The Alps Mine

The Alps Mine
(Lode/Placer)
(40 acres)
Granite County, Montana
$31,000
SALE PENDING

•Commodities: Gold, Silver
• Size: 40 acres
• Claim designation: Un-patented Lode and Placer
• Location: Granite County, Montana
•Financing available
•Direct purchase discounts available

The Alps Mine is a largely undocumented Gold and Silver producing mineral property in the historic Alps mining district of Granite County, Montana.
Featuring a secluded underground mine, annually flowing creek and excellent access.

Primary lode workings consist of a tunnel style adit driven into the mineralized hillside about 600’ above Brewster creek.
Underground workings are estimated at over 900’ feet in drifting and crosscuts.
The mine face will require overburden removal for further exploration and development.
Upper workings are accessible via a good condition 4x4 cutback road from the creek staging area

A large mine spill is present below the adit in an estimated amount of over 1500 tons.
Spill is comprised of local host rock and low -to-mid grade ore grades.
Argentiferous Galena, free milling Gold and base metals are present in the vein materials.

The southern placer parcel encompasses over 1200 feet of running creek, an old mill site or processing area and a moderate sized open space for staging and parking.
With a excellent flow rate, the creek is suitable for a high-banker or river sluice operation.
Gold can be located in the gravel banks, bedrock crevices and upper bench deposits from past flood planes.
The free milling placer Gold in the Brewster creek deposits originated from the mineralized quartz veins of the district.

Featuring a large camping and staging area suitable for a camper or multiple vehicles.
Primary access road is excellent condition and suitable for any vehicle types, while the upper mine cutback road is suitable for 4x4 vehicles only.

-District History-
In 1895 rumors circulated of a carload of ore that was reported to have assayed with unprecedented amounts of gold. The rumors touched off a gold rush to Brewster Creek on the lower end of Rock Creek, a tributary of the Clark Fork of the Columbia.
At the height of the rush 2,000 people scrambled for riches in and along the creek and the town of Quigley was founded at the mouth of the creek.
Grover Cleveland, then President of the United States, and other prominent investors payed heed to the rumors and threw 1.5 million dollars into capitalized development in the district.
This investment resulted in the development of three mines, erection of a stamp mill and the grading of a 12 mile railroad bed up Rock Creek.
A 7.5 mile aqueduct was excavated to provide Rock Creek water to the mill at Quigley.
The railroad bed was built with Chinese labor and was to connect Quigley with the Northern Pacific.
(Western Mining World 1897b)

A perfect location for the beginning enthusiast up to an established mining company.