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Greenhorn Gulch (Austin)






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Mailing Address:

225 Cruse Avenue, Suite A
Helena, MT 59601

Toll Free: 800-743-5362
Phone: 406-442-4120
         
Greenhorn Gulch placer camp is gone except for the tiny railroad flag station at Austin. Placers were worked for a distance of twelve miles and drained by the Seven-Mile Creek. The total placer production was estimated at $1,200,000.

Surrounding Austin were lode mines. These mines were worked between 1880 and 1935 and yielded $300,000 in silver, copper, lead, and gold. The value of the ores would flux because the ore contained iron.


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Greenhorn Gulch (Austin) is located in the southwestern area of Montana. It is 13 miles northeast of Elliston off of Highway 12.



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