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Metadata
Title |
MINE, Ventilation, Oro Hondo Shaft |
Date |
1941-1964 |
Description |
Series of photographs of the ventilation of the Oro Hondo Shaft. 311-1: Overhead view of the Oro Hondo Shaft. 311-2: Unidentified man standing next to the Oro Hondo Ventilating Fan, 1946. 311-3: External view of the Oro Hondo Ventilating Fan, 1941. 311-4: External view of the Oro Hondo Ventilating Fan, 1941. 311-6: Unidentified man operating a piece of machinery. 311-7: Three unidentified men in a cage elevator. 311-8: View of various buildings related to the Oro Hondo Shaft. 311-9: Unidentified man standing in front of a metal structure. 311-10: Three unidentified men standing on timber in Oro Hondo Shaft at 2,300-ft. Level, 1960. 311-20: Unidentified man operating a piece of machinery. 311-21: Unidentified man walking into a cage elevator. 311-22: Close-up view of a timber. 311-23: Two unidentified men with their back to the camera on a cage elevator. 311-24: Unidentified man standing next to a telephone pole. 311-30: Unidentified man using a jack hammer/drill with a crane in the background. 311-31: Aerial/Overhead view of the Oro Hondo Shaft. 311-32: Three unidentified men working, 1964. 311-33: Unidentified man standing on the ventilating fan, and one unidentified man standing in the ventilating fan, 1964. 311-34: Adding new ventilation fan at Oro Hondo Shaft. Ross Shaft in background, 1964. Sharp Bits February 1965 v16 No 1. photograph caption: "Labor Day 1964 marked the changeover to the double fan system at the Oro Hondo exhaust shaft. Rock temperatures in excess of 120 degrees F. (on the 6,800-foot level) made this project of vital importance. Cooperation and teamwork between the men from the many departments in the Black Hills Operations insured the timely completion of this project." 311-40: Color photograph on an unidentified man standing next to the ventilating fan. 311-41: Oro Hondo Fan, 1964. 311-42: Two unidentified men standing next to the rotor in the Oro Hondo Fan. |
Collection |
Homestake Mining Company Collection |
Object Name |
Series, Archival |
Catalog Number |
HMCC 311 |
Print size |
Please See Metadata for Print Sizes |
Search Terms |
1940s 1960s Aerial View Buildings Construction Homestake Employees Homestake Mining Company Men Oro Hondo Ross Shaft Telephones |