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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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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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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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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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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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Oxygen Helmets

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

Date: 09 1910
Description: Men working at a sawmill outdoors in the Leighton-Wyoming mining camp.
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Elevated View of Mining Company

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of Deadbroke Mining Company nestled in a valley. In the foreground are a small number of dwellings and roads, and cut lumber. Caption reads: ...
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Men with Horses at Mining Camp

Date: 09 1910
Description: Men standing with horses in front of the Leighton-Wyoming mining camp. A steep hill rises behind them.
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Zinc Works

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view of the zinc works.
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Zinc Works

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of the zinc works.
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Crumbling Mine Building

Date: 1909
Description: A deteriorating mining building seen from across a field.
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Men Carrying Dead Lambs

Date: 09 1910
Description: Men carrying dead lambs back to the Leighton-Wyoming mining camp.
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Dankoler at Mining Camp

Date: 09 1910
Description: Harry Dankoler, with an unidentified man, standing in front of horses and a wagon associated with the Leighton-Wyoming mining operation. Two other men sit ...
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Mine Shaft

Date: 1929
Description: Elevated view of a shaft house at a zinc mine.
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Men Working at Sawmill

Date: 09 1910
Description: Three men working outdoors at a sawmill in the Leighton-Wyoming mining camp. In the background is a two-story industrial building.

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