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Caterpillar loader
Date: May 25, 1948
Caterpillar loader chassis being landed at bottom of a shaft at the Westside mine, Kansas, possibly operated by the Eagle Picher Lead Co.
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Blasting at Swalley Mine
Date: Between 1940 and 1960
View of two men setting explosives at Swalley Mine, possibly operated by the Eagle-Picher mining company.
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Custom mill
Date: Between 1900 and 1920
View of a custom mill at Brooks (Kansas ?).
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View in the Attie mine
Date: Between 1900 and 1920
Interior view of the Attie mine. Eagle-Picher mining company likely operated the mine.
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Miners
Date: Between 1900 and 1920
View of miners seated on rocks at the Bullfrog Mine in Chitwood (Missouri?). The Eagle-Picher mining company likely operated the mine.
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Ideal Mining Company, mill no.1
Date: Between 1900 and 1920
View of the Ideal Mining Co., Mill No.1 built by Wigginton & Milton contractors
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Lead and zinc mine
Date: Between 1900 and 1920
View of a lead and zinc mine built by Wigginton & Milton, contractors.
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Coal stripping shovel
Date: Between 1940 and 1960
Postcard of a coal stripping shovel in south-eastern Kansas.
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Coal miner
Date: 1940s or 1950s
View of a coal miner at work with a pick and lantern. The location of the mine is unknown.
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Boiler into Trent mine
Date: Between 1900 and 1920
View of men with two tractors hauling a boiler into the Trent mine. The location is likely the Tri-state mining district of Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma, but exact location is…
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Netta Mine, Trolley-type electric locomotive
Date: Between 1940 and 1960
Trolley-type electric locomotive at Netta Mine in the early days (no hard hats), posssibly owned by the Eagle Picher Lead Co.
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Drag loader
Date: Between 1940 and 1960
View of a drag loader in operation showing water sprays to control dust useful in final cleanup of mines, possibly owned by the Eagle Picher Lead Co. Probably in the…
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Re-assembling a truck underground
Date: Between 1940 and 1960
View of men re-assembling a truck underground at the Grace Walker Mine, probably in the tri-state mining district of southwestern Missouri, southeastern Kansas, and northeastern Oklahoma, and possibly owned by…
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Lorain Shovel Loading 15-2 Truck
Date: Between 1940 and 1960
View of a Lorain Shovel Loading 15-2 Truck at the Westside Mine, probably in the tri-state mining district of southwestern Missouri, southeastern Kansas, and northeastern Oklahoma, and possibly owned by…
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Eagle Picher miners
Date: Between 1900 and 1919
View of Eagle Picher Lead Co. miners before hard hats were required, probably in the tri-state mining district of southwestern Missouri, southeastern Kansas, and northeastern Oklahoma.
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Mule pulling a cart of coal
Date: Between 1910 and 1930
View of a mule pulling a cart of coal, probably in the tri-state mining district of southwestern Missouri, southeastern Kansas, and northeastern Oklahoma, and possibly showing operations owned by the…
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Running rock drill
Date: Between 1940 and 1960
View of a running rock drill mounted on drill post, probably in the tri-state mining district of southwestern Missouri, southeastern Kansas, and northeastern Oklahoma, and possibly owned by the Eagle…
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Central Mill and tailing pile
Date: Between 1940 and 1960
View of a central mill and tailing pile, probably in the tri-state mining district of southwestern Missouri, southeastern Kansas, and northeastern Oklahoma, and possibly owned by the Eagle Picher Lead…
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Track mounted crawler drill
Date: Between 1940 and 1960
View of a track mounted crawler drill jumbo, probably in the tri-state mining district of southwestern Missouri, southeastern Kansas, and northeastern Oklahoma, and possibly owned by the Eagle Picher Lead…
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B.T. Parkhurst
Date: Between January 01, 1860 and December 31, 1865
Portrait of B.T. Parkhurst a member of the 5th Kansas Cavalry.
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Section gang replacing railroad ties
Date: Between 1900 and 1919
Members of a section gang, four of whom are using tie pullers, who are replacing railroad ties on a section of track.
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Shelterbelt project in Reno County
Date: 1944
This photograph, taken by Joseph Stoeckeler in 1944, is of a shelterbelt in northwest Reno County, Kansas, constructed in 1937. Shelterbelts, planted in the late 1930s, consisted of various heights…
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Main Street, Elkhart, Kansas
Date: Between 1940 and 1949
This photo shows a view of Main Street with business buildings and automobiles, Elkhart, Kansas
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Street scene, Elkhart, Kansas
Date: 1916
This photograph shows wagons and automobiles on a business street in Elkhart, Kansas.
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Telephone office, Dorrance, Kansas
Date: November 6, 1909
View of two women operators in a telephone office in Dorrance, Russell County, Kansas. Also visible are a telephone switch board, clocks, calendars, a bear-and-hunter cast iron piggy bank, an…