1972 Map of Castle Town

About this map

The Castle Mountains define the high country of this central Montana landscape, where the legacies of late 19th-century silver mining remain etched across the terrain. Established in the silver boom era, Castle Town is situated among the headwaters of Castle Creek and Alabaugh Creek, flanked by the Castle Cem and the extensive workings of the Cumberland Mines. The map documents a dense network of extraction sites scattered across Yankee Jim Ridge and the surrounding slopes, including the Judge Mine, Iron Chief Mine, and the Belle of the Castle Mine.