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  • Collection: Fluorspar Mining Collection

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Three men walk along a set of tracks next to the pump station inside an Alcoa Mining Company mine in Rosiclare. On verso: "Top view of pump station on 800' level."

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Mine supervision personnel at the Aluminum Company of America plant in Rosiclare pose in front of the safety bulletin board for a group photograph. Standing (l-r): Ronald Schaefer, J. Roy Carr, Rudell Hoover, J. G. Bennett, and Charles Millikan.…

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An exterior view shows the Aluminum Ore Company's buildings in Rosiclare. On verso: "General view of east side of Plant area. Left to right - Machine, electrical and Carpenter Shop Building, small portion of east end of Storeroom showing between…

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An Ashland Oil, Incorporated, barge travels along an unidentified river.

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A man rings a bell fixed on the front of a truck.

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Several pieces of the miners' clothing hang from the ceiling to dry.On verso: "Clothes are suspended from the ceiling to permit more rapid drying."

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Two workers operate a diamond drill underground at 300 feet.

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Operator George Rankin sits at the cage hoist controls in the Fairview Mine hoist room.

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Two miners use a railroad mining car to aid in excavation. On verso: "In the Fairview Mine the muck is dumped into skip pockets and raised by skips to the storage bins on the surface."

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An unidentified football team poses for a team photo.

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Geologist George Sutton poses for a photo at the edge of the mine shaft. On verso: "Blue Diggings No. 2 South Drift joins the new Fairview Shaft."

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A Blue Diggings Mine employee operates a mucking machine loading muck into a tram car.

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A view looking east from the Crusher building at the Drying and Grinding buildings shows two railroad cars outside the buildings.

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Several types of mining machinery sit inside the mill. On verso: "Photo taken in Mill from north end. Classifiers in center with Ball Mill showing on right and left."

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Several cars fill the parking lot in front of a mill.

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A small group of people stand on the sidewalk in front of the Rosiclare Hospital as several automobiles line the street.

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Members of the 25 Year Club, (from left to right) John Jennings, George Shelter, Raleigh Stacey, Lawrence Lanham, and W. T. Davis, stand in front of a wall.

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Two workers smoking cigars lift a large bag while posing for a photo.
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