The headframe of the Ruby Shaft, which has since fallen into the shaft, was contained in a building as shown. Power for the hoist was provided by steam engines that burned wood and coal. In the early years, ore was crushed in Mills A and B which were adjacent to the mine.
In 1888, the Granite Mountain Mining Company began construction of a large mill called the Rumsey Mill or Mill C in a valley to the east on Fred Burr Creek. The mill was completed in 1889 and was connected to the mining complex by an 8750-foot aerial tramway.
HM Number | HMXFH |
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Tags | |
Historical Period | 19th Century |
Historical Place | Mine |
Marker Type | Historic Structure |
Marker Class | Historical Marker |
Marker Style | Interpretative Marker / Sign |
Marker Condition | 2 out of 10 (2 reports) |
Date Added | Friday, October 17th, 2014 at 1:00am PDT -07:00 |
UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 12T E 327261 N 5131604 |
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Decimal Degrees | 46.31600000, -113.24366667 |
Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 46° 18.96', W 113° 14.62' |
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 46° 18' 57.6000" N, 113° 14' 37.2000" W |
Driving Directions | Google Maps |
Area Code(s) | 406 |
Can be seen from road? | No |
Is marker in the median? | No |
Closest Postal Address | At or near 110-134 Contract Mill Rd, Philipsburg MT 59858, US |
Alternative Maps | Google Maps, MapQuest, Bing Maps, Yahoo Maps, MSR Maps, OpenCycleMap, MyTopo Maps, OpenStreetMap |
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I Saw The Marker
Visited Granite Ghost Town State Park today and snapped pictures of a few of the markers. Park doesn’t seem to have had much love in a while. “Info Center” is pretty tired looking and all of the info is gone. Cool place though.
Jul 29, 2021 at 10:04pm PDT by pmjett
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