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Item Title
Butte Mineyards, Butte, Silver Bow County, MT
Location
Butte vicinity, MT
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1968.
Notes
Survey number HAER MT-36
Building/structure dates:
1864 initial construction
Building/structure dates:
1880 subsequent work
Significance: Mining for gold began in Butte as early as 1864. This early boom was followed by a period of recession lasting from the late 1860s until 1874, when silver was discovered. Further expansion of mining activity occurred after the discovery of copper deposits in 1883. Copper rapidly became the primary product of the mines, and 1884-1906, a series of lawsuits, take-overs, and mergers eventually consolidated mining activity under the management of the Anaconda Company.
Subjects
Wooden BuildingsMiningMetal Buildings
Related Names
Anaconda Company
Atlantic Richfield
Farlin, William
Lowe, Jet, Photographer
Malone, Michael P., Historian
Corbett, Robert, Historian
Collection
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. HAWKSWORTH (BELLE EAST) MINEYARD. HAWKSWORTH IS THE LARGE BUILDING AND WAS ORIGIANALLY A MACHINE SHOP; IT IS NOW (1979) THE ANACONDA MINING COMPANY'S SALVAGE OUTLET. THE TALL WOOD FRAME BUILDING TO THE RIGHT IS A SAND STORAGE BUILDING, THE SMALL CORREGATED BUILDING IS THE DRY FOR THE HAWKSWORTH. THE TWO-STORY CORREGATED BUILDING IS USED TO STORE BITS FRON THE HAWKSWORTH
2. TYPICAL BUTTE ORE CAR
3. TYPICAL BUTTE MINE WASTE DUMP
4. CARPENTER AND MACHINE SHOP AT EAST GREY ROCK MINE, LOOKING EAST. THIS IS SAID TO BE THE OLDEST MINE BUILDING LEFT ON BUTTE HILL. SHIV WHEELS FROM VARIOUS LOCATIONS AROUND THE HILL ARE ALSO VISIBLE
5. DETAIL VIEW OF THE SHIV WHEELS AT EAST GREY ROCK
TYPICAL BUTTE MINE WASTE DUMP
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