-Unidentified mines – two men standing outside a mine portal with caption “the door to our fortune” (1921); road, mill buildings, stacks, and tailings dump, possibly near Basin; mine buildings, stack, and hoist in Jefferson County; mine buildings, stacks, tailings dumps, cordwood piles, and other structures at Basin; smelter building with brick stacks, possibly near Helena (taken by F. A. Greenleaf); log buildings and road below tailings dump, possibly in the Helena vicinity (one a cyanotype); men standing outside mine building and one man at the top of a ladder on the roof by the stack holding a hose (taken by Thomas H. Rutter at Butte City); men working on platform at mine buildings in winter; buildings, headframe, tailings dump in winter; mining camp in snow with buildings and bridge behind; August Koch and Ernest Koch (one with a cat on his lap) sitting by a wood stove inside their cabin in Helena
File — box-folder: 5/12
Identifier: Subseries 51
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