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[Unidentified man with gold mining equipment and wearing a U.S. beltpl...

Case: Berg, no. 1-23. Miner wears a U.S. beltplate indicating that he is probably a veteran of the U.S. Civil War. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Purchased from: The Historical Shop, Metairie,... More

Tunnel at Juneau Mine - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.

Mining coal three miles under ground, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Stereograph showing two men in mine shaft with mules. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Coal miners at work in mine] - stereoscopic view, public domain photo...

Boy braking on motor train 10 hrs. a day. Where mining, loading, etc. ...

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

[Miner working in coal mine], National Photo Company, Washington DC

National Photo Company Collection. No. 23704. Public domain photograph of quarry, mining industry, miners, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

On the tipple at the Bessie Mine, Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Co. The...

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

[Grand Canon, Arizona] - A black and white photo of a man climbing a r...

Man walking on wall of rock, 400 ft. above the mine, and hogan ladder, Humming Bird Trail, Mt. Sheep. J177331 U.S. Copyright Office. Photoprint copyrighted by Kolb Bros., Grand Canyon. This record contains unve... More

Group of coal miners, Williamson, West Virginia

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

Company store. Atlantic Mine, Michigan

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Butte, Montana. Anaconda Copper Mining Company. Drilling in the ore bo...

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

Butte, Montana. Anaconda Copper Mining Company. Copper miners

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

Anaconda smelter, Montana. Anaconda Copper Mining Company. Hardinge ba...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

Dead Sea Scrolls and caves and Qumran Excavations of Essene Monastery....

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

Sludge pond and impoundment on Shumate's Branch

Event: Helicopter tour of Mountaintop Removal and Reclamation on Big Coal River watershed. "Shumate's Branch was settled in the 19th century by Green Clay (son of Charles and Aura Clay) and his wife Betsy Ann, ... More

Aerial shot of entrance to Eagle Mine, an underground mine above Shuma...

Event: Helicopter tour of Mountaintop Removal and Reclamation on Big Coal River watershed. "To learn more about the cultural dimensions of "mountaintop removal and reclamation" and the new landform complexes th... More

A one-room schoolhouse's classroom in one of the recreated "coal camp"...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Below ground is a restored mine once operated by the Phillips Family in the late 1800s and now owned by the City of Beckley, West Virg... More

Down in a Colorado gold mine--taking out ore, Eagle River Canyon, Colo...

Two gold miners at work in tunnel. H57143 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by H.C. White Co. No. 12377.

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.

Mining life in California--Chinese miners

Chinese gold miners eating and attending to their hair among tents in camp. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 1, no. 40 (1857 Oct. 3), p. 632.

Coal breaker boys - Public domain portrait photograph

Public domain photograph related to child labor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Klondike, Discovery claim - stereoscopic view, public domain photo...

Four miners posed at mine, Yukon Territory. 1113 U.S. Copyright Office. No. X2733.

A tipple, Gaston mine. Location: Fairmont, West Virginia

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Coal mines. Hine no. 181. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Men at work inside a mine. Idaho Springs, Co.

Photograph shows miners working by candlelight inside pit; man, atop ledge in back of shaft, stands next to mine car.

Dept. Coal Mining - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Title from unverified information provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. Copy. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the... More

Citizens of Zinc, Arkansas, a deserted mining town

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

Shenandoah, Pennsylvania. Renick and Gladski, two miners drilling to s...

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

Coal mine tipple. Capels, West Virginia

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

Company houses, coal mining section, Pursglove, Scotts Run, West Virgi...

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

Head frame at old gold mine at Pinos Altos, New Mexico

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

Results of deforestation during the early mining days. San Juan County...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Amaconda smelter, Montana. Anaconda Copper Mining Company. Pouring cop...

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

Production. Copper. Loading copper ore from an open-cut mine of the Ph...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a locomotive, train tracks, rail transportation, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Tungsten. Entrance to the Boriana tungstan mine near Kingm...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an arch stone structure, bridge, or tunnel, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Copper. Open-cut copper mining operations at the Phelps-Do...

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Aerial view of Catenary Coal's Samples Mine, a Mountaintop Removal pro...

Event: Helicopter tour of Coal River and Mountaintop Removal Sites. In the 1990s, mountaintop removal and reclamation became the mining method of choice for coal operators in central Appalachia. Mountaintop rem... More

Tipple Crew, (see photo #146) Turkey Knob Mine, Macdonald, West Virgin...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Coal mines. Hine no. 150. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the Nati... More

Old Croton Aqueduct, Quarry Railroad Bridge, Aqueduct Lane at Williams...

Significance: The Old Croton Aqueduct is an outstanding example of 19th century civil engineering and was New York City's first municipal water project. The Quarry Railroad Bridge is a representative example o... More

Mr. A. Langerfeld and one of his machines for picking coal which does ...

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

Black, Chinese and White laborers in a gold mine in South Africa

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. LOT subdivision subject: South Africa. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Mines... Gold; Chi... More

Emergency hospital in anthracite coal mines

One man bandages head of injured man while another bandages his arm. JO7129 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Keystone View Co. No. 32565.

Woodward coal breakers, Kingston, Pennsylvania

Public domain image of a train station in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Just up, Hecla [i.e. Calumet and Hecla Mine] shaft No. 2, Calumet, Mic...

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

A mile underground--loading and handling cars with copper ore, Calumet...

Men pushing trams, loaded with copper ore. J218074 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Keystone View Company. No. 22037.

A black and white photo of a group of men, Coal miners, Birmingham, Al...

Gold miner at work in sluice box, Two Bit Creek, South Dakota

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

Coal mining town in Welch, Bluefield section of West Virginia

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

Deserted homes, mining town, Twin Branch, West Virginia

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

Mill of abandoned gold mine in San Juan County, Colorado

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

A group of men sitting next to each other, Kentucky coal miners, Jenki...

Butte, Montana. Anaconda Copper Mining Company. Dumping train of coppe...

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

The memorial marker at the mouth of Buffalo Creek naming those who die...

Event: Ceremony at Buffalo Creek Memorial on the Occasion of the 25th Anniversary of the Buffalo Creek Disaster and the 20th Anniversary of the Surface Mining and Reclamation Act (SMCRA). The Pittston Coal Comp... More

Interior of a "miner's shanty" in one of the recreated "coal camp" bui...

National Child Labor Committee. No. 92. Main entrance Gary West Virgin...

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

Gold mining in California - Engraving, Public domain image

Gold miners shoveling sand from stream into sluice while one miner pans for gold in the same stream, small building and mountains in the background.

Young Drivers and Trapper Boy, Brown Mine, Brown, West Virginia. (Unde...

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

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More

Flume ; Elevating water wheel / / Lith. & published by Britton & Rey, ...

Pictorial lettersheet with two images on one page shows (top) miners working next to flume; and (bottom) miners working next to river with water wheel leading to sluice; with attached blank leaf. Baird, Califo... More

[Hoisting ore & lowering miners, Lead Homestake Mine]

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

At work in the stope of the California mine, Eagle River Canyon, Color...

Gold miners at work in mine. Public domain photograph of burial, grave, funeral, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Safety first sign in coal mine - Glass negative photogrpah. Public dom...

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

Tipple & Elevator into shaft. Leads down to mine 200 ft. below. Gary M...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Coal mines. Hine no. 67. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divi... More

[Dead (?) coal miner under rock after cave-in in tunnel]

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. LOT subdivision subject: Mining & Drilling. National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). No. 6478. Formerly in LOT 11509-530 - Coa... More

Christmas in a mining camp / Will Crawford.

Illustration shows a gold miner standing at the door to a cabin telling the miners inside, who are celebrating Christmas, that there has been a "gold strike up the creek", which causes the miners to rush for th... More

Derʻâh 123 km von Damaskus, 529 m ü. M. In der Mitte der Kerak (Burgbe...

Plate 17 in portfolio: Bilder aus Palästina. Nord-Arabien und dem Sinai. Berlin : Dietrich Riemer, 1916. Letterpress caption in German. Translated title by Library staff.

Miner drilling copper rock with Leyner machine. Preparatory for blasti...

Stereo copyrighted by Keystone. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Gold miner working in sluice box, Two Bit Creek, South Dakota

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

A black and white photo of a train full of people, West Virginia. Farm...

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

Main street of Mogollon, New Mexico, second largest gold mining town i...

Public domain photograph of Mexico, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Morenci, Arizona. Guard at the copper mine of the Phelps Dodge Mining ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Lead. Types of miners who work the lead mines near Creede,...

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

Diagram of mountaintop removal - Public domain document scan

This graphic illustration of mountaintop removal appears on page 25 of The Stripmining Handbook: A Coalfield Citizens' Guide to Using the Law to Fight Back Against the Ravages of Strip Mining and Underground Mi... More

A "wetland drainage complex" on a contour mining reclamation site

Event: Tour of Reclamation Sites in White Oak and Surrounding Area. "Stacy Edmunds conducted a tour of sites she'd been using in her field study for her master's thesis in ecology. As she went, she explained th... More

Johnny Howerton, coal miner, eating breakfast at Syble's Bed & Barn, f...

At 22 years of age, Johnny Howerton is the youngest mine boss in this area. Event: Breakfast at Syble's Bed & Barn.

Winter Quarters Mine, Scofield, Carbon County, UT

Significance: The mine is significant as possibly the first coal mine in Utah. The May Day disaster of 1900 killed 200 miners and prompted the development of organized labor in Utah. Survey number: HAER UT-44... More

Pyne Red Ore Mine, Headframe, State Route 150, Bessemer, Jefferson Cou...

Significance: As the easily accessible ore deposits along Red Mountain were depleted, iron companies were forced to mine ore ever farther underground. Longer haulages, complicated by irregularities in the ore ... More

Main entrance, Gary West Virginia. Mine. Trapper boy in center. Going ...

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

Elk Mountain coal mines - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

"Detroit Photographic Co." and "137" on negative. Commissioned by Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 01814. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Gold Miners at Work in the Klondike Mining District, Alaska

Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Alaska Klondyke; Gold Mining.

Tipple & Elevator into shaft. Leads down to mine 200 ft. below. Gary M...

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

Drift Mouth, San Lick Mine, near Grafton, West Virginia. Bank Boss in ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Coal mines. Hine no. 140. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

531(?) Chance Mine - Public domain portrait drawing

Five miners in lead mine, possibly in the Coeur d'Alene region of Idaho. J136160 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by H. English, Wallace, Ida.

Miners in car entering slope shaft which is 5,000 feet deep, Calumet-H...

Copper miners in tram. Public domain photograph of a tram car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mine tipple in West Virginia. Typical mine tipple

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

Kelly Creek, West Virginia. Coal mine tipple

The Theodor Horydczak Collection documents the architecture and social life of the Washington DC metropolitan area in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.

A black and white photo of a group of men, West Virginia. Farm Securit...

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

Houses at Ophir, Colorado. This is a gold mining town

Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural landscape with a watermill, water, decayed building, 18th, 19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Granger Homesteaders receiving paycheck at coal mine office. Iowa

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, office meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a crowd of people. America during Great Dep...

Head frame at old gold mine at Pinos Altos, New Mexico

Anaconda smelter, Montana. Anaconda Copper Mining Company. Finished co...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a worker, construction, carpenter, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Butte, Montana. Anaconda Copper Mining Company. Drilling in the ore bo...

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

Kingman (vicinity), Arizona. Close-up view of the plant, which produce...

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

Production. Tin smelting. Tapping the furnace of a Southern tin smelte...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

The commemorative march on Blair Mountain on the anniversary of the 19...

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Scene inside the Lebanon Silver Mine in Georgetown, Colorado, often vi...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The mine's 900-foot tunnel was bored into Leavenworth Mountain in the 1870s. The stove was needed, because the mine's temperature was ... More

A Tipple. Location: Clarksburg, West Virginia.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a locomotive, train tracks, rail transportation, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.