Reduction Mill, Bullionville, Nevada / Timothy H. O'Sullivan, photogra...
Gift; Mrs. George M. Lockwood; 1909 Nov. 9; (DLC/PP-1909:43909). "48" etched into glass plate negative.
Coal breaker boys - Public domain portrait photograph
Public domain photograph related to child labor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
![[Mining view] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTUvMDEvMDEvbWluaW5nLXZpZXctMi0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/32/webp "[Mining view] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.")
[Mining view] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Braden copper mines, Sewell, Chile - Frank G. Carpenter collection
Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress).
Homestake Mine, South Dakota view, photochrome print postcard.
Copyright 1900 by Detroit Photographic Co. Title on inventory list: Homestake Mine. Detroit Publishing Co. no. "53472". Forms part of: Photochrom Print Collection. More information about the Photochrom Print C... More
Bokovoĭ vid vyrabotki u Satkinskago zavoda
Picryl description: Public domain image of a coal mine, mining, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Butte, Montana. Cityscape photograph
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![Locomotive [Electric mule], Public domain image](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTUvMDEvMDEvZWxlY3RyaWMtbXVsZS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/29/webp "Locomotive [Electric mule], Public domain image")
Locomotive [Electric mule], Public domain image
Public domain photograph of electric locomotive, electrified railroads, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Coker Mine, no. 2, Livingston, Wis.
J209611 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Lighty Photo Co.; December 17, 1915. Copyright claimant's address: Williamsport, Ind.
Mahoning Hull Rust Mine, 1929, Panoramic Photograph
J 718 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Peter Schawang; March 22, 1930. Copyright claimant's address: St. Paul, Minn.
Williams-Hurley House, West side of First Street, South of Chalk Creek...
Significance: One of the original log cabins erected in 1880, in the initial boon. Illustrates log construction popular in Chalk Creek District in 1880: rounded logs, saddle notching, clapboard or vertical pla... More
Coal miners, Birmingham, Alabama
Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
An iron ore mine near Bessemer, Alabama. Some of the Rehabilitation Ad...
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc... More
Kennecott Copper Corporation, NPS Interpretation Building, On Copper R...
Survey number: HAER AK-1-P National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 78003420
Nevada Lucky Tiger Mill & Mine, Family Residence, East slope of Bucksk...
Survey number: HAER NV-18-E Public domain photograph - historical image of Nevada, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Moonlight Mining Camp, Maxville, Granite County, MT
Significance: Few mining camps in Montana are as complex, intact, and unaltered as the camp. It is an excellent example of the distinctive characteristics of the type, period, and method of construction inheren... More
Royal Basin Mine & Mill Site, Maxville, Granite County, MT
Significance: It was one of the larger outfits in a region noted for numerous and varied mining operations. The intensive development and large-scale investment in the mine made an important contribution to the... More
Carol M. Highsmith - Aladdin mining tipple, Aladdin, Wyoming
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More
Signs showing support for the United Mine Workers of America at a home...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a gas station, convenience store, 20th-century small town, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Aerial view of dust swirling around reclaimed mountaintop removal site
Event: Aerial tour of mountaintop removal and reclamation. Public domain photograph of mountain crater, caldera, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Coal cleaning plant as viewed from the sludge dam. The pond is filled...
Mountaintop removal and reclamation introduces several new landforms to the coal fields. One of the introduced landforms is the "wet refuse impoundment," a structure designed to store the waste from coal prepar... More
Juddy Allen with Mary Hufford and Lyntha Eiler reflected in his glasse...
Event: Trip to Upper Big Branch Mine. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Sign at the entrance to the community of Montcoal: "Performance Coal ...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington State, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Field locust growing on reclaimed mountaintop removal site, White Oak
Event: ATV tour of Mountaintop Removal and Reclamation on Clear Fork.
Coal river. The reclamation of White Oak. Southern West Virginia.
Event: ATV tour of Mountaintop Removal and Reclamation on Clear Fork.
Sam Cook, displaying the backside of the t-shirt designed by Carol Jac...
Event: Mountaintop Removal Summit. In August of 1999, Sam Cook, an anthropologist at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia, organized a Mountaintop Removal Summit. The summit, held at the Appalachian South Folk... More
"Mountain Top Cemetery," spread out on field in front of Appalachian F...
The Mountain Top Cemetery comprises more than a thousand tombstones made of cardboard. Each is inscribed with the name of a stream buried under valley fill. Jackson has also created protest puppets and costumes... More
Iron miners before shaft house, ready for work in underground shafts, ...
Stereograph showing a group of miners waiting outside in front of shaft house. H73732 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1906 by Underwood & Underwood. U-85469. On mount: Works and Studios Arlington, N.J., Little... More
Views in the Ural Mountains, survey of industrial area, Russian Empire
Photographic survey of the Ural Mountains industrial area circumscribed by Perm, Ufa, Cheliabinsk, and Verkhoture. Images document industrial facilities including mines (gold, copper, iron, and clay), factories... More
Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy: Views in the Ural Mountains, survey of indust...
Photographic survey of the Ural Mountains industrial area circumscribed by Perm, Ufa, Cheliabinsk, and Verkhoture. Images document industrial facilities including mines (gold, copper, iron, and clay), factories... More
Virginia & Truckee Railroad Shops, Between Plaza, Ann, Stewart & Sophi...
Significance: This large building is the most impressive visible remainder of the Virginia and Truckee Railroad, one of the most famous of America's Short-Line Railroads. Unprocessed Field note material exists... More
Juniata Mill Complex, Mine & Camp Residence, 22.5 miles Southwest of H...
Survey number: HAER NV-24-L Public domain photograph - historical image of Nevada, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Bullfrog Mine, Rhyolite, Nye County, NV
Significance: Associated with the strikes that set off one of the last major gold mining booms in the Southwest. These strikes had a major impact upon the regional settlement patterns and economic activities o... More
Bullfrog Mine, Rhyolite, Nye County, NV
Significance: Associated with the strikes that set off one of the last major gold mining booms in the Southwest. These strikes had a major impact upon the regional settlement patterns and economic activities o... More
Bullfrog Mine, Rhyolite, Nye County, NV
Significance: Associated with the strikes that set off one of the last major gold mining booms in the Southwest. These strikes had a major impact upon the regional settlement patterns and economic activities o... More
Bullfrog Mine, Rhyolite, Nye County, NV
Significance: Associated with the strikes that set off one of the last major gold mining booms in the Southwest. These strikes had a major impact upon the regional settlement patterns and economic activities o... More
Bullfrog Mine, Rhyolite, Nye County, NV
Significance: Associated with the strikes that set off one of the last major gold mining booms in the Southwest. These strikes had a major impact upon the regional settlement patterns and economic activities o... More
Bullfrog Mine, Rhyolite, Nye County, NV
Significance: Associated with the strikes that set off one of the last major gold mining booms in the Southwest. These strikes had a major impact upon the regional settlement patterns and economic activities o... More
Anaconda Historic District, Park & Commercial Streets, Main Street vic...
Significance: Anaconda was established in 1885 by Marcus Daly on Warm Springs Creek, as the site of the smelter for the Amalgamated Copper Mining Company. The site was selected for its proximity to the mines a... More
Anaconda Historic District, Park & Commercial Streets, Main Street vic...
Significance: Anaconda was established in 1885 by Marcus Daly on Warm Springs Creek, as the site of the smelter for the Amalgamated Copper Mining Company. The site was selected for its proximity to the mines a... More
Anaconda Historic District, Park & Commercial Streets, Main Street vic...
Significance: Anaconda was established in 1885 by Marcus Daly on Warm Springs Creek, as the site of the smelter for the Amalgamated Copper Mining Company. The site was selected for its proximity to the mines a... More
York Bridge, Federal Aid Secondary Route 280, Helena, Lewis and Clark ...
Significance: As a pin-connected Pennsylvania through truss structure, the bridge is not particularly significant for structural or engineering reasons. It is however, historically associated with the Helena Po... More
Miner's Delight, Atlantic City vicinity, Miners Delight, Fremont Count...
Significance: One of the three major communities in the South Pass Historic Mining District. Survey number: HABS WY-59
Miner's Delight, Atlantic City vicinity, Miners Delight, Fremont Count...
Significance: One of the three major communities in the South Pass Historic Mining District. Survey number: HABS WY-59
Miner's Delight, Atlantic City vicinity, Miners Delight, Fremont Count...
Significance: One of the three major communities in the South Pass Historic Mining District. Survey number: HABS WY-59
Silver King Mining Company, Ore Loading Station, Park Avenue, Park Cit...
Significance: One problem encountered by the Silver King Mining Company was the transportation of its ore over the rough terrain between the mine and the railhead in Park City. The solution was a 7,000' long ae... More
Silver King Mining Company, Ore Loading Station, Park Avenue, Park Cit...
Significance: One problem encountered by the Silver King Mining Company was the transportation of its ore over the rough terrain between the mine and the railhead in Park City. The solution was a 7,000' long ae... More
Silver King Mining Company, Ore Loading Station, Park Avenue, Park Cit...
Significance: One problem encountered by the Silver King Mining Company was the transportation of its ore over the rough terrain between the mine and the railhead in Park City. The solution was a 7,000' long ae... More
Black Hills & Fort Pierre Railroad Roundhouse, Terraville Avenue & Sun...
Significance: Begun in 1881 as the first railroad in the Black Hills, the Black Hills & Ft. Pierre has played an important role in the growth of the Homestake Mining Company, the region's largest mining concern... More
Genoa Peak Road, Glenbrook, Douglas County, NV
Significance: The Genoa Peak Road was a major historic log haul road used for timber harvest activities associated with the Comstock mining era. This road once interconnected an elaborate network of secondary ... More
Mary Murphy Mining Complex, Mill & Tailings, Iron City (historical), C...
Survey number: HAER CO-26-E Public domain photograph - historical image of Colorado, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Boyer Ranch, Gilbert's Storeroom, 44 miles east of Fallon, on U.S. Hig...
Significance: The stone building was erected by the Gilbert Brothers ca. 1860-1866. Nevada Place Names states that Dixie Valley was settled by southern sympathizers in 1861 and in that same year the second gol... More
North Branch Quantico Creek Bridge, Prince William Forest Park, on NPS...
Significance: This bridge is representative of a common bridge type that became indigenous to the late nineteenth to early twentieth century landscape of America: a low Pratt pony metal truss bridge. The bridg... More
Miners' Union Hall, Main Street, Bodie, Mono County, CA
Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, architectural drawing, building plan, or design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Miners' Union Hall, Main Street, Bodie, Mono County, CA
Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Ames Hydroelectric Plant, Ames, San Miguel County, CO
Significance: In 1890-91 L.L. Nunn built the world's first single-phase AC power transmission system at Ames in order to power the nearby Gold King Mine's stamp mill. The plant operated under a head of 320 feet... More
Mizpah Mine, Tonopah, Nye County, NV
Significance: The Tonopah Mining boom was the first to revive the mining industry in Nevada after two decades of depression. Mining activity was long sustained at Tonopah largely due to the amazing production ... More
Hellman's Saloon & Miner's Exchange, North side of East Main Street, S...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Colorado, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Kennecott Copper Corporation, Recreation Hall, On Copper River & North...
Survey number: HAER AK-1-J National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 78003420
Leesburg Townsite, Napias Creek, Salmon, Lemhi County, ID
Significance: The Leesburg Historic District has been listed in the National Register of Historic Places since 1975. It is significant as one of the earliest gold mining camps in Idaho. The buildings, associa... More
Town of Lucerne, East of U.S. Route 119, adjacent to Yellow Creek, Luc...
Significance: Lucerne is one of the most intact mining towns in Indiana County, built originally to house workers for the Lucernemines Coke Works. Survey number: HAER PA-263 Building/structure dates: ca. 1907... More
Battle Creek Hydroelectric System, Battle Creek & Tributaries, Red Blu...
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Battle Creek hydroelectric system was a typical turn-of-the-century California hydroelectric system, characterized by high head plants, the use of the impulse... More
Battle Creek Hydroelectric System, Battle Creek & Tributaries, Red Blu...
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Battle Creek hydroelectric system was a typical turn-of-the-century California hydroelectric system, characterized by high head plants, the use of the impulse... More
Battle Creek Hydroelectric System, Battle Creek & Tributaries, Red Blu...
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Battle Creek hydroelectric system was a typical turn-of-the-century California hydroelectric system, characterized by high head plants, the use of the impulse... More
Battle Creek Hydroelectric System, Battle Creek & Tributaries, Red Blu...
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Battle Creek hydroelectric system was a typical turn-of-the-century California hydroelectric system, characterized by high head plants, the use of the impulse... More
Battle Creek Hydroelectric System, Battle Creek & Tributaries, Red Blu...
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Battle Creek hydroelectric system was a typical turn-of-the-century California hydroelectric system, characterized by high head plants, the use of the impulse... More
Telluride Power Company, Nunn Hydroelectric Plant, Southeast side of P...
Significance: This plant represents L.L. Nunn's first major hydroelectric generating facility outside of Colorado. At the time of completion (1898), it generated three-phase AC power at a pressure of 40,000 vo... More
Telluride Power Company, Nunn Hydroelectric Plant, Southeast side of P...
Significance: This plant represents L.L. Nunn's first major hydroelectric generating facility outside of Colorado. At the time of completion (1898), it generated three-phase AC power at a pressure of 40,000 vo... More
Butte Mineyards, Stewart Mine, Intersection of Main & Woolman Streets,...
Significance: The Stewart represents one of Butte's oldest and most productive mines. It is historically significant for its association with William A. Clark and the Anaconda Copper Mining Company. The mine's ... More
Butte Mineyards, Stewart Mine, Intersection of Main & Woolman Streets,...
Significance: The Stewart represents one of Butte's oldest and most productive mines. It is historically significant for its association with William A. Clark and the Anaconda Copper Mining Company. The mine's ... More
Butte Mineyards, Stewart Mine, Intersection of Main & Woolman Streets,...
Significance: The Stewart represents one of Butte's oldest and most productive mines. It is historically significant for its association with William A. Clark and the Anaconda Copper Mining Company. The mine's ... More
Butte Mineyards, Stewart Mine, Intersection of Main & Woolman Streets,...
Significance: The Stewart represents one of Butte's oldest and most productive mines. It is historically significant for its association with William A. Clark and the Anaconda Copper Mining Company. The mine's ... More
Butte Mineyards, Stewart Mine, Intersection of Main & Woolman Streets,...
Significance: The Stewart represents one of Butte's oldest and most productive mines. It is historically significant for its association with William A. Clark and the Anaconda Copper Mining Company. The mine's ... More
Casa Grande, 21350 Almaden Road, New Almaden, Santa Clara County, CA
Significance: Casa Grande was built in 1854 as the residence of the general manager of the New Almaden Mining Company, the richest and most productive mining enterprise in North America. Designed by San Franci... More
Genoa Peak Road, Spur Segment 1, Glenbrook, Douglas County, NV
Significance: The Genoa Park Road spur segments were part of a major log transport network associated with the Comstock mining era. This secondary spur segment once interconnected with an elaborate network of ... More
Genoa Peak Road, Spur Segment 1, Glenbrook, Douglas County, NV
Significance: The Genoa Park Road spur segments were part of a major log transport network associated with the Comstock mining era. This secondary spur segment once interconnected with an elaborate network of ... More
Alabama Mining Museum, Dora School, Gymnasium, Between U.S. 78 & Burli...
Public domain image of a train station in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Terminal Dam, Tacoma, La Plata County, CO
Significance: It was an integral part of the Tacoma Project, an early hydroelectric development in southwest Colorado. The Project was constructed in the early 1900s to serve the needs of the mining operations ... More
Terminal Dam, Tacoma, La Plata County, CO
Significance: It was an integral part of the Tacoma Project, an early hydroelectric development in southwest Colorado. The Project was constructed in the early 1900s to serve the needs of the mining operations ... More
Independence Mine, Palmer, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK
Survey number: HAER AK-8 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 74000440
Kennecott Copper Corporation, Machine Shop, On Copper River & Northwes...
Significance: The Machine Shop was erected in 1916 as part of the general expansion of the Kennecott facilities that took place between 1915 and 1918. Over time, the Machine Shop was expanded to include additi... More
Kennecott Copper Corporation, Machine Shop, On Copper River & Northwes...
Significance: The Machine Shop was erected in 1916 as part of the general expansion of the Kennecott facilities that took place between 1915 and 1918. Over time, the Machine Shop was expanded to include additi... More
Kennecott Copper Corporation, Machine Shop, On Copper River & Northwes...
Significance: The Machine Shop was erected in 1916 as part of the general expansion of the Kennecott facilities that took place between 1915 and 1918. Over time, the Machine Shop was expanded to include additi... More
Silver King Mining Company, Mineshaft & Main Hoist, Woodside Gulch, Pa...
Significance: The Silver King Mining Company became one of the major producers in the Park City district of Utah and attained a brief reputation as the richest silver mine in the known world. One of the smalle... More
Old Mine, Sierra City, Sierra County, CA
Survey number: HABS CA-1421 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Butte Mineyards, Diamond Mine, Butte, Silver Bow County, MT
Survey number: HAER MT-36-B Public domain photograph of electric wires, power line, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA
Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More
Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA
Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More
Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA
Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More
Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA
Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More
Ivan Thorall Steam Powered Sawmill, Chisana, Valdez-Cordova Census Are...
Significance: Sawmill for local mining camp of Chisana. Only boiler and engine remain of plant. Survey number: HAER AK-17 Building/structure dates: ca. 1913 Initial Construction
New Almaden Quicksilver Mine, New Almaden Quicksilver Mine County Park...
Significance: The New Almaden mine is the site of the first mercury deposit discovered on the American continent and has yielded metal of greater value than that of any other mine in the State, producing nearly... More
Fort Churchill (Ruins), U.S. 95-A, Old Buckland Ranch, Churchill, Lyon...
Survey number: HABS NV-10-17 Building/structure dates: ca. 1860 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000456
Hammon Consolidated Gold Fields, Nome, Nome Census Area, AK
Survey number: HAER AK-3 Building/structure dates: 1922 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1941 Subsequent Work
Town of Mount Union, Near U.S. Highway 522, Mount Union, Huntingdon Co...
See also HABS PA-5973 for related information. Significance: For the first half of the 20th century, Mt. Union was a center of refractory brick manufacture. Three brick plants were built early in the century an... More
Genoa Peak Road, Spur, Glenbrook, Douglas County, NV
Significance: The Genoa Peak Spur Road was a major historic log haul road used for timber harvest activities associated with the Comstock mining era. This road once interconnected an elaborate network of secon... More
Delaware Street Tramway Power Sub-Station, 1448 Delaware Street, Denve...
Significance: It is significant for its association with the growth and development of Denver's tramway trolley system, a major transportation system during the first half of the 20th century. This substation w... More
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, ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a romantic landscape with ruins, historical building, classical architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
DeLamar Mercur Mines Company, Golden Gate Mill, Ophir, Tooele County, ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a coal mine, mining, free to use, no copyright restrictions.