the original in color by citing the Call Number listed above and including the catalog comm. These veins consistently offset the Anaconda veins and were typically 5 to 20 feet wide. R. E. & Knudsen, P. H. “Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana” in American Mineral Treasures, Lithographie, LLC, East Hampton, CT (2008): 173-177.
Birth of a Daredevil.
With the addition of manufacturing facilities, it took the motto, From Mine to Consumer.. The Anaconda smelter was scrapped.
At the 300 foot level a crosscut encountered a large vein 5 feet thick of chalcocite. So much so, they called their claim the Beef Straight Mine. Early-day Butte businessman Patrick Largey was the original owner of the Speculator Mine.
2. Colusite – Colusite is the only type locality mineral from Butte. As the placers were exploited miners located lode deposits, of which the first to be staked was the Asteroid claim in 1864 on Butte Hill (Rickard, 1932). It is identical in appearance to chalcocite and only distinguished with XRD. Butte The Flats Alice Moulton Neversweat Moonlight Parrot Anaconda Tramway Mountain View Rarus Berkeley Silver Bow Pittsmont No. Considering that flipping insults into compliments characterize the city’s defiant survival instinct, the name becomes even apter. His partner had faith in the claim and replied, ‘No, you don’t; we’ll stick for another week.’ They did and during that time struck pay ore.”. All those man-hours of underground toil and sacrifice weren’t for nothing, however. While the rest of the state brands itself with the usual themes of national parks, Hollywood movies and the Big Sky Country, there sits the contrarian stalwart known as Butte, America. Although metallurgical recovery of the ores proved difficult, miners drudged onward digging shafts to 150 feet and continuing assessment work on the claims which included the Parrott, Original, Gray Eagle and Mountain. this link for help enabling javascript in your browser. In some cases, a surrogate (substitute image) is
Alternatively, you can purchase copies of various types through Oct 09, 2020, New Minerals
Copper mineralization was most prevalent in the Central zone and was particularly rich in enargite and hypogene chalcocite, and bornite ores, but also contained much covellite, digenite and djurleite. Several mines were given such feminine names as Adelaide, Alice, Allie Brown, Amy, Angela, Aurora, Belle, Betsey Dahl, Bettie, Carlotta, Clara, Cora, Edith May, Ella, Elvina, Emma, Estella, Eveline, Ida, Irene, Jessie, Josephine, Katie Morris, Laura, Little Annie, Maggie Bell, Mamie, Margaret Ann, Margaretha, Mary Louise, Minnie Healy, Nettie, Rosa, Stella and Zelia.
The Richest Hill on Earth with the Anaconda and Neversweat Mines, Butte, MT.
By 1896 a five square mile section of the earth was producing 210,000,000 pounds of copper a year, over 26% of the world supply, 51% of the United States, and employing some 8000 men with a payroll equivalent to $44,000,000 a month in todays dollars. By 1886, he decided to put his mining interests behind him and headed east pursuing new business ventures. Little hardrock work was done until 1874 when there was a resurgence brought on by the relative closeness of the new Union Pacific Railroad at Corrine, Utah. Production size when active was considered to be small. Gold at Butte was mined as placers, and as a byproduct of copper mining. Enargite with Chalcopyrite coating - ButteDakota Matrix specimen featured in Butte Special Edition. Many of the early mines did not have a long lifespan, including the Czaroma Mine, which was only mentioned in the Butte Weekly Miner, 1879-80. Aug 23, 2020. Even the language is localized, with colloquial speech including the plural ‘you’ pronounced as “you’s.”. The veins were traceable with good mineralization for 1000 to 2400 feet along strike and 600 to 1800 feet down dip. The pride has been passed down for generations, down to Butte’s early days as a mining town.