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Mine

Date: 1924
Description: Exterior of mining factory.
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Blackstone Mine

Date: 1924
Description: The Blackstone Mine property and mining equipment.
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Lead and Zinc Mines

Date: 1936
Description: View from road of lead and zinc mines and surrounding buildings.
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Mining Scene

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Description: Distant view of a mining operation and surrounding desert hills. Caption reads: "Mining Scene, Near Mojave, Cal."
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Elevated View of Mining Community

Date: 1920
Description: Elevated view of a mining community, including numerous houses, mining structures, and large mounds of gravel material.
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Zinc Works

Date: 1915
Description: The zinc works mining operation.
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Boiler for Mining Camp

Date: 09 1910
Description: A large upright boiler functioning as part of the Leighton-Wyoming mining camp.
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Surface Digging

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Description: Lead mining by digging at the ground surface.
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Pine Creek Hydraulic Mining

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Description: Hydraulic mining at Pine Creek, where gold was discovered in 1865, was the quickest way of mining gold deposits. Atlin was the site of the final great gold...
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Mining Scene

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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...
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Mining Iron Ore

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Description: Evelyth, a rapidly growing mining city, began exporting its iron ore in 1884.
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Mining Camp Workers

Date: 09 1910
Description: Workers in the Leighton-Wyoming mining camp. The mining operation stretches up onto a steep hill littered with fallen trees. A two-story cabin is on the le...
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Pine Creek Hydraulic Mining

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Description: Hydraulic mining at Pine Creek, where gold was discovered in 1865, was the quickest way of mining gold deposits. Atlin was the site of the final great gold...
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Men Working at Mining Camp

Date: 09 1910
Description: Workers at the Leighton-Wyoming mining camp. Piles of logs and boards are in the foreground.
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Mining Town

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Description: Elevated view of mining town in the desert featuring buildings and equipment tucked into the hilly terrain and barren rocky outcroppings.
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Large Mining Camp Building

Date: 09 1910
Description: Men working at the Leighton-Wyoming mining camp stand near a large building, possibly a sawmill, related to the mining operation. A steep hill rises in the...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Oxygen Helmets

Date: 11 13 1909
Description: Two men in oxygen helmets outside of the Cherry, Illinois, mining disaster.

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