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1961 Map of Nez Perce Hollow

Name: 1961 Topographic Map of Nez Perce Hollow
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1964
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1964

About this map

Rochester stands at the eastern edge of this 1961 survey, serving as a hub for a dense concentration of mining activity in the late nineteenth-century silver and gold boom era. The map details a complex industrial landscape where claims like the Watseca Mine, Champion Mine, and Ajax Mine dot the high terrain overlooking Nez Perce Hollow. This area reveals the intensive extraction efforts of the period, with mines such as the Longfellow Mine and Shortfellow Mine indicating family or partner operations typical of the district.

West of the mining cluster, the landscape is dominated by the high slopes of McCartney Mountain, where the terrain transitions from industrial workings to a network of water sources including Muller Spring and Reservoir Spring. A lone Jeep Trail winds through Reservoir Gulch, providing the only significant access through the rugged elevation of the Madison County highlands. The distribution of these features illustrates a classic Montana mining pattern of isolated mountain camps linked by rough tracks to productive veins of ore.