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NAME: Comet COUNTY: Jefferson County ROADS: 2WD GRID: 4 CLIMATE: Winter: Snow Summer: Beautiful BEST TIME TO VISIT: Summer or Fall |
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Take I-15 North from Butte, Montana or South from Helena. Get off at exit 160 and head west on paved road parallel to Interstate. Pavement turns to Gravel continue on about 3 to 4 miles till you reach town. REMAINS: Plenty of Structutes see pictures |
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From Montana Department of Enviromental Quality: The town of Comet has seen several boom and bust cycles. As many as 300 people inhabited the town in 1885, but by 1913 the town was deserted. The 1920s and 1930s brought prosperity to the mines and 300 were employed at the mill or mines. The Comet school at one time boasted 20 pupils and the town boasted twenty-two saloons. Since the 1940s, the town like the mill, has been abandoned and has deteriorated from age, weather and vandalism Submitted by: Milton Snyder
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