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Copper Mining Camp

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Description: Elevated view of a copper mining camp with desert hills in the background. Caption reads: "Greatest Copper Camp in the World, Ely, Nevada."
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Mining Scene

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Description: Distant view of a mining operation and surrounding desert hills. Caption reads: "Mining Scene, Near Mojave, Cal."
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Unloading Iron Ore

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of an iron ore ship unloading. Several workers are on board the ship. Caption reads: "Unloading Iron Ore At Sparrows Point, MD."
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Mining Iron Ore

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Description: Evelyth, a rapidly growing mining city, began exporting its iron ore in 1884.
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Large Open Pit Iron Ore Mine

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Description: The Hull Rust Mahoning Mine was mainly used for its supply of taconite, a low-grade ore that only came into demand after the high-grade natural iron ore wa...
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Susquehanna Open Pit Iron Ore Mining

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Description: Two trains transporting taconite from Susquehanna Open Pit Iron Ore Mine, part of the Mesabi Iron Range, discovered in 1866.
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Susquehanna Open Pit Iron Ore Mining

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Description: A view of the Susquehanna Open Pit Iron Ore Mine, with a residential area of Hibbing, Minnesota in the distance.
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Railroad Cars Filled with Iron Ore

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Description: Elevated view of railroad cars transporting iron ore from the Mesabi Iron Range, once important because of the discovery of hematite, and then for its larg...
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Steam Shovels Loading Railroad Cars with Iron Ore

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Description: Miners at work using steam shovels and railroad cars for transporting iron ore in Virginia, located on the Mesabi Iron Range.
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Lead and Zinc Mining

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Description: Soon after the turn of the century, Joplin was named the lead and zinc capital of the world.
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Lead and Zinc Mines

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Description: Soon after the turn of the century, Joplin was named the lead and zinc capital of the world.
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Lead and Zinc Mining

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Description: Soon after the turn of the century, Joplin was named the lead and zinc capital of the world.
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Lead and Zinc Mine with Large Pool

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Description: Soon after the turn of the century, Joplin was named the lead and zinc capital of the world.
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Lead and Zinc Mine

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Description: Soon after the turn of the century, Joplin was named the lead and zinc capital of the world, producing 23 million dollars in lead and zinc between the year...
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Lead and Zinc Mining

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Description: Webb City was known as the world's largest and most productive lead and zinc mining field in the late 1800s and early 1900s and was part of the "Tri-State ...
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Lead and Zinc Mining

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Description: Webb City was known as the world's largest and most productive lead and zinc mining field in the late 1800s and early 1900s and was part of the "Tri-State ...
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Lead and Zinc Mining

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Description: Webb City was known as the world's largest and most productive lead and zinc mining field in the late 1800s and early 1900s and was part of the "Tri-State ...
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Freeport Sulphur Company

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Description: The loading dock of Freeport Sulphur Company, founded in 1912 in Freeport, Texas.
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Sulphur Well and Natural Gas

Date: 1909
Description: A crowd observes a sulphur well and natural gas at Toyah Basin, the location of the discovery of Permian gypsum deposits in 1854.
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Coke Manufacturing Scene

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Description: Men work with the coke ovens at the coal mine. Caption reads: "Coke Manufacturing Scene, Near Bluefield, West Virginia."

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