Ebook {Epub PDF} Fire and Brimstone: The North Butte Mining Disaster of 1917 by Michael Punke

The worst hard-rock mining disaster in American history began a half hour before midnight on June 8, , when fire broke out in the North Butte Mining Company's Granite Mountain shaft. Sparked more than two thousand feet below ground, the fire spewed flames, smoke, and poisonous gas through a labyrinth of underground tunnels/5. In this compelling tale, Punke recounts the grim details of the worst hard-rock mining disaster in United States history. On June 8, , a fire broke out in the main shaft of a huge complex of copper mines 2, feet beneath Granite Mountain in Butte, Mont. The fire raged for three days, killing of the or so men at work that day/5().  · This is an interview with Michael Punke, author of Fire and Brimstone: The North Butte Mine Disaster of (Hyperion). Q: What was the .

Punke is the history correspondent for Montana Quarterly magazine and is the author of a novel, The Revenant, about the adventures of a nineteenth-century frontiersman. Punke is also the author of a work of nonfiction, Fire and Brimstone: The North Butte Mining Disaster of , a finalist for the Mountains and Plains Booksellers Award. This is an interview with Michael Punke, author of Fire and Brimstone: The North Butte Mine Disaster of (Hyperion). Q: What was the North Butte disaster of and how did it start? Fire and Brimstone: The North Butte Mining Disaster of by Michael Punke From the #1 international bestselling author of The Revenant - the book that inspired the award-winning movie - comes the remarkable true story of the worst mining disaster in American history.

This is an interview with Michael Punke, author of Fire and Brimstone: The North Butte Mine Disaster of (Hyperion). Q: What was the North Butte disaster of and how did it start?. A half-hour before midnight on June 8, , a fire broke out in the North Butte Mining Company's Granite Mountain shaft. Sparked more than two thousand feet below ground, the fire spewed flames, smoke, and poisonous gas through a labyrinth of underground tunnels. Within an hour, more than four hundred men would be locked in a battle to survive. Sparked by a tragic accident more than two thousand feet below ground, the fire spewed flames, smoke, and poisonous gas through a labyrinth of tunnels. Within three days, trapped miners were dead. While the disaster is compelling in its own right, this book also tells a broader story.