Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections
Filter: Categories of Wisconsin Historical Images
Filter: Subject of Mines and mineral resources
Filter: Subject of land
Filter: Subject of animals
| 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... |
| Date: | 08 15 1938 |
|---|---|
| Description: | A man standing with a dog near an International truck under a building owned by the Coshocton Black Coal Company. The company used PA-50 and 100K Morgan Ga... |
| 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... |
| 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... |
| Date: | 09 1910 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Men standing with horses in front of the Leighton-Wyoming mining camp. A steep hill rises behind them. |
| 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... |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| 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... |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| 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 ... |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | Workers stand near an automobile and pack of mules in Mariscal Mine. The mine produced 1,400 flasks of mercury, 1/4 of the US production, between 1900 and ... |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | View of a family posed before a pack train, heading toward the mines. |
| 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... |
| Date: | 1783 |
|---|---|
| Description: | This map is hand-colored and shows the boundaries of British, Spanish, and the newly recognized American claims, as well as the fishing rights granted to F... |
| Date: | 1765 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Detailed map composed for the London Magazine of the Mississippi River Valley at the conclusion of the French and Indian War. The British colonies themselv... |
| Date: | 1720 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Detailed, ornate, and comprehensive map of America from the east coast to present day Texas. Numerous features appear throughout the map, including Native ... |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| 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... |
If you didn't find the material you searched for, our Library Reference Staff can help.
Call our reference desk at 608-264-6535 or email us at: