P a g e 3 G h o s t T o w n s a n d H i s t o r y o f M o n t a n a N e w s l e t t e r BIRCH CREEK BEGINS TO BOOM– February 15, 1905 Farlin, the Birch creek town, is at present the busiest mining camp in southern Montana. The Amalgamated Copper Company, which recently purchased the Indian Queen mine, is making extensive developments on the property and has about 40 men employed. New pumps have been installed and practically all the water is out of the mine. New machine drills have also been installed Photo by Jolene Ewert-Hintz and in two or three weeks the company will be mining in good shape. Eight additional men were put on Monday and four yesterday. New men will be added as fast as room can be made for them to work. By the middle of April they expect to have something over a hundred men employed in and about the mine. The extreme cold weather of the past week has stopped work on the smaller properties, but this will be resumed as soon as possible. There will be a great deal of outside mining done in that locality this summer. An excellent showing has been made on a number of these prospects. Photo by Jolene Ewert-Hintz Two new buildings are being constructed, one of which will be used for a merchandise business. There are two boarding houses, two saloons, a blacksmith shop and several other smaller establishments operating in the town at present. There are two stage lines running into the town, one between DilIon and Farlin, the other between Apex and Farlin. G. Willoughby, of Butte, has succeeded Mr. Kane as manager of the Indian Queen. Gus Heberlein, the former manager for the old company, is at present general superintendent of a mine and smelter at Turk City, Come Listen to our New Podcast! Photo by Jolene Ewert-Hintz Washington, 90 miles out of Spokane. -The Dillon Examiner, Accessed via: www.montananewspapers.org https://ghost-towns-and-history-of-montana.castos.com/
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