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Filter: Subject of Lead mines and mining
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Filter: Year of 1850-1859
| Date: | 1853 |
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| Description: | Engraved view of miners and hillside mines in the Lead Region. Caption reads: "Sketch of the Lead Region." |
| Date: | 1853 |
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| Description: | Engraved exterior view of a lead mining furnace. A man sits in a horse-drawn wagon at the left of the building. |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Blast furnace, also known as a Scotch hearth used in lead mining. |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Lithograph of a map drawn to indicate a mine on land owned by Mineral Point Mining Co. in the lead region of southwestern Wisconsin. |
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