Gildersleeve Mine

Lolo National Forest, Superior, Montana. County/parish: Mineral.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 26, 2002. NRIS 02000723.

9 contributing buildings. 2 contributing sites. 2 contributing structures. 1 contributing object.

From Wikipedia:

Gildersleeve Mine

The Gildersleeve Mine, in Lolo National Forest near Superior in Mineral County, Montana, was a gold and barite mine listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.

The listed 5 acres (2.0 ha) area included nine contributing buildings, two contributing sites, two contributing structures, and a contributing object. These include:

• cook / main house, a 48.5 by 10.25 feet (14.78 m × 3.12 m) one-story frame building
• bunkhouse
• little house / office
• blacksmith shop and drying area
• two outhouses
• meat house
• chicken coop
• wood shed
• mine adit
• water system
• mining equipment
• tailings pile

It was deemed notable as "the most complete depression-era mining camp remaining in western Montana. Located within the Cedar Creek Historic Mining District, the Gildersleeve mine is the heart of a family-run hard rock mining operation established and run by the Gildersleeve family of Superior, Montana. It is a unique mining community built atop tailings from late 19th-century mining activities."

The complex also supported U.S. Forest Service activity.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71976316