The headframe, which raised and lowered the skips into the mine. A skip is similar to an elevator but on a 63 degree incline. There were two skips at the mine, one for people (the “manskip”) and one for ore (called the Chateaugay Iron). The manskip could drop miners off at different levels. Lyon Mountain […]
Men being lowered into the mine in a skip, which was like an elevator but on a 63 degree incline. There were two skips at the mine, one for people (the “manskip”) and one for ore (called the Chateaugay Iron). The manskip could drop miners off at different levels. The Lyon Mountain mine was owned […]
Aerial view of the National Lead Industries mines. Circa 1940s-1960s. Village of Tahawus in the town of Newcomb. Photo courtesy of the Town of Long Lake Archives. James Cooney of Long Lake used to work at National Lead as the chief fireman in the boiler room. Listen to his daughter Patty remember her father’s work […]
A steam train hauling ore. In the background are workhorses and cows and a steam shovel. Photo by Henry M. Beach. 1910. Hamilton County. Photo courtesy of the Adirondack Experience: the Museum on Blue Mountain Lake. For more on Henry M. Beach’s life and photography, check out our North Country at Work story on him.
Inside the Carbola plant, bagging talc powder based products. Circa 1910s. Natural Bridge, NY. Photo courtesy of the Town of Diana Historical Museum. For more information, check out our story on the Carbola Talc Plant.
Men harvest ice from the St. Lawrence River at South Bay. 1900. Thousand Island Park, NY. Photo courtesy of Tom French. Check out our story on harvesting ice from the St. Lawrence River.
Before the invention of modern refrigeration, ice was stored in warehouses along the Raquette River for use through the year. This crew from Cornell & Son watched for the weather conditions to be just right, toward the end of January, when the ice would snap and crack with a loud boom. Then, working night and […]
View of St. Lawrence Pyrites Company ore-concentration mill and the top house of Stella Mine No. 1 (left center). The mine provided sulphur ore for the mill, shown uphill on the right. Tailings pond in middle. Circa 1910-1920. Stellaville, town of De Kalb, NY.
New York Central Engine #1798 is posed with a train of ore cars ready to be unloaded into the processing mill. Circa 1910-1920. Stellaville in the Town of De Kalb, NY.
View of the St. Lawrence Pyrites Company ore-concentration mill and mining buildings. Engine house of Adirondack and St. Lawrence RR on right. Circa 1906-1910. Stellaville in the Town of De Kalb, NY.
