Montana
Basin, MT
Quartz and placer mining camp on the Boulder River
Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottlesAlso reported: 1880s-1900s mining-camp saloon.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
Why this spot
1890s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Boulder River (and Basin Creek)
Sanborn coverage confirms a built-out mining camp at the Boulder River and Basin Creek junction, where camp saloon trade left bottle-era glass by the water.
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