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- Kendall Mine and Mill – “birds eye view” of plant including mill, heating plant, assay office, bunk house, office, dining hall, mine shaft, hoist engine house, shops, and timber shed (1909) (taken by Glenn C. Morton); cyanide refining mill, tramway from the Santiago Mine, and the “open cut” where gold ore was mined (1909) (taken by Glenn C. Morton); mill buildings, trestle, and tramway; “new” electrically operated cyanide mill (complete in 1902), powerhouse, waste tailings, bunkhouse and other buildings (c. 1903) (taken by George Carolus); interior of mill with men standing in leaching tanks, including Henry Kendall and son (c. 1900); “gold link shaft” and other buildings on hillside; man with “single jack” compressed air drill (called a Bumble Bee) at 600-foot level of mine (taken by Glenn C. Morton); men at ruins of the gallows frame over the mine shaft (1964)

 File — box-folder: 4/2
Identifier: Subseries 32

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

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