1876 — Irish miner Tommy Cruse discovers gold near Marysville and starts tunneling into the hillside. He names the mine Drumlummon after a parish in his homeland.
1883 — Cruse sells the mine to the fabled Rothschild family for $1 million cash and $500,000 in shares. The mine employs 165 men and is 1,600 feet deep.
1892 — A fire breaks out at the 1,200-foot level. They flood it with 5,000 gallons of water to put it out.
1895 — Water starts to be pumped out of the mine so they can drill deeper.
1896 — A cyanide processing plant is built.
1910 — The Drumlummon is shut down after the operators lose a 20-year lawsuit that included five appeals to the U.S. and Montana supreme courts.
1911 — St. Louis Mining and Milling Company, the successful litigant, takes control of the mine and leases out the operations.
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