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Lump Gulch City

DEQ Abandoned Mine Historical Narratives

A view from 1939:

LUMP CITY, (4,850 alt.), the scene of extensive silver mining in the past. The Liverpool, most noteworthy of the mines in and about Clancey, produced $1,500,000 in the late 1890's. Ore from the Clancey district was so rich that it could be hauled by bull team to Fort Benton, shipped by river and ocean to Swansea, Wales, and still net a profit. The only thing left of the once lively mining town is a dilapidated, weather-worn schoolhouse inhabited by mountain rats.

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.