Missoula Field Office
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Antique Cash Register Stolen From Ghost Town
Burglars struck Garnet Ghost Town earlier this week, stealing an antique cash register from the Visitor Center.
Bureau of Land Management officials report that sometime between the night of Aug. 23 and the morning of Aug. 24, someone broke into the Visitor Center and made off with the register which is approximately 90 years old. BLM is asking the public—especially antiques dealers and pawn shops—to keep a look out for the metal register which has a wood base and drawer. It was manufactured by the National Cash Register Co. in Dayton, Ohio.
“It’s an important piece of the Visitor Center and is greatly missed,” said Maria Craig, an archaeologist with the BLM’s Missoula Field Office. “We hope people will watch for it and that it will eventually return to Garnet.”
The Granite County Sheriff’s Office was notified of the theft and is investigating the incident.
To report information about the cash register, call the Missoula Field Office at (406) 329-3914 or the Granite County Sherriff’s Office at (406) 859-3215.
The BLM manages more than 245 million acres of public land, the most of any Federal agency. This land, known as the National System of Public Lands, is primarily located in 12 Western states, including Alaska. The BLM also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. In Fiscal Year (FY) 2011, recreational and other activities on BLM-managed land contributed more than $130 billion to the U.S. economy and supported more than 600,000 American jobs. The Bureau is also one of a handful of agencies that collects more revenue than it spends. In FY 2012, nearly $5.7 billion will be generated on lands managed by the BLM, which operates on a $1.1 billion budget. The BLM's multiple-use mission is to sustain the health and productivity of the public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations. The Bureau accomplishes this by managing such activities as outdoor recreation, livestock grazing, mineral development, and energy production, and by conserving natural, historical, cultural, and other resources on public lands.
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