Commonly mistaken as the remains of the East Side Mine from the town of Red Lodge’s former mining heyday, this three-tiered concrete foundation is actually the remains of a chrome concentration mill that was built in the early 1940s and operational for less than a year. As early as 1916, chromite deposits were discovered just outside of the town of Red Lodge in the Beartooth Mountains, near where sections of the Beartooth Highway reside today. During the early 20th century, coal was the primary ore being mined and produced in and…
