COMET

NAME: Comet
COUNTY: Jefferson County
ROADS: 2WD
GRID: 4
CLIMATE: Winter: Snow Summer: Beautiful
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Summer or Fall
COMMENTS: Take I-15 North from Butte, Montana or South from Helena. Get off at exit 160 and head west on paved road parallel to Interstate. Pavement turns to Gravel continue on about 3 to 4 miles till you reach town.
REMAINS: Plenty of Structutes see pictures

From Montana Department of Enviromental Quality: The town of Comet has seen several boom and bust cycles. As many as 300 people inhabited the town in 1885, but by 1913 the town was deserted. The 1920s and 1930s brought prosperity to the mines and 300 were employed at the mill or mines. The Comet school at one time boasted 20 pupils and the town boasted twenty-two saloons. Since the 1940s, the town like the mill, has been abandoned and has deteriorated from age, weather and vandalism Submitted by: Milton Snyder

 


Comet Mill
Courtesy Milton Snyder


Homes
Courtesy Milton Snyder


Hoist
Courtesy Milton Snyder


Main Street Through Comet
Courtesy Milton Snyder


Ore Bin
Courtesy Milton Snyder


Ore Bin
Courtesy Milton Snyder

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