The Gold Flint claim is positioned on the Gold Flint vein. An exceptionally rich deposit of gold found on the edge of the Butte Mining District. The Claim covers a full 20 acres and 2 of the last unpatented mines in the area. Only one of the mines is open and accessible, but it’s a rich, gold producing beast. The Gold flint Mines were noted in the Butte Special District description as producing high quantities of nearly pure gold but in small quantities of less than 1000 tons. This being a relative term when you are talking about the massive amounts of ore that have come out of the Butte area. There is a road to the claim but it’s very rough and very technical. The survey team navigated a full sized pick up truck to the mine, but there were some pucker points. This is likely the reason that the mines are not often visited or disturbed. The road runs to the base of the hill below the mines. The parking area is noted by the cabin in a small clearing below the mines. There is road access open to the mines and it’s a quick ride up the hill to the Gold Flint. The mine is an old cut, likely pre-1870s but there is no real history on this one. It stretches back for roughly 200? over little bits of slough to a cross-cut that is an undefined length.