Home > Montana > Butte vicinity > Butte Mineyards, Diamond Mine, Butte, Silver Bow County, MT
B&W Photos
No images were found.
Data Pages
No images were found.
Photo Caption Pages
No images were found.
Item Title
Butte Mineyards, Diamond Mine, Butte, Silver Bow County, MT
LocationDiamond Mine,
Butte vicinity, MT
Find maps of Butte, MT
Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1968.
Notes
Survey number HAER MT-36-B
Subjects
Wooden BuildingsMiningMine Buildings
Related Names
Lowe, Jet, Photographer
Collection
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. GENERAL VIEW OF THE DIAMOND MINEYARD LOOKING NORTHWEST SHOWING THE DRIES ON THE LEFT, TAR STORAGE AND TOILET FACILITIES IN THE CENTER, AND A ROPE CLEANING HOUSE ON THE RIGHT
2. ENGINE ROOM AND CHIPPY ENGINE ROOM OF THE DIAMOND MINE, LOOKING NORTH. THE MAIN HOIST USED A FLAT CABLE, WHICH WAS SCRAPPED IN THE 1950s. THE ORIGINAL DIXON CABLE STILL EXISTS IN THE CHIPPY HOIST HOUSE.
3. SKIP DUMP OF THE DIAMOND MINE, LOOKING NORTH
4. BOSSES/NIPPER SHACK, LOOKING NORTHEAST. THE SHACK IS LOCATED JUST EAST OF THE HEADFRAME.
5. VIEW OF THE SKIP DUMP LOOKING NORTHEAST
6. VCIEW OF THE LORRY HOUSE LOOKING WEST FROM UNDER THE SKIP DUMP
7. VIEW OF THE DIAMOND HEADFRAME, LOOKING EAST. THE ROPE HOUSE ON THE RIGHT WAS USED TO SEW FLAT CABLE, DRIES ARE ON THE LEFT
8. VIEW OF THE DIAMOND HEADFRAME FROM THE WEST, WITH THE FIRE HOSE HOUSE ON THE LEFT
9. DIAMOND HEADFRAME AND ROPE HOUSE
10. DIAMOND MINE YARD FROM THE NORTH SHOWING A COMPRESSED AIR PIPE AND TRESTLE IN THE LOWER LEFT, AND THE LORRY HOUSE. A PART OF A RETAINING WALL IS VISIBLE ABOVE THE RAILROAD CUT
11. HOSE HOUSE AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE DIAMOND DRIES
12. INTERIOR SHOT OF THE DIAMOND DRIES, LOOKING EAST
13. DIAMOND HEADFRAME, DETAIL TAKEN FROM THE LEVEL OF THE CHIPPY SHIV WHEEL, LOOKING NORTHEAST
14. VIEW OF THE DIAMOND MINEYARD AND THE HAWKSWORTH PIT FROM THE TOP OF THE DIAMOND HEADFRAME
15. DETAIL OF THE SHIV WHEELS AT THE TOP OF THE DIAMOND HEADFRAME
16. GENERAL VIEW OF THE DIAMOND MINEYARD. ON THE LEFT IS THE CHIPPY HOIST HOUSE, THE MAIN HOIST HOUSE IS IN THE CENTER, AND THE SUPER HEATER, WHICH WAS USED FOR HEATING COMPRESSED AIR, IS ON THE RIGHT. THE SMALL BUILDING WAS USED FOR CLEANING ROPE CLIPS, AND FOR TOILET FACILITIES. THERE IS ALSO A TAR HOUSE, WHERE TAR WAS STORED AND KEPT WARM. ORIGINALLY EACH MINE HAD ITS OWN TAR STORAGE, BUT IT WAS EVENTUALLY CONSOLIDATED AT THE DIAMOND MINE
17. VIEW OF THE DIAMOND MINEYARD LOOKING NORTHEAST. THE DRIES ARE ON THE LEFT, WITH THE TAR HOUSE, TOILET, AND ROPE CLAMP CLEANING BUILDING TO THE RIGHT
18. INTERIOR VIEW OF THE DIAMOND HOIST HOUSE, LOOKING SOUTH
19. VIEW OF THE DIAMOND HEADFRAME LOOKING SOUTHEAST FROM THE TOP OF BUTTE HILL. THE DRIES ARE ON THE LEFT, WITH THE TAR HOUSE, TOILET, AND ROPE CLAMP CLEANING TO THE RIGHT
Back to Butte vicinity, Montana
Cart