Apartment Dwellings Rented by Top ACM Officials

C.W. Goodale Residence, 900 W. Quartz C.W. Goodale, ACM mining engineer and head of ACM’s Safety Bureau, began living in the north unit of this duplex as soon as it was built in 1900 by Charles Huff. From 1902 to 1906, John D. Ryan lived in the south unit (223 N. Excelsior). Ryan moved into the Hodgens’ residence at 105 N. Excelsior, which he had just acquired. Judge George Bourquin bought the property in 1906 and moved into the south unit. Goodale continued to rent and live in the north unit until 1923, when he moved into the Silver Bow Club. Source: Fred Quivik, July 2025

A duplex at the southwest corner of Quartz and Excelsior, built in 1902 by Charles Huff, is an excellent example of a dwelling occupied but not owned by prominent ACM officials.

Charles W. Goodale, who had a degree in mining and geology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, began his career in Butte in 1885 as agent and manager of the Gagnon mine, moving to mining manager of the Colorado Smelting & Mining Company when it acquired the Gagnon. He lived in the Kingsbury during those years. In 1898, he moved to Great Falls to work for the Boston & Montana Consolidated Copper & Silver Mining Company (B&M). When he returned to Butte in 1902 to manage the B&M’s operations, he moved into 900 W. Quartz, which is the more formal entrance to the duplex at Quartz and Excelsior. After the B&M was absorbed into ACM, Goodale was manager of the B&M Department of ACM. In 1916, he was made chairman of ACM’s Bureau of Safety. After more than twenty years living at 900 W. Quartz, he moved into rooms in the Silver Bow Club.

The address of the southern unit of the duplex is 223 N. Excelsior. Its first occupant, John D. Ryan, was even more prominent than Goodale. When he moved into the duplex in 1902, he was president of the Daly Bank & Trust Company. He lived there until 1906, when he acquired the Hodgens mansion at the northwest corner of Broadway and Excelsior. By that time, he was managing director of Amalgamated Copper and was soon to become Amalgamated president and then ACM president.