Caption on photo reads: Mining engineers surveying a scram drift. Inside the mines owned and operated by Witherbees, Sherman, & Company until 1939; then, leased to and operated by Republic Steel until 1971. Circa 1940s. Mineville in the Town of Moriah, NY.
C: Caption on photo reads: Scraping a raise with an air slusher hoist. Inside the mines owned and operated by Witherbees, Sherman, & Company until 1939; then, leased to and operated by Republic Steel until 1971. Circa 1940s. Mineville in the Town of Moriah, NY.
Caption on photo reads: Mineville Plant – loading sized rock into railroad cars. Near the mines owned and operated by Witherbees, Sherman, & Company until 1939; then, leased to and operated by Republic Steel until 1971. Circa 1940s. Mineville in the Town of Moriah, NY.
Working on roof supports in Mineville mine. C: Caption on photo reads: Installing roof support in high ground, Don B Shaft. Inside the mines owned and operated by Witherbees, Sherman, & Company until 1939; then, leased to and operated by Republic Steel until 1971. Circa 1940s. Mineville in the Town of Moriah, NY.
Caption on photo reads: Raising ladders in an open stope. Inside the mines owned and operated by Witherbees, Sherman, & Company until 1939; then, leased to and operated by Republic Steel until 1971. Circa 1940s. Mineville in the Town of Moriah, NY.
C: Caption on photo reads: Mineville plant viewed from the top of “A” shaft headframe. Near the mines owned and operated by Witherbees, Sherman, & Company until 1939; then, leased to and operated by Republic Steel until 1971. Circa 1940s. Note tailings piles, including mound beyond buildings. Mineville in the Town of Moriah, NY.
Caption on photo reads: Inside the mines. Inside the mines owned and operated by Witherbees, Sherman, & Company until 1939; then, leased to and operated by Republic Steel until 1971. Circa 1940s. Mineville in the Town of Moriah, NY.
Caption on photo reads: Witherbee hamlet viewed from top of “A” shaft headframe. Near the mines owned and operated by Witherbees, Sherman, & Company until 1939; then, leased to and operated by Republic Steel until 1971. Note tailings pile beyond hamlet. Circa 1940s. Mineville in the Town of Moriah, NY.
Caption on photo reads: Drilling down holes in a stope with a jackhammer. Inside the mines owned and operated by Witherbees, Sherman, & Company until 1939; then, leased to and operated by Republic Steel until 1971. Circa 1940s. Mineville in the Town of Moriah, NY.
Caption on photo reads: William A Dukette drilling a raise with a Stoper drill. Inside the mines owned and operated by Witherbees, Sherman, & Company until 1939; then, leased to and operated by Republic Steel until 1971. Circa 1940s. Mineville in the Town of Moriah, NY.
