Date: | 1900 |
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Description: | Interior of a lead mine showing two miners kneeling with candles in their hands. |
Date: | 06 1949 |
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Description: | Gophering, or prospecting for lead using a windlass at Maplewood Farm. |
Date: | 05 1866 |
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Description: | Engraved view of two men in a train locomotive observing the weighing of pig lead. Several bars of lead are stacked near the scale. |
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Description: | Miners probably grading galena (lead) ore by putting pieces in drums with holes and letting smaller ones fall through. |
Date: | 1948 |
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Description: | Large brick kiln-like structure in field. Built in 1876, the blast furnace was used to salvage additional lead from the slag of 18 area furnaces operating ... |
Date: | 1939 |
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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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Description: | Exterior view of James Mine with a field and fence in the foreground. Tram tracks lead from the tall building to large piles of rocks. There are steep stai... |
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Description: | The 120 foot shot shaft below the shot tower at Tower Hill State Park. |
Date: | 1960 |
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Description: | A man is running his dog on a trail in an old lead mining area. The trees are bare and fallen leaves are covering the ground. |
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