Silverbow County MT Archives Obituaries.....Olin, Giles S. 1877
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Butte Miner, July 3, 1877
Giles S. Olin, died in a cabin adjoining his concentrating works near Butte on 
Thursday morning at 5 o'clock. He was troubled with apoplexy but did not 
consider it a serious nature. The day before his death he was about town 
attending to his business as usual and in conversation with one of our 
merchants remarked just before starting for home, that he was not feeling very 
well; that he would see him again in relation to the purchase of some fixtures 
for his works. This was late on Wednesday evening, probably 7 o'clock. About 4 
o'clock in the morning, when breakfast was preparing, he complained of not 
feeling well, and said he would remain in bed a while longer. When he did not 
rise after half or three-quarters of an hour some of the hands employed about 
the works began to feel uneasy, and proposed to send for a physician. 
Accodingly a messenger was dispatched for Dr. Whitford. The messenger had 
barely left when those in the room with Mr. Olin, preparing breakfast, saw him 
rise and assume a sitting position on the side of the bed. Some one advanced to 
render assistance if needed, and just as he reached him Mr. Olin fell over on 
the bed a corpse.

The body was properly dressed, and taken to Deer Lodge for interment on 
Thursday evening, where the funeral services were held. Mr. Olin was a married 
man and his family are now residing in Deer Lodge. Nearly every old resident of 
Montana has at some time or other met deseased, or has heard of him and knew 
how he has been afflicted for the past twelve years. During a stampede to some 
new gold discoveries in the early days of mining in this Territory he was 
caught in a terible storm and froze both of his legs so badly that they had to 
be amputated. He was very ingenious and as soon as he had recovered the use of 
what was left of his body, he set to work and manufactured for himself 
artifical legs and had used them ever since up to the time of his death. They 
were rude and cumbersome, but with them he managed to get about and had made a 
living for himself and family. He has struggled along manfully under this 
affliction, never complaining of his hard lot or asking any special favors from 
any one. Sometime since we gave a description of the concentrating works 
erected by this man near Butte, and (unreadable) under what difficulties he had 
labored in bringing them into successful operation. As stated at the time, this 
enterprise bid fair to carry (unreadable) beyond all pec..... embarrassments in 
a short time, and having recently leased copper mining property to run in 
connections with the concentrator, he had secured himself against all possible 
failure should other and more extensive copper reducing works be erected in 
competition with him. Already had his little works been of great benefit to our 
copper miners, and not a man among them but has been made better off through 
his indefatigable perservance. As a private citizen, he was respected and 
trusted, and in his dealing honest and upright. This community lost a valued 
member of the class most needed here now, and his death will be felt not only 
by personal friends, but by everbody interested in the development and progres 
of the camp.

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