Theme: mining_west
22 sources.
- undated — *From Beara To Butte* — companion EPUB to the documentary of the same name*From Beara To Butte* — the central documentary/EPUB on the very migration this archive narrates
Companion EPUB to the **"From Beara to Butte" documentary** — the central secondary source on the same Beara peninsula → Butte, Montana migration arc that this …
- 1883-03-23 — Jamestown Weekly Alert, p.3
A short news brief reporting that "the Rawhide Butte copper mines employ 100 men, and [it] promises to be valuable," followed by an unrelated brief about a new …
- 1883-06-17 — The Butte Miner, p.4THE PARNELL MEETING.
Report of the public meeting at the Renshaw Opera House in Butte on 16 June 1883 at which a branch of the Irish National League of America was formed. Resolutio…
- 1884-10-18 — The Butte Weekly Miner, p.1Complimentary Benefit.
A published correspondence: a long testimonial letter from named citizens of Butte to John Kelly — a musician about to leave the city for the East — asking him …
- 1885-10-29 — Jamestown Weekly Alert, p.6
A mining-news brief: Col. C. A. Broadwater of Helena asserts the Montana mines are "looking up," the success of the Butte mines in particular spurring more pros…
- 1886-01-14 — Jamestown Weekly Alert, p.5
A brief, credited to the Bismarck Tribune, reporting that east-bound trains carried miners leaving Butte "with barely enough money to return to their friends in…
- 1886-06-19 — The Butte Weekly Miner, p.3GREGSON HOT SPRINGS. / An Interesting Letter from Butte's Health-Giving Resort.
Correspondent's letter from Gregson Hot Springs (a Montana resort north of Butte) describing the transfer of management effective 30 May 1886. Prior to that dat…
- 1889-11-24 — The Anaconda Standard, p.4THE MINE ON FIRE. / Flames Break Out in the 800-Foot Level of the St. Lawrence. / FOUR MINERS MISSING. / Brave Men Lose Their Lives While Trying to Rescue Their Comrades. / SCENES AT THE ANACONDA. / Smoke From the Fire in the St. Lawrence Finds Its Way Into the Adjoining Mine With Terrible Results — The Flames Under Control.
Coverage of a fire at the St. Lawrence mine in Butte on 23 November 1889 in which smoke spread to the adjoining Anaconda mine and killed at least four miners. A…
- 1890-04-29 — The Anaconda Standard, p.5KILLED IN THE SHAFT. / Distressing Accident at the Montana Consolidated.
Patrick Murphy was killed on 28 April 1890 at the Montana Consolidated mine in Butte when a cage of timbers shifted and crushed him during descent. Four other m…
- 1890-07-23 — The Anaconda Standard, p.6FOUND IN THE SUMP. / The Bodies of Murphy and Kelleher Recovered at Last.
Eight months after the November 1889 St. Lawrence / Anaconda mine fire, the bodies of Patrick C. Murphy and Tim Kelleher were recovered from the sump of the Ana…
- 1894-08-02 — The Daily Inter Mountain, p.8THE MAYOR OPPOSES IT. / He Says the City Cannot Be Compelled to Pay the Bill of July Riot Bills.
Routine business at the Butte city council meeting, evening of 1 August 1894 — chiefly the question of paying claims for damages arising from a riot earlier tha…
- 1900-03-22 — The Butte Daily Post, p.3DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. / Daly Faction Has a Working Majority. / HARRIS IS TURNED DOWN. / Routes by McArthur For Temporary Chairman — The Platform is Harmless.
Long account of the Butte city Democratic Convention of 22 March 1900, in which the Daly faction prevailed over the Clark faction. Jerry Clifford chaired; the c…
- 1900-12-21 — The Daily Inter Mountain, p.21FATAL ACCIDENTS IN THE BUTTE MINES.
Annual roll of fatal mining accidents in Butte during 1900 — 30 named victims, with date, mine, and cause for each. Three names are family-archive-relevant: **J…
- 1904-05-14 — The Butte Daily Post, p.8DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CONVENTION IN SESSION
"(Continued from Page One.)" Coverage of the **May 1904 Silver Bow Democratic county convention** — DISTINCT from the September 1904 primaries clipping (1904-09…
- 1904-09-11 — The Butte Miner, p.7DEMOCRATS HOLD THEIR PRIMARIES
Sub-head: "DELEGATES CHOSEN TO ATTEND COUNTY CONVENTION MONDAY — OPPOSITION TO TICKET IS ATTEMPTED." Saturday Sep 10 1904 evening Silver Bow County Democratic p…
- 1908-01-07 — The Butte Daily Post, p.6JOHN BARLEYCORN IS VERY BUSY MAN
Butte Daily Post (evening paper) account of the Jan 7 hearing — published the SAME EVENING of the hearing, with significantly more biographical detail than the …
- 1910-12-16 — The Butte Daily Post, p.30CENTERVILLE YOUNG MEN'S CLUB EMBRACES ATHLETES OF DESERVED REPUTATION
Full historical / founding-story feature on the Centerville Young Men's Club. Photograph: "GROUP OF MEMBERS OF C. Y. M. C. OUTSIDE THEIR GYMNASIUM" — about 20 y…
- 1916-10-19 — The Butte Miner, p.5DENNIS J. MURPHY DIES AT HOME IN THIS CITY
Dennis J. Murphy, 920 North Henry street, died early Wednesday morning 18 October 1916. Age 51 (born ~1865). Resident of Butte 30 years (came c. 1886). Born in …
- 1917-06-10 — The San Francisco Examiner, p.1HOPE GIVEN UP FOR 193 MEN IN BURNING MINE
Front-page wire coverage in the San Francisco Examiner of the **Granite Mountain / Speculator mine disaster** in Butte — the worst hardrock-mining disaster in U…
- 1920-08-17 — The Butte Miner, p.8
A "safety-first" address (mine-safety / first-aid context) that reaches back to the 1918 influenza epidemic in Butte as its moral example: "during the dark days…
- 1929-05-20 — The Montana Standard, p.7OLD-TIME BUTTE RESIDENT PASSES — Michael Mullaney Dies at Walkerville; Funeral Not Arranged
Obituary of **Michael R. Mullaney**, age 73 (= b. ~1856), native of **Michigan**, died 19 May 1929 at his home, **500 Fourth street, Walkerville**, after a 3-we…
- 2006-10-07 — Riobárd Ó Dwyer Papers, NEHGS (Mss 1097) — "Stories from Beara"; received as an email from Riobárd Ó DwyerRiobárd Ó Dwyer's Famine oral history — 'Norry Tenpenny' of Allihies and the death-march to Bunmahon (Black '47)
A Beara Famine oral history relayed by Riobárd Ó Dwyer. In my own words (verbatim text held privately in notes.md per the NEHGS CC BY-NC-ND restriction): "Norr…