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Lump Gulch Helena, Montana Location:    Helena Chamber of Commerce Helena 59601 406-442-4120 This web page has had 1827 unique visitors. BigSkyMontana.us BigSkyMontana.us Description: The area silver was found uncovered in an area eight miles long and four miles wide, including: lump, clancy, strawberry, shingle and warm springs gulches. Lump gulch was prospected for placer gold, exaggerated reports brought a stampede to the diggings. Heavy lodes weren’t found, so it was quickly deserted. Years later quartz lodes were discovered in the coarse-grained micaceous granite, and was worked with success. The mineral ledges of Lump Gulch were inverted, meaning that findings were small near the surface and widened with depth. A few months later it paid $200,000 in dividends. In 1864, the area was named by William Sprague and Fred Jones because of a single lump of gold they found on a prospecting adventure in the gulch.The Liverpool Mine was a rich producer in the 1890’s, but nothing remains except a single building."