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15,000 feet (4,572 m), and in 1924 the company became the largest gold producer in
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The town of Basin began as a 19th century mining camp near the confluence of Basin Creek with the
Boulder River. Gold deposits at the mouth of Cataract Creek, about 0.5 miles (0.8 km) downstream of Basin were reported as early as 1862. Prospectors staked claims and built cabins, and within
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about 20 miles (32 km) north of Basin. The age of the Clancy artifacts is estimated to be 10,000 years. The Clovis people are thought to have disappeared in about 4,000 to 5,000 BCE when the
Montana climate became more dry and would not support the animal populations the Clovis needed
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veins on both creeks succeeded by the 1870s and eventually led to significant lode mining at the Eva May, Uncle Sam, Grey Eagle, Hattie
Ferguson, and Comet mines in the Cataract Creek district and the Bullion, Hope, and Katy mines in the Basin Creek district. By 1880, the settlement at Basin became
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in two historic buildings, a former bank and meeting hall and a former dry goods store converted to apartment and studio space. The organization sponsored annual art events including the
American Indian Artists Symposium and the Basin City Jazz Art Experience, held in the Basin Community Hall. All
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Historic buildings from Basin's heyday form much of the core of the CDP's small business district, which includes a fire station, a post office, two restaurants, a bar, a commercial gallery, and small specialty shops. Basin has a small elementary school, its own water system, and a low-power radio
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County, state, and federal agencies provide most of the government services available in Basin. Local residents serve as elected trustees of the Basin Fire
District and its volunteer fire department. Elected trustees also oversee the Basin Water and Sewer District. The Jefferson County sheriff's
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The most extensive and successful mining of the Hope-Katy vein began in 1919, when the Jib
Consolidated Mining Company began work on the property. When this company acquired the mines, they comprised 3,500 feet (1,067 m) of workings. Over the next five years, Jib expanded these to more than
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on the south side, served the city; both had depots and warehouses in Basin and carried passengers as well as freight. The Glass brothers' smelter had been set up on the north side to process concentrated ore delivered by rail from out of town or from the mills on the south side. Infrastructure
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Two mines, the Katy and the Hope, owned serially by several different companies between the mid-1890s and the mid-1920s, contributed to Basin's prosperity. In 1894, the Basin and Bay State Mining
Company, organized by two brothers named Glass, began expanded operations at these mines. However,
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In addition to homes, Basin structures between 1906 and 1910 included a dance pavilion, a grandstand, a baseball diamond, and a playground near the confluence of Basin Creek with the river. A footbridge connected the playground with a picnic area on the south side of the river. Meeting places
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living together, 5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39% were non-families. 33% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.26 and the average family size was 2.93.
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flooding and fires caused both mines to close by 1896; the Glass brothers lost control of the property, and the mines went idle. Despite the ups and downs of the local mines and despite several disastrous fires in town, Basin prospered. In 1905, the Basin
Reduction Company led by
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carried water from upstream on
Cataract Creek and Basin Creek to a storage reservoir in town and supplied water to the mills as well as the town's fire hydrants. A separate flume carried water to the mills from upstream on the Boulder River. At the Basin Reduction Works,
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department provides law enforcement, and other county departments offer trash removal and recycling, emergency management services, and road maintenance. The county health department has a clinic in Boulder, 9 miles (14 km) east of Basin, and the county courthouse,
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included a weight scale for ore cars and an overhead tram to carry ore across the river from the reduction mill to the smelter. Although the smelter was a "massive unit" equipped with furnaces, conveyors, and machinery ready for operation, it "never turned a wheel".
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station. Local volunteers and elected trustees provide limited services to the settlement, but it relies on the government of Jefferson County for law enforcement and other services. From 1993 through 2011, Basin was home to the Montana Artists Refuge.
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The population was spread out in 2000, with 27% under the age of 18, 5% from 18 to 24, 29% from 25 to 44, 31% from 45 to 64, and 8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 95 males.
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Almost opposite the Hope-Katy complex on the south side of the Boulder River in Basin was the Katy Extension Mine on the north side. It produced ore from part of the Hope-Katy lode that had been displaced about 800 feet (240 m) to the north by
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In 1975, the Basin community formed water and sewer districts and, using federal grants to cover about 60 percent of the costs, built a water delivery, sewage, and waste-handling system. By 1990, Interstate 15 had replaced the entire length of
759:, lead and other metals. Cleanup of the mining wastes at the Buckeye-Enterprise, Crystal and Bullion mines in the Basin Creek and Cataract watersheds was completed in 2002, and the removal of mine waste from Basin was completed in 2004.
435:) rose to the Earth's surface in and near what later became Jefferson County and eventually formed an intrusive body of granitic rock up to 10 miles (16 km) thick and 100 miles (161 km) in diameter. This body, known as the
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For about 50 years, the Merry Widow Health Mine in Basin and similar mines nearby have attracted people seeking relief from health problems such as arthritis through limited exposure to radioactive mine water and
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bearing gold and other metals. Millions of years later, weathering allowed gold in the veins to wash down to the gravels in Basin Creek, Cataract Creek, and the other creeks near Basin, as well as the Boulder River.
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extended the full lengths of Cataract and Basin Creeks. When a settlement was established in Basin, the buildings at the mouth of Cataract Creek were gradually moved to Basin, and the Cataract camp was abandoned.
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to Three Forks, they found only Blackfeet and Blackfeet allies. Heavily dependent on bison, the nomadic life of the Blackfeet "came to an abrupt end in the early 1880s when the buffalo became almost extinct."
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In 1909, after Heinze abandoned his properties in Basin, the Butte and Superior Mining Company used buildings and machinery at the site of the Basin Reduction Works to treat zinc ore by a new process called
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While the smelter sat idle, mining activity continued on the south side of the river in the Hope-Katy mine complex, at the Hope Mill, which crushed and separated ore, and at the Basin Reduction Works.
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National Priorities List because of mining-waste problems in and near town. The mining area comprised the watersheds of Basin and Cataract Creek and part of the Boulder River. Contaminants included
699:, described Basin as "a mining camp, subject to recurring periods of boom and bust... A tiny telephone office and a drugstore died with the end of our era of boom... Just above the town were the
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The median income for a household in 2000 for the CDP was $ 22,500, and the median income for a family was about $ 30,000. Males had a median income of $ 26,000 versus $ 16,000 for females. The
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During the 1870s, a few years after the first white miners began looking for gold near Basin, the last large-scale battles between the U.S. government and the Indians took place in Montana. The
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Beck, Albert W. (1968). "Map and Legend of Basin, Montana, 1906–1910". Unpublished manuscript on file in the archives of the Montana Historical Society, Helena, Montana. Call # SC 1267.
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into Montana, passing close to Helena, 24 miles (39 km) north of Basin, and continuing into the east-central part of the state. Evidence of these early Paleo-Indians or
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types of artists, including potters, painters, musicians, dancers, singers, weavers, and writers, had residencies in Basin. The refuge closed in October 2011.
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about 12,000 years ago. Because the middle of the continent was covered with sheets of ice, people who migrated south did so on trails along the edges of
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An unpublished manuscript on file with the Montana State Historical Society describes life in Basin between 1906 and 1910 in great detail. Two railroads, the
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moved into Montana around 1730. Acquiring horses and firearms, and numbering about 15,000, they formed alliances with other incoming tribes, the
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was about 20 people per square mile (8/km). The CDP contained 146 housing units. Basin's racial makeup was about 95%
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In 1993, a group of professional artists established the Montana Artists Refuge in Basin. The nonprofit organization offered
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persons of any race were 2% of the population. The population decreased to 212 by 2010 and to 199 as of the census of 2020.
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Archeologists think it likely that the first people to live in Montana crossed from Asia to North America over the
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About 2,000 years ago, a new prehistoric people known as the Late Hunters appeared in Montana, thriving on a
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and into the plains. By the time miners found gold in the streams in and near Basin, most of these tribes of
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melted by seasonal warming. One such trail, called the Great North Trail, is thought to have followed the
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of 2000, there were 255 people, 113 households, and 69 families residing in the CDP. The
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of our mine, and the old mill, and the never-quite-finished skeleton of a projected smelter."
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for the CDP was $ 12,000. About 23% of families and 33% of the population were below the
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were discharged into the river and into a dam built for the purpose downstream of Basin.
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The town's small business district includes a bar, two restaurants, a traveler's inn, a
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country, 46 miles (74 km) southeast of Basin. In the 17th century, the
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people has been found at three sites, one of them the McHaffie site near
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1934:. Butte, Montana: Montana School of Mines. pp. 29, 31–32, 100.
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Montana Pay Dirt: A Guide to the Mining Camps of the Treasure State
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from the late Cretaceous. The andesite and monzonite are cut by
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Darr, Al (March 4, 1979). "Basin Aims High at Building Image".
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and the mill machinery, and an electric generator powered by a
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in a narrow canyon. The community is largely surrounded by the
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through sixth grade. Older students attend school in Boulder.
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2274:"Curtain Closes on Montana Artists Refuge's 18-Year Run"
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of the Boulder Batholith. The batholith is overlain by
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Salak, Kara; Nordeman, Landon (photographer) (2004).
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Climate data for Boulder, Montana (1949–2015)
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Former entrance to the Hope-Katy mine complex (2007)
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Ruins of the Glass brothers' smelter in Basin (2007)
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2371:. Jefferson County, Montana. 2007. Archived from
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1979:. Merry Widow Health Mine. 2006.
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1947:"59631: Mining for Miracles"
1790:Names on the Face of Montana
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1890:Reiter, Mary Jo (1992).
1617:"OMB Bulletin No. 10-02"
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2634:United States portal
2521:Jefferson County map
2421:− Legends of America
2327:on December 28, 2007
2301:. GreatSchools. 2024
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2198:on November 20, 2007
2172:. U.S. Census Bureau
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2082:Climate Data Online
1957:on January 24, 2008
1951:National Geographic
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