Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Other Engineering Commons

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Physical Sciences and Mathematics

1947

East Helena smelter

Articles 1 - 1 of 1

Full-Text Articles in Other Engineering

Occurrence Of Native Copper Near Jefferson City, Montana, Terence G. Kirkland May 1947

Occurrence Of Native Copper Near Jefferson City, Montana, Terence G. Kirkland

Bachelors Theses and Reports, 1928 - 1970

Sometime prior to 1870, a group of prospectors made what was believed to be a "rich strike' on one of the tributaries of Prickly Pear Creek in Jefferson County, Montana. Instead of striking it rich, they had uncovered a native copper deposit, worthless to them because of its limited extent and remote location, but now of much interest to the geologist, and to the mining engineer because of its possible commercial value.