons Keep Trying

By the Associated Press.
MIAMI, Fla, Dec. 19-It's too late
to get a ticket for the Orange Bowl
game New Year Day between Geor-
gia and Texas Christian, but large
numbers of hopeful fans haven't
given up trying.
The almost $4,000 seats were ia
ken more than two weeks ago, but
the bowl committee still gets 200
to 300 requests q day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-12-19
Columbus u. Is Host
To Rider Tossers
In Tilt Tonight

Columbus University's Explorers
will seek their second straight VIC
tory of the season tonight at Tech
High, where they meet Rider Col
lege at 8:45.
The visitors dropped 1885 de-
cision to Duke last night after
winning their first four games by
stable margins and probably will be
in an ugly frame of mind. They
boast a squad of IA. all 6-feet or
better. Stretch" Farr, feet 4
inches, is the tallest.
The Explorers probably will use
the same lineup that started against
Potomac State last week with Joe
Essex, "Acky" Viana, Jerry Burns,
Johnny Poston and Soup" Han
cock in the first five.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-12-19
GaIIaudet Feels Lack
Of Reserves in lis
Loss 10 Hopkins
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md. Dec. ia
lack of reserve strength hurt Gal
laudet last night as it bowed to
Johns Hopkins, 53-37, in a Mason
Dixon Conference basket ball game
at the Homewood.
Hopkins, rated one of the out
standing contenders for conference
honors, didn't pull away until the
last nine minutes of the final period,
when it's first team staged a rally
Gallaudet's tired forces couldn't
match.
The halftime count was 1918 in
Hopkins favor.
Ray Butler, who registered II
points, kept Gallaudet in the run
ming, but scoring honorS went to
HOPKINS Bill Robinson with IS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-12-19
South American Beuts
Women's Swim Mark

BY the Associated Press.
BROOKLINE. Mass, Dec. 49,
Swimming against time, Maria Lenk
Of Rio de Janeiro lowered the New
England women's record for the
220-yard breast stroke to 3:10.6 last
night.
Her five South American team
mates were victorious in three indi-
vidual competitions and the 49,
yard medley relay event against
hand-picked rivals.