CindyHouk wrote:
Took the drive up the mountain outside of Phillipsburg MT to the old Granite Ghost Town. At the height of the Silver boomin 1890...this mine had over 3000 men working at it. The road up gains over 1200 ft and is very windy and narrow and UNMAINTAINED....it's one nasty road but was fun getting up there!
This was the richest silver mine on earth, and it might never have been discovered if a telegram from the east hadn't been delayed. The miner's backers thought the venture was hopeless and ordered an end to its operation, but since that message was delayed the miners worked on and the last blast on the last shift uncovered a bonanza, which yielded $40,000,000.
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