No Smoking
This is a shot of the mine elevator in the Orphan Girl at the World Museum of Mining. Thanks again to the WMOM and Logan for touring me around in the touring areas and other, non-touring areas. I had a blast!
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Underground Buzzer System
This buzzer system is the original system in the underground area of the Orphan Girl Mine at the World Museum of Mining. Note the word “Buzzer” on the left.
Nearth Death Tunnel Experience
When you’re in an old mine and someone tells you not to step in a certain pile of dirt, you don’t. Or so I learned from a near near-death experience. At the bottom of this 4-story ladder I stepped on the board I was told to. On the way back up one of my feet …
Crowley Breathing Apparatus
This 1/2-hour breathing apparatus is on display at the World Museum of Mining, and was invented by Butte’s Dan Crowley. It was invented for use in the Butte underground mines after the Granite Mountain-Speculator Mine incident which killed many of miners. The equipment is in a glass case so I used my polarizing filter to …
World Museum of Mining-Superintendent’s House
This is the Superintendent’s House at the World Museum of Mining. It is not open to the public, however soont hey might give tours of it. There are quite a few rooms to the house with very old artifacts in every room, including the photo album of tin types and daguerreotypes shown in the bottom …
Mckinley School – Then and Now
First of all, thanks to the World Museum of Mining Photo Archives for letting me use one of their copyrighted photos for this project! It’s a great group of people that have a huge job and are doing awesome at it. The thousands of photos in the archives are amazing. People can browse through the …
Old Phone
This is part of an old phone in the World Museum of Mining.
World Museum of Mining Chapel
This is a photo taken from inside of the confessional at the WMOM (World Museum of Mining) Chapel.