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Newspaper The Semi-Weekly Miner (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886

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About The Semi-Weekly Miner (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886

The Butte Miner began as a tri-weekly on June 1, 1876, under the guidance of James H. Mills Harry Kessler, and Horace T. Brown. A Civil War veteran, Mills arrived in Montana in 1866 and soon became Secretary of the Territory, Adjutant General, and the father of the Montana Press Association. Kessler owned the Clear Grit Mine in Butte and had spent nine years as a lithographer in Philadelphia prior to immigrating to Montana. Horace Brown, an Ohio newspaperman, moved to Virginia City, Montana, in 1867, and one year later came to work on the Helena Herald.

The Miner was an eight-page, six-column Republican newspaper. The publishers declared in the first issue the paper’s purpose: to promote Butte and Montana’s rich mineral resources. They also heralded the installation of a sophisticated press and the use of high quality newsprint. The imminent arrival of the telegraph was reflected in subsequent issues of the Miner, with a regular column featuring U.S. and foreign telegrams. In 1882, the Miner Publishing Company began to issue the Miner as a semiweekly. Beginning in 1885, it also published the Daily Miner.

In 1889, Butte Copper King, William A. Clark, purchased the Miner to aid him in his political battle with industrialist Marcus Daly. In 1890, the paper was renamed the Butte Weekly Miner. Over time, the Miner joined the Anaconda Company’s gallery of daily Montana newspapers, acquired to promote the economic and political interests of the copper company.

Provided By: Montana Historical Society; Helena, MT

About this Newspaper

Title

  • The Semi-Weekly Miner (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886

Dates of Publication

  • 1882-1886

Created / Published

  • Butte, Mont. : Miner Pub. Co., 1882-1886.

Headings

  • -  Butte (Mont.)--Newspapers
  • -  Montana--Butte
  • -  United States--Montana--Silver Bow--Butte

Genre

  • Newspapers

Notes

  • -  Semiweekly
  • -  Vol. 5, whole no. 291 (Jan. 4, 1882)-v. 8, whole no. 915 (Apr. 14, 1886).
  • -  Numbering very irregular.
  • -  Archived issues are available in digital format from the Library of Congress Chronicling America online collection.
  • -  Butte semi-weekly miner (DLC)sn 84036034 (OCoLC)10500224

Medium

  • 3 volumes : illustrations (chiefly ads.) ; 55-65 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Newspaper

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • sn84036033

OCLC Number

  • 10500233

ISSN Number

  • 2470-4210

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The Semi-Weekly Miner Butte, Mont. -1886. (Butte, MT), Jan. 1 1882. https://www.loc.gov/item/sn84036033/.

APA citation style:

(1882, January 1) The Semi-Weekly Miner Butte, Mont. -1886. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/sn84036033/.

MLA citation style:

The Semi-Weekly Miner Butte, Mont. -1886. (Butte, MT) 1 Jan. 1882. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/item/sn84036033/.