The Atlantic Cable Quartz Lode, a gold…
June 1867 CE
The Atlantic Cable Quartz Lode, a gold mine in Deer Lodge County in southwestern Montana, is named on June 15, 1867, with the name commemorating the completion of the laying of the second transatlantic cable.
The mine's founders are Alexander Aiken, John B. Pearson and Jonas Stough.
They had been camped on Flint Creek and their horses had drifted off.
In tracking them to this location, the men had been led to the discovery of the mine.
Machinery for the first mill is imported from Swansea, Wales, and moved by wagon team from Corinne, Utah, the nearest railroad terminal.
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