-Unidentified mines in Butte Mining District – headframe, ore cars, stacks and mill buildings; two men, one with an axe, shoring timbers inside a mine shaft (taken by F. Ward); man operating a R-72 drifter in a mine shaft; man standing on a box in a mine shaft operating a Number 248 drifter mounted on a single-screw column; man operating a Number 38 stoper in a copper mine shaft; man operating an L-74 drifter in a mine shaft; man driving a mule-drawn ore car in a mine shaft under a sign reading “Miners are Prohibited from Eating Lunch on Stations” (caption “Old Way of Hauling Ore, Butte”) (taken by B.E. Calkins); men riding on electric ore cars in mine shaft (caption “New Way of Hauling Ore, Butte”) (taken by B.E. Calkins); miner drinking water from spigot on water tank inside mine shaft; interior of power house with Ingersoll Rand turbo engines; smelter power house interior with Ingersoll Rand 26x26x18 PRE compressors; man operating Ingersoll Rand drill sharpener
File — box-folder: 2/2
Identifier: Subseries 7
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series is arranged into subseries by mining districts, then by type of mining (hard rock or placer), and finally by mine or location name. At the end of the series there are a few photographs of equipment used in the metallic minerals industry.
Dates
- Creation: 1867-1971
Language of Materials
From the Collection:
No textual or other language materials are included in the collection. Captions are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 6 Boxes
From the Collection: 555 Photographic Prints
From the Collection: 17 Film Negatives - Nitrate
From the Collection: 3 Film Negatives - Safety
From the Collection: 69 Film Negatives - Safety
Repository Details
Part of the Montana Historical Society, Research Center Archives Repository
Contact:
225 North Roberts
PO Box 201201
Helena MT 59620-1201 United States
406-444-2681
406-444-2696 (Fax)
mhslibrary@mt.gov
225 North Roberts
PO Box 201201
Helena MT 59620-1201 United States
406-444-2681
406-444-2696 (Fax)
mhslibrary@mt.gov