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1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. Timber shaft located 600 feet underground, Ely, Minnesota

Date Created:
1900
Description:
Two miners sitting in an underground timber shaft.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. White Iron Lake Iron Company's engine house, Ely, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890 - 1910
Description:
Its sign reads, "White Iron Lake Iron Co. / of Duluth, / Vermillion [sic] Iron Dist. / Sect 2, T [6]2, R 12."
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs
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