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Exploring the Ghost Town of Coolidge Montana 

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This was a good long visit and explore of the ghost town of Coolidge Montana. Active from 1914 to 1927, this town was never huge, but it was accompanied by a fairly large mining operation for many different minerals just outside of the town site.
This explore sees us within the ruins of the town, exploring the remains of the largest mill we have ever seen in person, and one of the largest mining operations we have seen from the outside. The amount of work that was performed to make this town and mine work was incredible. High up in the Montana mountains, barely served by trains, and mostly supplied by trains of wagons and mules, this site was incredible. I hope you enjoy this one as much as we did while there!

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@geese5170
@geese5170 Год назад
I explored this town about 4 months ago as well. Me and my girlfriend and a couple of friends were staying at Elkhorn hotsprings (Not recomended) just down the byway. We were amazed by the beauty and the seemingly sudden abandonment of the town. The most amazing things I remember were the building halfway submerged in the river, and the MOST amazing thing to be was the absolute SIZE of the mill and how the concrete was relatively intact. My friend informed me that back in the 1920-1940s when concrete was first being massed produced and poured, some of the chemicals or substances they used in the concrete mix made it extremely strong and especially durable. They later found out that the health risk that the mixture at the time posed warranted a change in the mixture. Thats why our modern concrete structures crumble and decay so quickly. I'm writing this a short way into the video and will likely make some edits to this comment. You caught me early on my abandoned places adventure, but I can tell your channel is going to be one I watch and share often. Also, if you're ever planning on coming to Utah, I know of some pretty neat abandoned structures in a pretty suburbanized area. Cheers and keep exploring!
@SomethingDifferently
@SomethingDifferently Год назад
Thank you very much for watching! I do enjoy when people share details such as those about the concrete. I love learning about both how things affected our modern world, and how things came to be. This site was an incredible one, and an awesome visit. The fact that so much remains is incredible, and well worth seeing. I am planning on doing a lot more exploring of abandoned towns and locations, so suggestions on locations to check out are very welcome!
@rogersmith7396
@rogersmith7396 Год назад
Concrete has been used since before Roman times. You can still see their aquaducts. In the 1950s some concrete was made using uranium tailings and this is hazardous to health.
@geese5170
@geese5170 Год назад
@@rogersmith7396 ah okay. Does that add to the structural integrity of it?
@rogersmith7396
@rogersmith7396 Год назад
@@geese5170 No. It was just cheap and available and people did'nt know about radioactivity. The buildings will have to be torn down and disposed of.
@rogersmith7396
@rogersmith7396 Год назад
I was there a number of years ago and several buildings were still in decent shape. It was a company mining town, silver I think, and had a rail spur. The state should have made it a park. These later visits show that little remains. It was closed under mysterious circumstances. The mine is said to still be valuable. Maybe a silver market crash.
@SomethingDifferently
@SomethingDifferently Год назад
I believe it was turned into a state park in the 90's. The original mine was mostly copper, but these days has good deposits of silver and gold left behind, but it's really expensive to get anything out. The town had declined due to how expensive it was to get anything out of town before World War 2, but the founder tried to get things working up until the War. The mine itself is for sale these days, with images online showing fairly large veins of all sorts of materials, so there is still a good bit left.
@rogersmith7396
@rogersmith7396 Год назад
@@SomethingDifferently The state did nothing to stabilize the buildings. It could have been a great one.
@abandonedandlost
@abandonedandlost Год назад
nice
@rogersmith7396
@rogersmith7396 Год назад
The original company town had around 20 decent sized identical boarding houses on either side of the street. When I was there several were still in good shape, some two story I think. If the state or Feds had taken it over in the 60s or 70s they would all mostly still be there. But now little remains. I am thinking a different superintendants house was at the far end of the street. I believe they all were electrified. The road to the site is the old rail road grade.
@SomethingDifferently
@SomethingDifferently Год назад
Yeah, most of the company town is gone, but a few houses in decent shape remain. The state didn't take over the town fully until the 1990's,m so most of the town had simply fallen apart by then due to how everything was constructed. Nowadays, it is mostly preserving what is left, but some vandalism and decay still occurs. It's well worth visiting though.
@rogersmith7396
@rogersmith7396 Год назад
@@SomethingDifferently It was all good construction. Probably snow load crushed it.
@FurrKnight
@FurrKnight 2 года назад
I watched all of it, granted it took a few days to make some time for it, really thankful for the content you keep uploading! I know im sounding like a broken record but... some ph strip results from some of those water sources would have been 💯 excellent job in any case!
@SomethingDifferently
@SomethingDifferently 2 года назад
Thank you for making the time! Been considering testing some of the water in and out of mines we explore, so still looking into it a bit.
@FurrKnight
@FurrKnight 2 года назад
@@SomethingDifferently you can make a wishlist with PH test strips in it, along other things. I wouldn't mind helping
@rogersmith7396
@rogersmith7396 Год назад
@@SomethingDifferently Most mines have acid drainage. Lots of sulfur in the ground giving sulfuric acid. This solvates arsenic, antimony, lead, etc and is poisonous. Superfund sites are usually concerned with mitigating this drainage. Most mining areas have high background poisonous levels naturally.
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