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Foster Gulch Mine, Bear Creek 1 mile Southwest of Town of Bear Creek, Red Lodge, Carbon County, MT
Summary
Significance: The mines were part of the Montana Coal and Iron Company operations. The underground workings were connected to the Smith No. 3 mine where 74 men died in Montana's worst coal mine disaster in 1943. The company shifted its operations to the Foster Gulch mines following the disaster but tragedy continued to haunt the company when two miners were killed in a rock fall during the summer of 1943. The mines continued to operate until 1953.
Survey number: HAER MT-31
Building/structure dates: ca. 1907 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1953
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Date
1907
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Montana Coal & Iron Company
Slack, James
Anderson, Paul, photographer
Anderson, Paul, historian
Location
Red Lodge (Mont.), 45.18204, -109.22776
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html
