Mr.

Benjamin Alfred Andrews &

Mrs. Pearl Larkin Andrews
Mr. Charles Benjamin Andrews &
Mrs. Maraget Rose Andrews with child
Lewis James Andrews
Andrews family moved to Bannack in hopes of striking
it rich. On the journey out to Montana from Chicago
Grandpa Benjamin dies. Cost of burial was $25.00
Family has $400.00 dollars to live on. They need to
start mining for gold right away.

Mr. Joseph Henry Gibson &

Mrs. Loraine Dallas Gibson, son George Wither Gibson
Grandfather Mr. William Coe Gibson
Mr. Gibson builds the Gibson Boarding House for $300.
Joseph Gibson looses his leg with doctor bill of $50. He
is left with $650.00 to live on.
Some of his family needs to take care of the boarding house while the others should start mining for gold
right away.

Mr. William Roe Graves & Mrs. Elizabeth Laura Graves

Children left to right: Charles Samuel Graves &
Paul Arthur Graves
Mr. Graves is a banker that moved his family from
South Dakota to Bannack, Montana in 1864.
He has $2,000 dollars to live on before
opening the new bank.
He builds the building for $600.00.

Mr. Sydney John Edgerton &

Mrs. Mary Lillian Edgerton
Children Wright Edward Edgerton &
Pauline Emma Edgerton
Mr. Edgerton becomes mayor of Bannack and buys a
building in town from Henry Plummer for $400.00.
They only have $1,000 dollars to live on.
They need to start mining for gold right away.

Mr. Jessie Tompson Reeves

Jessie is a bachelor who is trying to build a small
fortune fast.
He stays in the Gibson Boarding House while mining
in town. It cost $3.00 a day to stay. He pays three
weeks in advance. He owes $80.00 right away.
He only has $500.00 to live on.
He must start mining for gold immediately

Mr. Davis Michael Williams

A bachelor from Wyoming looking to make his first
fortune so he can start a family.
He builds a small log shack along side the creek for the
amount of $50.00.
He only have $300 to live on and must start mining
for gold emmediately or he will be broke.

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Mr. John Christian Meade & Mrs. Sarah Anne Meade

Ethel Anne Meade & Bertha Sue Meade
Mr. Meade is wealthy and moved his family from
Colorado to Bannack, Montana in 1864.
He has $2,000 to live on before
buying the courthouse in town and turning it into the
Meade Hotel for $1,250.
Needs to get hotel in operation and mining for gold to
build up money from purchasing hotel.

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You did not register with Mining Recorder

within 10 days and now you have to pay

You missed another day of mining!

now $10.00 plus $10.00 for late fee or

loose claim. Pay $20.00 now!

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Did not do $200.00 worth of work on your
claim. You only made $180.00 worth of
work. You need to pay $20.00 plus $10.00

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You found a huge nugget of gold and
receive $100.00 from the Assay Office.

late fee now or loose claim!

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Your horse died and you had to buy a new
one for $50.00. Pay now!

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Mercantile sold some of your homemade
soaps, aprons and coats. You receive
$50.00 in profit from them.

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Your child got sick and had to miss a

Room and board is $3.00 a day. You owe

day of mining and had to pay the doctor

$15.00. Pay $15.00 now!

$10.00. Pay $10.00 now!

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You just received a brand new claim

You turned in an outlaw and received a

without having to pay for it or register

$500.00 reward. They will pay you now!

with the Mining Recorder.

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There was a mistake from the Mining

You were able to sell a couple of your extra

Recorder and they owe you $50.00.

horses to neighbors and got $100.00 for

They will pay you now!

them.

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Mercantile sold some of your homemade

soaps, aprons and coats. You receive
$50.00 in profit from them.

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Had to buy new mining equipment from
Mercantile for $20.00. Pay $20.00 now.

Bank realizes that some of your money you

used to pay the bank was counterfeit and
you loose $25.00. So now you owe another
$25.00 to bank.

B A N N A C K , M O N TA N A
Henry Plummer got into your gold supply
and some of it was stolen No one was able
to find it or prove he did it.