World Museum of Mines (active mine tour)

Join us as we tour an active mine site in Montana. The video starts out with a picture show and brief description of the tour.
It then shows a film of the actual tour with all of the information the tour guide passed out.
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00:45 The mine entrance
01:05 Explain why the pictures have so much light
1:38 Underground mine school
2:05 Real miners at work
2:22 Unclaimed minerals in the mine
2:32 Underground survey markers
2:50 Original mine entrance
3:15 Tour Selfie location
3:25 Ghost in the mine

3:49 Start of the actual tour
4:16 Drill bit sample board
4:45 Map showing where the mine is
5:57 The big map of mine locations
8:23 Underground map of mine location
8:54 The Berkeley pit
9:36 PH of the pit water
10:03 they are digging a new pit
10:30 Everything is flooded
11:34 Concrete walls between mines now
12:04 Let’s talk about Butte’s history
12:37 World War 1
14:07 Continue into the mine
14:14 Barring down after blasting
14:36 Where did all the trees go
16:02 Walking a steep descent
16:21 Safety poster example
16:37 The drill demonstration
16:49 Let’s talk mine cars
17:50 The honey pot car
18:29 More safety posters
18:54 What are all the hoses for?
19:41 How tall were miners?
20:42 Start of the mud
21:26 How mining
22:14 Mules in the mine
23:04 Smart stubborn mules
23:58 The mucking machine
25:10 Manganese ore deposit
26:25 The Assayer’s job
27:21 Working in the dark
28:20 This is just plain insane!
29:13 The utter darkness test
29:48 Mine Stope
30:43 What is a Tommy nocker
31:46 Hazards of straddling a drill
32:50 The real miners break room
33:09 Moving the mining equipment out of the way
33:54 Real miners at work
36:16 Old underground mine entrance
37:20 The signaling bell
38:19 How many people fit in the exit car?
39:18 Entering the people box
40:07 That’s a long way down
40:27 Closing down a shaft process
41:32 Mining school students at work

Montana, May 4, 2025