Garnet was named for the semi-precious ruby-colored stone found in the area and it was a good place to live. The surrounding mountains were rich in gold-bearing quartz. There was a school, the crime rate was low, and liquor flowed freely in the town’s many saloons. The bawdy houses did a brisk business and Missoula…
Hector Horton first discovered silver in the general area in 1865. In the autumn of 1872 the Granite mine was discovered by a prospector named Holland. The mine was relocated in 1875. This is one of the best of all ghost camps. This was the richest silver mine on the earth, and it might never…
A must see in Virginia City, MT is the Virginia City Players. It takes place in the historic Opera House and is one of the oldest continuing summer-stock theater operating west of the Mississippi, continues to entertain visitors just as its predecessors’ performances for the miners did more than a hundred years ago. The Virginia…