Date: | 1850 |
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Description: | Blast furnace, also known as a Scotch hearth used in lead mining. |
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. |
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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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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 ... |
Date: | 1844 |
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Description: | Cross section drawing of a Wisconsin lead mine. |
Date: | 1850 |
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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. |
Date: | 1829 |
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Description: | Photoprint of Crawford County lead district map. |
Date: | 1829 |
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Description: | Map of lead mines operating in Wisconsin. |
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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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Description: | An unidentified mining scene where two men are cranking a windlass, common only in early lead and zinc mining in southwest Wisconsin. The windlass was used... |
Date: | 1930 |
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Description: | View inside a lead mine showing six miners with a car on a track. |
Date: | 06 1949 |
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Description: | Gophering, or prospecting for lead using a windlass at Maplewood Farm. |
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