-Unidentified mines in Butte Mining District – three men at a scrapyard sorting and punching tin cans and scrap iron for use in precipitating tanks (taken by Ewing Galloway); turbines and tanks inside “Butte Hoist Compressor Plant” (taken by B.E. Calkins); eight men next to a brick building with caption “Butte Hoist Comm. Plant Steamfitters, 1914”; Sue Larabie, Janet Warren, Eva Larabie, Nellie Bell Pinkerton, and D.M. Warren (the “Belgian Contingent”) wearing miner’s pants, jackets and hats standing near a headframe (c. 1907); stacks, buildings, headframes, hoists, and equipment for several mines in Butte
File — box-folder: 2/3
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