Front: 'Richest Hill in the World. Butte Montana.' Reverse: 'Lithographed in Germany' - No postmark, never sent
[Postcards]
THE OLD WEST
INDUSTRY COMES WEST

Industry Comes West / Old Meets New / Mining

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Colored photo of miners and standing by a shaft ready to lower a mule down the shaft
The front reads, "Lowering miners and mule, Butte, Mont."
Monotone print of men in front of an elevator cage preparing a mule to descend the shaft.
Front reads, "Lowering Mule into Mine, Seeing Butte Car, Butte, Mont." Reverse reads "Published by Cohn Bros. Butte, Mont., Seeing Butte Car Series." The Seeing Butte Car was a trolley that took tourists around Butte.
Color print of a mule in a mine tunnel hitched to an ore car on tracks.
Front reads, "Mule Train 2000 Feet Underground in a Mine, Butte, Mont." Reverse reads "Published by Keefe Bros., Butte, Mont. Made in U.S.A."

In the above two cards it looks like the mule is loaded in a sling, sitting on its tail, with a hood over its head.

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