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A view from 1939:
BASIN, (5,306 alt., 250 pop.), a typical
mining camp, booms or dozes as the price of metal determines.
Most of the buildings are frame, with the second-story false
fronts common in nineteenth century camps; some are squalid
shacks. Across Boulder River is the Jib Mine, a sensational
gold producer in the 1920's.
Source: Montana: A State Guide Book; Compiled and Written
by the Federal Writers' Project of the Work Projects Administration
for the State of Montana; September, 1939.
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