Gildersleeve Mine

Gildersleeve Mine
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Cabins at Gildersleeve Mine, 2014
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Location	Lolo National Forest, Superior, Montana
Coordinates	47°02′09″N115°02′04″W / 47.03583°N 115.03444°W / 47.03583; -115.03444
Area	5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built	1931
NRHP reference No.	02000723 [1]
Added to NRHP	June 26, 2002

The Gildersleeve Mine, in Lolo National Forest near Superior in Mineral County, Montana, was a gold and barite mine listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. ^[1]

The listed 5 acres (2.0 ha) area included nine contributing buildings, two contributing sites, two contributing structures, and a contributing object. ^[1] These include:

• cook / main house, a 48.5 by 10.25 feet (14.78 m × 3.12 m) one-story frame building
• bunkhouse
• little house / office
• blacksmith shop and drying area
• two outhouses
• meat house
• chicken coop
• wood shed
• mine adit
• water system
• mining equipment
• tailings pile ^[2]

It was deemed notable as "the most complete depression-era mining camp remaining in western Montana. Located within the Cedar Creek Historic Mining District, the Gildersleeve mine is the heart of a family-run hard rock mining operation established and run by the Gildersleeve family of Superior, Montana. It is a unique mining community built atop tailings from late 19th-century mining activities." ^[2]

The complex also supported U.S. Forest Service activity. ^[2]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Dan Gard (July 30, 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Gildersleeve Mine / 24MNO184". National Park Service . Retrieved February 11, 2018. With 38 photos from 2000-2001.