Question 1

Is it legal to collect at Red Lodge, MT: coal-mining town on Rock Creek?

Accepted Answer

Gray area. This is a smaller stream whose navigability, and therefore state ownership of the bed, is less clear, so treat the bed as possibly state owned and off limits for digging or artifact removal. Stream-access law permits recreation up to the high-water mark but not artifact removal. The banks and townsite lots are usually private and need the landowner's permission. On federal land the Arch

Question 2

What can you find at Red Lodge, MT: coal-mining town on Rock Creek?

Accepted Answer

1890s-1910s coal-camp saloon, beer and immigrant household bottles and glass along Rock Creek and the old mine flats

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