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| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Entrance of the tunnel to the bottom of the shot tower. There is graffiti around the entrance. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View from off the road of a mine near Linden. A road sign alerts drivers that the State Truck Highway 39 is one mine away. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View down road leading up to the Cokerville Mine. Two horses pulling a wagon are near the road, and automobiles are parked on the right near a building wit... |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | The Blackstone Mine property and mining equipment. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Interior of a lead mine. The five miners are holding candles or lanterns. |
| Date: | 02 11 1925 |
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| Description: | View of the large abandoned furnace complex, left, company store, far right, and blacksmith shop behind the company store, on the site of the Jackson Iron ... |
| Date: | 02 1925 |
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| Description: | Workers' houses stand in front of the Fayette Tourists Lodge. After the Jackson Iron Company left in 1891, Fayette became a tourist destination and is now ... |
| Date: | 02 1925 |
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| Description: | An unidentified man looks across Snail Shell Harbor at the remains of the Jackson Iron Company works. The large furnace complex is visible through the tree... |
| Date: | 02 1925 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the abandoned Jackson Iron Company furnace complex at Fayette, on the shore of Snail Shell Harbor. Lake Michigan is in the background. |
| Date: | 02 1925 |
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| Description: | Dolomite cliffs along Snail Shell Harbor are seen in the background between the ruined buildings of the company store, left, and the machine shop on the gr... |
| Date: | 11 1996 |
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| Description: | "What was a thriving iron ore mine at Neda is now home to some 500,000 bats. The steel cage keeps humans out, but allows access for the bats." |
| Date: | 11 1996 |
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| Description: | "A 90-foot-long culvert will serve as an entrance for researchers." |
| Date: | 11 1996 |
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| Description: | "The Neda mine has four miles of corridors over about 22 arches." |
| Date: | 11 1996 |
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| Description: | "This photo was taken deep in the Neda mine where conditions are monitored closely." |
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