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Elkhorn, Montana History
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Elkhorn, Montana ca. 1890s
Elkhorn Mine and Mill
Tailings Dams of the Elkhorn Mine
A peculiar feature of the reduction plant at Elkhorn is shown here. The tailings are impounded by a series of dams built up of sacks filled with tailing sand. The bags are those in which the salt used by the mills is received. Their cost is therefore trifling, and when filled with sand they form excellent retaining walls. These dams are made necessary by the fact that the water is used by the ranchmen downstream for irrigation.
Incline Shaft of the Elkhorn Mine
Miners at Elkhorn, Montana 1911
Elkhorn District Map 1900
60 foot long timbers at close spacing necessitated by loose slate roof - Elkhorn Mine.
1,250 foot level of the south stope - Elkhoen mine.
Timbering in the Elkhorn Mine
South end of 950-foot south stope, Elkhorn Mine, looking south
60 foot long timbers in the Elkhorn Mine
Elkhorn Mine
Vertical Transverse Sections of the Elkhorn Mine
Incline Shaft of the Elkhorn Mine ca. 1900 (Colorized)
