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1. Steam Shovel at Oliver Mine on the Mesabi Range, Virginia, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890 - 1892
Description:
Image of a steam powered shovel sitting on a railroad track. Land is barren, multiple tracks cross the landscape. Town of Virginia extends beyond the boundaries of the mine, separated by a fence. Note the rows of iron ore cars in the background. Oliver Mining Company owned this mine.
Contributing Institution:
Lake County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

2. Iron King Mine, Virginia, Minnesota

Date Created:
1894
Description:
Iron King Mine, featuring facilities, railroad cars and mining equipment.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

3. Iron miners and drilling rig, Buhl, Minnesota

Date Created:
1895 - 1900
Description:
Early iron miners beside a drilling rig.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

4. Fayal Mine, Eveleth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1897 - 1901
Description:
Fayal Mine, featuring facilities, mining equipment and tree stumps.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

5. Side dump ore car at the Sparta Mine, Eveleth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1898
Description:
Ore car that can tilt sideways for easy dumping, used at the Sparta Mine.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

6. Crane moving mining equipment, Hibbing, Minnesota

Date Created:
1900 - 1914
Description:
A mining crane moving equipment.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

7. 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

8. Marion electric shovel, Biwabik, Minnesota

Date Created:
1912 - 1924
Description:
Marion type 37 electric shovel loading railroad cars.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

9. Marion electric shovel, Biwabik, Minnesota

Date Created:
1912 - 1924
Description:
Marion Type 37 electric shovel loading railroad cars.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

10. Marion shovel, Biwabik, Minnesota

Date Created:
1912 - 1924
Description:
Marion type 37 electric shovel operating at the iron mine in Biwabik.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

11. Bangor Mine, showing stokers in operation, Biwabik, Minnesota

Date Created:
1914-02-03
Description:
Bangor Mine, featuring boiler with stokers.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

12. Bangor Mine stokers installed on all boilers, Biwabik, Minnesota

Date Created:
1914-02-25
Description:
Bangor Mine, featuring boiler with stokers.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

13. Shaw Mine, Virginia, Minnesota

Creator:
Pederson, Bert O., 1874-1959
Date Created:
1917 - 1928
Description:
Shaw Mine, featuring steam shovels and railroad tracks.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

14. Mining facility, Hibbing, Minnesota

Date Created:
1918
Description:
Mining facility, featuring wooden tower.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

15. Mining facility in winter, Hibbing, Minnesota

Date Created:
1918
Description:
Mining facility in winter, featuring dump trestle and electric lines.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

16. Wide view of Spruce dump slide, Eveleth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1918-12-15
Description:
Wide view of Spruce dump slide.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

17. Negaunee Mine, Biwabik, Minnesota

Date Created:
1920
Description:
Negaunee underground iron mine, featuring eight iron miners standing beside an ore car.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

18. Corsica Mine pit dumps, Biwabik, Minnesota

Date Created:
1923
Description:
Corsica open pit mine, filled with water
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

19. Corsica Mine pit dumps, Biwabik, Minnesota

Date Created:
1923
Description:
Corsica Mine, featuring laborers loading railroad cars and water tower
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

20. Electric welder safety guard, Eveleth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1923
Description:
Electric welder safety guard.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

21. Summer maintenance at Spruce Mine, Eveleth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1923
Description:
Summer maintenance of open-pit paths at Spruce Mine.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

22. Summer maintenance of open-pit paths, Eveleth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1923
Description:
Summer maintenance of open-pit paths at Spruce Mine.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

23. Automatic switch at the Spruce stockpile, Eveleth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1923-01-05
Description:
Automatic switch (no. 4) at the Spruce stockpile.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

24. Automatic switch at the Spruce stockpile, Eveleth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1923-01-20
Description:
Automatic switch (no. 4) at the Spruce stockpile.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

25. Safety bracket for lamp chord, Leonidas, Minnesota

Date Created:
1923-01-26
Description:
Safety bracket for lamp chord, eliminating a tripping hazard.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

26. Warning ball on motor tram car, Eveleth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1923-02-28
Description:
Side view of warning ball on motor tram car in Fayal Mine.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

27. Miners watching a safety film, Leonidas, Minnesota

Date Created:
1923-06
Description:
Miners watching a safety film during noon break.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

28. Safety platform for cleaning skips, Spruce Mine, Eveleth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1923-06-01
Description:
Close-up view of safety platform for cleaning skips.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

29. Safety platform for cleaning skips, Spruce Mine, Eveleth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1923-06-01
Description:
Side view of safety platform for cleaning skips.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

30. Underground miners watching a midnight movie, Eveleth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1923-06-22
Description:
Underground miners watching a midnight movie at Spruce Mine.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

31. Corsica Mine, Biwabik, Minnesota

Date Created:
1923-07-09
Description:
Marion Model 300 steam shovel operating in Corsica Mine.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

32. First dipper falls at Corsica Pit Mine, Biwabik, Minnesota

Date Created:
1923-07-09
Description:
Marion Model 300 steam shovel operating in Corsica Mine.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

33. The 1st dipper falls at Corsica Pit Mine, Biwabik, Minnesota

Date Created:
1923-09-07
Description:
Marion Model 300 steam shovel operating in Corsica Mine.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

34. 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
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