Headframes Outlined in Red Lights Baby Onesie

Dotting the landscape and skyline of Butte, Montana, are fourteen tall, black steel structures. Variously called "gallows frames", "gallus frames", or headframes, these mark the remnants of mines that honeycombed the Butte hill. Cables from a mine's hoist house passed over sheave wheels at the top of the frame, lowering miners to their work, transporting mules, equipment and supplies down the shafts and most importantly, bringing up load after load of ore. Seven of the fourteen headframes have been outlined in red lights, part of a campaign to memorialize all of Butte's historic headframes.

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Sue has had a life-long passion for photography. Sue Smith Photography began in 2004 with a few photos and some note cards to match. Now Sue's photos are sold around the world through the various stock and fine art sites that she submits to. In 2010, Sue was honored to be chosen as a Montana "Treasured Artist" for the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of Montana in 2010. Montana's treasures - the back roads, small towns, ghost towns, and Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks call to her daily. Road trips are a passion of hers and fit beautifully with photography. You might find Sue in any of the lower 48 or some of the Canadian provinces. If there is a road to get there, she's looking for it! After 4 years in...