North Country At Work

Portrait of miners, seated on slope of pit. Benson Mines, NY. Circa 1910. Institution is the Adirondack Experience.

At work in the Benson Mines gravel pit. Circa 1900. Benson Mines, NY.

Tailings pile at the Benson mine. Writing on photo reads “building a mountain, of waste. Benson-Mines, N.Y.” Circa 1910. Benson Mines, NY.

People at work in the Benson mines pit. Writing on photo reads “A mountain of ore – Benson Mines, N.Y.” Circa 1910. Benson Mines, NY.

Portrait of Jones & Laughlin Steel Co. miners. Top row from left: Harry Cooper, Howard Christian, Carl Christian, Basil Cooper, Claude LaPlanty. Bottom row from left: Milton Rice, George

Workers fill ore cars at the mine pit. Chunks of rock are being ferried out in rail carts. 1910. Benson Mines, NY. (I removed Jones and Laughlin name as it was not owned by them until abt 1940.)

Loaded cars on Delaware & Hudson railroad in front of unknown mine operations. Circa 1930s. Unknown location in Clinton County. Clinton County Historical Association. Brewer Collection.

Delaware & Hudson railroad in front of buildings at a mine. Circa 1920s. Unknown location in Clinton County. Clinton County Historical Association. Brewer Collection.

Two workers posing at mining mill site. Circa 1920s. At unknown location in Clinton County. Clinton County Historical Association. Brewer Collection.

Mose Garrow loading broken ore into tram cars with Eimco-Finley air shovel at 2113 feet below ground. Lyon Mountain Mine was operated by Republic Steel. Circa late 1940s. Lyon Mountain, NY. Courtesy of Lyon Mountain Mining and Railroad Museum.