Belmont Mine Headframe
by Sue Smith
Title
Belmont Mine Headframe
Artist
Sue Smith
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Historic Belmont Mine headframe with the Montana Resources open pit mine in the background.
Dotting the landscape and skyline of Butte are fourteen tall, black steel structures known as gallows frames, gallus frames, or headframes. They mark the remnants of mines that once covered Butte hill. Cables from a mine�s hoist house passed over sheave wheels at the top of the frame, lowering miners to their work, transporting mules, equipment, and supplies down the shafts, and most importantly, bringing up load after load of ore.
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February 4th, 2015
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