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Montana
Aldridge coal and coke camp
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Nails and fittings
Buttons and bucklesAlso reported: miners' lamp and tool parts, cartridge cases, bottles.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), Unknown (Public domain).
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Why this spot
1890s-1900s company coal camp
Coal camp first called Horr, then Electric, whose mines supplied coal and coke to the Anaconda company's smelters and employed about 400 men under the Montana Coal Company. Mining shifted here from Horr in 1897 and the town was incorporated in 1906.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
mine openings, unstable ruins, bears
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