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A display case features news articles and a baseball mitt from the Tom Mulcahy collection at the Butte-Silver Bow Archives as part of an exhibit on the Black Rock Mine.
Clemente Liva, whose photographs will be featured at the exhibit on the Black Rock Mine, was a miner by trade, but also a professional photographer. A native of Italy, he came to Butte around 1905 and worked as a watchman at the Badger State Mine. He and his wife, Flora, lived with their children at 121 Blue Wing in Walkerville. His children included son, Gino, and daughters, Alda, Elia, Elda and Mary.
Tools of the trade are on display next to minerals extracted from the Black Rock Mine in an exhibit about the mine at the Butte-Silver Bow Archives.
Minerals pulled from the Black Rock Mine are on display at the Butte-Silver Bow Archives as part of an exhibit on the mine.
A wooden headframe is show being built in the early days of the Black Rock Mine.
Here are some smiling faces, all miners working at the Black Rock 104 years ago.
This 1911 photograph of the Black Rock Mine was featured in The Butte Miner.
Located above Meaderville, the Black Rock was running at full capacity during World War I.
The Butte Miner featured this headline on Sept. 4, 1911.
Its zinc concentrator is in clear view in this Black Rock photograph.
Miners at the Black Rock noted Flag Day 1918 with a ceremony that included an assembly and the singing of several patriotic songs.
Autumn brings with it cooler temps and an abundance of fallen leaves, along with a host of new and vibrant colors. With summer gone and the fall season now upon us, the Butte-Silver Bow Archives decided to switch it up as well at 17 W. Quartz St.
All summer, visitors stopped to view the “Butte, Montana in World War II” exhibit. Now on display is the “Butte & Superior Company’s Black Rock Mine.”
The project was headed by the Archives’ new assistant director, Clark Grant, and features photographs not seen publicly before.
Recently digitized, these historic photographs are part of the Clemente Liva collection. Liva, who was a watchman at the Badger State Mine, was also an accomplished photographer.
“These stunning images of the Black Rock Mine and its surrounding landscape were scanned from the original glass plate negatives,” said Grant, “and are presented in large format prints on metal.”
Photographs are just part of the comprehensive exhibit.
According to Grant, the exhibit also features a complete listing of men injured or killed in the mine, along with mineral samples pulled from the mine’s depths. There’s also a section on the semi-pro baseball team that competed in the Butte Mines League from 1918 to 1927, the Black Rocks.
“The team was often pretty low in the standings,” said Grant, “but beat Bozeman pretty often.”
To complete the display, numerous informative panels, maps, and newspaper clippings are also arranged throughout the building.
“They help to tell the story of this remarkable mining operation in great detail,” said Grant.
Speaking of great detail, there are several items of interest to share about this “mine of the past,” which was located just above the Butte neighborhood of Meaderville. For instance:
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A display case features news articles and a baseball mitt from the Tom Mulcahy collection at the Butte-Silver Bow Archives as part of an exhibit on the Black Rock Mine.
Clemente Liva, whose photographs will be featured at the exhibit on the Black Rock Mine, was a miner by trade, but also a professional photographer. A native of Italy, he came to Butte around 1905 and worked as a watchman at the Badger State Mine. He and his wife, Flora, lived with their children at 121 Blue Wing in Walkerville. His children included son, Gino, and daughters, Alda, Elia, Elda and Mary.
Tools of the trade are on display next to minerals extracted from the Black Rock Mine in an exhibit about the mine at the Butte-Silver Bow Archives.
Minerals pulled from the Black Rock Mine are on display at the Butte-Silver Bow Archives as part of an exhibit on the mine.
A wooden headframe is show being built in the early days of the Black Rock Mine.
Here are some smiling faces, all miners working at the Black Rock 104 years ago.
This 1911 photograph of the Black Rock Mine was featured in The Butte Miner.
Located above Meaderville, the Black Rock was running at full capacity during World War I.
The Butte Miner featured this headline on Sept. 4, 1911.
Its zinc concentrator is in clear view in this Black Rock photograph.
Miners at the Black Rock noted Flag Day 1918 with a ceremony that included an assembly and the singing of several patriotic songs.
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