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Mullen Mine #2

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Description: Lead and zinc mine
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Down in the Zinc Mine

Date: 1910
Description: Miner inside a zinc mine.
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Zinc Miners

Date: 1910
Description: Zinc miners posing with an ore bucket down in a mine.
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Miners with ore crushers

Date: 1890
Description: Highland Mines owner, Harris Lewis, center, with miners, stands before zinc ore crushers.
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Zinc Mining

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

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Description: Zinc miners at tables in the dining hall near.
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Mine Shaft

Date: 1929
Description: Elevated view of a shaft house at a zinc mine.
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Railroad Tracks

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Description: View down railroad tracks that lead to industrial buildings and a smokestack. A caption on the image reads, "Zink (Zinc) Works, Mineral Point, Wis."

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