Neihart — Cascade County

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Neihart — Cascade County

Gold Mining Site MT • Cascade County County
Description
East of Neihart, in the SE corner of the County, in the central Little Belt Mountains there were small placer operations years ago. the Montana District was Primarily lead and silver producing, but gold was produced as a by product. In the area south of the mountains there are reports of some excellent placer gold being found.
Historical Notes
Source: Tom Ashworth's Prospectors Cache (tomashworth.com / Mike Higbee / 49erMike). Author: Tom Ashworth. Original page: cascade_mt.shtml. State index: https://web.archive.org/web/20040830075749/http://www.tomashworth.com/goldloc.shtml Area: Neihart. Map coordinates are an approximate county centroid — not a precise claim site. East of Neihart, in the SE corner of the County, in the central Little Belt Mountains there were small placer operations years ago. the Montana District was Primarily lead and silver producing, but gold was produced as a by product. In the area south of the mountains there are reports of some excellent placer gold being found.
Status / Verification historical_site — Legendary or approximate

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