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Description: | An unidentified mining scene where two men are cranking a windlass, common only in early lead and zinc mining in southwest Wisconsin. The windlass was used... |
Date: | 1925 |
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Description: | An outdoor exhibit, possibly at Tower Hill State Park, with a display featuring a "pig of lead" found near the shot tower there. There is also a bronze pla... |
Date: | 1920 |
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Description: | View from the top of the shot tower looking down the narrow tunnel towards the bottom. |
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: | 1836 |
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Description: | This early to mid-19th century map shows the township and range system, sections, landownership, furnaces, lead mines, copper mines, and roads in the vicin... |
Date: | 09 30 1907 |
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Description: | Photographic postcard view of the McKinley Concentrating Mill. Caption reads: "McKinley Concentrating Mill, Dodgeville, Wis." |
Date: | 1895 |
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Description: | Outdoor group portrait of the miners who work at Optimal Mine. They are seated outdoors on the grass, and are wearing work clothes and hats. |
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