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R         Missouri.

620                  Historic mining photographs, ca. 1880s-1910s.

                                    110 views.

 

 

 

This is a collection of photographs concerning mining industries in Missouri, with an em­pha­sis on the Old Lead Belt of southeastern Missouri, and the Tri-State mining district centered on Joplin in Jasper County, Missouri.  The subjects include surface installations of various mines, mining equipment, mills, and general views of the mining areas.

 

SERIES 1

 

Number                  Location                                                Description

 

1-003                       unknown                               stone furnace and wooden frame building

1-004                       Missouri                                                Federal Lead Co. mine and mill

1-005                       unknown                               mine and mill

1-006                       unknown                               steam boiler and hoisting machinery

1-007                       unknown                               separating tables in mill

1-010                       unknown                               mine and mill

1-011                       unknown                               shaft head

1-012                       unknown                               mules turning hoisting windlass at mine

1-013                       Joplin                                     mine and mill buildings, aerial tramway

1-015                       unknown                               hoisting house and railroad loading dock

1-016                       unknown                               mine and mill

1-017                       unknown                               mine and mill

1-018                       Joplin                                     panorama of mining field

1-019                       unknown                               mine head and hoist house

1-022                       unknown                               aerial tramway

1-023                       unknown                               mine heads and elevated tramway

1-028                       unknown                               ruins of twin furnaces        

1-030                       unknown                               hoist house

1-031                       Joplin                                     crusher machinery

1-032                       unknown                               interior of separating mill

1-035                       unknown                               hoist house

1-036                       unknown                               miners operating hand-powered windlass

1-037                       unknown                               hoist house

1-038                       unknown                               interior view of mill or hoist house

1-040                       unknown                               steam drill with panoramic view of mine

                                                                                   in background

1-041                       unknown                               loading chutes and railroad cars

1-042                       Missouri                                coal mine head and railroad loading chutes

1-043                       Flat River                               mill at Flat River, Mo.

1-044                       Joplin                                     unidentified mine and hoist house at Joplin

1-045                       Joplin                                     miners and horse-powered windlass

1-046                       Joplin                                     mine head under construction

1-048                       unknown                               mine head and hoist house

1-049                       unknown                               mine head, hoist house, and water tank 

1-050                       unknown                               interior of mill with power shafts and belts

1-051                       unknown                               interior of equipment repair shop showing

                                                                                   small electric mining locomotive

1-054                       unknown                               mine head and hoist house

1-055                       unknown                               mine head, hoist house, and crusher

1-057                       unknown                               hoist house and tramway “MS Mining Co.”

1-059                       unknown                               steam prospecting drill and rock piles

1-060                       unknown                               mine head, railroad cars, and loading chutes

1-061                       unknown                               mine head and hoist house

1-062                       unknown                               mine head, hoist house, crusher, and tracks

1-063                       unknown                               mine head, boiler house, loading chute car

1-064                       Missouri                                                mine head and railroad cars at coal mine

1-065                       Flat River                               mine head, hoist house and boiler room,                                                                                                         waste rock piles, mine water pond, steam

                                                                                   locomotive and cars

1-066                       unknown                               mine head

1-067                       Flat River [?]                         mine loading chutes, and electric railroad track

1-068                       unknown                               mine head, hoist house, and piles of waste rock

1-069                       unknown                               mine head, hoist house, and boiler house

1-070                       Flat River [?]                         mine head and boiler house

1-071                       Flat River                               mine head, hoist house, loading chutes, and railroad

                                                                                   cars

1-072                       Flat River                               mine head and railroad track

1-073                       Flat River                               mine head, hoist house, and railroad track

1-076                       unknown                               mine head and hoist house

1-077                       Flat River                               mine head and hoist house with aerial tramway

1-078                       unknown                               mine head and hoist house

1-079                       unknown                               mine head and horse-powered windlass

1-092                       unknown                               group of unidentified miners

1-103                       unknown                               interior view of mill [?]

1-106                       unknown                               casting sheds [?] and railroad cars

1-107                       unknown                               unidentified smelter [?]

1-108                       unknown                               mine and mill

1-109                       unknown                               water tank, railroad track, and buildings

                                                                                   [Herculaneum, Mo.?]

1-110                       unknown                               unidentified mine buildings [roasting furnaces?]

1-111                       unknown                               brick kiln

1-112                       unknown                               large mill

1-113                       unknown                               large mill and railroad track

1-114                       unknown                               interior of mill

1-115                       unknown                               interior of mill

1-116                       unknown                               interior of mill with power shafts and belting

1-117                       unknown                               interior of mill

1-118                       unknown                               sludge tank

1-120                       unknown                               interior of mill showing power shafts, belting, and

                                                                                  sorting tables

1-121                       unknown                               interior of mill showing sludge tanks

1-122                       unknown                               interior of unknown factory building

1-126                       unknown                               steam prospecting drill

1-129                       unknown                               interior of furnace house

1-130                       unknown                               interior of furnace house

 

 

                                                [Continued on next page.]

 

 

 

 

SERIES 2

 

Number                  Location                                                Description

 

Southeast Missouri

 

2-001                       Doe Run                                Doe Run Lead Co. Flat River Shaft No. 2

2-002                       Doe Run                                Doe Run Lead Co., Tables & Harz Jigs

2-003                       Doe Run                                Doe Run lead Co. Mill

2-004                       Doe Run                                Calcining or Roast Furnaces

2-005                       Doe Run                                F. P. Graves residence, Doe Run

2-006                       Doe Run                                “F. P. Grave’s ‘Cabinet & Collection’ Doe Run, Mo.

                                                                                   Minerals, Fossils, Mound Builders Relics, Indian

                                                                                   Relics, War Relics, Old Curiosities, Coins, Ancient

                                                                                   Curios, Autographs, Stamps, &c. &c.”

2-007                       Doe Run                                as above, different view

2-008                       Doe Run                                as above, different view

2-009                       Iron County                          Stearn Drill, Missouri Granite Co.

2-010                       Madison County                  Blacksmith’s Shop--Catherine Lead Co.

2-011                       Mine La Motte                     “Crusher Mine La Motte New Mill”

2-012                       Washington County           “From R. F. Smith’s mines at Palmer, west of Potosi

                                                                                   in Washington County.  Photographed by Mrs.

                                                                                   M. E. Black.”

Southwest Missouri

 

2-013                       Alba                                       Ore bin-Teddy “R” Mine

2-014                       Alba                                       Wheatley Shaft

2-015                       Alba                                       Carrie Mining Co.

2-016                       Aurora                                   Gold Dust Mine Sphalente Land

2-017                       Chitwood                               general view of Chitwood

2-018                       Chitwood-Joplin                   Jack Daw Mine

2-019                       Chitwood-Joplin                   Mandarin Co. Mine General view

2-020                       Duenweg                               R. J. Stevenson Mine

2-021                       Duenweg                               Mercantile Metal & Milling Co.

2-022                       Duenweg                               Mercantile Metal & Milling Co.

2-023                       [Jasper County?]                  “Old Shoe Mine.  One week before picture was taken

                                                                                   this mine cleaned $700.”

2-024                       Joplin                                     Red & Sons 

2-025                       Joplin                                     Turkey Foot Mine

2-026                       Joplin                                     Cleveland Mine

2-027                       Joplin                                     “Flynn & Co. one week old.  West Hollow, Joplin”

2-028                       Joplin                                     Bingo Mill & Shaft Mine, South Joplin

2-029                       Webb City                             Cave

2-030                       Webb City                             “Cave Ore at 40 Ft. Level”

2-031                       Webb City-Carterville         “Aylor & Leffingwell Jack Bin 450 Tons”

2-032                       Mudville                                Lenox Mining Co. [Phelps County?]

 

 

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