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| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | View from road of lead and zinc mines and surrounding buildings. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | The Empire zinc and lead mine. Very litle lead is now produced. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View down hill towards the Kennedy zinc and lead mine (center) and the Hoskins mine (right). Snow is on the ground. |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | A man is running his dog on a trail in an old lead mining area. The trees are bare and fallen leaves are covering the ground. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View of the Gratiot homestead at Gratiot's Grove Site. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Large brick kiln-like structure in field. Built in 1876, the blast furnace was used to salvage additional lead from the slag of 18 area furnaces operating ... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Gratiot homestead at Gratiot's Grove Site. Handwriting on front reads: "The Gratiot Homestead at the (?)on." |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View down road leading up to the Cokerville Mine. Two horses pulling a wagon are near the road, and automobiles are parked on the right near a building wit... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | An outdoor exhibit, possibly at Tower Hill State Park, with a display featuring a "pig of lead" found near the shot tower there. There is also a bronze pla... |
| Date: | 11 1909 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of funeral and tent/morgue from the Cherry Mine disaster. Caption reads: "#37 Cherry Mine Horror Showing Morgue Dunham Photo Princeto... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | A marker at the former site of the smelter which stood at the top of the shot tower shaft. The sign reads: "Tower Hill State Park The Old Shot Tower At thi... |
| Date: | 11 1909 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of a family. Caption reads: "W.H. Clelland and Family. One of the Cherry Mine survivers [sic]. It is this man who was said to have le... |
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