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FROM THE MOUNTAINS OF MOURNE TO THE MINES OF MONTANA

"So I just took a hand at this diggin' for gold
But for all that I found there I might as well be
Where the Mountains of Mourne sweep down to the sea."

Percy French.

 

Miners of Mourne. Co. Down, Kilkeel, Newcastle, Mountains of Mourne, Northern Ireland, Henry J. Doyle.
Preface  

Dreamer, Patriot, Adventurer and Honorable Irishman

       

Chapter

1. The Arrival - From Mourne to Montana
  2. The Immigrant - Schoolboy, Shepherd and Seaman  
3. Life in Butte - Dublin Gulch
4. Bucket of Blood - Social Life in Butte
5. Life in the Mines - Working Life in Butte
6. 1916 - News from home
7. Speculator Mine Fire - Disasters, Strikes and Spies
8. WOBBLIES - The lynching of Little
9. 1918 - St. Patrick's Day
10. The Wedding - A New Year, A New Life
11. Sources
12. Photos of Butte
13. Reader's Comments
     

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