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R         Bumble Bee Mine (Joplin, Mo.).

389                  Photographs, ca. 1902‑1917.

                                    One folder.

 

 

 

These are photographs of the mill at the Bumble Bee Mine near Joplin in Jasper County, Mis­souri.  Included are views of the landowner, miners, buildings, tailings pile, and wagon loads of zinc ore being loaded on railroad cars.  The photographs have been copied on 35mm slides.

 

1. Bumble Bee Mine, ca. 1902‑1903

“A core of 6 hand jiggs [sic], 29 employees [sic] ‑‑ all hand work steam hoister (Free­man friction).”

(1) J. A. Stokes, superintendent; (2) D. D. Stokes, water boy; (3) Jim Stokes; (4) Harry Shoemaker, ground boss helper; (5) Curt Shoemaker, hoisterman; (6) Johnny Comp­ton, screen man; (7) E. B. Shoemaker, land owner; (8) Tom Adams, ground boss; (9) unidentified.

 

2. Bumble Bee Mine, ca. 1902‑1903

“Hand Jig Operation of Cleaning the Ore”

Mr. Mahan hauling zinc to railroad car; D. D. and Jim Stokes; Harry Shoemaker; J. A. Stokes; Curt Shoemaker, hoisterman; E. B. Shoemaker, owner of land.

 

3. Bumble Bee Mine Mill #1, ca. 1904‑1910

“Jack Bin & Tailing Pile   North Side of Mill   Money Panic Year ‑‑ banks issued scrip that was used for money”

 

4. Bumble Bee Mine Mill #1, ca. 1906‑1910, South Side of Mill

(1) Henry Fuller; (2) Jim Odom; (3) Dan Stokes; (4) D. D. Stokes; (5) Jim Stokes (6) J. A. Stokes; (7) Harry Shoemaker; (8) Fred Hudleston; (9) Curt Shoemaker; (10) Sid Sneed; (11) George Long.

 

5. Bumble Bee Mine Mill #2, 1916

Jim Stokes; Paul Stokes; J. A. Stokes; Joe Meyers; Jim Leakey.

 

6. Bumble Bee Mine Mill #2, 1917

“Loaded 5 cars per week when picture was taken”

“Wagon load of zinc being weighed to unload on railroad car”

“My 1915 Model T Ford”

“D. D. & J. A. Stokes”

 

7. Bumble Bee Mine, Joplin, Missouri, n.d.

 

 

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