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1. United States Steel mill, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1956?
Description:
Aerial view of the Duluth steel plant complex.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

2. Spruce Mine, Eveleth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1950?
Description:
Aerial view of Spruce open pit iron ore mine with roads, equipment, and buildings.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

3. Shenango Mine, Chisholm, Minnesota

Date Created:
1950?
Description:
Aerial view of Shenango open pit iron ore mine with roads, equipment, and buildings.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

4. Soudan Mine, Safety First, Soudan, Minnesota

Date Created:
1950 - 1962
Description:
Underground miners posing in front of a safety first display near the headframe.
Contributing Institution:
Soudan Underground Mine State Park
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

5. Oliver Iron Mining Company electric shovel, Hibbing, Minnesota

Date Created:
1945?
Description:
A Bucyrus Erie 170-B electric shovel stripping ore in an open pit mine on the Mesabi Iron Range.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

6. Soudan Mine underground driller, Soudan, Minnesota

Date Created:
1942-06-25
Description:
Two drillers working on compressed air drills underground at Soudan Mine.
Contributing Institution:
Soudan Underground Mine State Park
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

7. Soudan Mine underground driller, Soudan, Minnesota

Date Created:
1942-06-25
Description:
Driller working on Sullivan drill at Soudan Mine
Contributing Institution:
Soudan Underground Mine State Park
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

8. Soudan Mine tugger operator, Soudan, Minnesota

Date Created:
1942-06-25
Description:
Richard Tuominen, operating a tugger at Soudan Mine.
Contributing Institution:
Soudan Underground Mine State Park
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

9. Soudan Mine tugger operator at the controls, Soudan, Minnesota

Date Created:
1942-06-25
Description:
John Strom, tugger operator, moves ore around the stope at Soudan Mine.
Contributing Institution:
Soudan Underground Mine State Park
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

10. Soudan Mine tram operator, Soudan, Minnesota

Date Created:
1942-06-25
Description:
Frank A. Oblak, motorman, taking a load of iron ore to the shaft at Soudan Mine
Contributing Institution:
Soudan Underground Mine State Park
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

11. Soudan Mine timberman Charles Konu, Soudan, Minnesota

Date Created:
1942-06-25
Description:
Charles Konu, timberman, hoisting big timber into place at Soudan Mine.
Contributing Institution:
Soudan Underground Mine State Park
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

12. Soudan Mine timberman Arnold Myllysilta, Soudan, Minnesota

Date Created:
1942-06-25
Description:
Arnold J. Myllysilta, timberman, hoisting timber into place at Soudan Mine.
Contributing Institution:
Soudan Underground Mine State Park
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

13. Soudan Mine scraper and miner, Soudan, Minnesota

Date Created:
1942-06-25
Description:
Ray Lempia or Dick Lillya inspecting a scraper underground at Soudan Mine.
Contributing Institution:
Soudan Underground Mine State Park
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

14. Soudan Mine ore loader step two, Soudan, Minnesota

Date Created:
1942-06-25
Description:
Joseph Tanko getting ready to dump the ore from the Eimco loader into the awaiting ore car at Soudan Mine
Contributing Institution:
Soudan Underground Mine State Park
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

15. Soudan Mine ore loader step one, Soudan, Minnesota

Date Created:
1942-06-25
Description:
Joseph Tanko operating an ore loader, known as an Eimco loader, at Soudan Mine.
Contributing Institution:
Soudan Underground Mine State Park
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

16. Soudan Mine drill sharpener, Soudan, Minnesota

Date Created:
1942-06-25
Description:
Jack A. Zollar, drill sharpener in the drill shop, at Soudan Mine.
Contributing Institution:
Soudan Underground Mine State Park
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

17. Soudan Mine drill bit tempering, Soudan, Minnesota

Date Created:
1942-06-25
Description:
Edwin J. St. Vincent drawing drill bits from the tempering tank in the drill shop at Soudan Mine.
Contributing Institution:
Soudan Underground Mine State Park
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

18. Soudan Mine, drifter drill work, Soudan, Minnesota

Date Created:
1942-06-25
Description:
Elmer Sundstrom operating a drifter drill at Soudan Mine.
Contributing Institution:
Soudan Underground Mine State Park
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

19. Soudan Mine, diamond core drill, Soudan, Minnesota

Date Created:
1942-06-25
Description:
John Antilla operating an electric core diamond drill machine at the Soudan Mine.
Contributing Institution:
Soudan Underground Mine State Park
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

20. Soudan Mine, chuteman Bernard L. Laugen, Soudan, Minnesota

Date Created:
1942-06-25
Description:
Bernard L. Laugen, chuteman, unclogging the chute, so he can load the ore cars at Soudan Mine.
Contributing Institution:
Soudan Underground Mine State Park
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

21. Soudan Mine, blasting preparations splitting Fuses, Soudan, Minnesota

Date Created:
1942-06-25
Description:
John Nikunen splitting fuse in preparation for blasting at Soudan Mine.
Contributing Institution:
Soudan Underground Mine State Park
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

22. Soudan Mine, blasting preparations packing explosives, Soudan, Minnesota

Date Created:
1942-06-25
Description:
William Maki loading holes preparatory to blasting at Soudan Mine.
Contributing Institution:
Soudan Underground Mine State Park
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

23. Soudan Mine, Barman Rudy Johnson, Soudan, Minnesota

Date Created:
1942-06-25
Description:
Rudy Johnson barring the back (ceiling) for loose chunks at Soudan Mine.
Contributing Institution:
Soudan Underground Mine State Park
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

24. Hull-Rust Mine, Hibbing, Minnesota

Date Created:
1940?
Description:
The Hull-Rust-Mahoning mine established in 1892 in Hibbing is one of the largest open pit iron ore mines in the world, with a 1.5 by 3.5 mile footprint and depths up to 600 feet. It supplied as much as a fourth of all the ore mined in the U. S. during its peak production during WWI and WWII.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

25. Stripping operation at Hanna Mining: loading the truck, Minnesota

Date Created:
1940 - 1949
Description:
The overburden of waste rock and earth is removed then picked up with a Bucyrus Erie shovel and placed into this 20-25 ton mining haul truck in this Hanna Mining operation.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Museum of Mining
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs
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