North Country At Work

A white horse pulling a loaded ore car deep within a graphite mine. Circa 1910. Hague, NY.

Miners at the Tupper Lake quarry, working up the face of a hill to load stone. Horse and cart on left. On right a team of men operate a steam drill to loosen more ore. Circa 1905. Tupper Lake, NY.  Photographer is Frank J. McCormick.

The garnet mines at Oven Mountain, operated by Barton Mines. Horses and carts wait to be filled with ore. Miners on upper tier are shoveling out material. Circa 1910. North River, NY.

Miners loading burlap bags of crushed rock, possibly garnet, into a cart pulled by a team of horses at Barton’s Mines. Circa 1900. North River, NY. Photo donated by John Dalaba Hitchcock to the Adirondack Experience: the Museum on Blue Mountain Lake.

Shot of the steam powered stone separator at Barton’s Old Mines. The ore was separated into various coarseness grades and dropped into the appropriate bin. In the foreground, a horse-drawn cart full of ore waits to have ore unloaded into the elevator that feeds the separator. Circa 1900. North River, NY.

Using horse drawn ore carts, men mine garnets in winter at Barton Mines. Workers, bundled up in winter clothing, shovel garnet ore into a two-wheeled cart pulled by a horse. Two other horses wait with a stone boat to pull more loads. Circa 1910. Barton Mines, North River, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.

Men posing with their horsedrawn wagons and automobiles outside Texaco Station. Circa 1918. Somewhere in Clinton County. Clinton County Historical Association. Brewer Collection.

Newcomb shoes a horse’s front foot, another man stands behind the horse. The horse is restrained in a frame built into the side of the building. Note that the hose also has its rear left leg raised, possibly mid-kick. Circa 1900. Long Lake, NY. Courtesy of the Town of Long Lake Archives.

Logs on a skidway at Brandreth Lake. Two men and a horse in the background. Date unknown. Long Lake, NY. Courtesy of the Town of Long Lake Archives.

Seven workers (three atop the logs, four on the ground) with a load of pulpwood around 20 feet high and 30 feet long. A single team of horses are hauling the load. Circa 1912. Unidentified location in the Adirondack Mountains. Courtesy of the Town of Long Lake Archives.