Createspace Independent Publishing Platform The butte mining district of montana/us department of interior

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Description Mining historian Kerby Jackson introduces us to a classic mining work in this important re-issue of the Department of Interior publication Geology and Ore Deposits of the Butte Mining District of Montana.

This important publication on Montana Mining has not been available for over a century.

Included are rare insights into the gold, copper and silver mines of Butte, Montana together with hard to find maps and photographs.

Some of the topics include the early history of gold, silver and copper mining in the Butte area, insight into the geology of its mining areas, the local distribution of gold, silver and copper ores, as well their composition and how to identify them.

Also included are detailed facts about the mines in the Butte Mining District, including the famous Anaconda Mine, Gagnon, Parrot, Blue Vein, Moscow, Poulin, Stella, Buffalo, Green Mountain, Wake Up Jim, the Diamond-Bell Group, Mountain Consolidated, East Greyrock, West Greyrock, Snowball, Corra, Speculator, Adirondack, Miners Union, the Jessie-Edith May Group, Otisco, Iduna, Colorado, Lizzie, Cambers, Anderson, Hesperus, Preferencia and dozens of others.

Note: This edition is a perfect facsimile of the original edition and is not set in a modern typeface.

As such, some type characters and images might suffer from slight imperfections or minor shadows in the page background.