I love to visit old mining areas, and the World Museum of Mining in Butte is a favorite of mine. They have preserved a huge segment of mining history in this sprawling area.
Here's an old dilapidated small mining steam engine
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-ftFZ88OEMcg/UjkLC5XxDPI/AAAAAAAAD04/aKO6CMzraPE/w597-h897-no/08-10-07+-+Butte+506.jpg)
The sunset was beautiful
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/sa4HkXTPGDf3g6qkvesQKfr271frvkzhkkQWXggz5yQ=w1350-h898-no)
The museum started giving underground tours of the Early Girl
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-wxD44-5h-Ms/UjkLFvPfmbI/AAAAAAAAD1E/FOzs_i0j4tg/w1350-h898-no/08-10-07+-+Butte+580.jpg)
The miner is demonstrating how blasting the tunnel face was done
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-8dYNFaQywOc/UjkLHerV1oI/AAAAAAAAD1M/7iaBYLZVP9c/w1350-h898-no/08-10-07+-+Butte+602.jpg)
The Early Girl head frame
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-OEwDpQUv2Fk/UjkLIxSKnyI/AAAAAAAAD1Y/qGC56ekKeCg/w1350-h898-no/08-10-07+-+Butte+478.jpg)
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-UeKmahADFBQ/UjkLKJEtf5I/AAAAAAAAD1c/4eJgyS_nt38/w1350-h898-no/08-10-07+-+Butte+476.jpg)
An interesting old truck
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-0ULC-PNN28w/UjkLLnq92jI/AAAAAAAAD1k/KI-FoisDwsA/w597-h897-no/08-10-07+-+Butte+457.jpg)
Looks like a monster!
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-uEIr47S8Agg/UjkLNdJ2ejI/AAAAAAAAD1s/d8ydDR2QTLM/w597-h897-no/08-10-07+-+Butte+415.jpg)
This one is certainly weather-worn
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-9CY8y1Pm6bw/UjkLPJw7giI/AAAAAAAAD10/EKXhd9vf7ns/w1350-h898-no/08-10-07+-+Butte+403.jpg)