Drumlummon, huge reserves, evil Rothchilds. Love i Highlights from that Drumlummon article...
''Initially, using the mining methods of the time, the gold-finding was a great success. After producing nearly $350,000 in gold, Cruse sold the mine to the Montana Mining Company, owned by the Rothschild family of London, in 1882 for $1,600,000. After losing an 11-year, bitter lawsuit concerning underground property-line infringement to the nearby Nine Hour Mine, in 1901 the Rothschilds flooded the lower levels of the mine and the St. Louis Mining Company took over operations.
Drumlummon remained mostly closed and deteriorating for 50 years, until RX Exploration re-opened it in 2008. With new geological and analytical methods at their command, the new owners believed—correctly—that huge reserves of gold and silver still existed in the deepest levels of the mine, and that the Rothschild’s flooded it simply to prevent the St. Louis Mining Company from recovering them.
Bottom line: The Drumlummon Mine produced over 20,000 ounces of gold and 315,000 ounces of silver in 2012—so, it seems the old timers that swore that there was more gold still in the mountain, than ever came out, were dead right.