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Red Lodge, MT: coal-mining town on Rock Creek

BOTTLE DIGGING GRAY AREA CONFIRMED

Where: Montana · approx. 45.19, -109.25 (vicinity only)

Why this spot: 1900s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Rock Creek

What turns up: 1890s-1910s coal-camp saloon, beer and immigrant household bottles and glass along Rock Creek and the old mine flats

Access: Gray area.

This is a smaller stream whose navigability, and therefore state ownership of the bed, is less clear, so treat the bed as possibly state owned and off limits for digging or artifact removal. Stream-access law permits recreation up to the high-water mark but not artifact removal. The banks and townsite lots are usually private and need the landowner's permission. On federal land the Archaeological Resources Protection Act bars disturbing sites over 100 years old without a permit.

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Satellite view, historic-map overlays, tide/flow context and field notes are in the app. Exact research detail is part of Pro.

Pins are approximate by design. This page is historical research, not permission to dig. Check ownership and local law first.