Visit Butte City's Historic Sites
A shallow basin rich in gold was discovered in 1850, about one and
a half miles south of Jackson. Miners flocked to the area and for a
very brief time the town known as The Bute, Butte City, and
Greaserville rivaled neighboring Jackson in size and importance
By 1851, several hundred inhabitants called Butte City home. Numerous
buildings once lined the town’s main street, housing the merchants,
businessmen and miners during the camp’s brief existence, brief because
the gold gave out early and the town was abandoned almost faster than
it was built.