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Orphans of Mine Disaster

Date: 11 1909
Description: Photographic postcard of a posed group of orphan children of miners from mine disaster, Nov. 13, 1909. Caption reads: "#31 Group made orphans by Cherry Min...
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Mine Disaster

Date: 11 13 1909
Description: Photographic postcard of people gathering around an air shaft of a mine in after a mining disaster. Caption reads: "(?) at Mine Disaster showing wrecked ai...
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Scene at Mine Disaster

Date: 11 13 1909
Description: Photographic postcard of an elevated view of people walking to the mine (in the distance) after a disaster. Caption reads: "Scene at Mine Disaster, Cherry,...
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Ore Docks

Date: 1920
Description: Caption reads: "Mammoth Ore Docks, Ashland, Wis." A building and roads are in the foreground. Several ore ships can be seen.
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Mining Operations

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

Date: 10 19 1925
Description: A workman smokes a cigarette in the foreground as a steam shovel loads iron ore at the Cahoon Mine.
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Furnace Complex

Date: 02 11 1925
Description: View of the large abandoned furnace complex, left, company store, far right, and blacksmith shop behind the company store, on the site of the Jackson Iron ...
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Old Hotel

Date: 02 1925
Description: Workers' houses stand in front of the Fayette Tourists Lodge. After the Jackson Iron Company left in 1891, Fayette became a tourist destination and is now ...
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View of Fayette

Date: 02 1925
Description: An unidentified man looks across Snail Shell Harbor at the remains of the Jackson Iron Company works. The large furnace complex is visible through the tree...
Photograph

Dolomite Cliffs

Date: 02 1925
Description: Dolomite cliffs along Snail Shell Harbor are seen in the background between the ruined buildings of the company store, left, and the machine shop on the gr...
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Windsor Mine Shaft on Fire

Date: 05 02 1910
Description: The postcard shows billowing smoke from the Hurley, Wisconsin Windsor mine shaft. Two men who were in the mine at the time lost their lives. A group of boy...
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McKinley Concentrating Mill

Date: 09 30 1907
Description: Photographic postcard view of the McKinley Concentrating Mill. Caption reads: "McKinley Concentrating Mill, Dodgeville, Wis."
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Cary Mine Office and Machine Shop

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Description: View of the Cary Mine office building. Caption reads: "Cary Mine Office & Machine Shop, Hurley, Wis.
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Cary Mine

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Description: View of the Cary iron Mine. Railroad tracks are in the right foreground. Caption reads: "Cary Mine, Hurley, Wis."
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Greetings from Hurley The Nightlife Capital

Date: 1959
Description: Two views of Hurley. At the top is the Cary Mine. On the bottom is Silver Street lined with clubs and electric signs. Caption reads: "Greetings from Hurley...
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Loading Freighters

Date: 1935
Description: View from shoreline towards three ore boats at the Soo Line Railroad dock being loaded with iron ore. The first in line is the William B. Pilkey.
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The Bucyrus Company

Date: 02 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "The Bucyrus Co., South Milwaukee, Wis." A factory and headquarters with railroad tracks on the left. From Wikipedia "Bucyrus-Erie was...
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Ore Docks

Date: 1904
Description: Text on front reads: "Ore Docks, Superior, Wis." Elevated view of an ore carrying ship that is within the ore docks on Lake Superior.

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