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Wickes

Photos of Wickes by Daniel Ter-Nedden

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A view from 1939:

WICKES, (5,165 alt.), mining and smelting camp in the boom days. Wickes boasted of the first lead-silver smelter in Montana; the plant was dismantled in the early 1890's. Near Wickes and Corbin are such gold and silver mines as the Alta, with a reported production record of $32,000,000; the Gregory, with $9,000,000; the Ninah and the Bertha. Most of the important production came before1892, but the district is still regarded as a potential source of silver, lead, zinc, and gold.

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.