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.
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.
Image of a group of men posing for a photograph next to a hoist and derrick system. Man standing on deck tips a steel bucket into a large pile of iron ore. Identified as hoist at Shaft Number 3 at the Cincinnati Mine, first hoist on the Mesabi Range. Mine was owned by the Standard Ore Company of Duluth. Photograph shows the first bucked of ore hoisted from the site.