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| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of mining operations. Caption reads: "'A Busy Corner' of Platteville." |
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| Description: | Originally known as Arizona & Southeastern Railroad, the El Paso and South-Western Railway was built in 1888. The Jarilla Junction was renamed 'Orogrande,... |
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| Description: | Evelyth, a rapidly growing mining city, began exporting its iron ore in 1884. |
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| Description: | A train sending out a shipment of taconite from the Hull Rust Mahoning Mine, the world's largest open pit iron ore 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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| 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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| 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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| 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... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Holiday card of the history of the State of Wisconsin, 1848-1948. Shows a map of Wisconsin with many historical and themed elements. Image was created by w... |
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