Gildersleeve Mine


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.
The listed area included nine contributing buildings, two contributing sites, two contributing structures, and a contributing object. These include:
  • cook / main house, a 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
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."
The complex also supported U.S. Forest Service activity.