 A town in and the county seat of Granite County, Montana, United States was named after a famous mining engineer, where was the engineer active? 
Philipsburg, Montana: Philipsburg is a town in and the county seat of Granite County, Montana, United States. Philipsburg, Montana:  The town was named after the famous mining engineer Philip Deidesheimer, who designed and supervised the construction of the ore smelter around which the town originally formed. Philip Deidesheimer: Philip Deidesheimer was a mining engineer, active in the Western United States.
Western United States