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“Misty Mountain” Mine
Deep in the misty forests of Montana we found an amazing mining camp. Abandoned but with quite a bit of equipment left behind. (Please leave everything here.) I’ll save the history on this mine for...
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Winnekta Mill
It is rare to find a Chilean mill out in the wild, not to mention one that is ten feet in diameter! The original 10 stamp mill was built on the site sometime before 1910. The mine was already doing...
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Marietta Mill
An old mill, lurking in the hills above Virginia City, has almost completely fallen into ruin. Years of harsh winters and neglect have left hardly anything left standing to explore. The mine, now...
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“Meadows” Gold Dredge
After visiting the Yankee Fork dredge, I was really interested to see if I could find an abandoned dredge out in the wild. Were there any left? I started to do some research to see what I could find....
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Hecla Mining Camp
In 1872, William “Billy” Spurr and James Bryant discovered the Trapper lode high in a cirque on Lion Mountain. News of the silver strike spread and soon other miners staked claims all over the...
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Bannack State Park
Last summer, we visited the fantastic little ghost town of Bannack, Montana, which has been preserved and turned into a state park. It is similar to Bodie State Historical Park but with fewer buildings...
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Lakeshore Mine
Over the summer, I hiked up an old forest road to a mining camp that sits along the shore of a small glacial lake. It was a pretty neat find, nearly a dozen cabins in various states of collapse remain....
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Blackmail Mill
There isn’t much left at this old silver mill. I had a fun time climbing around and through the broken timbers. The mill once supported a cross-cut adit connected to a deep shaft. The adit is caved...
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Algonquin Mill
The Algonquin is an old mine and mill. It was one of the earliest mines in Montana’s Philipsburg district. By 1877, it was being worked by a 10-stamp mill for silver with minor amounts of gold. The...
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Scratch Awl Mine
Over this last summer, we visited a few old mining ruins in Montana. We went out of our way to visit the Scratch Awl Mine as I was hoping there would be some equipment left on site to see. The Scratch...
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