Confederate Gulch District — Broadwater County

Source: Tom Ashworth's Prospectors Cache (tomashworth.com / Mike Higbee / 49erMike). Author: Tom Ashworth. Original page: broadwater_mt.shtml. State index: https://web.archive.org/web/20040830075749/http://www.tomashworth.com/goldloc.shtml Area: Confederate Gulch District. Map coordinates are an approximate county centroid — not a precise claim site. In and around Backer, Canyon and Diamond City, along the gulch tributaries of the Missouri river, in the north part of the county produced around 600,000 ounces of gold. All the area gulches have had placer activity. Northwest of Confederate Gulch is the White Creek District. Gold has been found in the drainage basins of White Creek, Avalanche Creek and in the upper part of White Creek and its tributary Johnny Gulch. Magpie Gulch also had some rich placer ground. Hellgate Creek and its tributaries also produced well. Beaver Creek and all its tributaries, especially those above and below Confederate Gulch look promising.