MORE MINING PHOTOS II
Gratiot Mine Hoist Michigan
Miners in mancar Osceola Mine Osceola , MI
Man Engine Quincy Mine Hancock, MI
Mass Mine C Shaft Mass, MI
Mohawk Mine Hoist Mohawk, MI
Quincy Mine Hancock, MI
Drilling in a Coeur d'Alene Region silver mine Idaho
Jackson Iron Mine Michgan
Drilling underground
Cobalt, Ontario
Ore wagons loading at ore bin at unidentified Arizona mine
Frisco Mill at Gem, Idaho after blown up July 11, 1892
Unidentified mine in Coeur d'Alene Region of Idaho
Miners in Butte, Montana
Tramway at unidentified mine in Colorado
Sunnyside Ore Mill near Eureka, CO
Underground in unidentified mine
Miners posing wearing oilwick lamps
Calumet Iron Mine near Salida, CO
Empire Mine Nevada City, CA
Robert E. Lee Mine at Leadville, CO
Underground working by candlelight
Underground in the Empire Mine Nevada City, CA
Ore wagons on the Main St. of Jerome, AZ
Miners with wood body ore car, notice wood rails
Working the beach sands at Nome Alaska
Gold Miners, Alaska.
Commodore Mine No.3 Creede, CO
Revenue Ore Mill at Sneffels, above Ouray, CO
Driver Boys underground in West Virginia Coal Mine
United Pocahontas Coal Co. Crumpler, McDowell CO. WV
Underground Burke, Idaho
Hecla Mine at Burke, Idaho
Hydraulic Mining in Idaho
Hercules Mine & Mill At Burke, Idaho
Horse powered whim
Mules pulling ore cars underground
Hoistman Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co.
MechanicalCoal Loader
Notice the 3 UMWA Working Buttons on the Miners' Cap
Hand augering holes for explosive charges
Spragging wheels on coal cars
Electric Mine Locomotive
Hoisting a loaded coal car
Miner crimping a blasting cap with his teeth
Miners going underground for a shift
Mine Rescue Team wearing Draeger Model 1910/11 Breathing Appartus, Hudson Coal Co.
40 years in the coal mines and still working
Miners barring down slate at the working face, Hudson Coal Co.
Miners working a low coal seam, Hudson Coal Co.
Bending Mine Rail
Electric Mine Locomotive, Hudson Coal Co.
Mule with coal cars, notice the protective cap on the mule's head
Three generations of coal miners, Hudson Coal Co.
Preparing to hoist a coal car to the surfaceHudson Coal Co.
Shift change, Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co.
Fire Boss testing for methane gas
Miners waiting to go underground, Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co.
Hand augering a hole for a blasting charge
Slate picking, Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co.
Up from an underground shift, Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co.
Miners picking up safety lamps at the Fire Boss' Office
Winona Copper Mine Winona, MI
Smuggler Union Mine, Tomboy Basin, near Telluride, CO
Liberty Bell and Smuggler Union Mines, Tomboy Basin, near Telluride, CO
Tilden Mine No. 9 & 10 Shafts
Drilling in the Tamarack Copper Mine MI
Minesota Mine near Rockland, MI
More original mining photos from my collection that give us an idea of the conditions under which these men worked.
