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Early 20th-century America remains notorious for widespread use of child labor. By 1910, some 2 million kids between the ages of 5 to 15 were employed in the United States — and we're not talking about paper routes. Children were exposed to massive amounts of heat in the glass-making industry, the whirling heavy machinery in textile mills ...Web
Fri 18 Dec 2015 02.01 EST 13.10 EST. Sea coal, washed up on the shores of Northumberland and Scotland, is recorded as being used in the 13th century. It was banned in London because of pollution ...Web
The various types of mining techniques also show the cultural melting pot that was then and is now California and they reveal the myth behind the history of the Gold Rush. ... Students analyze the divergent paths of the American people in the West from 1800 to the mid-1800s and the challenges they faced. Browse By Timeline. Early California ...Web
The San Juan mountains of Southern Colorado may be the oldest known major mineral-bearing area in the United States. Spanish settlers resided south of here in New Mexico's Rio Grande Valley by the 1590s, and by …Web
Gulgong Miners, 1872. (Credit: Beaufoy Merlin / Charles Bayliss) Images from the late 1800s depict the heady excitement of Australia's Gold Rush period. THE EARLY 1870S WAS a surreal period of Australia's history. The Gold Rush had seized the nation. Make-shift towns were springing up throughout New South Wales and Victoria, to …Web
Eureka, Nevada ca. 1880. Mining peaked in 1878 with over $5 million produced. Over 9,000 people lived in and around Eureka during this time, supporting over 100 saloons, dozens of gambling halls, theaters, multiple newspapers, hotels, …Web
Timber and mining areas in the north followed an altogether different trajectory than did the rural culture that took hold in the southern part of the Upper Midwest region. The timber boom exploited the vast pine forest belt that at one time stretched from New England to western Canada, including all of Michigan, the northern half of Wisconsin and the …Web
RM 2JN7N94 – Engraving of a poppet head of a gold mine overlooking a mining town. RM BKK6AT – Mine pulls logs out of Priest Mine, an old gold mine dating back to the mid 1800s when the first gold rush in North …Web
Find out more about our photograph collections. For general information about our photograph holdings, contact us at 406-444-4739 or [email protected]. For information on permissions, contact Jeff Malcomson at 406-444-0261 or [email protected]. Bear Chief, a Fine Blackfeet Type. N. A. Forsyth.Web
Wagons were loaded according to the number of horse or mules needed. A big mule could pull more than a ton and more than the average size horse. Mules and horses were more expensive than oxen with a pair of mules costing about $50 more than the average price for two horses (about $100-$150 in the mid 1800's). Hauling Coal at Paonia, Colorado.Web
Long ago, lead and zinc mining were a way of life for the people of Southwest Wisconsin. But the industries left their imprint in the region's soils — an issue today's residents must contend with. Lead mining began in the state's Driftless Area in the 1820s and quickly grew. In the second half of the century, the focus shifted to zinc ...Web
RM C5WYMM – GOLD MINING IN CALIFORNIA in the mid 1800s. RM 2DX1PXT – Engraving of miners leaving the port of Brisbane, 1890. RM 2HG5H5H – Antique c1830 hand-tinted engraving, 19th century sappers, …Web
Photo taken in 1871, from expedition camp 8, looking upstream. In the 1860s and 1870s, photographer Timothy O'Sullivan created some of the best-known images in American History. After covering the U.S. Civil War, O'Sullivan was the official photographer on the United States Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel under Clarence King ...Web
These new arrivals reflected changes in mining. The coal industry of the early 19th century had attracted miners from England, Scotland and Wales. By the 1840s, the Irish had become the new ...Web
Library of Congress. 6. Kansas City Mining Company circa 1865-1880. Wikimedia Commons. 7. Red Beds Bluffs in Meade County circa 1897. Wikimedia Commons. 8. "Roundup on the Sherman Ranch, Genesee, Kansas.Web
of 1. Browse Getty Images' premium collection of high-quality, authentic Miners 1850s stock photos, royalty-free images, and pictures. Miners 1850s stock photos are available in a variety of sizes and formats to fit …Web
Newsreel footage of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show from 1910. A 49er gold prospector in color seems much less like the caricature we imagine when we can see the exhaustion in his eyes and possibly relate to the desperation that drove this man half-way across the country in search of a better life. A black cowboy like Bass Reeves reminds us …Web
Steve/Flickr. 10. Gold and silver mining drew families to the Kirwin area in the late 1800s. Several Wyoming mining companies even invested money in the mine and the town. AdventureMyths/youtube. 11. Most people left Kirwin after three people were killed and many buildings destroyed in an avalanche in 1907.Web
Industrial logging wasn't always seen purely as wanton environmental destruction.In Washington State, clearcutting was once a necessary step in taming the land for habitation and jump-starting a local economy that would pave the way for development of the Pacific Northwest.Web
Browse 480+ 1800s coal mining stock photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more stock photos and images. Sort by: Most popular. Antique black and white photograph of England and Wales: …Web
Print. There is an astonishing photo from Canada taken in 1894 which would seem to be the oldest known photograph of bigfoot. The photo had originally been sent to Tom Biscardi by Lyle Billett of Victoria, Canada. Cryptomundo blogger Loren Coleman then posted the photo on his website, where I saw it.Web
Browse 8,868 historical coal mining photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more photos and images. Browse Getty Images' premium collection of high-quality, authentic Historical Coal Mining stock photos, royalty-free images, and pictures. Historical Coal Mining stock photos are available in a variety of sizes and formats ...Web
Click here to see 50 images of American life in the 19th century. 24/7 Tempo has assembled a portfolio of 50 photos documenting various aspects of the American scene between 1840 and 1900. Note ...Web
These boys are all cutters in a canning company. August 1911. Hine/The U.S. National Archives. Nine-year-old Minnie Thomas showed off the average size of the sardine knife she works with ...Web
In the photo below, miners are posing at the cages of the Ajax shaft ca. 1900. Miners pose at the shaft of the Ajax Mine – Victor, Colorado. The crew of the Moon Anchor Mine enjoyed a magnificent view of the ever-growing city of Cripple Creek during the 1890s. Moon Anchor Mine at Cripple Creek, Colorado ca. 1898.Web