Miners drill a drift heading inside a mineshaft. Republic Steel Company mine. From the Patrick Farrell Mining Photograph Collection. Mineville, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.
View of the steel roof supports and the double rail tracks in the Don B. mine shaft at the Republic Steel Corporation mine. From the Patrick Farrell Mining Photograph Collection. Mineville, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.
Written on photo is: SULPHITE MILL. STOREHOUSE AND MILL. NEWTON FALLS, NY. The photo is an exterior shot of the sulfite mill, including a large smokestack. A horse drawn wagon and two men are in the foreground, in front of the mill. Sulfite was used to bleach paper in the manufacturing process. Newton Falls Paper […]
Seven Benson Mines employees pose on 70 Ton Bucyrus track mounted excavator. The 70 ton Bucyrus excavators were made famous for their use digging the Panama canal. Circa 1904-1910. Benson Mines, NY.
Written on photo: WHERE THE ORE IS CRUSHED, LARGEST ROLLER IN THE WORLD. BENSON MINES, NY. Pictured is a man standing next to railroad tracks. The tracks lead to the crusher. Ore car would drop the ore down into the crusher. To the left is the ore processing mill. Circa 1900-1910. Benson Mines, NY. Real […]
Exterior shot of the Benson Mines Magnetic Ore Concentrator. The sky is filled with smoke from the ore processing operations. A grist mill is situated in the foreground next to a raised railroad track used to bring iron ore into the plant. 1901. Benson Mines, NY. Real Photo Postcard by Henry M. Beach. Check out […]
A line of dump wagons in the gravel pit on the Casaw Farm. J. Lahey ran the pit. 1912. Saint Lawrence County.
The Empire Lead mine at Pierces Corners, an area in southwestern Macomb. Circa 1909-1910. Pierce’s Corners in the town of Macomb, NY.
Worker portrait of marble quarry workers (back row in their working clothes) and quarry management (front row in suits). Back row, workers left to right: Dave Bulger, Ed Martin, D.J. Whitney, Andy Johnson, Ed LePoint. Front row, owners: R. Ormiston, Morris Eckman, Lewis Eckman. (Note from Saint Lawrence County Historical Association: Ormiston was a Scottish […]
Workers cutting stone in Gouverneur. Electric powered, not steam powered equipment. Circa 1930s. Gouverneur.
