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Susquehanna Open Pit Iron Mine

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Description: The Buffalo and Susquehanna Iron Company, the owners of the rights to Susquehanna Open Pit Iron Mine, was created in 1902.
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Susquehanna Open Pit Iron Ore Mining

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Description: Two trains transporting taconite from Susquehanna Open Pit Iron Ore Mine, part of the Mesabi Iron Range, discovered in 1866.
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Susquehanna Open Pit Iron Ore Mining

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Description: Elevated view of steam shovels at work, removing taconite from Susquehanna Open Pit Iron Mine, functioning as an open cast mine because of its soft, shallo...
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Susquehanna Open Pit Iron Ore Mining

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Description: A view of the Susquehanna Open Pit Iron Ore Mine, with a residential area of Hibbing, Minnesota in the distance.
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Railroad Cars Filled with Iron Ore

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Description: Elevated view of railroad cars transporting iron ore from the Mesabi Iron Range, once important because of the discovery of hematite, and then for its larg...
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Railroad Cars Passing Through the Iron Ore Mine Pit

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Description: Railroad cars pass through an iron ore mine pit in Virginia, Minnesota, home to the Mesabi Iron Range.
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Loading Ore Cars

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Description: Trains transported iron ore through St. George every twenty minutes. A view of the city can be seen behind the railroad yard.
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Lead and Zinc Mining

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Description: Soon after the turn of the century, Joplin was named the lead and zinc capital of the world.
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Lead and Zinc Mining

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Description: Soon after the turn of the century, Joplin was named the lead and zinc capital of the world.
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Lead and Zinc Mining

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Description: Webb City was known as the world's largest and most productive lead and zinc mining field in the late 1800s and early 1900s and was part of the "Tri-State ...
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Twenty Mule Team Hauling Borax

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Description: Between 1883 and 1889, the twenty mule teams, such as this one, hauled more than 20 million pounds of borax out of Death Valley. The borax load was hauled ...
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Freeport Sulphur Company

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Description: Four men stand around a sulphur bin with a massive cliff behind it at Freeport Sulphur Company, founded in 1912.
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Coke Manufacturing Scene

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Description: Men work with the coke ovens at the coal mine. Caption reads: "Coke Manufacturing Scene, Near Bluefield, West Virginia."
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Mariscal Mine

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Description: Workers stand near an automobile and pack of mules in Mariscal Mine. The mine produced 1,400 flasks of mercury, 1/4 of the US production, between 1900 and ...
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Mammouth and Standard Mining Mills

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Description: The Mammoth and Standard Mining Mills has been producing silver, gold, lead, zinc and copper continuously since 1884. Caption reads: "Mammouth and Standard...
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Burke and Hecla Mine Buildings

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Description: View of the Burke and Hecla Mine Buildings with mountains in the background. The company was incorporated in 1891. Caption reads: "Burke, ID. & Hecla Mine....
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Hercules Mine and Mountain Setting

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Description: An elevated view of the Hercules Mine in a mountain setting. Mining operations began in Hercules Mine in 1889. Caption reads: "Hercules Mine — Wallace, Id...
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Lead and Zinc Mines

Date: 1936
Description: View from road of lead and zinc mines and surrounding buildings.
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Junction Mine

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Description: Elevated view of Junction Mine and the surrounding neighborhood.
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Town View with Mines

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Description: Elevated view of a town with mine locations marked in the hills in the distance. Published for The Chocolate Shop.

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