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Black Hills views--View of the famous Homestake Mines and the big mining town, Lead City, South Dakota

Black Hills views--View of the famous Homestake Mines and the big mini...

Bird's-eye view. No. 3. Public domain photograph of quarry, mining industry, miners, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Constructing frame for Mines Building, World's Fair, Chicago]

[Constructing frame for Mines Building, World's Fair, Chicago]

Photoprint by Frances Benjamin Johnston. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Construction; Exhibitions 1892.

School of Mines, University of Minnesota

School of Mines, University of Minnesota

Public domain photograph - historical image of Minnesota, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Festival Hill from western pavilion, German Bldg., and Palace of Mines and Metallurgy in the background, World's Fair, St. Louis, 1904

Festival Hill from western pavilion, German Bldg., and Palace of Mines...

H52261 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 5847. Public domain photograph of a landmark building, world heritage site, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Louisiana Purchase Exposition. Mines and Mining Building, Sunken Gardens and Liberal Arts Building.

Louisiana Purchase Exposition. Mines and Mining Building, Sunken Garde...

H54239 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph of monument, historic place, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Charming Cascade Gardens, south to Mines and Education Buildings, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, U. S. A. 1904.

Charming Cascade Gardens, south to Mines and Education Buildings, Loui...

H61019 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 8543. Public domain photograph of landscape view, nature, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Looking towards Vulcan, Palace of Mines and Metallurgy, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, Mo., U.S.A.

Looking towards Vulcan, Palace of Mines and Metallurgy, Louisiana Purc...

H62320 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by B.L. Singley. No. 15176. Public domain photograph of industrial revolution, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

BUREAU OF MINES - Public domain portrait photograph

BUREAU OF MINES - Public domain portrait photograph

A black and white photo of a group of men. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Colonial Mines Bathhouse, Smock, Fayette County, PA

Colonial Mines Bathhouse, Smock, Fayette County, PA

Significance: Constructed by the H.C. Frick Coke Company during the late 1910s expansion of the company's coal properties in the Connellsville and Klondike districts, this building originally served as a bath a... More

Bureau of Mines, Dept. of Int. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Bureau of Mines, Dept. of Int. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public dom...

Public domain photograph of people in office, interior, the 1910s-1920s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Alabama. Farmers during Great Depression. A black and white photo of a baseball game.

Alabama. Farmers during Great Depression. A black and white photo of a...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mrs. Herman Perry in her home at Mansfield, Michigan. She is the wife of an oldtime iron miner who worked in the mines before they were abandoned

Mrs. Herman Perry in her home at Mansfield, Michigan. She is the wife ...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Michigan, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Coal miner who has worked in mines since he was fourteen. Chaplin, Scotts Run, West Virginia

Coal miner who has worked in mines since he was fourteen. Chaplin, Sco...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of coal miners, workers, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a bunch of people in a truck, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a bunch of people in a truck, West Virginia...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of coal miners, workers, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Old lead mines here have been reopened, Creede, Colo. Creede for many years was "a ghost town," but has resumed the activities that made it an important lead producing center years ago, and is now producing much vitally needed metal for the war effort

Old lead mines here have been reopened, Creede, Colo. Creede for many ...

Public domain photograph of a mountain pass, mountains, nature, mountain range, view, landscape, rocks, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Pennsylvania: A black and white photo of two men. Great Depression

Pennsylvania: A black and white photo of two men. Great Depression

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More

Pennsylvania: A black and white photo of a man in a hat. Great Depression

Pennsylvania: A black and white photo of a man in a hat. Great Depress...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More

Butte, Montana. Anaconda Copper Mining Company. Some of the copper mines

Butte, Montana. Anaconda Copper Mining Company. Some of the copper min...

Public domain photograph - Montana Folklife collection, ethnography, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a truck parked in front of a building. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a truck parked in front of a building. Offi...

Actual size of negative is E (approximately 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi... More

Butte, Montana. Anaconda Copper Mining Company. Yardful of timber to be used in the copper mines

Butte, Montana. Anaconda Copper Mining Company. Yardful of timber to b...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s industrial development, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lucernemines Coke Works, Coal Tipple, 0.5 mile East of Lucerne, Lucerne Mines, Indiana County, PA

Lucernemines Coke Works, Coal Tipple, 0.5 mile East of Lucerne, Lucern...

Significance: The Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Company ovens at Lucerne is the most intact coke-processing complex of the historic Indiana County coal industry. Survey number: HAER PA-264-C Building/structure ... More

Superior Coal Mines, Well Casing, Horse Thief Canyon, South Superior, Sweetwater County, WY

Superior Coal Mines, Well Casing, Horse Thief Canyon, South Superior, ...

Significance: The well casing is located along the lower south slope of Horse Thief Draw about 1.7 miles northwest of the town of Superior. The casing consists of a section of steel pipe extending vertically i... More

Superior Coal Mines, Concrete Foundation, Horse Thief Canyon, South Superior, Sweetwater County, WY

Superior Coal Mines, Concrete Foundation, Horse Thief Canyon, South Su...

Significance: Structure W is a concrete foundation. The foundation is located along the south slope of Horse Thief Draw approximately 1/3 mile northwest of Superior. The foundation is rectangular in shape wit... More

Mill at Queen City Mines. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Mill at Queen City Mines. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Public domain photograph - historical image of Nevada, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentation project... More

Georgetown, noted for its rich silver mines

Georgetown, noted for its rich silver mines

No. 101. Part of series: Beauties of the Rocky Mountains. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture... More

Mines Experiment Station, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Campus, 56 East River Road, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN

Mines Experiment Station, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Campus,...

Significance: The Mines Experiment Station, rechristened the Mineral Resources Research Center in 1970, was established in Minneapolis in 1911 in conjunction with the University of Minnesota's School of Mines. ... More

Mines Experiment Station, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Campus, 56 East River Road, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN

Mines Experiment Station, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Campus,...

Significance: The Mines Experiment Station, rechristened the Mineral Resources Research Center in 1970, was established in Minneapolis in 1911 in conjunction with the University of Minnesota's School of Mines. ... More

U.S. Bureau of Mines, Helium Plants, Exell Helium Plant, Highway 287N, Masterson, Moore County, TX

U.S. Bureau of Mines, Helium Plants, Exell Helium Plant, Highway 287N,...

Significance: The advances in helium technology developed at the Amarillo plant were implemented at Exell, the U.S. Bureau of Mines' principal helium producer from 1945 to 1998. Exell was the last of the govern... More

DeLamar Mercur Mines Company, Golden Gate Mill, Ophir, Tooele County, UT

DeLamar Mercur Mines Company, Golden Gate Mill, Ophir, Tooele County, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a quarry, excavation or mining site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

DeLamar Mercur Mines Company, Golden Gate Mill, Ophir, Tooele County, UT

DeLamar Mercur Mines Company, Golden Gate Mill, Ophir, Tooele County, ...

Public domain photograph of a mountain pass, mountains, nature, mountain range, view, landscape, rocks, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

DeLamar Mercur Mines Company, Golden Gate Mill, Ophir, Tooele County, UT

DeLamar Mercur Mines Company, Golden Gate Mill, Ophir, Tooele County, ...

Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bureau of Mines Metallurgical Research Laboratory, Original Building, Date Street north of U.S. Highway 93, Boulder City, Clark County, NV

Bureau of Mines Metallurgical Research Laboratory, Original Building, ...

Significance: Building 200, as part of the Date Street Complex, was part of the Bureau of Mines Electrometallurgical Research Facility located in Boulder City. As such, it is within the designated Boulder City... More

Coal mines, Frances Benjamin Johnston collection

Coal mines, Frances Benjamin Johnston collection

View of coal breaker. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: Frances Benjamin Johnston, "Through the Coal Country with a Camera," Demorest's Family Magazine 27 (March 1892): 257-266.

Bureau of Mines Boulder City Experimental Station, Weigh Station, Date Street north of U.S. Highway 93, Boulder City, Clark County, NV

Bureau of Mines Boulder City Experimental Station, Weigh Station, Date...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Nevada, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gold mines of California!! W. R. Andrews, having just returned from California, after having spent several months in the mines and mountains of that interesting country will deliver a lecture at on day of 1849, upon the gold mines of California

Gold mines of California!! W. R. Andrews, having just returned from Ca...

2366 E 1 Jy 46.; Rec. 7-11-46.; $40.00; On verso: 2366 E 1 Jy 46. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Colle... More

Zinc mines, Franklin, N.J. - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Zinc mines, Franklin, N.J. - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Public domain photograph - New Jersey, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Salt mines, Frances Benjamin Johnston collection

Salt mines, Frances Benjamin Johnston collection

Men working in salt mine. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

General view of Greenwater, California, showing the world's greatest copper belt, mountains and mines

General view of Greenwater, California, showing the world's greatest c...

H86456 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; P. E. Larson; December 13, 1906. On front: "P.E. Larson Photos Goldfield." Possibly P.E. (Pear Edward) Larss, Klondike photographer and miner who changed his name... More

Main building, Michigan School of Mines [i.e. Michigan Technological University], Houghton, Mich.

Main building, Michigan School of Mines [i.e. Michigan Technological U...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Michigan, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gold mines, Bendigo, Vict., Australia - stereocsopic card

Gold mines, Bendigo, Vict., Australia - stereocsopic card

J246818 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 24247. Public domain photograph of landscape view, nature, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Electric drills preparing to blast rock, Thetford Mines, Quebec, Canada

Electric drills preparing to blast rock, Thetford Mines, Quebec, Canad...

Stereograph shows two men sitting on the ground with drills as two men stand watching. J284622 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 27337. Copyright by Keystone View Company.

Richer by $102,728 since 1934 when he became Sheriff of Harlan County, Ky. Washington, D.C., April 26. It took a little quick thinking today on the part of Sheriff Theodore R. Middleton, of Harlan County, as he was questioned by the Senate Civil Liberties Committee in regard to the weath he acquired since becoming sheriff in 1934. He admitted his wealth had increased $102,728 since taking over the job of sheriff three years ago. His new holdings included stock in coal mines, an $18,000 farm, a $25,000 business building, and coal lands. during this time he reaceived less than $5,000 per year salary, 4/26/1937

Richer by $102,728 since 1934 when he became Sheriff of Harlan County,...

A black and white photo of a man sitting at a desk. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a man wearing a hat and goggles, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of a man wearing a hat and goggles, Great Depr...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bohemian coal miners, now unemployed, since mechanization of mines, Jere, Scotts Run, West Virginia

Bohemian coal miners, now unemployed, since mechanization of mines, Je...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of coal miners, workers, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a man sitting on a porch, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a man sitting on a porch, West Virginia. Fa...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of coal miners, workers, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Picketing. Copper miners on strike waiting for scabs to come out of mines. Ducktown, Tennessee

Picketing. Copper miners on strike waiting for scabs to come out of mi...

Public domain photograph of life in the United States in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mining tiff is a dangerous and laborious occupation because tiff mines are never timbered and all mining is done by hand labor. Washington County, Missouri

Mining tiff is a dangerous and laborious occupation because tiff mines...

Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Copper miners on strike waiting for scabs to come out of mines. Ducktown, Tennessee

Copper miners on strike waiting for scabs to come out of mines. Duckto...

Public domain photograph of the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Butte, Montana. Anaconda Copper Mining Company. Working on contracts to determine pay for miners. The contract system is used in the Butte mines, where the minimum basic wage is six dollars and seventy-five cents daily

Butte, Montana. Anaconda Copper Mining Company. Working on contracts t...

Public domain photograph of 1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. Tin smelting. Tin ore just discharged from the crusher of a Southern smelter is stored in large stockpiles in readiness for further operations in the extraction of pure tin for the countless war needs of the United Nations. The raw ore is shipped in bags direct from mines in South Africa

Production. Tin smelting. Tin ore just discharged from the crusher of ...

Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Butte, Montana. Anaconda Copper Mining Company. Sharpening bits to be used in pneumatic drills in the copper mines

Butte, Montana. Anaconda Copper Mining Company. Sharpening bits to be ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory worker, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

Salvage. Scrap metal. Some of America's most important iron mines are located above ground, in the nation's junk yards. Every citizen can help to keep these mines from running out by selling them the scrap iron and steel which is as necessary as iron ore for making the tools of war. Location: a large New Orleans yard

Salvage. Scrap metal. Some of America's most important iron mines are ...

Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

War production drive. Anthracite rallies. The war is serious business to these representatives of the fighting and production fronts. Servicemen learned how hard coal is extracted from Eastern Pennsylvania mines at the anthracite rallies held September 28th through October 1st

War production drive. Anthracite rallies. The war is serious business ...

Public domain photograph of military personnel, army, militia, infantry, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Morenci, Arizona. Bulldozer operator at one of the open-pit copper mines of the Phelps Dodge mining corporation

Morenci, Arizona. Bulldozer operator at one of the open-pit copper min...

Picryl description: Public domain image of workers, labor, 1940s, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Mercury. Aerial tramway which carries mercury ore from mines at New Idria, California to a nearby extraction plant. Triple-distilled mercury is produced here by the New Idria Quicksilver Mining Company from cinnabar, an ore containing sulphur and mercury mined at a number of workings near the plant

Production. Mercury. Aerial tramway which carries mercury ore from min...

Public domain aerial photograph, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph of a tram car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

BethEnergy Mines Corporation, Mine 78C, Railroad Street, Elton, Cambria County, PA

BethEnergy Mines Corporation, Mine 78C, Railroad Street, Elton, Cambri...

Significance: Owned by the BethEnergy Mines Corporation, Mine 78C is one of several coal mines in Cambria County that were worked in concert with Bethlehem Steel Company's coke plants at Franklin and Rosedale i... More

St. Joachim's Church, Old Mines, Washington County, MO

St. Joachim's Church, Old Mines, Washington County, MO

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-168 Survey number: HABS MO-1129 Building/structure dates: 18q1 Initial Construction

Coleman House, Old Mines, Washington County, MO

Coleman House, Old Mines, Washington County, MO

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-168 Survey number: HABS MO-1726 Building/structure dates: ca. 1830 Initial Construction

Coleman House, Old Mines, Washington County, MO

Coleman House, Old Mines, Washington County, MO

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-168 Survey number: HABS MO-1726 Building/structure dates: ca. 1830 Initial Construction

Bureau of Mines Boulder City Experimental Station, Oil & Paint Storage Building, Date Street north of U.S. Highway 93, Boulder City, Clark County, NV

Bureau of Mines Boulder City Experimental Station, Oil & Paint Storage...

Significance: Building 900, as part of the Date Street Complex, was part of the Bureau of Mines Electrometallurgical Research Facility located in Boulder City. As such it is within the designated Boulder City ... More

Mines Experiment Station, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Campus, 56 East River Road, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN

Mines Experiment Station, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Campus,...

Significance: The Mines Experiment Station, rechristened the Mineral Resources Research Center in 1970, was established in Minneapolis in 1911 in conjunction with the University of Minnesota's School of Mines. ... More

Ernest Mines Railroad Bridge, Spanning McKee Run, at Ernest Mines Site, Ernest, Indiana County, PA

Ernest Mines Railroad Bridge, Spanning McKee Run, at Ernest Mines Site...

Significance: The Ernest Mines Railroad Bridge is an unusual modified Baltimore through truss structure, skewed to allow the rail line to cross McKee Run at an angle. Survey number: HAER PA-262

Murphy House, Old Mines, Washington County, MO

Murphy House, Old Mines, Washington County, MO

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

DeLamar Mercur Mines Company, Golden Gate Mill, Ophir, Tooele County, UT

DeLamar Mercur Mines Company, Golden Gate Mill, Ophir, Tooele County, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of ruins, historic place, landmark, classical architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Lucernemines Coke Works, 0.2 mile East of Lucerne, Lucerne Mines, Indiana County, PA

Lucernemines Coke Works, 0.2 mile East of Lucerne, Lucerne Mines, Indi...

Significance: The Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Company ovens at Lucerne is the most intact coke-processing complex of the historic Indiana County coal industry. Survey number: HAER PA-264 Building/structure da... More

Bureau of Mines Boulder City Experimental Station, Titanium Development Plant, Date Street north of U.S. Highway 93, Boulder City, Clark County, NV

Bureau of Mines Boulder City Experimental Station, Titanium Developmen...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Bureau of Mines Boulder City Experimental Station, Titanium Development Plant, Date Street north of U.S. Highway 93, Boulder City, Clark County, NV

Bureau of Mines Boulder City Experimental Station, Titanium Developmen...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a power station, dam, electric generator, industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

"Mills and mines." Part of the great Homestake works, Lead City, Dak.

"Mills and mines." Part of the great Homestake works, Lead City, Dak.

Bird's-eye view of mining factory, Homestake Works. Copyright deposit. Title transcribed from item. Forms part of the John C. H. Grabill Collection.

"Mills and mines." Part of the great Homestake works, Lead City, Dak.

"Mills and mines." Part of the great Homestake works, Lead City, Dak.

Bird's-eye view of mining factory, Homestake Works. Copyright deposit. Title transcribed from item. Forms part of the John C. H. Grabill Collection.

Petersburg, Virginia. Earthworks in front of Petersburg. (The 27 foot ditch at Fort Gilmer, Guard against Federal mines)

Petersburg, Virginia. Earthworks in front of Petersburg. (The 27 foot ...

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Placer Mining-- among the mines in Columbia Gulch, Tuolumne County

Placer Mining-- among the mines in Columbia Gulch, Tuolumne County

Public domain photograph of rural landscape, California, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Interior of Mines and Mining Building from South Gallery

Interior of Mines and Mining Building from South Gallery

Interior of the Mines and Mining Building while under construction at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago. 27791 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 22.

Pratt Coal & Coke Company, Pratt Mines, Convict Cemetery, Bounded by First Street, Avenue G, Third Place & Birmingham Southern Railroad, Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL

Pratt Coal & Coke Company, Pratt Mines, Convict Cemetery, Bounded by F...

Significance: This cemetery provides evidence of the exploitative nature of southern industry. By 1900, black workers formed 65% of the coal mining labor forces and 90% of convicts working at the Pratt Mines. ... More

Arbitraters at the Mines. Photo by Bain News Service collection

Arbitraters at the Mines. Photo by Bain News Service collection

Photo by Bain. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Formerly SPF - Strikes?

Diamond miners at the bottom of a great shaft at the Wesselton Mines, Kimberley, South Africa

Diamond miners at the bottom of a great shaft at the Wesselton Mines, ...

No. U-124693. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Military subjects. Soldiers on ship with mines

Military subjects. Soldiers on ship with mines

Public domain photograph of a ship in San Francisco harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

First witness as Monopoly Committee begins study of steel industry. Washington, D.C., Nov. 1. First witness before the Monopoly Committee today as it opened a study of $4,000,000,000 steel industry was Elton Hoyt, 11, Manager of the Picklands, Mather, and Co., Cleveland, Ohio, who described his company's operations as manager for ore mining and shipping companies in the Lake Superior District. Hoyt told the committee his company had assets of $28,000,000 and managed 21 mines in the area

First witness as Monopoly Committee begins study of steel industry. Wa...

A black and white photo of a man sitting at a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Committee on transfer of Bureau of Mines to Dept. of Commerce, [8/5/25]

Committee on transfer of Bureau of Mines to Dept. of Commerce, [8/5/25...

A group of men sitting around a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Loading buckets with asbestos rock, Thetford Mines, Quebec, Canada

Loading buckets with asbestos rock, Thetford Mines, Quebec, Canada

Stereograph shows a group of men at the mining site. Public domain photograph of Jerusalem, Palestine, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Parish House, Old Mines, Washington County, MO

Parish House, Old Mines, Washington County, MO

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-168 Survey number: HABS MO-1724 Building/structure dates: after 1820 Initial Construction

Sutro Tunnel Entrance, Comstock Mines vicinity, Dayton, Lyon County, NV

Sutro Tunnel Entrance, Comstock Mines vicinity, Dayton, Lyon County, N...

Survey number: HABS NV-10-1 Building/structure dates: 1869- 1888 Initial Construction

A black and white photo of a group of people. Great Depression FSA photogpraph

A black and white photo of a group of people. Great Depression FSA pho...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Bohemian miners (coal loaders) unemployed since mechanization of mines. Jere, West Virginia. They live together in one house with a woman housekeeper. All on relief. Spend most of their time fighting about politics. Call their dog "Hitler" because he's so mean and nasty. To the left is an outdoor oven for baking bread. Abandoned mining town

Bohemian miners (coal loaders) unemployed since mechanization of mines...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of coal miners, workers, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The "trip" coming out of the mines at the end of the day shift. Maidsville, West Virginia. This mine had many safety regulations. The men must be seated until motor is stopped and then the cars emptied, one by one

The "trip" coming out of the mines at the end of the day shift. Maidsv...

Public domain photograph of train depot, warehouse, railroad works, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a factory with smoke coming out of it, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of a factory with smoke coming out of it, Grea...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Tiff mines are crude holes in ground usually ten to fifteen feet deep. Washington County, Missouri

Tiff mines are crude holes in ground usually ten to fifteen feet deep....

Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Abandoned mines and mills in San Juan County, Colorado. The standing forests were lavishly cut in order to provide timber for these mines and mills

Abandoned mines and mills in San Juan County, Colorado. The standing f...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a quarry, excavation or mining site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The ledger of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Reitz, members of the Tri-County Farmers Co-op Market in Du Bois, Pennsylvania, showing income from market and wages from Daogherty's mines for period of January 13th to June 23rd

The ledger of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Reitz, members of the Tri-County Farm...

Public domain photograph of Pennsylvania in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Scene at Doughterty's Mines, a mine in a farm near Falls Creek, Pennsylvania

Scene at Doughterty's Mines, a mine in a farm near Falls Creek, Pennsy...

Public domain photograph of Great Depression, farm, farmer, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Store. Bisbee, Arizona. Phelps-Dodge practically owns this town: the mines, the principal mercantile company, the hospital and the hotel

Store. Bisbee, Arizona. Phelps-Dodge practically owns this town: the m...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of an industrial building, factory or warehouse, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Bingham Canyon, Utah. Building a trestle bridge at the open-pit mines of the Utah Copper Company

Bingham Canyon, Utah. Building a trestle bridge at the open-pit mines ...

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Production. Lead. Creede, Colorade where old lead mines have been reopened. Creede, for many years a "ghost town," has resumed the activities that made it an important lead-producing center years ago, and is now producing much metal vitally needed for the war effort

Production. Lead. Creede, Colorade where old lead mines have been reop...

Public domain photograph - United States during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. Mercury. Mercury extraction plant near mines at New Idria, California from which ore is secured. Triple-distilled mercury is produced here by the New Idria Quicksilver Mining Company from cinnabar, an ore containing sulphur and mercury mined at a number of workings near the plant

Production. Mercury. Mercury extraction plant near mines at New Idria,...

Public domain photograph of rural landscape, California, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gallup, New Mexico. Coal from the nearby mines in the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe freight yards. The Gallup American Mining Company, operating the coal mines in the vicinity, supplies the railroad with about 150 carloads a week

Gallup, New Mexico. Coal from the nearby mines in the Atchison, Topeka...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a miner, coal mine, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Superior Coal Mines, Concrete Foundation, Horse Thief Canyon, South Superior, Sweetwater County, WY

Superior Coal Mines, Concrete Foundation, Horse Thief Canyon, South Su...

Significance: Structure T is a collapsed concrete foundation. The foundation is located along the side of the ridge slope south of Horse Thief Draw. The foundation is approximately 1/3 mile northwest of Super... More

Superior Coal Mines, Wooden Bridge, Horse Thief Canyon, South Superior, Sweetwater County, WY

Superior Coal Mines, Wooden Bridge, Horse Thief Canyon, South Superior...

Significance: Structure JJ is a wooden pedestrian or light traffic bridge. The bridge crosses the channel of Horse Thief Draw approximately 1.8 miles northwest of the town of Superior. The bridge is a wooden ... More

Superior Coal Mines, Valve Box, Horse Thief Canyon, South Superior, Sweetwater County, WY

Superior Coal Mines, Valve Box, Horse Thief Canyon, South Superior, Sw...

Significance: Structure CC is a valve box. The valve box is located on the top of a broad flat west to east trending ridge which serves as the south edge of Horse Thief Draw. The valve box is located approxim... More

Copper smelters and mines, Butte, Montana, U.S.A. - The richest mining district in the world

Copper smelters and mines, Butte, Montana, U.S.A. - The richest mining...

Boy sits on ledge across river from copper smelters. H45511 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by B.L. Singley. No. 13638.

Lead City Mines and Mills. The Great Homestake Mines and Mills

Lead City Mines and Mills. The Great Homestake Mines and Mills

Distant view of mining town; hills in background. Copyright deposit. Title transcribed from item. Forms part of the John C. H. Grabill Collection.

Bureau of Mines Boulder City Experimental Station, Ore Dressing Pilot Plant, Date Street north of U.S. Highway 93, Boulder City, Clark County, NV

Bureau of Mines Boulder City Experimental Station, Ore Dressing Pilot ...

Significance: Building 600, as part of the Date Street Complex, was a component of the Bureau of Mines Electrometallurgical Research Facility located in Boulder City. As such, it is within the designated Bould... More

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