AUGUST 2021 Ghost Towns and History of Montana Newsletter From the new North-west (Deer Lodge) Oct. 26, 1877 A N E W M I N I N G T O W N - J u n e 4 , 1895 COLOMA, Near the Head of Camas Prairie, Rapidly Growing. It is a young camp but the surrounding mines and country promise for it a prosperous future and steady growth. But few of the Standard’s readers know that there is such a town as Coloma on the map of Montana, and not many of those who know of its existence can tell its location or anything regarding it. Six months ago there was no such town, but now it is a delightful and thriving community, with the promise of a successful and prosperous future before it. It is small, but it is busy, and business is what makes a town. When the success of the Mammoth mine became assured, those who are interested in the property began to make arrangements for the accommodation of their employees, and thus the town of Coloma was established. Its existence has been a brief one, but it promises to become well known as the location of one of the best mining properties in the Photo by Jolene Ewert-Hintz https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ state. – The Anaconda Standard Newspaper, accessed via https:// chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ Photo by Jolene Ewert-Hintz
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