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As of August 27th, 450 men had been garrisoned in the Barnaby Creek area, with additional crews in the [[ranger station]]s at Bangs Mountain, [[Camp Growden|Growden]], Sherman Creek, and Trout Lake. The ranger staion crwews were tasked with forming and maintaining fire lines along the southwestern, southeastern, and southern edges of the fire. The northern edge of the fire was unmaintained and being wind-driven in that direction. At the time of reporting the fires extended in a region about {{cvt|12|mi|km}} north of the center of the [[Colville Reservation]] north to just south of the Canadian Boarder, and was up to {{cvt|8|mi|km}} at its widest.<ref name="SpRev1929">{{cite newspaper |author=<!--none given--> |title=Forest blazes slow up some |work=Spokesman-Review |date=August 17, 1929 |volume=49 |issue=95 |pages=8 |location=Spokane, Washington|url=https://www-newspapers-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/image/568377979/?match=1&terms=%22White%20mountain%20Fire%22}}</ref>
The fire was reported to be under control as of September 14th,<ref name ="Sheboygan9.14"> {{cite newspaper |author=<!--none given--> |title=Pacific Northwest faced with unprecedented menace of fires |work=Sheboygan Press |date=September 14, 1929 |volume=22 |issue=229 |page=6 |location=Sheboygan, Wisconsin |url=https://access-newspaperarchive-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/us/wisconsin/sheboygan/sheboygan-press/1929/09-14/page-6}}</ref> though the outlook was cautious as heavy winds were still possible and could whip it up again.<ref name="Berkeley9.14">{{cite news |author=United Press |title=Ukiah escapes menace of 5 forest blazes |work=Berkeley Daily Gazette |date=September 14, 1929 |page=13 |url=https://access-newspaperarchive-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/us/california/berkeley/berkeley-daily-gazette/1929/09-14/page-13}}</ref> At the time of containment, the fire was estimated {{cvt|98,000|acre|km2}}in size.<ref name="Lessons"/> The fire was fully out by October 13 when an estimate of {{cvt|100,000|acre|km2}} burned was given.<ref name="SLTr10.13">{{cite news |author=<!--none given-->|title=Fires strip vast region |work=Salt Lake Tribune |volume=199 |issue=182 |page=12|date=October 13, 1929 |url=https://access-newspaperarchive-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/us/utah/salt-lake-city/salt-lake-tribune/1929/10-13/page-12}}</ref>
One know fatality has been linked to the Dollar Mountain fire, Vasiliy P. Makeiff, reported on occasion as William Mikaryoff in error. The Doukhobor firefighter was hit by a falling tree on August 15, 1929, causing fracturing of his skull. He was transported to [[Providence Mount Carmel Hospital|Mount Carmel Hospital]] in Colville, but succumbed to his injury.<ref name="Lessons"/> His body was returned to [[Ootischenia]], British Columbia and was buried in the cemetery<ref name="Grave">{{cite web |author=Mariposa9 |page=Findagrave |title=Vasiliy P. Makeiff (Unknown-1929) |url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91122986/vasiliy-p_-makeiff |access-date=July 9, 2024}}</ref>▼
▲One know fatality has been linked to the Dollar Mountain fire, Vasiliy P. Makeiff, reported on occasion as William Mikaryoff in error. The Doukhobor firefighter was hit by a falling tree on August 15, 1929, causing fracturing of his skull. He was transported to [[Providence Mount Carmel Hospital|Mount Carmel Hospital]] in Colville, but succumbed to his injury.<ref name="Lessons"/>
the fire was the largest fire for the young Colville National Forest, but also one of the largest fires in the nation for the 1929 fire season.<ref name="Lessons"/>
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