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West, Montana
Coolidge MT
Elkhorn Mine rail ghost
Old dump ground Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokensAlso reported: eyes-only: intact-walled cabins, giant Elkhorn mill ruin, rail grade, tin and glass surface scatter.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0).
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Why this spot
Montana's last big silver camp, built 1914 with its own narrow-gauge railroad, abandoned after the 1932 dam failure and market collapse
Documented ghost town in Beaverhead-Deerlodge NF with dozens of collapsing frame buildings and mill ruins
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Collapsing structuresNails and sheet metal, 6,800 ft elevation, road snowed in Nov to May
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