G h o s t T o w n s a n d H i s t o r y P a g e 3 Victory Mining Camp Photo by Jolene Ewert-Hintz The Victory mine, located two miles above Ophir on the west side of Ophir Creek, was discovered in 1900 and developed beginning in 1906. The mine was active until 1912 when work was halted due to excessive ground water. The gold-silver ore, quartz with pyrite and chalcopyrite, was valued as high as $40 to $100 per ton. Some of the ore was shipped, but some was worked at the mill at the site. The waste dump of the mine and the mill tailings were later reworked using the cyanide process. All told, the mine is reported to have produced $40,000 by 1912. Garnet, Montana- Tragedy marked the early years of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Adams in one of Garnet's more comfortable family homes built in the late 1800s. First, a newborn son died Photo by Jolene Ewert-Hintz Photo by Jolene Ewert-Hintz in a Missoula hospital. Mrs. Adams then delivered a baby girl at home in 1909 and saved her from a living room fire a few months later, only to lose her to illness at the age of 3. In an era before antibiotics and the polio vaccine, many children died. Mary Jane, born in 1917, lived here until 1927 when her family moved to Missoula. Mary Jane's memories of Garnet have helped to bring this ghost town alive for everyone who visits today. - Courtesy of Garnet Ghost Town. Photo by Jolene Ewert-Hintz Photo by Jolene Ewert-Hintz Please be sure to share this newsletter with a friend!
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