Directional drilling · Butte-Silver Bow, Montana
Directional Drilling in Butte, MT
Butte is about an hour south of Helena on I-15. Old mining ground makes it one of the places where planning a bore pays off most.
Directional drilling and boring in Butte
Underground work in Butte runs from service lines and fiber uptown and on the flats to utility work along the interstate corridor.
More than a century of mining left old workings, fill and historic utilities in places, so we expect surprises and plan for them.
It's the same horizontal directional drilling (HDD) we run everywhere: locate and pothole, steer the pilot bore, ream, pull back the product and restore the entry and exit.
Ground conditions around Butte
- Granitic bedrock is close to the surface in parts of Butte — that means rock tooling and a rig sized for it.
- Mine waste, fill and old workings in places, so locating and potholing matter even more.
- Parts of Butte are within long-running mine cleanup areas, so soil-handling rules for the site get checked first.
- Steep grades uptown that affect entry and exit setup and drilling-fluid control.
General conditions only — every site is different, and we look before we quote.
Typical crossings
- Streets and alleys uptown and on the flats
- I-15 / I-90 corridor right-of-way
- Silver Bow Creek and drainage channels
- Rail lines
How a Butte job gets scoped
Send the location and what's going in. If there's a soils report or old records for the site, send those too. For rock bores, a bore planning consult before bidding can save a lot of money.
Send the details
Location, product and size, rough footage, what it crosses, and any drawings or photos.
Site look or plan review
We look at the site when we can, or review plans and photos remotely.
Locate & plan
A Montana 811 locate goes in, crossings are potholed and the bore path is set.
Bore, pull back, restore
Pilot bore, ream, pullback, then the entry and exit get cleaned up.
Underground services in Butte
Consulting on a Butte job
If your own crew is running the bore, a consultant can review the plan or the bid, or help on a problem bore by phone or video — often the same day. See bore planning and field troubleshooting, or request a consult.
Questions
Can you bore through rock in Butte?
Rock bores are doable with the right tooling and rig, but they're slower and cost more. Tell us what you know about the ground and we'll be straight about it.
Do mine cleanup rules affect underground work?
On some properties they do. We check what applies to the site and plan spoils handling to match.
Have a bore in Butte?
Call Beau directly — or send the location, product, footage and crossings.