THE GOLD RUSH IN MONTANA

THE MONTANA TRAIL

• A wagon road that went through many gold mining cities
• It branched off of the Oregon Trail and continued north and east
• It went to the Missouri River.
• Helped gold mining boom in montana
• Fort Benton was a supply point on Missouri River

WHEN DID IT HAPPEN?

• 1852-Gold discovered(grasshopper creek)
• 1862-Mining begins in MT
• 1864-Last Chance Gulch
• 1864-Mining begins in Butte
• Early 1900s-MT gold rush stops

MAJOR MINES IN MT

• Butte-Anaconda Mine
• Helena-Hard Luck Gold Mine
• Whitehall-The Norwegian Gold Mine
• Deer Lodge-Jackson Grove Gold Mine
• Philipsburg-Sunshine Gold/Silver Mine

MINING IN MT NOW

• 7th in U.S
• 31 gold mining districts
• The Dunn Mine is one of biggest now
• Mining has caused environmental damage(i.e. Berkeley Pit)
• MT produces thousands of ounces of gold

BERKELEY PIT

ANACONDA MINE - BUTTE, MT

CITATIONS

• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montana_Trail
• www.goldrushnuggets.com/goldinmontana.html
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butte,_Montana
• www.mininghistoryassociation.org/ButteHistory.htm