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Great Seal of the State of Wisconsin

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Description: Black and white drawing of the great seal of the state of Wisconsin. A mariner and a miner stand on either side of a quartered shield topped by a badger an...
Photograph

Lime Kiln

Date: 1968
Description: Worker stack bags of lime onto a palette.
Photograph

Miners with Candles and Lanterns

Date: 1900
Description: Interior of a lead mine. The five miners are holding candles or lanterns.
Photograph

View of Fayette

Date: 02 1925
Description: An unidentified man looks across Snail Shell Harbor at the remains of the Jackson Iron Company works. The large furnace complex is visible through the tree...
Photograph

Neda Mine Bat Hibernaculum

Date: 11 1996
Description: "The Neda mine has four miles of corridors over about 22 arches."
Photograph

Neda Mine Bat Hibernaculum

Date: 11 1996
Description: "Bill Volkert, Naturalist."
Photograph

Neda Mine Bat Hibernaculum

Date: 11 1996
Description: "This photo was taken deep in the Neda mine where conditions are monitored closely."
Photograph

Neda Mine Bat Hibernaculum

Date: 11 1996
Description: "Looking out from the Neda Mine."
Photograph

Mine and Workers

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Description: Group portrait of workers posing outside a mine, probably in Hurley, Wisconsin. Three young boys stand behind the group among stacks of logs.
Postcard

Windsor Mine Shaft on Fire

Date: 05 02 1910
Description: The postcard shows billowing smoke from the Hurley, Wisconsin Windsor mine shaft. Two men who were in the mine at the time lost their lives. A group of boy...
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...
Photograph

Scout Terra Diesel Engine

Date: 06 06 1977
Description: Original caption reads: "(Photo#TF-1539) -- Diesel engine of International Scout Terra pickup at Morton Salt Company's mine at Grand Saline, Tex., must be ...
Photograph

International Scout Terra in Morton Salt Company's Mine

Date: 06 06 1977
Description: Original caption reads: "(Photo #TF-1540) -- Miner (foreground) at Morton Salt Company's operation near Grand Saline, Tex., services helmet lights as Mine ...
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Miners

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Description: An illustration of miners at the bottom of a mine filling a bucket to be lifted to the surface. One man is calling upwards.
Photograph

York Iron Mine

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Description: Elevated view of the York Iron Mine. A group of men are standing by the main building.
Photograph

Mary Lou Munts

Date: 1976
Description: Mary Lou Munts visiting a mine in Ontario.
Historical Object

Paul Vanderbilt Pairing 102

Date: 
Description: He was taught restraint and patriotic fiction,
letting automation by
to wipe the chimneys clean of issues
and make horizons in the sky
Photograph

VF-192 Tandem Dump Truck

Date: 1956
Description: International VF-192 tandem dump truck with load of coal. Powered by V8-478 CID gas engine. Painted on the driver's side door: "Black Nugget Coal Mining Co...
Photograph

TD-24 Torque Converter Tractor

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Description: Original caption reads: "TD-24 Torque Converter Tractor push loads a 24 and B-250 27 /12 hd. scraper combination in hard fire clay whilst a gear driven-24 ...
Photograph

Coal Miners at Mine Entrance

Date: 1903
Description: View down set of two railroad tracks towards four coal miners posing in front of a mine entrance near a coal car. The caption in the book reads, "Strike-br...

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