Ghost Towns and History November 8, 2019 Ghost Towns and History of Montana Newsletter B a r k e r & H u g h e s v i l l e , M o n t a n a From the Melstone Messenger Newspaper Nov. 21, 1929 These two camps located along Galena Creek in the Little Belt Mountains once held as many as 500 people. Two men who discovered silver in the area each had camps named after them; E.A. "Buck" Barker and Patrick Hughes. Numerous mines were producing when the railroad expanded a branch line to Barker. But, both towns would take a near fatal hit from the Silver Panic of 1893. Mining would continue sporadically for several years. The Block P Mine was worked until 1943 and considered Montana's greatest lead mine after 1929. A couple of residents still remain among the scattered remnants of the past... Photo by Jolene Ewert-Hintz Photo by Jolene Ewert-Hintz
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