Garden District — Lawrence County

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Garden District — Lawrence County

Gold Mining Site SD • Lawrence County County
Description
Northwest of Lead by 3 miles in Blacktail and Sheeptail gulches and False Bottom Creek, is the Garden (Maitland) district. Here you will find the Maitland Mine, discovered in 1902 and had a total production of 137,000 ounces of lode gold form 1902-1959. Other small mines bring total production of the Garden District to 176,000 ounces. West of Lead by 3 miles, in the Bald Mountain area, on the west slope of Bald Mountain is the Trojan Mine.
Historical Notes
Source: Tom Ashworth's Prospectors Cache (tomashworth.com / Mike Higbee / 49erMike). Author: Tom Ashworth. Original page: lawrence_sd.shtml. State index: https://web.archive.org/web/20040830075749/http://www.tomashworth.com/goldloc.shtml Area: Garden District. Map coordinates are an approximate county centroid — not a precise claim site. Northwest of Lead by 3 miles in Blacktail and Sheeptail gulches and False Bottom Creek, is the Garden (Maitland) district. Here you will find the Maitland Mine, discovered in 1902 and had a total production of 137,000 ounces of lode gold form 1902-1959. Other small mines bring total production of the Garden District to 176,000 ounces. West of Lead by 3 miles, in the Bald Mountain area, on the west slope of Bald Mountain is the Trojan Mine.
Status / Verification historical_site — Legendary or approximate

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