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Background imageMiner Collection: Mine Striker with Family in Front of Tent

Mine Striker with Family in Front of Tent
(Original Caption) 12/8/1920-Red Jacket, WV-A miner poses with his wife and four children in front of their tent at the striker's camp

Background imageMiner Collection: Iron Miner

Iron Miner
5th June 1948: A miner pauses in a tunnel before starting a shift in Britains most modern iron ore mine, at Irthlinborough in Northamptonshire

Background imageMiner Collection: Coal Miner

Coal Miner
A miner pushing a coal truck, 1878. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageMiner Collection: Under Tilmanstone

Under Tilmanstone
A miner working underground in Tilmanstone Colliery, in Kent. Photograph taken using Sashalite lighting equipment

Background imageMiner Collection: Miners Changing Shift in the 1, 600 Foot Level

Miners Changing Shift in the 1, 600 Foot Level
Across the Continent - The Frank Leslie Transcontinental Excursion, the party visiting the galleries of the consolidated Virginia Silver Mine, at Virginia City, Nevada

Background imageMiner Collection: Miners Sorting Diamonds from Gravel

Miners Sorting Diamonds from Gravel
South Africa-ORIGINAL CAPTION READS: Workers sorting the gravel for diamonds at Kimberly mine. Undated photo

Background imageMiner Collection: Miners at Working in South Africa

Miners at Working in South Africa
South Africa-ORIGINAL CAPTION READS: Workers tipping ground 1200 feet level in Kimberly mine. Undated photo

Background imageMiner Collection: James W. Marshall

James W. Marshall
(Original Caption) 1848-Portrait of James W. Marshall (1810-1885), discoverer of gold in California, 1848. Daguerreotype in the United States National Museum

Background imageMiner Collection: Henry T. P. Comstock Discovers Silver

Henry T. P. Comstock Discovers Silver
Henry T. P. Comstock discovering silver

Background imageMiner Collection: George Northrop Posing as Gold Miner

George Northrop Posing as Gold Miner
(Original Caption) George W. Northrup from Minnesota posing with the tools of a gold miner, even down to the bag of gold. Daguerrotype photo, ca. 1860. BPA2# 2208

Background imageMiner Collection: Gold Mining In California by Currier & Ives

Gold Mining In California by Currier & Ives
Gold mining in California. Currier & Ives Print, 1871. Hand colored lithograph

Background imageMiner Collection: Miners in Consolidated Virginia Silver Mine

Miners in Consolidated Virginia Silver Mine
Image of silver mine scene in Virginia City, Nevada

Background imageMiner Collection: Miners Outside Gold Mine

Miners Outside Gold Mine
(Original Caption) Miners posing at the Republic Gold Mining Company in De Kaap, South Africa. Photo circa 1888

Background imageMiner Collection: Miners Panning for Gold

Miners Panning for Gold
(Original Caption) Rockerville, SD: "We have it rich!" Washing and panning gold at Rockerville, Dakota. Old timers Spriggs Lamb, and Dillon at work. Photograph and copyright by Crabill, 1899

Background imageMiner Collection: Miner Panning For Gold

Miner Panning For Gold
(Original Caption) CA: A prospector pans for gold in Northern California. Hand tinted photograph, circa 1890

Background imageMiner Collection: Prospector Panning for Gold in California

Prospector Panning for Gold in California
(Original Caption) Original Caption - Goldminer panning in Northern California. Photograph taken in 1890

Background imageMiner Collection: Yukon Gold Mine

Yukon Gold Mine
Miners use sluices to mine gold on "Gold Hill" near Dawson in the Yukon Territories | Location: Near Dawson, Canada

Background imageMiner Collection: Hydraulic Mining During the Klondike Gold Rush

Hydraulic Mining During the Klondike Gold Rush
(Original Caption) Klondike gold rush. Hydraulic mining. Undated photo

Background imageMiner Collection: Klondike Miners Washing Out Gold 1897

Klondike Miners Washing Out Gold 1897
(Original Caption) Klondike miners washing out gold. Photo 1897

Background imageMiner Collection: Gold Miners Weighing Gold

Gold Miners Weighing Gold
(Original Caption) Alaska- Gold mining weighing winter clear-up of gold. Undated photograph

Background imageMiner Collection: Men Digging in Streets During Gold Rush

Men Digging in Streets During Gold Rush
(Original Caption) Alaska gold rush of 1898 -- first hour's work. Undated photo shows men digging in the streets of a small Alaska town

Background imageMiner Collection: Group Of Pick And Shovel Miners

Group Of Pick And Shovel Miners
Miners came to Alaska during the Klondike Gold Rush

Background imageMiner Collection: Miners Pan and Dig for Gold in Alaska

Miners Pan and Dig for Gold in Alaska
Miners came to Alaska during the Klondike Gold Rush

Background imageMiner Collection: Miners Work Underground

Miners Work Underground
(Original Caption) Klondike Goldrush. Miners working underground. Gold Hill Y.T. Undated photograph. BPA#2 2209

Background imageMiner Collection: Prospectors Find Diamond In British Guya

Prospectors Find Diamond In British Guya
(Original Caption) - Black Prospectors find a Diamond in their Gold Pan. British Guiana

Background imageMiner Collection: Miner In Tuolumne County

Miner In Tuolumne County
(Original Caption) Original Caption - Miner with cradle in Tuolumne County. Photograph is enlargement of old stereoptic view. Title, "Placer Mining in Columbia, Tuolumne County

Background imageMiner Collection: Workers Panning at a Long Tom Operation

Workers Panning at a Long Tom Operation
(Original Caption) Famous gold run: Big (Long) Tom operation, Alaska. A Long Tom is a trough used for the separation of gold from soil. Undated

Background imageMiner Collection: Two Prospectors Outside Of Their Shack

Two Prospectors Outside Of Their Shack
(Original Caption) Shirt Tail Creek, CA - Two apparent prospectors standing outside of their shack. Prospector on the right is older with a long flowing beard and cane

Background imageMiner Collection: Gold Miner Standing on Aqueduct

Gold Miner Standing on Aqueduct
A gold miner stands on an aqueduct while placer mining at Brown's Flat in Tuolumne County, California, during the California Gold Rush

Background imageMiner Collection: Off To California, Gold Fever

Off To California, Gold Fever
(Original Caption) Original Caption - Off to California. Lithograph ridiculing the gold rush fever of 1849 with men rushing off to the West Coast leaving their families behind. Lithograph by Manning

Background imageMiner Collection: Miner Is Accosted

Miner Is Accosted
(Original Caption) Original Caption - Scenes from the California Gold Rush. Larger than life miner carrying pack while smaller figures with knives accost him. Undated engraving

Background imageMiner Collection: Haralson Mining Company Stock Certificate

Haralson Mining Company Stock Certificate
(Original Caption) Stock certificate for four shares of Haralson Mining Company stock. Signed on March 24th, 1904

Background imageMiner Collection: Miners Panning In River

Miners Panning In River
(Original Caption) Auriferorus placers of the Tipuani Valley in Bolivia. Undated woodcut, after a drawing in watercolor by Deherrvpon. Undated engraving

Background imageMiner Collection: Chinese Gold Mining in California Engraving

Chinese Gold Mining in California Engraving
ORIGINAL CAPTION READS: Chinese gold mining in California. Undated engraving

Background imageMiner Collection: Chinese Gold Mining in California Engraving

Chinese Gold Mining in California Engraving
Engraving entitled "Chinese Gold Mining in California, " depicting Chinese American men panning for gold in a California riverbed. Undated engraving

Background imageMiner Collection: Prospector Examines A Speciman

Prospector Examines A Speciman
(Original Caption) Hopeful look. Prospector examining speciman. Undated woodcut. BPA2# 2218

Background imageMiner Collection: Drawing of Chinese Immigrant Gold Miners in California

Drawing of Chinese Immigrant Gold Miners in California
(Original Caption) California gold miners; Chinese immigrants panning for gold. Wash drawing, mid 19th Century

Background imageMiner Collection: Lithograph with United Mine Workers of America Emblem

Lithograph with United Mine Workers of America Emblem
(Original Caption) Emblem from a United Mine Workers of America colored lithograph poster, 1890. BPA2# 3103

Background imageMiner Collection: Alaska Gold Miners With Gold Pans

Alaska Gold Miners With Gold Pans
(Original Caption) 1901-St. Kincaid, Alaska: Alaska gold rush. Photograph taken ca. 1901 at St. Kincaid. First clean up at Adam Hill. BPA2# 2213

Background imageMiner Collection: Children in U.S. Coal Mine

Children in U.S. Coal Mine
(Original Caption) Child labor in U.S. coal mine. Photo, ca. 1903

Background imageMiner Collection: Labor Leader John Mitchell

Labor Leader John Mitchell
(Original Caption) 1903-John Mitchell (1870-1919), labor leader who organized coal miner's strike in 1902. Photograph, 1903. Copyright 1903 by J. E. Purdy, Boston

Background imageMiner Collection: Klondike Goldrush Miners

Klondike Goldrush Miners
(Original Caption) Klondike Goldrush: Thawer and Shaft, No. 1 Homestake claim Imnachuk River 18 feet to bedrock, 34.00 pan. Sept. 1903. Four miners around shaft with boiler and windlass

Background imageMiner Collection: Miner Shoveling Rocks At Gold Mine

Miner Shoveling Rocks At Gold Mine
(Original Caption) 1904-Nome, AK: Gold Rush Rocking out $10 a day on Front Street

Background imageMiner Collection: Armed Miners Grouped by White Tents

Armed Miners Grouped by White Tents
(Original Caption) 4/1914-Trinidad, CO- United Mine Workers military headquarters. Photo shows some of the armed miners involved in the coal strike war of the Ludlow mines. Filed 5/5/1914

Background imageMiner Collection: Coffins Pass in Front of Catholic Church

Coffins Pass in Front of Catholic Church
(Original Caption) 4/1914- Trinidad, CO: Mourners watch as coffins of victims of the Ludlow coal miner's strike war pass by in front of the Catholic Church at Ludlow. Filed 5/5/1914

Background imageMiner Collection: Coal Miners Standing on Platform

Coal Miners Standing on Platform
(Original Caption) 4/1914- Trinidad, CO- A large group of coal miners on strike watching soldiers (not pictured) at the Ludlow Tent Colony

Background imageMiner Collection: Chavez's Hole at Ludlow Tent Colony

Chavez's Hole at Ludlow Tent Colony
This hole was dug under one of the tents as a shelter from the Colorado State Militia machine guns

Background imageMiner Collection: Strikers in United Miners of America Office

Strikers in United Miners of America Office
(Original Caption) 4/1914-Trinidad, CO- During the coal miner's strike, a large group of strikers pose for a photo inside the United Miner's of America office in Trinidad. Photo filed 5/4/1914

Background imageMiner Collection: Coal Miners Children at U.M.A. School

Coal Miners Children at U.M.A. School
(Original Caption) 4/1914- Trinidad, CO: Children of coal miners in a United Miners of America school

Background imageMiner Collection: Italian Family in Tent Colony Before War

Italian Family in Tent Colony Before War
(Original Caption) 4/1914- Trinidad, CO: The Ludlow mines coal strike war of 1914. Armando Pilizzari, leader of the Italians

Background imageMiner Collection: Men Amongst Ruins of Forbes Tent Colony

Men Amongst Ruins of Forbes Tent Colony
(Original Caption) 4/1914-Trinidad, Colorado: Men and boys, some eating, stand around the snow-covered ruins of the Forbes Tent Colony which was destroyed by U.S. Militia in the Coal Strikers War

Background imageMiner Collection: Volunteers Help Feed Striking Miners

Volunteers Help Feed Striking Miners
(Original Caption) 4/1914- Trinidad, CO: Volunteer cooks and waiter from sister states help feed the strikers during the coal miner's strike at Ludlow tent camp

Background imageMiner Collection: J.W. Brown, National Miners Organizer

J.W. Brown, National Miners Organizer
(Original Caption) 4/25/1914- Trinidad, CO: J.W. Brown, national organizer arriving at Trinidad, on horseback in advance of five-hundred armed coal miners

Background imageMiner Collection: Alex Berkman Speaking at Rally

Alex Berkman Speaking at Rally
(Original Caption) 5/1/1914-I.W.W. meeting in sympathy with the Laidlaw, Colorado strikers. Alex Berkman is shown speaking

Background imageMiner Collection: Miner Greets 5Th Cavalryman on Train

Miner Greets 5Th Cavalryman on Train
(Original Caption) 5/4/1914- Trinidad

Background imageMiner Collection: Militiamen and Machine Gun

Militiamen and Machine Gun
Colorado State Militia machine gunners and hired strike breakers overlook the tent camp of the miners and their families at Ludlow, Colorado

Background imageMiner Collection: Burning Camp During Mine Striker's War

Burning Camp During Mine Striker's War
(Original Caption) 4/1914- Trinidad, CO- The Coal Strikers War of April 1914

Background imageMiner Collection: Coal Strike in West Virginia

Coal Strike in West Virginia
Red Jacket, West Virginia, Coal miners wives holding children

Background imageMiner Collection: Coal Strike in West Virginia

Coal Strike in West Virginia
Four members of the posting guard at Williamstown

Background imageMiner Collection: Coal Strike in West Virginia

Coal Strike in West Virginia
Red Jacket, West Virginia. Miner and wife with 5 children outside of tent

Background imageMiner Collection: Coal Strike in West Virginia

Coal Strike in West Virginia
Scene in West Virginia during a coal strike

Background imageMiner Collection: Sid Hatfield

Sid Hatfield of Matewan, West Virginia, now under indictment for his part in shooting

Background imageMiner Collection: People and Tents in Striking Miners Camp

People and Tents in Striking Miners Camp
(Original Caption) 12/6/1920- Red Jacket, WV- Scene in the tent city at Red Jacket, West Virginia. Photo shows adults and children

Background imageMiner Collection: Miner'S Children In Pose For Picture

Miner'S Children In Pose For Picture
(Original Caption) 12/7/1920-Lick Creek, WV-View of African American children in a tent colony of miners

Background imageMiner Collection: Coal Strike in West Virginia

Coal Strike in West Virginia
Red Jacket, West Virginia. View of tent colony of striking miners

Background imageMiner Collection: Coal Strike in West Virginia

Coal Strike in West Virginia
Posting guard during miners strike

Background imageMiner Collection: Coal Strike in West Virginia

Coal Strike in West Virginia
Posting guard at Williamstown, West Virginia during a coal strike

Background imageMiner Collection: Congress Of Miners; Lenin Attending

Congress Of Miners; Lenin Attending
(Original Caption) Moscow, Russia: Vladimir I. Lenin was among the delegates to the Second All-Russian Congress of Miners in Moscow in 1921

Background imageMiner Collection: Troops Patrol Mine District South Africa

Troops Patrol Mine District South Africa
(Original Caption) 3/17/1922-Johnnesburg

Background imageMiner Collection: Miners Crushing Salt

Miners Crushing Salt
Miners crushing rock salt in a salt mine 1, 000 feet under ground

Background imageMiner Collection: Miners Working in Salt Mine

Miners Working in Salt Mine
Miners processing rock salt in a salt mine 1, 000 feet under ground

Background imageMiner Collection: Canary Used for Detecting Gas In Mines

Canary Used for Detecting Gas In Mines
This specially designed canary cage is useful to miners who need to detect the buildup of deadly methane and carbon monoxide gasses in mines

Background imageMiner Collection: Bill Haywood

Bill Haywood
(Original Caption) Portrait of Bill Haywood in Moscow. Photo filed in 1924

Background imageMiner Collection: Mine Workers Leaders Full Length

Mine Workers Leaders Full Length
(Original Caption) Anthracite miner's leaders who are meeting to decide whether to strike or not (left to right): Chris J. Golden, Phil Murray; John L. Lewis; John T. Dempsey; and Thomas Kennedy

Background imageMiner Collection: Miners Children Reading Newspaper

Miners Children Reading Newspaper
A crowd of boys, sons of miners, gather next to an open-pit mine to read a newspaper

Background imageMiner Collection: Miners Report to Work After Strike

Miners Report to Work After Strike
(Original Caption) 2/18/1926-Pennsylvania-Here are miners reporting to the Fire Boss at the bottom of the shaft of the old Bellevue Mine, one of the oldest anthracite mines in Pennsulvania

Background imageMiner Collection: Goldminers Playing Game of Cards

Goldminers Playing Game of Cards
(Original Caption) 3/15/1927-Weepah, NV- Numerous camps have been pitched around Weepah, in the hills forty miles west of Tonopah, Nevada

Background imageMiner Collection: Welsh Miners Pose with Banner on March

Welsh Miners Pose with Banner on March
(Original Caption) 11/29/1927-London, England- Coal diggers with travelling kitchen used during the march. They were led by A.J. Cook

Background imageMiner Collection: Bullet-Riddled Cop Car

Bullet-Riddled Cop Car
(Original Caption) 5/9/1931-Evarts, KY- The automobile in which two Deputy Sheriffs of Harlan were slain on May 5th, during a pitched battle with a crowd of about 125 miners

Background imageMiner Collection: Striking Miners Hold Sign & Us Flag

Striking Miners Hold Sign & Us Flag
(Original Caption) 8/4/31-Ward, W

Background imageMiner Collection: Franklin Delano Roosevelt Shakes Hands with Miner

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Shakes Hands with Miner
10/19/1932- Wheeling, WV- ORIGINAL CAPTION READS: Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt shakes hands with a poor mine worker during his Presidential campaign trip to West Virginia

Background imageMiner Collection: Miner Shakes Hands with Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt

Miner Shakes Hands with Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt

Background imageMiner Collection: Rescue Workers Taking Coffee Break

Rescue Workers Taking Coffee Break
(Original Caption) Twelve Dead Taken from Illinois Mine Pit. Twelve bodies had been recovered form the Moweaqua cooperative mine at Moweaqua, Ill

Background imageMiner Collection: Prospector Panning for Gold

Prospector Panning for Gold
Prospector pans for gold during a revival of gold mining in the west



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