Ghost Towns and History May 31 2020 Ghost Towns and History of Montana Newsletter C O L O M A , M O N T A N A From The Townsend Tranchant March 3, 1886 Accessed at www.montananewspapers.org There has often been a shroud of mystery surrounding the mining camp of Coloma. Facts about the town were difficult to come by and even those who knew the story, weren’t telling it. Over the years, historians, explorers, archaeologists and geologists have put together bits and pieces. Located a couple of miles above Garnet, the structures of Coloma are dated by old newspapers and magazines from the 1920s and 1930s, which were commonly used as insulation in the cabin walls. Placer gold discoveries in the Coloma Mining District date back to the 1860s. The rush that would ensue brought thousands of miners to the area and camps started dotting the area, Coloma being one of those. The Coloma area housed 10 and 20 stamp mills and after crushing, most of Photo by Jolene Ewert-Hintz Photo by Jolene Ewert-Hintz
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