. An illustrated history of the state of Montana, containing ... biographical mention ... of its pioneers and prominent citizens. a Giant and a large bed-rockflume to work this ground, washing the gulches cleanfrom rimrock to rimroek through this flume, and withhis unlimited supply of water can dictate the values ofall the placer grounds lying below him. Besides his placer-mining interests, Mr. Hale is largelyinterested in various quartz mines throughout the is president and a large stockholder of the IronMountain Mining Company, whose interests are in Mis-soula county; and he has num
. An illustrated history of the state of Montana, containing ... biographical mention ... of its pioneers and prominent citizens. a Giant and a large bed-rockflume to work this ground, washing the gulches cleanfrom rimrock to rimroek through this flume, and withhis unlimited supply of water can dictate the values ofall the placer grounds lying below him. Besides his placer-mining interests, Mr. Hale is largelyinterested in various quartz mines throughout the is president and a large stockholder of the IronMountain Mining Company, whose interests are in Mis-soula county; and he has numerous interests in othermines and prospects in various parts of the State. has been an active operator in this citys has several brick blocks, including the Capital blockon Main street and other valuable Main street properties,besides numerous residences and unimproved propertiesin different parts of the city. Mr. Hale is one of the mostsuccessful business men of the State, and is recognizedas one of its solid financiers. He lias invested inmany of the leading institutions, and is still actively en-. f c^ IIIsrORY OF MONTANA. 80 that good, clear, cold water would uot tasteright. The ground is almost covered withyoung grasshoppers. We can neither cook noreat without having the grub seasoned witJithciu. If they all live to become full-grown,they will devour all the grass, and our horseswill have hard times as we return. One kindof the cottonwoods are beginning to leaf out,and so are the cherry and gooseberry eighteen miles. 27th.—We liad a hard shower of rain lastnight, after we had camped, but before we gotsupper; it then cleared off, and we have hadnone since, although several storms have passed gaged in his mining operations and in attending to tlievarious enterprises with wliicli he has become asso-ciated. Frank W. Webster, the pioneer grocery merchant ofGreat Falls, and one of hei- representative business men,is a native of White Wa
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