Located 23 miles south of Libby, the land surrounding the Libby Creek area has been of interest to prospectors since the early 1860s, when it was home to up to 600 miners working at a camp known as Libbysville.

The temptation to enter the dark interiors beckoned to me before the day was finished but I resisted.

All of this made me have to conclude that those dummies just didn’t know what they were doing. It was a couple of years later before the solution for this puzzle became clear to me.

Please note that new mining claims filed on or after September 1, 2019, will be subject to the new fee schedule.