After moving from the Midwest to Shoshone County, Idaho in 1899, she became involved in local schools in a region dominated by silver mining.
This continued until 1923, including the eight years she served as Superintendent of Wardner-Kellogg City Schools.
[1] Butz also served as assistant to the State Superintendent Research Secretary of the Department of Education in the capital, Boise, Idaho.
According to the 1900 United States census, she and her family lived at Wardner 1-2, Osburn, Shoshone, Idaho.
This area, including the city of Kellogg, was dominated by the silver mining industry.