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Mine workers board man-cars at Butte in Montana.

Exteriors of a copper mine at Butte in Montana, USA. A shift of mine workers waits in queues to enter man-cars at the surface. Miners enter the cars ready to be lowered in the mine.

Location: Butte Montana

Date: 1927

Duration: 1 min 18 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

Air pipes ventilates a drift inside a copper mine at Butte in Montana, USA.

View of ventilated drift inside a copper mine at Butte in Montana, USA. A canvas air pipe runs along the length of the drift. Timber blocks support the ceilings of the drift.

Location: Butte Montana

Date: 1927

Duration: 1 min 3 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

Wet drilling technique implemented to drill a stope inside a copper mine in Butte, Montana.

A mine worker wet-drilling at a stope of a copper mine in Butte, Montana. Water is sprayed from drills onto stope walls that makes sludge of the cutting and prevents dust.

Location: Butte Montana

Date: 1927

Duration: 45 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

Square set timbering shown in a copper mine

Square Set Timbering is seen inside a stope at a copper mine in Butte, Montana. Timber logs provide a support to the soft and broken rock adjoining the veins of the ore. Mine workers drill inside a stope. Timber placed in square set fashion can be seen.

Location: Butte Montana

Date: 1927

Duration: 39 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English