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Historic district in Montana, United States
United States historic place
Smith Mine Historic District
Site of Smith Mine disaster
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Bearcreek, Montana Area 200 acres (81 ha) Built 1906 Built by Montana Coal & Iron Co. Architectural style Functional utilitarian NRHP reference
No.
09000788
[1] Added to NRHP September 30, 2009
The Smith Mine Historic District , in
Carbon County, Montana , near
Bearcreek, Montana , is a
historic district which was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 2009. The district included 27
contributing buildings and 12
contributing structures on 200 acres (81 ha).
It was the site of the
Smith Mine disaster in 1943, which killed 75 men, and is among the 50 most deadly mining incidents ever in the United States.
[2]
References
External links
Media related to
Smith Mine Historic District at Wikimedia Commons
Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) documentation, filed under Bear Creek, Red Lodge, Carbon County, MT:
HAER No. MT-32, "
Smith Mine ", 3 photos, 30 data pages, 1 photo caption page
HAER No. MT-32-A, "
Smith Mine, Processing Plant ", 3 photos, 1 photo caption page
HAER No. MT-32-B, "
Smith Mine, Tipple ", 2 photos, 1 photo caption page
HAER No. MT-32-C, "
Smith Mine, Machine Shop-Maintenance Building ", 1 photo, 1 photo caption page
HAER No. MT-32-D, "
Smith Mine, Blacksmith-Mine Car Repair Building ", 1 photo, 1 photo caption page
HAER No. MT-32-E, "
Smith Mine, Electric Transfer Building ", 1 photo, 1 photo caption page
HAER No. MT-32-F, "
Smith Mine, Boilers (ruins) ", 1 photo, 1 photo caption page
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