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Opening to No. 2 Mine

Date: 12 11 1918
Description: Two men, at least one of them a miner, standing in front of the no. 7 opening to the no. 2 mine. Benham was a "company town" created by International Harve...
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Mine, Mill, and Smelters Union

Date: 
Description: Mine, Mill & Smelters Union reading by a lake at Highlander Folk School. Will Thomas, second on the right, smoking a pipe.
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Union Ore Miner

Date: 
Description: An African American ore miner, holding a large tool and smoking a cigarette. A pin that reads, "Mine-Mill-CIO" is attached to his hardhat.
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Cahoon Mine

Date: 10 19 1925
Description: A workman smokes a cigarette in the foreground as a steam shovel loads iron ore at the Cahoon Mine.
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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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Logging Men Sitting at Table

Date: 09 1910
Description: Men sitting around a table in a cabin at the Leighton-Wyoming mining camp. A box of cigars and a phonograph record player are sitting on the table. D.S. Cr...
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Men Sitting near Broken Down Cabin

Date: 09 1910
Description: Men in the Leighton-Wyoming mining camp taking a break from clearing the area directly around a log cabin that is either in the process of being built or b...
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Mine Shaft #1 and Miners

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Description: Group portrait of miners posing by #1 shaft just north of "G" Pabst. The man on the far left is Joe Iafolla.

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