l{ndiK)tcs 



10 Olson, r/) tlx- Cnvk. op. Lit., pp H9-124, 



11 Ihid. 



IJ .\tissoulutn. Siria, May .M. l'Xv4, op. cit. 



1.-^ ibid. Bre\\-stcr Cnxk (lows into RtKk Occk about ten miles upstream of Rcxk Creek's mouth 



U. C)Ls<.in, op. cit. 



IS. Ibid. 



1(1. Ibid. 



P. Missouliari. Siria, May 31, 1964, op. cit. Pete VC^back's w-as the first recorded find 



18. Ibid. One of the largest nuggets ever found in the state was taken from here. When gold was worth 120 

 an ounce, it was valued at $-4(X) to J500. (The largest nugget in the state was found on nearby Harvey Creek.) 



19. Missouliari. Siria, May 31. 1964, op. cit. Sammy VC^tson discovered the Basin Creek gold field. 



20. U.S. Bureau of Mines, Summary Report. Mineral Resources of the VCfelcome Creek Wilderness. Granite Coun 

 ty. Montana, by Terr/ J. Close, 1982. 



21. During World NX^ 11, the Army Corps of engineers drilled for gold at Quigley and the mouth of Welcome 

 Creek, and found nothing. See Olson, op. cit 



11. Kurt Knievel, mineral management specialist, Philipsburg Ranger District, Deerlodge National Forest, inter- 

 view. December, 1990. 



23. Missouliari. June 19, 1976. 



24. .Missouliari. August 11. 1976. 



25. The meadow belongs to rancher Bob Neal. 



26. Letter from Michael Patcmi. Philipsburg District Ranger, Deerlodge National Forest, to the Montana Depart- 

 ment of Fish, VCildlife and Parks. March l4. 1988. Al.so: Kurt Knievel. minerals management specialist, 

 Philipsburg Ranger District. IXxriodgc National Forest, telephone inter\iew. December, 19^X) 



27 This is the same area explored during the early half of the century through the Jumb<i and Alps mines, 

 according to Ron Wachsmuth. 



28. Meridian Gold Company is a subsidiary of FMC Gold Company of Denser, Colorado The operation Ls a 

 joint venture with Nord Resources Company of Albuquerque, Nc\s- Mexico, which owns or leases the claims 



29 Robert WTieatley, telephone interview, December. 1990. 



30. Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks, notes on meeting with Lolo National Forest representatives, 

 January 16. 1990. 



Al Montana I>-p:inmcnt of Fish. Wildlife and P.irks memo to Depanment of State Lmds. (Vtober P l')HX 



