Photographs

An interesting photo of Marysville, Montana

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Going through Mary’s photo collection this afternoon, I came across this snapshot – date unknown.

And here is the photo back, with a transcription below.

Transcription:

A scene near Marysville
Mont. Highest point is
Bald Mt.  First light spots
to the rite is Bald Mt. mine.
Next light spots in the gulch is Belmont
mine. Marysville lies
in the bottom between
those mts and the ones in front with
the pine trees on.
Taken about 19___
by Evelyn Schenck Buttner.
By the white spot on the left (a mine) is the
power line going
over the Continen-
tal Divide
Rocky Mts.

Inside the Drumlummon Mine

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Here’s an interesting photo taken from inside the Drumlummon Mine in Marysville. My great grandfather, George Schenk, is the man with his back to the camera.

Although the photo is not dated, it must have been taken prior to October 1915, since George died on October 31, 1915. And comparing it to other photos from Mary’s collection that appear similar in quality, I would date this photo in the late 1890s or early 1900s.

The photo back reads as follows:

1 Geo Schenk stooping
2 Alick Burrell
3 Nick Murphy.

in Drumlum-
mon mine
Marysville
Montana

 

Shannon Mine, March 1923

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Friends in front of Shannon Mine in 1923

Friends in front of Shannon Mine in 1923_back

Names listed on photo back: John Buskett; Will Williams; Ed Smigaj; Chas. Lutin

1921 Metal Mining Output in Montana Lowest in Decade

On July 18, 1921, The Great Falls Tribune predicted that metal mining output would be the lowest in the last decade “if present conditions continue”.

 

 

 

 

Montana produced gold valued at $1,851,165 in 1920, a decrease from $2,229,588 in 1919. In 1921 the output of gold will be much further reduced as a result of the idleness of many of the mines at Butte . . . The output made by the Barnes-King Mining company was principally that of the Shannon mine as the Piegan-Gloster mine was idle.[2. Great Falls tribune. (Great Falls, Mont.), 18 July 1921. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045217/1921-07-18/ed-1/seq-2/>]

And then on January 9, 1922, The Great Falls Tribune reported . . .

The Barnes King Mining company, produced much gold from the Shannon mine in Lewis and Clark county, but less than in 1920.[1. Great Falls tribune. (Great Falls, Mont.), 09 Jan. 1922. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045217/1922-01-09/ed-1/seq-14/>]

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