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Visitors to the Iron Ridge Mine

Date: 1900
Description: Visitors, dressed in their Sunday best, contrast with the rough garb of the miners. Left to right, miners were: Charles Kanass, Robert "Beaver" Smith (hold...
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Iron Mine

Date: 08 1880
Description: Men working in an iron mine.
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Story and McDade Coal Mine Operation

Date: 01 19 1938
Description: Men and ponies standing near a building and carts on railroad tracks at the Story & McDade coal mine. The mine operation was powered by an International PA...
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Men with Horse-Drawn Cart

Date: 09 1910
Description: In the foreground on a hill two men stand with horse-drawn cart. In the far distance is Grand Encampment, Wyoming. The cart is headed to the Leighton-Wyomi...
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Men with Horses at Mining Camp

Date: 09 1910
Description: Men standing with horses in front of the Leighton-Wyoming mining camp. A steep hill rises behind them.
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Dankoler at Mining Camp

Date: 09 1910
Description: Harry Dankoler, with an unidentified man, standing in front of horses and a wagon associated with the Leighton-Wyoming mining operation. Two other men sit ...
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Horse and Buggy Near Mining Camp

Date: 09 1910
Description: People gathered around a horse-drawn buggy on the dividing line between the Ferris-Hagerty property and the Leighton-Wyoming mines. Harry Dankoler is to th...
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Elevated View of Greenback Mining Company

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Description: Elevated view of Greenback Mining Company, located in a valley and surrounded by pine trees. There are mining buildings, a large house, and a man driving a...
Print

Seasons Greetings

Date: 1948
Description: Holiday card of the history of the State of Wisconsin, 1848-1948. Shows a map of Wisconsin with many historical and themed elements. Image was created by w...
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Pack Train for the Mines

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Description: View of a family posed before a pack train, heading toward the mines.
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Cokerville Mine

Date: 1925
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...
Book or Pamphlet

Plano Manufacturing Company Advertisement

Date: 1900
Description: Advertisement from catalog featuring an illustration of the Jones Chain Mower, and a man using it in a field with a team of horses. Around the border are i...
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Mining Town

Date: 1922
Description: Elevated view from hill looking down on a mining town surrounded by wooded hills. There are wooden sidewalks between the houses. In the background on the l...
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Side View of a Mine

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Description: Stereograph of the side view of a mine. Several horse-drawn wagons are waiting for loads with workmen. Hills of soil surround a flat area, and on the horiz...

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