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Silver City Helena, Montana Location:    Helena Chamber of Commerce Helena 59601 406-442-4120 This web page has had 2147 unique visitors. Buy Patrick Clark posters online. BigSkyMontana.us Description: Gold was discovered in 1862 by William Mayer (Mayger) in the bed of Silver Creek. A stampede rushed to the site clogging the stream with placer mines for over 4 miles. In 1864 richer bars were discovered and the Silver City was created. Silver City and Helena were rivals by 1865. Both towns wanted to be the county seat. The dispute was settled when Colonel W. F. Sanders rode to Silver City stole their records, and took them back to Helena. Helena became county seat, and Silver City was a supply point and stage station for the Marysville District. The gold in Silver Creek wasn’t as fine as the gold in Last Chance Gulch. It brought $14 an ounce. This was the original name of Saltese on I-90, west of Missoula; plenty of mining lore around here. "