TAIL HOLT MINE: Perry Decker and Marjorie Wieglenda pushing while Montana Wieglenda rides in a mine car. The mine was discovered in the early 1880’s by Thomas Kerr. The original name of the claim is unknown; was abandoned by him a few years later. Thereafter was located and held by various parties and abandoned by them. In 1927 Al H. Sellers and George H. Wieglenda located the ground; Sellers quit in 1929. In the meantime, J. H. McLean, Jr. had become interested. In the summer of 1930 Wieglenda and McLean built a road and started building a small mill and other necessary buildings on the ground. Cyanide milling of ore started in August 1931. Results were only partly satisfactory owing to "pinching out" of ore bodies. The last attempt to operate was in 1934 - which did not pay out. Gross Production - approximately $20,000.00.
