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Fire and Brimstone: The North Butte Mining Disaster of 1917
Fire and Brimstone The North Butte Mining Disaster of 1917
Author: Michael Punke
The worst hard-rock mining disaster in American history began a half hour before midnight on June 8, 1917, when fire broke out in the North Butte Mining Companys Granite Mountain shaft. Sparked more than two thousand feet below ground, the fire spewed flames, smoke, and poisonous gas through a labyrinth of underground tunnels. Within an hour, mo...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781401301552
ISBN-10: 140130155X
Publication Date: 8/8/2006
Pages: 352
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Publisher: Hyperion
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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