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Early Lead Mine

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Description: Exterior of a badger-type early Wisconsin lead mine.
Print

Lead Region of the Upper Mississippi River

Date: 1853
Description: Engraved view of miners and hillside mines in the Lead Region. Caption reads: "Sketch of the Lead Region."
Photograph

Surface Digging

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Description: Lead mining by digging at the ground surface.
Photograph

Pit at Lead Mine

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Description: Pit at Hazel Green lead mine.
Photograph

Lead and Zinc Mines

Date: 1936
Description: View from road of lead and zinc mines and surrounding buildings.
Map or Atlas

Map of the United States' Lead Mines on the Upper Mississippi River

Date: 1888
Description: This is a reproduction of a map originally published in 1829 by R.W. Chandler, a pioneer settler of Galena. It is based on an earlier map by surveyor Luciu...
Photograph

Old Lead Trail

Date: 1960
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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