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This picture was taken from the Mining Memorial in Butte, Montana. Here is an excerpt that details the memorial:

"The Mining Memorial is also a very good place to visit. This memorial, which can be a pain to find for some reason, is located in far Uptown Butte (in the small town of Walkerville). The memorial marks the death of more than 169 miners who were killed in the nation’s largest hard-rock mining disaster. On July 8, 1917, a fire was accidentally ignited in the Speculator Ore Mine – which started more than 2000 feet BELOW ground. 169 miners were burned to death, yet more amazingly is that many groups of miners below the fire managed to work their way to safety. A visit to the memorial also provides a good view of many of the abandoned mining rigs around town."


The Highland Mountains provide a beautiful backdrop to this abondoned mining shack and gallows.