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Description: | Railroad cars pass through an iron ore mine pit in Virginia, Minnesota, home to the Mesabi Iron Range. |
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Description: | Trains transported iron ore through St. George every twenty minutes. A view of the city can be seen behind the railroad yard. |
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Description: | Soon after the turn of the century, Joplin was named the lead and zinc capital of the world. |
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Description: | Soon after the turn of the century, Joplin was named the lead and zinc capital of the world. |
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Description: | Soon after the turn of the century, Joplin was named the lead and zinc capital of the world. |
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Description: | Soon after the turn of the century, Joplin was named the lead and zinc capital of the world. |
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Description: | Two miners in the interior of a mine. Soon after the turn of the century, Joplin was named the lead and zinc capital of the world. Caption reads: "Undergro... |
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Description: | Soon after the turn of the century, Joplin was named the lead and zinc capital of the world. Elevated view of a man working with a hand jig. Caption reads:... |
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Description: | Soon after the turn of the century, Joplin was named the lead and zinc capital of the world. A group of young men are shown mining underground. Caption rea... |
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Description: | Soon after the turn of the century, Joplin was named the lead and zinc capital of the world, producing 23 million dollars in lead and zinc between the year... |
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Description: | Soon after the turn of the century, Joplin was named the lead and zinc capital of the world. A jig room is shown with a miner. Caption reads: "Typical Jig-... |
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Description: | Webb City was known as the world's largest and most productive lead and zinc mining field in the late 1800s and early 1900s and was part of the "Tri-State ... |
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Description: | Webb City was known as the world's largest and most productive lead and zinc mining field in the late 1800s and early 1900s and was part of the "Tri-State ... |
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Description: | Webb City was known as the world's largest and most productive lead and zinc mining field in the late 1800s and early 1900s and was part of the "Tri-State ... |
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Description: | Webb City was known as the world's largest and most productive lead and zinc mining field in the late 1800s and early 1900s and was part of the "Tri-State ... |
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Description: | Between 1883 and 1889, the twenty mule teams, such as this one, hauled more than 20 million pounds of borax out of Death Valley. The borax load was hauled ... |
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Description: | The loading dock of Freeport Sulphur Company, founded in 1912 in Freeport, Texas. |
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Description: | Four men stand around a sulphur bin with a massive cliff behind it at Freeport Sulphur Company, founded in 1912. |
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Description: | A crowd observes a sulphur well and natural gas at Toyah Basin, the location of the discovery of Permian gypsum deposits in 1854. |
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Description: | Mules and wagons can be seen with men on a rock bank while mining. Caption reads: "Rock Bank." |
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