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Climax miners underground
Author(s):Colorado Digitization Project; National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum
Date:1940?-1950?
The White Tunnel (Big Tunnel) at the Climax Mine was driven in 1918 as a second haulage tunnel. The Climax Mine worked one of the largest molybdenum deposits in the world and extracted some 470 million tons of ore. Claims ...
Muck crew at Climax Mine
Author(s):Colorado Digitization Project; National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum
Date:1935?-1955?
Work was started on a new Climax haulage tunnel, the Phillipson Tunnel (New Tunnel, Wills Tunnel), in 1929 and the main haulage section completed in 1930. Muckers loaded ore and rock onto mine cars for removal from the ...
Motorman at Climax Mine, negative
Author(s):Colorado Digitization Project; National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum
Date:1935?-1955?
A motorman operated the haulage locomotive in the mine. The Climax Mine worked one of the largest molybdenum deposits in the world and extracted some 470 million tons of ore. Claims were staked on Bartlett Mountain, Colorado ...
Climax miner operating a jack hammer
Author(s):Colorado Digitization Project; National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum
Date:1935?-1945?
The Climax Mine worked one of the largest molybdenum deposits in the world and extracted some 470 million tons of ore. Claims were staked on Bartlett Mountain, Colorado in 1879 for what was later (in 1895) identified as ...
Climax buzzyman
Author(s):Colorado Digitization Project; National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum
Date:1935?-1940?
The image shows a miner on the Phillipson Level of the Climax Mine operating a buzzy drill. The Climax Mine worked one of the largest molybdenum deposits in the world and extracted some 470 million tons of ore. Claims were ...
Drilling in Big Heading at Climax, negative
Author(s):Colorado Digitization Project; National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum
Date:1935?-1955?
The Climax Mine worked one of the largest molybdenum deposits in the world and extracted some 470 million tons of ore. Claims were staked on Bartlett Mountain, Colorado in 1879 for what was later (in 1895) identified as ...
Buzzy Bill at Climax
Author(s):Colorado Digitization Project; National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum
Date:1935?-1955?
Photograph of a miner operating a "buzzy" drill underground at the Climax Mine. The Climax Mine worked one of the largest molybdenum deposits in the world and extracted some 470 million tons of ore. Claims were staked on ...
Maas Mine accident scene
Author(s):Petersen, Max S.; Arthur Lakes Library; Russell L. and Lyn Wood Mining History Archive; United States. Bureau of Mines
Date:1945-03
The Maas Mine is located in the Marquette Range near Negaunee, Michigan. The Mine was discovered by George Maas and leased to the Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company in 1901. Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company was formed with the ...
Miners in a truck at a South American strip mine
Author(s):Arthur Lakes Library; Colorado Digitization Project; Russell L. and Lyn Wood Mining History Archive
Date:1900?-1999?
Photograph showing two men in a possibly 1920's era truck with the strip mine operation in the background.
Group of prospectors
Author(s):Arthur Lakes Library; Colorado Digitization Project; Russell L. and Lyn Wood Mining History Archive
Date:1907
Photograph showing a group of five prospectors standing next to their mule and tent.