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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.
Photograph

Lead and Zinc Mines

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

Zinc Works

Date: 1900
Description: View looking over the zinc mining operation.
Photograph

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.
Photograph

Zinc Works

Date: 1915
Description: The zinc works mining operation.
Postcard

Mining Operations

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of mining operations. Caption reads: "'A Busy Corner' of Platteville."
Photograph

Boiler for Mining Camp

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

Archaic Copper Miner

Date: 1997
Description: A painting of an archaic Indian mining for copper.
Photograph

Zinc Mining

Date: 1915
Description: Two men work in a zinc mine near Platteville, Wisconsin.
Photograph

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...
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map of Hurley

Date: 11 1905
Description: Sanborn map of Hurley including mining features.
Photograph

Down in the Zinc Mine

Date: 1910
Description: Miner inside a zinc 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.
Photograph

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.
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Oxygen Helmets

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

Men Working at Sawmill

Date: 09 1910
Description: Men working at a sawmill outdoors in the Leighton-Wyoming mining camp.
Photograph

Water Pumps in Mine

Date: 1939
Description: International PA-100 power unit operating a Pomona water pump in a lead and zinc mine. A box labeled "dynamite" is in the foreground.

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