The Ghost Town of Comet, Montana

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This is considered one of the best ghost towns in Montana, but few have heard of it. It’s a small treasure hidden in the hills near Helena which twice in its history boasted a population of around 300 people, all working the silver mines and flotation mill on the hillside.
This video isn’t exactly giving away some secret. There are hopes to preserve this small piece of history as a sort of museum and they need help and awareness to do so. It’s on private property, but visitors are welcome if you respect the site.
Now, let’s explore the history of Comet, or Comet City, Montana, one of the most unexpectedly interesting ruins I’ve visited.
This is the third of four Montana ghost towns I filmed and documented in 2022, the first being Keystone and the second being Elkhorn. Next will be Granite. I also have another one, Pardee, that is exclusive to my Patreon subscribers (we didn't quite make it to the town due to forest fires, but filmed the adventure nonetheless!)
Visit the Jefferson County Museum www.jeffersoncountymuseum.com/

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@user-gq2vn1xj2r Год назад

I know RU-vid is your medium, but these rival most PBS documentaries. I wish you continued luck.

@nurseshark857 Год назад

His videos really are some of the best available! I jump on them as soon as they're published!

@amandam8609 Год назад

Definitely tv quality 100%

@josedasilva4433 Месяц назад

Well said.

@mattmccormick5042 Год назад

I wish you were Full-time explorer! I am-yet again- SUPER impressed by your documentaries. You are hands down THE BEST documentarian that I have been privileged enough to be exposed to. I sincerely appreciate all of the effort that you go through making your videos. Thanks for another great video, and please keep them coming!

@SalMinella Год назад

I always share the Wreck of the Atlantic video with people. If you haven’t seen it check it out.

@apancher Год назад

Well said, Matt.

@p.k.5455 Год назад

I second this statement...hands down best!!!

@Diaz-qv2xd Год назад

I third that statement!!

@sookieb_88 Год назад

Here here!!! Three cheers for Tom 😊

@richardbeee Год назад

That huge table in the assayers lab was for a scale. I'm a retired assayer and you had to have a huge well anchored table to weigh those tiny little bb's. Some of which were no bigger than the end of a needle. one milligram = 1 oz. p/t. Any vibration from passing vehicles, machinery, a light breeze, etc. would cause your balance to flop around. More than likely at one time it had a glass top around it, with doors that could be opened upon weighing your prill. Great explore. Wish i could help.

@ElizabethBattle Год назад

I love how you research before you narrate and explore. I get so tired of explorers going into places and not having a clue about the building, area, or historical time period. Well done!

@cv5369 Год назад

Please don’t change your edits once you blow up. Your simple yet informative work speaks for itself.

@spungbopscarepans 2 месяца назад

yeah, we don’t need another overly-stimulating mrbeast clone

@Eurobunneh Год назад

Your style isn’t annoying, isn’t in your face, straight to the point. Exactly what I’ve been looking for, thank you!

@justingoalie111 Год назад

I absolutely love how Part-time explorer is able to deeply research such niche and small points in history and create absolutely entertaining and informative documentaries on them every time.

@Kurt-Wehde Год назад

As a Montana resident, I was just there a few weeks ago! Looks a lot different covered in snow but I’m happy to say the hotel is still standing.

@sirrliv Год назад

My best guess for the Great Boulder Conspiracy (tm) is that maybe it came tumbling down from the hillside to the left, reached the bottom of the valley and turned toward the bunkhouse, then right before impact it hit something, a small rise or another rock, that made it bounce into the air, allowing it to fly through the wall (hence no damage to the sill), which absorbed most of the momentum and slowed it down enough that it bounced off the side wall and came to rest where it is. If you look at it, it looks to me like that boulder would fit the hole in the wall if it flew through vertically and came to rest on its side. That's my best guess, anyway.

@Fvpigpen26 Год назад

Sorry you're wrong. It did come from a long way, but snow and ice gave it the lift and lubrication to slide in where it now rest.

@MortusSweet Год назад

I was thinking vertically too!

@flashwashington2735 Год назад

@@Fvpigpen26 You're all wrong. After long and careful study, and remembering some conversations with my highly esteemed colleagues at the the time. I have come to the sobering opinion that it fell from a cliff. Rolled up hill and down hill. Dodging left and right. Bouncing up and clearing obstacles such as that threshold, finally stopping where you now see it. If they manage to lift it one day the secret will be revealed for all to see, making perfect sense. Yes, the remains of Wile E. Coyote. May he rest in peace. All those Saturday afternoons studying the historical documents with my friends and brother. The sacrifices have finally paid off. I now have an agent booking a lecture tour and shopping publishers with my draft. Remember, you first heard it here. God bless.

@Foxxil. 5 месяцев назад

You're all wrong. It was definitely aliens. 👽

@swissmiss6696 4 месяца назад

Boulders are not perfectly round like a bowling ball and unpredictable. Plus the size of that one had a lot of momentum to travel very far. My expertise: Witnessing rocks roll down a hill

@kaw8473 Год назад

Keep in mind that there are people alive today who have great grandparents that may have stayed at that hotel. Thank you for sharing this little treasure from Montana.

@jeroberts7228 Год назад

A FB friend of mine shared your video of Centralia, PA yesterday. I was aware of the situation in Centralia, but there was SO much more about the fires, their origin, the so-called government interventions, and the town's history that I had no idea of. It was fascinating! I was captivated by that documentary, and I wanted to see more, so I subscribed. And I'm so glad I did - I truly enjoyed this documentary today, too!

@jamessignorelli852 Год назад

I grew up there and lost relatives to the fires . The fires are burning because of the town

@sharonroberts3397 8 месяцев назад

REALLY ENJOY SEEING OLD TOWNS AND BUILDINGS. IT IS LIKE STEPPING BACK IN TIME GREAT VIDEO!!!!

@Emily_Paris Год назад

I get enjoyment out of how you narrate these videos with good detail. I love the story behind the history of your videos so I really appreciate the time and effort you put into them. Thank you!

@thatkid82 Год назад

As a life long Butte resident it's neat to see these well produced and presented Montana history videos. Keep up the great work Tom.👍👍

@Fvpigpen26 Год назад

My great grandmother migrated from the Montana copper mines and garnett mines and moved to Snohomish Valley in the 1920's.

@BlairAir Год назад

You know, if someone had just maintained the roof of the Daley Hotel the FLOORS would still be around in some form, helping the WALLS and DOORS that hang precariously over... well, nothing. Horizontal dimension has moved on leaving vertical world to hang on for dear life! Thanks for documenting the last stages of daily decay of the Daley

@savethedandelions Год назад

i imagine heavy snowfall, winter after winter, decade after decade, wears buildings down somewhere like montana too.

@anna-lisagirling7424 Год назад

As always, your videos are both informative and romantic. You respect the individuals who made these footprints on our world so much. It always leaves me wondering how much of our history remains unknown due to the natural processes of rot and decomposition. ?? Makes me crazy sometimes. My Dad worked a number of silver mines during the Depression, mostly in CO and BC, Canada. When I was 17 our family retraced some of his journeys and exploits, even to places no longer "there". Two faves were Park City, UT before it became a boujie ski resort region and when the two of us bellied into on old culvert near Dolores, CO where he and a couple buddies scratched their names and dates on the inside of a culvert! All the while as we drove, hiked and otherwise almost bushwhacked into these places, he regaled us with his stories. I know each and every person who was included in this period of massive expansion and wealth extraction in this hemisphere had stories. I could listen to them all!

@connorredshaw7994 Год назад

When I am able to visit the US I've always wanted to visit old ghost towns just like this one great video Tom great job 👍

@geese5170 Год назад

You must put Coolidge Montana on your list. There is a house that is halfway sunk into a river

@spungbopscarepans 2 месяца назад

@@geese5170how did it get there? did it get uprooted by some storm and thrown into the river without being damaged?

@geese5170 2 месяца назад

@@spungbopscarepans one commenter made a good observation that it could have been an ice shed for storing cold goods. The way it was in there, it had definitely been washed down the river a bit, though

@geese5170 2 месяца назад

@@spungbopscarepans I wish I had the knowledge to tell you :( as far as I know, the history of the town was brief and not well kept. I’ll upload a video on my RU-vid so you can see it and help me formulate a theory!

@melaniepeck582 Год назад

We really appreciate and enjoy you clear, concise history.

@laracraft82 Год назад

Its amazing how you get the old footage and photos the research you do never fails to amaze me. Interesting thank you for sharing ❤️😁 as an artist I can see some real interesting aspects here of the ruins especially with that door hanging and the walls but no floor

@ColinBache Год назад

I absolutely love this channel!! Amaaazing videos that are not only so well filmed and produced but also so atmospheric and really capture the humanity of these profound insights into the darker human experiences. Thank you for all your amazing work 🙏

@ericcutler5463 Год назад

I was there with a friend approximately 12 years ago. My question that I’ve always had is where is the cemetery? Did they not have one there? Someone does need to reserve this wonderful location. Thank you for such an incredible video!

@rafaeltorre1643 Год назад

They buried them in their back yards back then if no cemetery.

@Skoog. Год назад

I'm from Sweden and i find your videos very intresting.!!

@Orpilorp Год назад

That is Amazing how the wall in the hotel had no more floor, but it still hung there! This brings back many memories of my childhood. Back in the 60s my grandparents lived in Central City Colorado. I remember hiking around in the mountains visiting old mine sites. Telluride was a ghost town when I wandered around in it. My great, great grandparents owned a silver mine with their partner. They struck a vein, earning them a large amount of silver. Their partner was robbed of their joint fortune, and killed. That is a strange boulder from nowhere in the boarding house. Thank you for your excellent documentation of these old treasures. The fallen boards reminded me of giant toothpicks.

@jazzrat2000 10 месяцев назад

I grew up in South Dakota, Montana and Alaska. One of my favorite things to do as a youngster was what you're doing, finding ghost towns and exploring. Our piano came from one of these ghost towns. What you look for is what I would look for. And it saves me the trip :) Your style of narration is getting better and better.

@NNDTirish 10 месяцев назад

I really appreciate how respectful you are of the sites you visit.

@tortugalisa4748 Год назад

I really enjoyed this video of Comet City, Wikes & Basin💯 Such amazing history of the cities, people, jobs and building identification throughout the city of Comet City. Great visual history shots & video👍

@ct7473 Год назад

Your respect for the history of the area and continuing the story of such areas is something I love. I can think in many years, people will watch these videos the same as we are now to learn about things that used to be on the places they now live or are near.

@WereRea3807 Год назад

That's a nice boulder, I like that boulder.

@CabbageTown33 24 дня назад

I’ve been watching your channel now for the last couple months. Came here because of the titanic, but I love history, just about like you do. I love your style of sharing with us, and this is now one of my favorite RU-vid channels of all time.

@colleenhelminiak1429 Год назад

To me, there is no sound comparable to the wind sighing its way through an abandoned building. Thank you for this informative and thoroughly researched video. Places such as this need to be taken care of and have a chance for their stories to be told. If I could, I'd give a big donation to get the preservation wagon rolling. Unfortunately, my budget doesn't all for such a project - but should I come across a windfall, I'd love to get this show on the road. Thanks again! 👍👍💖💖💖

@geese5170 Год назад

Part-Time Explorer, there’s a sort of hidden ghost town in Montana called Coolidge. It was an old iron mine and refinery with a huge portion of it’s concrete superstructure still intact. The town stretches super far into a deep Forrest and requires a hike of about a mile on a flat dirt road through that same forest to enter. There’s a portion of the town where an entire house is halfway sunk into a flowing river. Truly one of the most astonishing places I’ve been and I’m sure you would have the same reaction. I’m not sure how often you see comments like this, so I’d like to reach out by email with some more information on the town to peak your interest. Keep exploring!

@tearainey1 Год назад

The house that rests within the creek was actually sort of a fridge-house, they used the cold water of the creek (and ice in the winter) to keep food fresh for longer. No one lived in the structure. This was told to me by an old gentleman who had spent a great deal of time researching the stories of the town, he's gotta be in his nineties now. The 'mayors' house is one of the last standing houses in the area, though a few outhouses still litter the forest, most of which have been on their sides for many years now. The concrete superstructure was part of a lumber mill as well, that area pumped out an astonishing amount of finished lumber and then dispersed it all around the state. Unfortunately Coolidge hasn't received any attention, and so much of it has been lost to time. Comet still has a chance, with enough money and whatnot they could restore the standing buildings enough to suit tourism, and I think it would be pretty amazing to get the hotel patched up and get some old timey stuff in there to make it look frozen in time it'd make a very unique tourist attraction.

@wintersprite Год назад

It could be interesting if they took a small part of the town, remade some buildings, and turned it into a living history museum, similar to others like Mystic Seaport in Mystic, CT or Strawbery Banke Museum in Portsmouth, NH. I was wondering about arsenic in the green paint on what looked to be a fireplace toward the beginning. Also re: boulder: Plot twist. The boulder was in that spot since day one.

@evank.5135 Год назад

Your Centralia video inspired me to visit it myself. I live about 2 hours away from it so I made a day of it with a friend telling him about the history and stuff. The steam vents were the coolest/warmest part of the visit.

@kjfish2706 Год назад

Yessss, no one ever talks about Montana! You guys make the BEST content 😁

@GolddenWaffles Год назад

I subbed to your channel yesterday and you put this video out! It feels like a welcome party, I love your videos!

@4exgold Год назад

great docu....yr a fine historian and filmmaker, man.

@CityyByTheBay Год назад

Another amazing video Tom! Keep up the great work!

@G.F0RD Год назад

I'm never disappointed by these videos. So well done and always interesting

@perseus32366 Год назад

Was just thinking about your channel and was glad to see you posted! Excellent work as always, thanks Tom.

@caffeinatedcat7861 Год назад

Thanks! Love the quality and care you put into making these vids capturing these places before they disappear.

@PartTimeExplorer Год назад

Thank you very much!

@leighsayers2628 7 месяцев назад

I have watched lots of your videos now ..I have to say you are now my favourite story and vision teller ..absolutly love your channel ..far superior to many others . Cheers from Australia.

@edwardaustin740 9 месяцев назад

Stumbled across your channel a few months ago and I appreciate what you do and how you do it. Instantly subscribed.

@20thCenturyManTrad Год назад

Another wonderful Documentary Tom, I love all of these, keep up the great work!

@TheCowardStrikesBack 8 месяцев назад

Your videos are really well done and informative. Great job.👋

@strodey123 Год назад

I have to say that as amazing as the pictures and videos are, the effort and the story of the backgrounds of the buildings, who owned them etc is amazing. Great video.

@Ramcharger85 3 месяца назад

Been really enjoying this playlist. Need more. Your really good at this. 😊

@blaynefrey9839 Год назад

Superb video Tom!! I enjoy learning all this rich history. Keep it up my friend!!!

@milkmanchristian9859 Год назад

Love seeing these ghost town videos! Keep up the great videos, they always get me thinking of the past.

@haiiiiii11 Год назад

I love your channel particularly the ghost town videos but all of them are great. I check every day for new videos.

@Space_calamity 9 месяцев назад

These videos; this one in particular,, are absolutely incredible. I find them incredibly emotional and they touch on so many incredible bits of history. Seeing the hotel in particular made we want to drive down there. Its about 6 hours from me and I’ve always wanted to see a ghost town. You make such wonderful videos and I’m definitely going to show this one to my mother. We both love history, but I’m very particular about who I listen to and watch and your voice is really great. I can’t say enough how much I love your channel!

@mileshigh1321 Год назад

What an incredible place and history! Too bad this place wasn't started to be preserved like 20 yrs ago.!

@Me97202 8 месяцев назад

Best completely untouched ghost town I’ve seen in any video. Loved your dissolve with before and after photos.

@ikedaclaudio 3 месяца назад

Your videos are simply amazing. The way you speak is so clear and this makes it easier to understand by anyone. Thank you and greetings from Brazil.

@YolandaPullman 9 месяцев назад

Congratulations a new baby! Very interesting video.

@hannad2279 7 месяцев назад

I only recently found your channel and I am already a huge fan. Your productions are so professional, intriguing, and educational. You help preserve our quickly fading history. Thank you ao much for providing this amazing content

@MaxDemone Год назад

Amazing video! Disappointed I didn't know about this spot when I was in Butte last month.

@CityyByTheBay Год назад

Wait it says 19 hours ago and this was released just 6 mins ago

@MaxDemone Год назад

@@CityyByTheBay Patreon bonuses:)

@CityyByTheBay Год назад

Ahh, ok, thanks for your clarification

@conemadam Год назад

Another spectacular video. Your documentaries are some of the best I have ever seen. Every new one is such a treat, both visually and historically.

@joelkoonce8559 7 месяцев назад

Thanks again Tom . This is the second time I've watched this great documentary. 😊

@MirandaBilbrey Год назад

If you haven't already been, I would *love* to see you visit Bannack, MT! It's a fantastic ghost town!

@susanstefonowicz6668 2 месяца назад

Bannock was the first capital of Montana and has a lot better preserved buildings than these videos have. Garnet, Montana is another mining ghost town that has a number of well preserved buildings also.

@Mr107sam Год назад

A beautiful production, as always!

@blackmonday738 Год назад

Montana is just beautiful, i love old mines, caves, forgotten places, such words spoken just from a visual. Thank you for Sharing.

@stuartapplestein7027 Год назад

Always super excited for these uploads

@BlackCat-aka-Jewels Год назад

I really love when you do ghost towns. We were not far from Comet and didn't even know it! Want to go back! Thankyou!:)

@RafaelSouza-xq6vw 9 месяцев назад

I have been watching your videos for quite some time and love your storytelling, pace and views! More recently my ten year old daughter has been binge watching all of them! She absolutely loves to see the old towns and more recently the history of sunken ships. One imagines that such stories and "old topics" would never catch up with the younger generations, but here is one example for you. Congratulations on your videos! We both love and watch together whenever we can.

@The_Modeling_Underdog Год назад

Another absolute smasher of a documentary, mate. Well done, Tom and Emma. I wish the place was put under conservation, but my guess is the cost must staggering. Thanks for sharing these outstanding bits of History with us.

@rudyrivera7426 Год назад

Thanks for sharing! Great video work! Keep up the good work!

@celineleeuwe1206 Год назад

Thanks, I can listen to you the whole day 😀

@Brandyalla Год назад

22 saloons for 300 people seems slightly excessive

@BluetheRaccoon Год назад

I betcha some of those saloons sold other things -_^

@lilwil-ns3uo Год назад

Just found your channel. I love history. Your presentations are well prepared and narrated with a sense of professionalism. I have subscribed and am looking forward to watching more from you.

@ScrapWoodDIY 18 дней назад

What an awesome place. It be so wonderful to restore the town. Salvage what wood is in good condition. Tag it to the specific building. Then restore each building, home etc. Wow. That would be a monumental dream of mine.

@Jjajeremy Год назад

Love the vids, awesome quality with even awesomer story-telling. Keep explorin!

@byrongilbert3720 Год назад

you do amazing work. i really enjoy your videos

@kimberlylamantia7794 8 месяцев назад

I love your narrations and videos of ghost towns. Keep up the great work! "Smells like a thrift shop in here" 😂

@DeeDeeGreen 8 месяцев назад

Please don't ever change how you present your videos. Love your style.

@rancidschannel3206 Год назад

Another fantastic video. Thanks for sharing..Look forward to these

@erichellner956 7 дней назад

Thank you for the in depth tour!

@flashwashington2735 Год назад

Thank you for your labors and insights that are fruits of your nurtured associations, woven into the tapestries that are these videos. God bless you and yours.

@storminite2041 Год назад

Faces of the forgotten sent me. Great channel, I subbed! ❤️ Stormi

@bluwtrgypsy 10 месяцев назад

Excellent. So interesting and so well done, thank you.

@kaisakev4468 Год назад

I’ve just discovered you and I think you are a breath of fresh air your passion for history really shines through I look forward to watching all your videos ❤

@DDExplores Год назад

Beautifully done. Thank you for sharing !

@AH-st1my 2 месяца назад

I love your stories. Especially the narration.

@jeanleonard6566 Год назад

Excellent documentary and well narrated!

@aaron756 Год назад

Great work on this documentary!

@talestoldinthedark Год назад

Perfect narrative and edit. Simple but perfect. Thank you for sharing this. My Dad and brothers live in Missoula.

@juppa Год назад

Great video! I love all of your videos about ghost towns so far. Sad to see that the large cluster of houses in the Northwest were torn down.. would have been interesting to see.

@WyomingTraveler 8 месяцев назад

Enjoyed the trip through history

@louisetraxler3188 2 месяца назад

I love your videos keep up the good work I am learning so much from them. I love documentries

@Corgis175 Год назад

Thanks for a most interesting historical narrative.

@mnhoss2100 6 месяцев назад

Great video as always sir.

@MPWEST83 11 месяцев назад

Thank you so much for preserving and documenting this town through video. I was fascinated the entire time. This place is now on my bucket list of places that I need to see.

@stevie.dx1710 Год назад

Recent subscriber here, and like many here, I love the high standard of quality both in the informatiion as well as the video production quality.

@callsignbones775 Год назад

Thank you for this. My dad loves old ghost towns and when he comes up this summer, I'm going to make sure I take him here.

@jasongreen6842 6 месяцев назад

New subscriber Great productions This is my go to podcast for a relaxing evening Thanks 😊

@ernienorth8394 4 месяца назад

Well done on your videos! Very well documented and well spoken. Easy to follow with great content! I explore old mines in Washington State. I love ghost towns and history. Thanks for your videos!