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Granite thrived as a silver mining town in the 1890s and is now completely deserted. The state maintains the mine superintendent's house and the ruins of the union hall, and there are other large industrial relics on the hillside. The road from Philipsburg is narrow, steep and winding.
Granite is a ghost town in Granite County, Montana, United States, three miles east of the town of Philipsburg. Granite thrived as a silver mining town in the 1890s and is now completely deserted. The state of Montana maintains the mine superintendent's house and the ruins of the union hall as Granite Ghost Town State Park.
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In addition to exhibits on early town history, the museum features the Ghost Town Hall of Fame and the Granite Mountain Mining exhibit.
For all abilities. Tree skiing, powder bowls, groomed trails, and mogul runs.
This has produced over 180 million carats of sapphires since 1892, and is now developed for rock hounds to dig for sapphires by hand.