-Drumlummon Mine and Mill – men standing at 60-stamp mill building (with sign reading “Cruse Mill”) with equipment and lumber in the mine yard (1884); mill buildings (including assay office, electric light plant, 50-stamp mill, and air compressor building) and pond with mine buildings and Cruse Tunnel behind (c. 1880s) (one view taken by William Hall); group of men, women and children (some with umbrellas) gathered around the mill pond watching ducks and two men swimming in the water; men and mule-drawn ore cars in front of building at portal to 400-foot level tunnel (notice above tunnel reads ”Positively No Person Allowed Inside this Tunnel Unless Employed in the Mine”) (taken by William Hall); crew at portal 400-foot level tunnel entrance; mill pond and buildings; mill buildings, road, and waste dump (1941); mill buildings in snow (c. 1967) (taken by Mike Meloy); locomotive pulling men and equipment with mill buildings and waste dump on the hill behind; saddle-tank steam locomotive on bridge hauling tailings from dredging operation near Marysville; engineer William Panik, a man identified as “main boss at Drumlummon Mine,” two women, two children, a dog, and a goat stand beside a locomotive near Marysville; men and horse-drawn slag carts at waste dump loading tailings onto train cars from bridges crossing over the tracks
Scope and Contents
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
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
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