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Switchboard in hoist room, Eureka Mine
Author(s):Petersen, Max S.; Arthur Lakes Library; Russell L. and Lyn Wood Mining History Archive; United States. Bureau of Mines
Date:1945-01
The Eureka Mine was an underground iron mine near Ramsey, Michigan in the Gogebic Range. The Mine opened in 1890. It was consolidated with the Asteroid Mine in 1926 and other properties were added later. The Eureka deposits ...
Distant view of Fairplay dredge boat at Fairplay, Colorado
Author(s):Colorado Digitization Project; National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum
Date:1941?-1952
Photograph showing a distant view of the Fairplay dredge, Park County, Colorado. The Mosquito Mountains are in the background. This dredge boat was built by the Yuba Manufacturing Company and shipped to Fairplay, Colorado ...
Monument #2 Mine
Author(s):Colorado Digitization Project; Eastman Kodak Company; National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum; Vanadium Corporation of America
Date:1954?
Photograph showing some of the mining operations at the Monument #2 Mine, which was located north of Kayenta and owned by the Vanadium Corporation of America. The carnotite ore from this mine was trucked to the Vanadium ...
Buck Mine, man operating hoist
Author(s):Petersen, Max S.; Arthur Lakes Library; Russell L. and Lyn Wood Mining History Archive; United States. Bureau of Mines
Date:1946-09
The Buck Mine was an underground iron mine in Iron County, Michigan. The Mine opened in 1922 as a consolidated operation with two other mines. Additional mines were added later to form the Buck Group. The Buck Mine reached ...
Cambria-Jackson Mine caving-back operation
Author(s):Petersen, Max S.; Arthur Lakes Library; Russell L. and Lyn Wood Mining History Archive; United States. Bureau of Mines
Date:1946-09
The first iron ore in the Lake Superior region was found on the site of the Jackson Mine, leading to discoveries of the extensive Lake Superior iron ore deposits in the Marquette Range. The Jackson pit mine was opened in ...
Cambria-Jackson Mine cars
Author(s):Petersen, Max S.; Arthur Lakes Library; Russell L. and Lyn Wood Mining History Archive; United States. Bureau of Mines
Date:1946-09
The first iron ore in the Lake Superior region was found on the site of the Jackson Mine, leading to discoveries of the extensive Lake Superior iron ore deposits in the Marquette Range. The Jackson pit mine was opened in ...
Switchboard in hoist room, Eureka Mine
Author(s):Petersen, Max S.; Arthur Lakes Library; Russell L. and Lyn Wood Mining History Archive; United States. Bureau of Mines
Date:1945-01
The Eureka Mine was an underground iron mine near Ramsey, Michigan in the Gogebic Range. The Mine opened in 1890. It was consolidated with the Asteroid Mine in 1926 and other properties were added later. The Eureka deposits ...
Hiawatha #1 Mine, scraper hoist operator
Author(s):Petersen, Max S.; Arthur Lakes Library; Russell L. and Lyn Wood Mining History Archive; United States. Bureau of Mines
Date:1945-06
The image shows a miner operating a scraper hoist, used to pull a scraper that moves ore or rock underground at the Hiawatha Mine. The Hiawatha #1 Mine near Stambaugh, Michigan was operated by the M. A. Hanna Company. The ...
Sullivan compressor, Eureka Mine
Author(s):Petersen, Max S.; Arthur Lakes Library; Russell L. and Lyn Wood Mining History Archive; United States. Bureau of Mines
Date:1945-01
The compressor compressed air to power machines in the mine. The Eureka Mine was an underground iron mine near Ramsey, Michigan in the Gogebic Range. The Mine opened in 1890. It was consolidated with the Asteroid Mine in ...
North Star Granite Corp. Red quarry, miner using horizontal bar for channel drilling
Author(s):Petersen, Max S.; Arthur Lakes Library; Russell L. and Lyn Wood Mining History Archive; United States. Bureau of Mines
Date:1946-04
A quarryman uses a horizontal bar for channel drilling at the Red quarry of the North Star Granite Corporation.