Boulder, Montana -
Radon Health Mines
RoadsideAmerica.com Team Field Report
Ah, therapeutic radioactivity. Old mines have become radon vacation havens for the aged and ill, pockmarking the landscape between Basin and Boulder.
- Address:
- 149 Depot Hill Rd, Boulder, MT
- Directions:
- Sunshine Health Mine (406-225-3670): I-15 exit 160 then a half-mile up Galena gulch Free Enterprise Health Mine (406-225-3383): I-15 exit 164, turn west at 2nd St. Drive two miles to the top of the hill, follow Free Enterprise signs.
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Ah, therapeutic radioactivity. Old mines have become radon vacation havens for the aged and ill, pockmarking the landscape between Basin and Boulder. Roadsideamerica.com Report...
A stop on Roadside America's "Northwest Jitters" Hypertour. Arthritics, asthmatics, diabetics, and those with hormone imbalances travel from all over to sit in abandoned mines and soak up the therapeutic aura. Roadsideamerica.com Report...
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A half-dozen defunct gold mines south of Helena, Montana, continue to attract ailing tourists who like to bask in radioactive radon gas and drink radioactive water. Each summer, hundreds of people, many of them Amish and Mennonites, come to the radon health mines to relax and treat arthritis, lupus, asthma and other chronic cripplers.... [12/14/1997] Complete News Story
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