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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Gildersleeve Mine

The Gildersleeve Mine, in Lolo National Forest near Superior in Mineral County, Montana, was a gold and barite mine listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.

The listed 5 acres (2.0 ha) area included nine contributing buildings, two contributing sites, two contributing structures, and a contributing object. These include:

  • cook / main house, a 48.5 by 10.25 feet (14.78 m × 3.12 m) one-story frame building
  • bunkhouse
  • little house / office
  • blacksmith shop and drying area
  • two outhouses
  • meat house
  • chicken coop
  • wood shed
  • mine adit
  • water system
  • mining equipment
  • tailings pile

It was deemed notable as "the most complete depression-era mining camp remaining in western Montana. Located within the Cedar Creek Historic Mining District, the Gildersleeve mine is the heart of a family-run hard rock mining operation established and run by the Gildersleeve family of Superior, Montana. It is a unique mining community built atop tailings from late 19th-century mining activities."

The complex also supported U.S. Forest Service activity.

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Dan Gard (July 30, 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Gildersleeve Mine / 24MNO184". National Park Service. Retrieved February 11, 2018. With 38 photos from 2000-2001.