Mountain Consolidated Mine Butte Montana Photo

Updated August 8, 2026

Lot number	1329
Estimate	100.00 - 150.00 USD
Auction	The Richest Hill on Earth - Day 2
Date	August 14, 2026 at 11:59 PM EDT
Auction house	Davis Brothers Auction
Location	Missoula, Montana

Nice example taken by King Photo Studios located in Butte, Montana. Standing at an elevation of 6,135 feet, the Con is more than a mile high and a mile deep, the deepest on the hill. Originally called the Mountain Consolidated, the name was later shortened by tongue-twisted immigrant miners. The Con was a copper mine and one of the biggest producers in the industry. Mammoth ore bins, now gone, housed the copper until it was loaded onto horse-drawn wagons, and in later years into train cars of the Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway. Mining waste was also dropped into the bins for shipment to dumping sites. The headframe of the Con, the second tallest of those remaining on the hill, was erected in 1928. The Con is a consolidation of the Mountain, Burnett, Loweville, and Buffalo Mines. The Mountain Consolidated Mining Company was formed to operate the mine, and by 1887 the mine was owned by the Chambers Syndicate. In 1891 it became the property of the newly incorporated Anaconda Mining Company (to be renamed the Anaconda Copper Mining Company in 1895). 8" by 11".

Mountain Consolidated Mine Butte Montana Photo

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