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Mullen Mine #2

Date: 
Description: Lead and zinc mine
Map or Atlas

Map of Wisconsin Lead Mines

Date: 1829
Description: Map of lead mines operating in Wisconsin.
Photograph

Mine

Date: 1924
Description: Exterior of mining factory.
Photograph

Lead Mining Blast Furnace

Date: 1850
Description: Blast furnace, also known as a Scotch hearth used in lead mining.
Photograph

Lead and Zinc Mines

Date: 1936
Description: View from road of lead and zinc mines and surrounding buildings.
Map or Atlas

Map of Lead Region

Date: 1839
Description: Map of the Wisconsin-Illinois lead region.
Drawing

Cross Section of Lead Mine

Date: 1844
Description: Cross section drawing of a Wisconsin lead mine.
Photograph

Blockhouse Mine

Date: 1940
Description: Blockhouse lead mine with cows grazing.
Photograph

Abandoned Mine

Date: 1935
Description: Spoils of an abandoned lead mineshaft.
Print

Lead Region of the Upper Mississippi River

Date: 1853
Description: Engraved view of miners and hillside mines in the Lead Region. Caption reads: "Sketch of the Lead Region."
Photograph

Surface Digging

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Description: Lead mining by digging at the ground surface.
Map or Atlas

Crawford County Map of Lead District

Date: 1829
Description: Photoprint of Crawford County lead district map.
Print

Lead-Mining Furnace

Date: 1853
Description: Engraved exterior view of a lead mining furnace. A man sits in a horse-drawn wagon at the left of the building.
Map or Atlas

Map of the United States Lead Mines on the Upper Mississippi River

Date: 1829
Description: Cincinnati, Ohio, Ebr. Martin, engraver.
Photograph

Early Lead Mine

Date: 
Description: Exterior of a badger-type early Wisconsin lead mine.
Photograph

Weighing Pig Lead

Date: 05 1866
Description: Engraved view of two men in a train locomotive observing the weighing of pig lead. Several bars of lead are stacked near the scale.
Photograph

Pit at Lead Mine

Date: 
Description: Pit at Hazel Green lead mine.
Photograph

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 ...
Photograph

Lead and Zinc Mining

Date: 
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 ...
Map or Atlas

Diagram of Mineral Point Mining Co.'s Mine

Date: 1850
Description: Lithograph of a map drawn to indicate a mine on land owned by Mineral Point Mining Co. in the lead region of southwestern Wisconsin.

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