The data below represent everything available in the MBMG Abandoned and Inactive Mines (AIM) database.

Sites Table
AIM Id Name Alternate Name District County
LN005934 IRISH BOY AND RAMBLER WEST FISHER LINCOLN
MRDS AMLI MILS Latitude Longitude Datum
27-024 300530071 48.0164 -115.5142
Township Range Section QSection UTM Northing UTM Easting UTM Zone UTM Datum
26N 30W 18 CAAA 5318970 610803 11
Average Elevation Elev Units Land Owner 250K Quad 100K Quad 24K Quad
4100 F KALISPELL LIBBY HOWARD LAKE
Property Type Update Date Who Updated
LODE 8/12/1998 PAH
Commodities Table
Commodities Identified
GOLD
SILVER
Agency Info Table
Information
Agency: NF
Region District: R1
Ranger District: LIBBY
Forest Service Tract:
Watershed Code: 17010102
Forest or Resource Area: KOOTENAI
Owner: M
Impact:
Report: The Irish Boy and Rambler claims were described in both Gibson (1948) and Johns (1970). The claims explore the Prichard sandstones and argillites and their associated veins. The quartz veins contain galena, anglesite, limonite, sericite and carbonate. When visited in 1998, the adits were difficult to distinguish. The road was easily spotted by its stacked rocks to the southeast of the Lake Creek trail. The road soon degraded into an overgrown trail. Both adits were mostly closed but were considered open because they still had a small crawl-space at the opening.
Screening Criteria Table
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Open Adit: Y
Visit: Y
Comments: ADITS ALMOST TOTALLY CAVED - 2' OPENING; VERY LITTLE SIGN OF ADITS REMAIN EXCEPT OVERGROWN ROAD.
Rank Table
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Investigator: P. HARGRAVE
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