Miner using a winch system to operate a drag scraper to bring ore to a loading point. From the Patrick Farrell Mining Photograph Collection. Essex County, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.
Seven miners pose by an ore car in the Joker Mine, operated by the Republic Steel Corporation in Mineville. This mine was in operation between 1900 and 1915. Circa 1907. Mineville, NY.
Two men drilling in the Joker Mine, operated by the Republic Steel Corporation in Mineville. This mine was in operation between 1900 and 1915. The workers are using a Model 23 Jackhammer. Circa 1907. Mineville, NY.
A narrow gauge rail with engine and ore carts operating in Pit #2 at Barton Mines. Circa 1925. North River, 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.
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.
The Farrell crusher, a piece of heavy mining equipment, being transported over a corduroy road (perhaps during springtime). The corduroy road was a common (temporary) transportation solution—built from small logs laid in parallel rows on top of soft ground. The sledge on which the crusher sits would be pulled along the corduroy road by a […]
Two men in the interior of a creamery or dairy processing factory. A large wooden churn is visible on lower left. Noted on the back: Jerome B. & F. Farmer in the factory as it used to be when making butter only. Jerome and Frank Farmer were brothers-in-law. They bought the Long Rapids Butter Factory […]
Margaret Hawthorn works at the upper lock on the Saranac River as a lock tender from mid-May to mid-September. It’s a small lock – only a 2.5 foot drop. It’s also hand operated, because there’s no electricity. Listen to Margaret’s story here.
Men load logs onto flatbed train cars using a coal-fired Barnhart steam loader mounted on a flatcar. Logs in the foreground, Red Onion Boarding House and horse barn in the background. 1900- 1920. Newton Falls, NY.
