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Metadata
Title |
SURFACE, Open Cut No. 1 |
Date |
1907-1973 |
Description |
Series of photographs of the open cut. 447-1: View of the open cut. 447-2: Two men mining in open cut, hand mucking. It is a very early view. 447-3: Fifteen miners working the Homestake. 447-6: View of the open cut, 1907. 447-8: View of the open cut, 1927. 447-8A: View of the open cut, 1927. 447-9: View of the open cut, 1927. 447-10: View of the open cut, 1930. 447-22: View of the open cut, 1939. 447-23: View of the open cut. 447-25: : View of the open cut during winter, 1954. 447-27: View of the open cut, 1958. 447-30: Open Cut, looking north. Homestake Mining Company service building in foreground, 1960. 447-33: View of the open cut and Mooney Park, 1968. There are also people playing a game in the park. Color version of this image can be found on the cover of Sharp Bits Summer 1968 Vol. 19 No. 2. 447-34: View of the open cut and a sign about the open cut, 1969. 447-35: View of the open cut, 1973. 447-37: Color photograph of the open cut. 447-38: Color photograph of the open cut. 447-39: Color photograph of the open cut. 447-40: Color photograph of the open cut. 447-41: Two color photographs of the open cut. 447-43: Series of twelve proofs of the open cut featuring a sign about the open cut, 1969. 447-47: Color photograph of the open cut, 1973. 447-48: Color photograph of the open cut and a sign about the open cut. 447-49: Vierw of the open cut. 447-50: Six men working in the open cut. Photograph is from the early days. Sharp Bits Summer 1968 Vol. 19 No. 2 pg. 2 "In open cut mining, before the advent of pneumatic drills, hard work was indeed plentiful. It was difficult and it was tiring! As clearly evident in this scene, everything was done by hand; drilling, blockholding, shoveling, hand-loading, and even pushing ore cars at the working faces to and from main haulage tracks." |
Collection |
Homestake Mining Company Collection |
Object Name |
Series, Archival |
Catalog Number |
HMCC 447 |
Print size |
Please See Metadata for Print Sizes |
Search Terms |
1900s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s Homestake Employees Homestake Mining Company Lead Men Miners Open Cut Parks Snow Winter |