08/27/2026
GHOST ACTIVITY AT THE MINERS HOTEL IN BUTTE, MT
During our investigation at the St James Hospital in Butte. MT, we stayed at the historic Miners Hotel built in 1913, along with investigators from S.L.A.S.H, Spookan Spirit Seekers, Psychic Medium Jennifer Von Behren - Medium, her husband Eric Von Behren and Scott Mercer .
Miners Hotel building was built for the Miner's Savings & Trust Bank, that occupied the 1st floor till about 1960's. The upper floors had furnished rooms for miners and travelers and the basement was occupied by the National Fur Company. After 1960's the space was briefly used as Butte's Post Office.
In 2014 the building was restored into a hotel along with the Fifty-One Below speakeasy bar.
Most rooms are themed after local mines and the years they operated. We booked 5 rooms; The President's room, The Vault room, The Anselmo room, The Lexington room and the Mountain Con room.
There are several ghosts at the Miners Hotel and there was ghost activity in every room we booked. Not only did they response to the voice recorder, but they also used several pieces of equipment to communicate with us.
In the President's room I had 3 ghosts join me during the session and once they left, the female ghost from the ghost picture I posted earlier came in to talk to me. Read about what she told Jennifer under her ghost picture.
The 2nd night I communicated with a very flirty rustic looking miner/cowboy from Finland in the President's room, who had suffered a quick death on the street. The male ghost from previous night was part Finnish as well. During research I found that there was a Finnish community living in Butte in the area called Finntown. In 1910 there were over 4000 Finns in Butte. The part Finn male ghost had been in charge of the bank a short while when the president of the bank had left. He is still looking after the place; as he said "someone has to". He said the ghosts are a fun group at the hotel except for the 2 rowdy ones below. He was born and raised in MT.
The President's room has a secret passage down to the speakeasy bar , which is used by many ghosts.
Before we even arrived to the hotel, Psychic Medium Jennifer Von Behren was contacted by a ghost telling her that the Vault room was haunted and they like to pull the bed sheets off, however after our session, a male ghost told Jennifer that we are nice people and they won't bother us. During our session there we talked to a male and a female ghost first, but soon 3 other ghosts showed up. One of the female ghosts had worked in the bank that had burned down in 1912 and the other female was a nurse, who had worked in the pink surgery room at St James Hospital.
In the Anselmo room there was a female ghost wearing a brown dress, who had worked at the hotel. She likes it when people talk to her.
In The Lexington room we were talking with a female and a male ghost, both very social and like to talk to people. The female ghost was also in the President's room the day before. She really liked the flash lights and said 'Let's do this again". The male ghost was a miner and he used to gamble at the hotel. He also said that there is a little boy ghost running around in the hotel ,who they call Junior. Jennifer also saw a ghost looking in thru' one of the windows in this room.
During the session in the Mountain Con room, there was a female and a male ghost. The male ghost opens the closet door in the separate bedroom, tho' he said it is not easy to do unless he is upset. Apparently he was upset at someone down the hall.
Jennifer feels that the ghosts come from behind the closet wall as it is a pathway with constant energy going thru' it.
We also did a short session down at the speakeasy bar the next day and talked to 2 male ghosts. One of them was the flirty Finnish miner from the President's room and the other male, who's name was Joe, used to work as a bartender for secret parties long time ago, when the town was very shady with lots of murders and people disappearing. He was also a miner and the two were friends.
In addition to all the ghosts mentioned, Jennifer also saw a female ghost standing outside the President's room hallway and an apparition of another female by the registration hallway.
On the 3rd floor Jennifer saw a male ghost wearing a fireman's outfit from early 1900s and someone was telling her there is a fire.
We were told that there had been several fires at the hotel.
There was heavier energy in the ice machine area on the 2nd floor and by the Cora Mine room hallway Jennifer heard a woman screaming. There is lot of residual energy in old buildings in general.
Miners Hotel building was listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1966.
The Miners Hotel rooms are comfortable with modern amenities and the staff is super nice. There is a special feel in the hotel, especially in the speakeasy bar below with the very cool secret passage and the secret entry to the bar.
We want to thank the hotel staff for all their help during our stay.
We did not find anything negative in the hotel during our investigation. All the ghosts are super nice with great personalities and they really love interacting with people who wish to do so.
Great hotel all and all.
