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1. Chandler Iron Mine, Ely, Minnesota

Creator:
Newton, George A.
Date Created:
1888
Description:
Chandler mine second mine to ship from Vermilion iron range; underground mining; miners; diamond drilling; equipment
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

2. Chandler Mine, Ely, Minnesota

Creator:
Newton, George A.
Date Created:
1885?
Description:
Vermilion iron range underground mining; headframe; miners and equipment; part of Chandler mine at Ely Minnesota
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

3. Dump at Chandler Mine, Ely, Minnesota

Creator:
Newton, George A.
Date Created:
1885?
Description:
Vermilion iron range underground mining; dump at Chandler mine Ely; miners; equipment
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

4. Group of miners, Near Ely, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890 - 1899
Description:
Miners are wearing helmet lanterns lit with a single candle. They pose outside of a hoist leading to an underground mine. Note the teenage boy holding jackhammer and young boy with two hammers in his hand.
Contributing Institution:
Lake County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

5. Iron mining operation's tramway, Ely, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890 - 1910
Description:
Head frame for iron mine (possibly Pioneer Mine).
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

6. Iron ore mine loading pocket, Ely, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890 - 1910
Description:
Clear view of the shaft tower, loading pocket, and tramway and the nearby engine house and boiler house.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

7. Loading pocket and tramway, Ely, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890 - 1910
Description:
Men can be seen both on top and down below.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

8. Oliver Iron Mining Company Mapbook, Mesabi and Vermilion Iron Ranges, Minnesota

Creator:
Oliver Iron Mining Company; United States Steel Corporation
Date Created:
1928
Description:
1928 mapbook featuring both open pit and underground mining operations on the Mesabi and Vermilion Iron Ranges of Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Atlases

9. Oliver Iron Mining Company, Pioneer Mine, Shaft A, Ely, Minnesota

Creator:
McKenzie, Hugh, 1879-1957
Date Created:
1915?
Description:
Exterior view of the Pioneer Mine.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

10. Pioneer Mine "B" Shaft, Ely, Minnesota

Date Created:
1899 - 1967
Description:
The Pioneer Mine was the largest and longest lasting of the five Ely mines. It closed on April Fool's Day 1967. It had two operating shaft structures with the "A" shaft still in existance as part of the Pioneer Mine Heritage complex.
Contributing Institution:
Ely-Winton Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

11. Pioneer Mine, Ely, Minnesota

Date Created:
1899 - 1967
Description:
This view of the Pioneer Mine shows ore cars being loaded with iron ore.
Contributing Institution:
Ely-Winton Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

12. Pioneer Mine Shaft A, Ely, Minnesota

Date Created:
1911
Description:
Pioneer Mine, featuring 'A' shaft.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

13. Pioneer, Venus, Sibley, Savoy mines, Ely, Minnesota

Date Created:
1916?
Description:
View of open pit mining at contiguous mines on the Vermilion Range near Ely in northern Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Panoramas

14. Rail cars filled with iron ore, Ely, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890 - 1910
Description:
A building (a house?) can be seen in the background, with stacks of timber in the foreground.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

15. Residential area, possibly Ely, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890 - 1910
Description:
Buildings and private residences and what appears to be a boiler house in the background.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

16. Shaft B and power house at the Pioneer Mine, Ely, Minnesota

Creator:
McKenzie, Hugh, 1879-1957
Date Created:
1915?
Description:
Pioneer Mine shaft B and power house, Ely; Oliver Iron Mining Company
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

17. Shaft tower and loading pocket, Ely, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890 - 1910
Description:
Behind the piled iron ore, a mining location can be seen in the background.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

18. Shaft tower and loading pocket, Ely, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890 - 1910
Description:
Residential areas can be seen both to the left and the right in the background.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

19. Sibley Mine shaft house, Ely, Minnesota

Creator:
McKenzie, Hugh, 1879-1957
Date Created:
1915?
Description:
Sibley Mine shaft house, Ely
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

20. Sibley Mine shaft house, Ely, Minnesota

Creator:
McKenzie, Hugh, 1879-1957
Date Created:
1915?
Description:
Sibley Mine shaft house, Ely
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

21. Tower shaft, engine house, and boiler house, Ely, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890 - 1910
Description:
Tower shaft, engine house, and boiler house.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

22. Tramming ore in Pioneer 'A' underground mine, Ely, Minnesota

Date Created:
1905 - 1910
Description:
Pioneer 'A' underground iron mine, featuring iron miner sitting on ore car.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

23. Tramway, tower shaft, boiler house, and engine house, Ely, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890 - 1910
Description:
A man on a horse-drawn wagon can be seen in the foreground.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

24. Tramway, tower shaft, boiler house, and engine house, Ely, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890 - 1910
Description:
This may be tower shaft "A" at the Pioneer Mine.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

25. Underground mine on Vermilion Range, Ely or Tower, Minnesota

Creator:
McKenzie, Hugh, 1879-1957
Date Created:
1915?
Description:
main drift in an underground iron mine
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs
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