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International T-40 TracTracTor Working in Mine

Date: 1937
Description: Worker moving rock at the Sahara Mine with an International T-40 TracTracTor (crawler tractor) equipped with a Bucyrus-Erie bullgrader.
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Crane Laying Rails for Hawkins Mine

Date: 1945
Description: Workers and a steam railroad crane laying rails for International Harvester's Hawkins Mine.
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Hawkins Mine Employee

Date: 1945
Description: Worker at a Hawkins Mine machine shop checking a measurement on a large casting under a trouble light. Hawkins Mine was a subsidiary of International Harve...
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International Coal Trucks Leaving Goddard Fuel Company

Date: 06 18 1925
Description: Two International delivery trucks leaving premises of the Goddard Fuel Company. The company's building and trucks carry advertising for "Hanna Coal" which...
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Residential Construction Site

Date: 11 02 1918
Description: Residential building site near railroad tracks, looking west. Several houses are under construction. Benham was a "company town" created by International H...
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Power House Excavation

Date: 05 05 1919
Description: Workers preparing the power house for the addition of a 1250 k.w. turbo generator. A man in the foreground is taking a drink of water from a pail. Benham w...
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Railroad Tracks and Bridge

Date: 03 19 1919
Description: Small steam engine hauling empty cars over a bridge along a narrow gauge railroad track. Houses in a residential neighborhood are in the background. The tr...
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Construction of "Borrow Pit"

Date: 02 22 1919
Description: Workers using a steam shovel to dig a "borrow pit" for the no. 2 mine. The shovel is loading soil onto a rail car on a narrow gauge railroad track. Benham ...
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Opening to No. 2 Mine

Date: 12 11 1918
Description: Two men, at least one of them a miner, standing in front of the no. 7 opening to the no. 2 mine. Benham was a "company town" created by International Harve...
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Men Standing Posing on Flooded Rail Line

Date: 1919
Description: Men standing on the exposed portion of a flooded railroad track as a swiftly moving torrent of water is rushing past. Benham was a "company town" created b...
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Worker at Hawkins Mine

Date: 1945
Description: Worker in an elevator at International Harvester's Hawkins Mine near Hibbing, Minnesota.
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Welder at Hawkins Mine

Date: 1945
Description: A welder wearing overalls holding a protective mask in front of his face while working at Hawkins Mine.
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Men Working at Hawkins Mine

Date: 1945
Description: A man uses a hammer and chisel to work at Hawkins Mine, while another man stands behind him.
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Hawkins Mine

Date: 10 04 1928
Description: Panoramic view of Hawkins Mine, with railroad tracks in the foreground. Buildings and a water tower are in the distance.
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DR-60 Truck

Date: 1938
Description: Two men use a DR-60 truck owned by J. Robert Bazley, Inc. to dump coal taken from Pennsylvania coal strippings into a chute leading to railroad cars. The m...
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Water Pumps in Mine

Date: 1939
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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Peacock Coal Company

Date: 08 15 1938
Description: Buildings owned by the Peacock Coal Company. A man is standing beside a small wooden structure on the side of a hill. There is a ramp angling up and away f...
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TD-24 — Mines

Date: 1950
Description: A bulldozer removing trees is silhouetted against the sky. Subject: "TD-24 — Mines." Where Taken: "SE." Information with photograph reads: "Owned by Corone...
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TD-24 — Mines

Date: 1950
Description: Subject: "TD-24 — Mines." Where Taken: "NE." Information with photograph reads: "Owned by Jos. F. Sherman, Hawthorne, Pa. Used with BE hoist and Isaacson g...
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TD-18A — Mines

Date: 1950
Description: Subject: "TD-18A — Mines." Where Taken: "NE." Information with photograph reads: "Owned by Jos. F. Sherman, Hawthorne, Pa. Used with Isaacson blade in stri...

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