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THE WORLD MUSEUM OF MINING (BUTTE, MONTANA)
“66 major exhibits with dozens of smaller items give you a feel for the kinds of equipment that were used in mining from the 1860s to the 1970s.” Click Here for More Information on the World Museum of Mining [flexiblemap width=”100%” height=”500px” center=”46.009772,-112.565265″ zoom=”6″ zoomType=”Large” zoomNew=”1″ mapType=”Hybrid”|showMaptype=”1″|overview=”1″ description=”The World Museum of Mining Butte, MT (406)…
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BERKELEY PIT (BUTTE, MONTANA)
“The Berkely Pit, started in 1955, was a large truck-operated open-pit copper mine until mining ceased in 1982. By 1980 nearly 1.5 billion tons of material had been removed from the Pit, including more than 290 million tons of copper ore. The pit enabled Butte to claim the title The Richest Hill on Earth.” Click…
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MISSOURI MINES STATE HISTORIC SITE (PARK HILLS, MISSOURI)
“Lead has been big business in the eastern Ozarks since about 1720. Come explore its history and see the processing plant of the former St. Joe Lead Company in the heart of the Old Lead Belt at Missouri Mines State Historic Site. The mine”s former powerhouse has been turned into a museum that interprets the…
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SOUDAN UNDERGROUND MINE STATE PARK (SOUDAN, MINNESOTA)
“Minnesota”s oldest iron ore mine, where visitors can learn about how mining shaped the history and culture of the Iron Range. Explore the dry house, drill shop, crusher house and engine house, and take the boardwalk past one of the deepest open mine pits.” Click Here for More Information on Soudan Underground Mine State Park…