A panorama of the Alpena Mine in Virginia, Minnesota, shows the open pit mine in September of 1915 as it opened up the underground drifts. Both open pit and underground mining took place in the same time period.
Catenaries support the electric cable which powers ore cars (70-78). The cars were moved with a manned electric engine; no diesel or steam engines were used in this process. The Susquehanna was one of the first electrified mines on the Mesabi Iron Range.
Central corridor, depicting a barn and houses to right (thought to be numbers 143, 141, 139, 137) and to left (thought to be numbers 144, 142, 140, 138, 136).
Clam shell and tower with miners. The location of this photograph is unknown; but the Iron Range includes parts of the following Minnesota counties: Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake and St. Louis.
Open pit mine, featuring an iron miner beside a Sanderson Cyclone drill. The location of this photograph is unknown; but the Iron Range includes parts of the following Minnesota counties: Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake and St. Louis.
A conveyor belt used for loading ore cars. The location of this photograph is unknown; but the Iron Range includes parts of the following Minnesota counties: Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake and St. Louis.
A conveyor belt used for loading ore cars. The location of this photograph is unknown; but the Iron Range includes parts of the following Minnesota counties: Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake and St. Louis.
View of the D.M. & I.R. Ore Dock 6 in the Duluth Harbor. Moored at the dock are "D.M. Clemson" and an unidentified ore boat. Each ore boat has a bumboat beside it (a bumboat is a floating supply store). The Clemson is being loaded. Also in the photograph is Steam Locomotive 205.
A view from the D.M. & I.R. Duluth Dock 6 looking down the stacker tracks to the pellet stacker in operation. Shows the stacker and trailing conveyor between two piles of taconite pellets. The Lift Bridge is in the background.
D.M. & I.R. steam locomotive number 236 departing Rainy Junction Yard with a train of loaded ore cars. The Rouchelou plant is in the steam behind the locomotive.