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Iron Works

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Description: Elevated view of York Iron works. Large group of men posing in yard. The boardinghouse is on a hill in the far background. Early iron was mined at Mayville...
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Cook & Bunk House Under Construction

Date: 09 10 1910
Description: Men work on a partially finished cabin in the woods. Snow-covered tree trunks litter the clearing around the cabin. The cabin is being built in conjunction...
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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 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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Men Preparing to Butcher Lambs

Date: 09 1910
Description: Men preparing to butcher sheep at the Leighton-Wyoming mining camp. A cabin is visible behind them on a hill.
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Logging Men Sitting at Table

Date: 09 1910
Description: Men sitting around a table in a cabin at the Leighton-Wyoming mining camp. A box of cigars and a phonograph record player are sitting on the table. D.S. Cr...
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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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Men In Front of Pile of Timber

Date: 09 1910
Description: Men standing in front of a pile of timber or possibly a broken down log cabin associated with the Leighton-Wyoming mining operation.
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Men Clearing Area Near Log Cabin

Date: 09 1910
Description: Men from the Leighton-Wyoming mining operation clearing the area directly around a log cabin that is either in the process of being built or being destroye...
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Men Sitting near Broken Down Cabin

Date: 09 1910
Description: Men in the Leighton-Wyoming mining camp taking a break from clearing the area directly around a log cabin that is either in the process of being built or b...
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Outdoor Exhibit

Date: 1925
Description: An outdoor exhibit, possibly at Tower Hill State Park, with a display featuring a "pig of lead" found near the shot tower there. There is also a bronze pla...
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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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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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Christmas Greeting Card

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Description: Christmas greeting card featuring a view of a mining town with smokestacks, gravel piles, houses, large buildings and distant mountains. Surrounding the ph...
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Elevated View of Greenback Mining Company

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Description: Elevated view of Greenback Mining Company, located in a valley and surrounded by pine trees. There are mining buildings, a large house, and a man driving a...
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Copper Mining Camp

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Description: Elevated view of a copper mining camp with desert hills in the background. Caption reads: "Greatest Copper Camp in the World, Ely, Nevada."
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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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Junction Mine

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Description: Elevated view of Junction Mine and the surrounding neighborhood.
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Town View with Mines

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Description: Elevated view of a town with mine locations marked in the hills in the distance. Published for The Chocolate Shop.
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Elevated Town View with Mines

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Description: Elevated view of a town with silver-lead-zinc mine locations marked in the hills in the distance. Published for The Chocolate Shop.

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