Butte Headframe
by Fran Riley
Title
Butte Headframe
Artist
Fran Riley
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photo
Description
Thirteen historic headframes—also known as “gallows frames”—survived the demise of underground mining in Butte. Subsurface operations at the Kelley shaft ended about 1980, but mining in most of the tunnels, drifts, and stopes served by the other headframes had ceased in the 1950s to 1970s. Today, they have become a trademark of The Mining City. "Richard Gibson"
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January 7th, 2013
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