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March 20, 1891
The Lebanon Express
Lebanon, Linn County, Oregon
What is this article about?
A visitor to Butte City, Montana, describes the town as unpleasant due to dense fog and smoke from mining operations, leading to poor visibility, high death rates from pneumonia, and unhealthy conditions for miners.
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Rather an Unpleasant Place.
A gentleman who has been visiting Butte City, Mont., gives the St. Louis Globe-Democrat a rather disparaging account of the place. He says: The day I left, what with a winter fog and the smoke, which pours from the chimneys of hundred of rock-crushers and roasting furnaces, was so dense that at noon you could not see ten feet in front of you. The electric lights were turned on, but standing directly under one of the towers used in lighting the city, the cluster of twenty thirty-two-candle power globes looked like a small star. The death rate is very heavy; for the week I was there there were fourteen funerals a day. Pneumonia is very prevalent, quick and fatal in Butte. The miners who have been there any length of time look pale and have the appearance of being leaded. The real cause of so much of the sickness is the presence of gases in the air set free by the process of burning the ores.
A gentleman who has been visiting Butte City, Mont., gives the St. Louis Globe-Democrat a rather disparaging account of the place. He says: The day I left, what with a winter fog and the smoke, which pours from the chimneys of hundred of rock-crushers and roasting furnaces, was so dense that at noon you could not see ten feet in front of you. The electric lights were turned on, but standing directly under one of the towers used in lighting the city, the cluster of twenty thirty-two-candle power globes looked like a small star. The death rate is very heavy; for the week I was there there were fourteen funerals a day. Pneumonia is very prevalent, quick and fatal in Butte. The miners who have been there any length of time look pale and have the appearance of being leaded. The real cause of so much of the sickness is the presence of gases in the air set free by the process of burning the ores.
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Misfortune
What keywords are associated?
Butte City
Mining Pollution
Pneumonia Outbreak
Smoke Fog
Miner Health
What entities or persons were involved?
A Gentleman
Where did it happen?
Butte City, Mont.
Story Details
Key Persons
A Gentleman
Location
Butte City, Mont.
Story Details
A visitor reports dense fog and smoke from mining causing poor visibility and health issues, including high pneumonia deaths and pale, leaded appearance of miners due to ore-burning gases.