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Khoemacau Mine retells the forgotten Kalahari Copperbelt story

Khoemacau Mine retells the forgotten Kalahari Copperbelt story
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Butte, Montana (place) by olmanrvr - Everything2 com

Sat Jul 14 2001 at 10:41:58 A town in Montana, one basically founded for mining and prospered because of mining since the 1860 s. That year s gold rush brought prospectors and settlers to Butte, which is named for the large butte there, now endorsed with the large letters, Big M. Silver was discovered there in 1874, the first ore smelter was developed in 1876, and by 1881, Butte was the largest town in Montana. In the mid-1870 s, copper mining was added to the already prosperous business of silver and gold mining. The Utah Northern Railway was the next development to be added and it linked Ogden, Utah and Butte, and commercial and industrial development prospered. With the migration of Irish, English, Italian and Chinese laborers, Butte s population was 22,000 by 1882. In that same decade, Butte became the largest copper producer in the world. By 1884, there were over 300 mines working round the clock.

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