Mining Museum (Butte)
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Before visiting the World Museum of Mining, I drove to the an overlook on which the commemorative Granite Mountain Memorial pays tribute both to the 168 men lost in a fire defined as the greatest disaster in hard rock mining and the 2,500 men lost to mining related causes between 1879 and 1983.
Having done so gave incredible meaning as I drove through The World Museum of Mining welcome arch. Founded in 1963, the Museum honors Butte’s century of hard rock mining and its earned the reputation of being home to one of the world’s most productive copper mines of all times.
The museum is located on the actual yard of the “Orphan Girl Mine” yard - the “Girl” being a 100-foot high steel headframe. I toured the massive steel headframe and ventured 100-feet into the Orphan Girl Mine - an experience that makes the life of a miner a reality.
Having done so gave incredible meaning as I drove through The World Museum of Mining welcome arch. Founded in 1963, the Museum honors Butte’s century of hard rock mining and its earned the reputation of being home to one of the world’s most productive copper mines of all times.
The museum is located on the actual yard of the “Orphan Girl Mine” yard - the “Girl” being a 100-foot high steel headframe. I toured the massive steel headframe and ventured 100-feet into the Orphan Girl Mine - an experience that makes the life of a miner a reality.