Elkhorn - Montana Ghost Town

ELKHORN.

NAME: Elkhorn
COUNTY: Jefferson
ROADS: 2WD
GRID: 4
CLIMATE: Cold winter with possible snow and cool summer.
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Summer..

COMMENTS: A great site.
REMAINS: Many remnants.

Elkhorn Mountain is the site for an authentic ghost town that has been dead for three-quarters of a century. Located at an elevation 5500 feet above sea level, Elkhorn offers the ghost town enthusiast a bona fide look at a town that produced some $14,000,000 in gold and silver. Panning started in 1870 and soon changed to hard rock mining when the quartz lodes were discovered. Transportation to and from the town was difficult until 1889 when the Northern Pacific Railroad ran track to Elkhorn. As far as ghost towns are concerned, Elkhorn is a must for there is much to see. Submitted by Henry Chenowith. Gillian Hall Bottom a Store or Saloon --- with dancing upstairs Courtesy Dolores Steele Cemetery Courtesy Dolores Steele Cemetery Courtesy Dolores Steele Elkhorn Courtesy Bill and Diane Yanneck Elkhorn Courtesy Bill and Diane Yanneck	Elkhorn Courtesy Dolores Steele School 1884 Courtesy Dolores Steele Fraternity Hall - Next door a Saloon Courtesy Dolores Steele Grand Hotel Courtesy Dolores Steele Old Elkhorn Postcard Courtesy Heidi Benziger Rautio Elkhorn Courtesy Bill and Diane Yanneck Elkhorn Courtesy Bill and Diane Yanneck Elkhorn Courtesy Bill and Diane Yanneck \ Ore Bin Courtesy M.S. "Doc" McClanahan Fraternity Hall & Gillian's Saloon Courtesy M.S. "Doc" McClanahan

Elkhorn Mountain is the site for an authentic ghost town that has been dead for three-quarters of a century. Located at an elevation 5500 feet above sea level, Elkhorn offers the ghost town enthusiast a bona fide look at a town that produced some $14,000,000 in gold and silver. Panning started in 1870 and soon changed to hard rock mining when the quartz lodes were discovered. Transportation to and from the town was difficult until 1889 when the Northern Pacific Railroad ran track to Elkhorn. As far as ghost towns are concerned, Elkhorn is a must for there is much to see. Submitted by Henry Chenowith.