A headframe [1] (gallows frame, [2] winding tower, [3] hoist frame, [3] pit frame, [3] shafthead frame, [3] headgear, [3] headstock, poppethead) is the structure above an underground mine shaft, built for hoisting machines, people, and materials.

Sometimes called “gallows" or "gallus" frames, the headframes are a symbol of the cost of human life to extract those precious metals, as well as of the strength of America's trades and labor organizations. There were once hundreds of mines on the Butte hill.

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 ...

2020年9月18日 · Ranging from 100 to 200 feet tall, the 14 that remain standing punctuate the skyline of the Uptown District, Centerville, and Walkerville on "The Richest Hill on Earth." The distinctive outline of a headframe has become the trademark symbol of Butte, Montana, found on the logos of many local businesses and organizations.

Dominating the landscape are the Kelley, Steward, the Original, Belmont, Granite Mountain, Bell Diamond, Badger State, Travona, Lexington, Centerville’s mighty Mountain Con, and the Anselmo gallows frames. To put it simply, headframes are like the tops of elevators, but not hidden in the inside of a tall building.

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 ...

2016年7月18日 · Headframes (also known in Butte as a Gallus or Gallows Frame) were symbols of the community. In the heyday of underground mining, electricians and ropemen decorated them every Christmas and lit them each Thanksgiving Eve. The tradition continues today as volunteers light the city's remaining headframes every Christmas season. Topics.

Gallus Cycles was launched to make comfortable, unique and soulful frames one at a time. It seeks to help preserve, promote and further the traditions of handmade bicycle frame building in the United States before the market is all but lost to the global economy.

Often mistaken for oil derricks by visitors, they were originally called gallows frames (or gallus frames) because they were used to lower miners to their stations below the surface. The double meaning of the name was not lost on the miners who knew the risks in their daily work.

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