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1. United States Steel mill, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1956?
Description:
Aerial view of the Duluth steel plant complex.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

2. Spruce Mine, Eveleth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1950?
Description:
Aerial view of Spruce open pit iron ore mine with roads, equipment, and buildings.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

3. Shenango Mine, Chisholm, Minnesota

Date Created:
1950?
Description:
Aerial view of Shenango open pit iron ore mine with roads, equipment, and buildings.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

4. Soudan Mine, Safety First, Soudan, Minnesota

Date Created:
1950 - 1962
Description:
Underground miners posing in front of a safety first display near the headframe.
Contributing Institution:
Soudan Underground Mine State Park
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

5. Oliver Iron Mining Company electric shovel, Hibbing, Minnesota

Date Created:
1945?
Description:
A Bucyrus Erie 170-B electric shovel stripping ore in an open pit mine on the Mesabi Iron Range.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

6. Soudan Mine underground driller, Soudan, Minnesota

Date Created:
1942-06-25
Description:
Two drillers working on compressed air drills underground at Soudan Mine.
Contributing Institution:
Soudan Underground Mine State Park
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

7. Soudan Mine underground driller, Soudan, Minnesota

Date Created:
1942-06-25
Description:
Driller working on Sullivan drill at Soudan Mine
Contributing Institution:
Soudan Underground Mine State Park
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

8. Soudan Mine tugger operator, Soudan, Minnesota

Date Created:
1942-06-25
Description:
Richard Tuominen, operating a tugger at Soudan Mine.
Contributing Institution:
Soudan Underground Mine State Park
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

9. Soudan Mine tugger operator at the controls, Soudan, Minnesota

Date Created:
1942-06-25
Description:
John Strom, tugger operator, moves ore around the stope at Soudan Mine.
Contributing Institution:
Soudan Underground Mine State Park
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

10. Soudan Mine tram operator, Soudan, Minnesota

Date Created:
1942-06-25
Description:
Frank A. Oblak, motorman, taking a load of iron ore to the shaft at Soudan Mine
Contributing Institution:
Soudan Underground Mine State Park
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

11. Soudan Mine timberman Charles Konu, Soudan, Minnesota

Date Created:
1942-06-25
Description:
Charles Konu, timberman, hoisting big timber into place at Soudan Mine.
Contributing Institution:
Soudan Underground Mine State Park
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

12. Soudan Mine timberman Arnold Myllysilta, Soudan, Minnesota

Date Created:
1942-06-25
Description:
Arnold J. Myllysilta, timberman, hoisting timber into place at Soudan Mine.
Contributing Institution:
Soudan Underground Mine State Park
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

13. Soudan Mine scraper and miner, Soudan, Minnesota

Date Created:
1942-06-25
Description:
Ray Lempia or Dick Lillya inspecting a scraper underground at Soudan Mine.
Contributing Institution:
Soudan Underground Mine State Park
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

14. Soudan Mine ore loader step two, Soudan, Minnesota

Date Created:
1942-06-25
Description:
Joseph Tanko getting ready to dump the ore from the Eimco loader into the awaiting ore car at Soudan Mine
Contributing Institution:
Soudan Underground Mine State Park
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

15. Soudan Mine ore loader step one, Soudan, Minnesota

Date Created:
1942-06-25
Description:
Joseph Tanko operating an ore loader, known as an Eimco loader, at Soudan Mine.
Contributing Institution:
Soudan Underground Mine State Park
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

16. Soudan Mine drill sharpener, Soudan, Minnesota

Date Created:
1942-06-25
Description:
Jack A. Zollar, drill sharpener in the drill shop, at Soudan Mine.
Contributing Institution:
Soudan Underground Mine State Park
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

17. Soudan Mine drill bit tempering, Soudan, Minnesota

Date Created:
1942-06-25
Description:
Edwin J. St. Vincent drawing drill bits from the tempering tank in the drill shop at Soudan Mine.
Contributing Institution:
Soudan Underground Mine State Park
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

18. Soudan Mine, drifter drill work, Soudan, Minnesota

Date Created:
1942-06-25
Description:
Elmer Sundstrom operating a drifter drill at Soudan Mine.
Contributing Institution:
Soudan Underground Mine State Park
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

19. Soudan Mine, diamond core drill, Soudan, Minnesota

Date Created:
1942-06-25
Description:
John Antilla operating an electric core diamond drill machine at the Soudan Mine.
Contributing Institution:
Soudan Underground Mine State Park
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

20. Soudan Mine, chuteman Bernard L. Laugen, Soudan, Minnesota

Date Created:
1942-06-25
Description:
Bernard L. Laugen, chuteman, unclogging the chute, so he can load the ore cars at Soudan Mine.
Contributing Institution:
Soudan Underground Mine State Park
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

21. Soudan Mine, blasting preparations splitting Fuses, Soudan, Minnesota

Date Created:
1942-06-25
Description:
John Nikunen splitting fuse in preparation for blasting at Soudan Mine.
Contributing Institution:
Soudan Underground Mine State Park
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

22. Soudan Mine, blasting preparations packing explosives, Soudan, Minnesota

Date Created:
1942-06-25
Description:
William Maki loading holes preparatory to blasting at Soudan Mine.
Contributing Institution:
Soudan Underground Mine State Park
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

23. Soudan Mine, Barman Rudy Johnson, Soudan, Minnesota

Date Created:
1942-06-25
Description:
Rudy Johnson barring the back (ceiling) for loose chunks at Soudan Mine.
Contributing Institution:
Soudan Underground Mine State Park
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

24. Hull-Rust Mine, Hibbing, Minnesota

Date Created:
1940?
Description:
The Hull-Rust-Mahoning mine established in 1892 in Hibbing is one of the largest open pit iron ore mines in the world, with a 1.5 by 3.5 mile footprint and depths up to 600 feet. It supplied as much as a fourth of all the ore mined in the U. S. during its peak production during WWI and WWII.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

25. Stripping operation at Hanna Mining: loading the truck, Minnesota

Date Created:
1940 - 1949
Description:
The overburden of waste rock and earth is removed then picked up with a Bucyrus Erie shovel and placed into this 20-25 ton mining haul truck in this Hanna Mining operation.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Museum of Mining
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

26. Stripping operation at Hanna Mining: dumping the load, Minnesota

Date Created:
1940 - 1949
Description:
A 20- to 25-ton mining haul truck loaded with overburden of waste rock and earth is dumped in this Hanna Mining operation.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Museum of Mining
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

27. Step 4 of testing an ore sample: Riffler in the mine lab, Minnesota

Creator:
Williams, J. Morley
Date Created:
1940 - 1949
Description:
Step 4 of 5 in a series of photographs depicting the process of testing an ore sample. In this step the crushed iron ore sample is dumped into the riffler to get a representative sample in the mine lab in step 4.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Museum of Mining
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

28. Step 5 of testing and ore sample: Ring stand and crucible, Minnesota

Creator:
Williams, J. Morley
Date Created:
1940 - 1949
Description:
Step 5 of 5 in a series of photographs depicting the process of testing an ore sample. In this step a ring stand and crucible are used to determine the chemical analysis of the iron ore sample in the mine lab in step 5.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Museum of Mining
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

29. Step 3 of testing and ore sample: Grinding the sample in the mine lab, Minnesota

Creator:
Williams, J. Morley
Date Created:
1940 - 1949
Description:
Step 3 of 5 in a series of photographs depicting the process of testing an ore sample. In this step the iron ore sample is ground through a 200-mesh screen in the mine lab in step 3.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Museum of Mining
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

30. Step 1 of testing and ore sample: Gathering ore sample for the mine lab from the ore train, Minnesota

Creator:
Williams, J. Morley
Date Created:
1940 - 1949
Description:
Step 1 of 5 in a series of photographs depicting the process of testing an ore sample. In this step an ore sample is gathered from the ore train for testing in the mine lab in step 1.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Museum of Mining
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

31. Step 2 of testing and ore sample: Crusher in the mine lab, Minnesota

Creator:
Williams, J. Morley
Date Created:
1940 - 1949
Description:
Step 2 of 5 in a series of photographs depicting the process of testing an ore sample. In this step the ore sample is dumped into the crusher in the mine lab in step 2.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Museum of Mining
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

32. Soudan Mine drill shop workers, Soudan, Minnesota

Date Created:
1939-02-01
Description:
Drill Shop interior at Soudan Mine where men are working, with 4 J-5 semi-auto Jackbit Grinders.
Contributing Institution:
Soudan Underground Mine State Park
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

33. Soudan Mine drill shop worker hardening bits in the furnace, Soudan, Minnesota

Date Created:
1939-02-01
Description:
Drill Shop interior at Soudan Mine. Harold E. Morcom working at the Tate-Jones furnace.
Contributing Institution:
Soudan Underground Mine State Park
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

34. Soudan Mine, close up of drill shop workers sharpening bits, Soudan, Minnesota

Date Created:
1939-02-01
Description:
Drill Shop interior at Soudan Mine where Harold E. Morcom, Frank L. Tekautz, and Louis J. Zuponsich are working with 4 J-5 semi-auto Jackbit Grinders.
Contributing Institution:
Soudan Underground Mine State Park
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

35. Preparing to blast by mixing ammonia fertilizer and diesel fuel, Minnesota

Date Created:
1935 - 1945
Description:
Blasters prepare the slurry of ammonia fertilizer and diesel fuel, without safety helmets in this 1940 photo.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Museum of Mining
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

36. Ore screening plant, Virginia, Minnesota

Creator:
Pederson, Bert O., 1874-1959
Date Created:
1935 - 1945
Description:
View of the iron ore screening plant, featuring water tower and automobiles.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

37. Stripping operation at the Webb Mine, Chisholm, Minnesota

Date Created:
1930 - 1949
Description:
Overburden of rock and earth is removed from the surface by the Oliver Mining Co. at the Webb Mine near Chisholm in preparation for mining iron ore.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Museum of Mining
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

38. Stringing electric cable at the Webb Mine near Chisholm, Minnesota

Date Created:
1930 - 1949
Description:
Electric cable for the electric shovel is laid at the Webb Mine, operated by Oliver Mining Co.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Museum of Mining
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

39. Missabe Mountain Mine, Virginia, Minnesota

Creator:
Pederson, Bert O., 1874-1959
Date Created:
1930 - 1949
Description:
View of the Missabe Mountain Mine, featuring shovel loading trucks and iron miners.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

40. View from the Mahoning Mine, Hibbing, Minnesota

Date Created:
1930 - 1939
Description:
Empty ore cars appear on the tracks of this view looking east from Mahoning Location. Track sections can be seen in the photo. A boring shaft appears on the horizon in the upper right.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Museum of Mining
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

41. Missabe Mountain mine, Virginia, Minnesota

Creator:
Pederson, Bert O., 1874-1959
Date Created:
1930 - 1939
Description:
Dump truck releasing its contents into an iron ore loading pocket, with train cars positioned underneath.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

42. Missabe Mountain mine, Virginia, Minnesota

Creator:
Pederson, Bert O., 1874-1959
Date Created:
1930 - 1939
Description:
Bird's-eye view of the Missabe Mountain mine.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

43. Missabe Mountain Mine, Virginia, Minnesota

Creator:
Pederson, Bert O., 1874-1959
Date Created:
1930 - 1935
Description:
Bird's eye view of the Missabe Mountain Mine, featuring train loaded with ore.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

44. Skip hoist used at Leonidas Mine, Eveleth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1926-06
Description:
Skip hoist used at Leonidas Mine.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

45. Oliver Iron Mining Company Men, Hibbing, Minnesota

Creator:
Gallagher, Louis Perry, Sr., 1875-1945
Date Created:
1926
Description:
Principals of the Oliver Iron Mining Company are frequently photographed at meetings and other gatherings.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

46. Spring switch used to keep main lines open, Eveleth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1923-12-24
Description:
Spring switch used at timber shafts and motor barns in order to keep main lines open at all times.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

47. Blasters shelter house, Eveleth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1923-12-24
Description:
Side view of blasters shelter house.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

48. Blasters shelter house, Eveleth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1923-12-24
Description:
Front view of blasters shelter house, with its door open.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

49. Hercules blasting machine, Eveleth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1923-12-10
Description:
Front view of Hercules blasting machine equipped with Yale lock.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

50. Hercules blasting machine, Eveleth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1923-12-10
Description:
Side view of Hercules blasting machine equipped with Yale lock.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs
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