Eighth-grade students Mylee Mills, left, Jakaleigh Peters, right, and Divya Smith, back, search for minerals found in the panning process during Kalispell Middle School teacher Kris Schreiner's Montana History class on Tuesday, Jan. 16. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Casey Kreider
January 16, 2024
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Montana mining history — Kalispell eighth-graders pan for gold and garnets
A sign above history teacher Kris Schreiner's classroom alerted Kalispell Middle School eighth graders they were entering Alder Gulch to mine for gold and garnets.