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| Description: | Soon after the turn of the century, Joplin was named the lead and zinc capital of the world, producing 23 million dollars in lead and zinc between the year... |
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| Description: | Geological Map of the lead regions in Wisconsin, Illinois and Iowa. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | An ink on tracing paper, hand-drawn map that shows lead mines, the boundary of the lead bearing strata, and the military road in Lafayette, Grant, Iowa, an... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Students from Platteville, Wisconsin tour a mine to see how lead is extracted. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | A straw lead furnace, an open hearth furnace where lead sulphite (Galena) was roasted. Located on the Rountree branch of the Little Platte River, Richard S... |
| Date: | 1853 |
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| Description: | Engraved exterior view of a lead mining furnace. A man sits in a horse-drawn wagon at the left of the building. |
| Community: | Wyoming |
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| County: | Iowa |
| Historic Name: | Shot Tower |
| Reference Number: | 73000080 |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | A walkway with rustic railing leads to the Hotz family boathouse on Europe Lake. A well-worn path leads downhill to the water. |
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| Description: | Early Wisconsin lead miners using a Pioneer Windlass. |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | International National Lead Company truck parked alongside a curb. |
| Community: | Milwaukee |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| Historic Name: | Magnus Metals, National Lead Co. |
| Reference Number: | 232345 |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Interior of a lead mine showing two miners kneeling with candles in their hands. |
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