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 […]
Exterior shot of the company store in Benson Mines. Signs on the building advertise Furniture and Undertaking services, post office, American Seal paint, and dry goods and a millinery on the second floor. Several men in shirt sleeves are standing on the porch, and on the far right there appears to be someone in official […]
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.
Ice chunks harvested from the Grasse River are moved along a wooden chute and lifted using ropes into an ice house. Circa 1900. Canton.
Moving ice blocks cut from the Grasse River up a ramp, to be deposited and stored in an ice house. Circa 1900. Canton.
Ice harvesting on the Grasse River in Canton. Circa 1890s. Canton.
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 […]
