Mining west

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 the previous day's east-bound train carried miners leaving Butte "with barely enough money to return t…

• 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 500-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 4th of July Riot Bills.

  Routine business at the Butte city council meeting, evening of 1 August 1894 — chiefly the claims for damages from the riot of the Fourth of July 1894. Mayor E.…

• 1900-03-22 — The Butte Daily Post, p.3DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. / Daly Faction Has a Working Majority. / HARRIS IS TURNED DOWN. / Beaten 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, chairman of t…

• 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 **14 May 1904 Silver Bow Democratic county convention** — DISTINCT from the September 1904 primaries clipping (1904…

• 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 **7 January 1908 commission hearing in Judge Donlan's court**, published the same evening — the longest of the t…

• 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…

• 1914-06-23 — The Anaconda Standard, p.7OLD FRIENDS TO ASSIST AT A PIONEER'S FUNERAL

  Funeral notice for John Kelly, "proprietor of the Mullins house in Centerville for the past few years". The funeral was to be held "this morning at 9 o'clock" (…

• 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…

• 1936-09-09 — The Montana Standard, p.1JAMES MURPHY, MINER, BEATEN TO DEATH

  Front-page report. James Murphy, "47. a miner" (so printed), died on the evening of Tuesday 8 September 1936 at St. James' hospital, "the victim of what police …

• 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…