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Metadata
Title |
MINE, Drifts, Drifting |
Date |
1908-1957 |
Description |
Series of photographs of drifting. 245-1: Two miners in a tunnel with a machine. 245-2: Three miners in a tunnel, one of them is drilling while the other two observe. 245-3: Photograph of two miners, one of which is drilling, 1908. Photograph taken by W.B. Perkins. 245-4: Man using a drill on the mine ceiling. 245-6: Three miners drilling in a tunnel. 245-7: Two men standing next to pipes in the back of a tunnel. 245-15: Miner in the underground working drill preparatory to placing ore. 245-16: Two miners drilling in a tunnel. 245-17: Two men, John Cotton and William Brosnahan, drilling high holes from top of type car, in drift to proposed underground 4850 level. Sharp Bits October 1953, Vol. 4, No. 9 pg. 9 "Drilling the high holes -- That's John Cotton and William Brosnahan who are drilling the high holes in the drift on the 4,850 foot level which is leading to the proposed underground shaft (part of the deep level development program). They are working on top of an automatic side-dump 3-ton ore car." 245-18: John Hoggatt (killed in Pacific in WWII) drilling into mine wall. 245-19: Three men drilling in a header, 1932. Photograph taken by Black Hills Studio. 245-20: Man drilling into mine ceiling, 1942. 245-26: Milo Basker drilling into mine wall, 1946. Sharp Bits May 1953, Vol. 4, No. 4 pg. 3 "Old drifter in operation -- this photo, taken several years ago, pictures an old (160 lb., 3 1/2 inch bore) drifter mounted on a heavy post. This machine has been replaced in stope mining by lightweight jackhammers. The operator is Milo Basker, who is again serving as an officer in the armed services in Europe." 245-27: Man drilling into mine wall, 1946. 245-28: Man men drilling into mine wall, 1946. 245-29: Two men drilling into mine wall, 1946. 245-30: Two men drilling into mine wall. The man on left is John Hoggatt (killed in Pacific in WWII). 245-31: Two men drilling into mine wall. 245-32: Burton Phipps (left) and Donald Mutchler (right) drilling into mine wall. Sharp Bits May 1953, Vol. 4, No. 4 pg. 6 "Drilling the high holes -- Burton Phipps, on the left, and his partner Donald Mutchler, are drilling the top holes in a drift round on the 4,850-foot level. They are operating jackleg-mounted jackhammers in combination with detachable tungston carbide bits from the top of a 3 ton Granby mine car." 245-33: Three men drifting on the 4850 level (drilling holes for explosives in driving horizontal tunnel),1953. 245-34: Man drilling into mine wall. 245-36: Two men drilling into mine ceiling. 245-37: Two men drilling into mine wall, 1946. 245-39: Three men drilling 5600 feet below surface. Holes are loaded with explosives and detonated. This is in a drift, 1957. 245-40: Two men drilling with post-mounted drifters. Earl Smith (left) and Glen Landis drill out a drift around with automatic drifter machines in a 7-foot by 7-foot on the 3350 foot level in No. 9 ledge, 1957. 245-41: Two men working on post-mounted drifters, 1957. 245-43: R. LaCroix drilling with a stoper, from side of a drift. 245-44: Two men drilling into mine wall. 245-45: Two men drilling into mine wall. 245-46: Man drilling with a stopes in the side of a crosscut. Note oiler in foreground -- automatically lubricates the drill while drilling. 245-47: Two men standing in mine tunnel. 245-48: Man working on mine piping. 245-49: Man drilling into mine wall with his back to the camera. 245-50: Two men drilling into the mine wall with their backs turned to the camera. 245-51: Man drilling into mine wall. 245-52: Man standing next to an ore car. 245-53: Color photograph of two men drilling with laser grid on mine wall. 245-54: Smooth-wall blasting with dupont trimtex, 5300 foot level. 245-55: Smooth-wall blasting in drift on 6800 foot level. 245-56: Three men standing around an ore car. |
Collection |
Homestake Mining Company Collection |
Object Name |
Series, Archival |
Catalog Number |
HMCC 245 |
Print size |
Please See Metadata for Print Sizes |
People |
Basker, Milo Brosnahan, William Cotton, John Hoggart, John LaCroix, R. Landis, Glen Mutchler, D. Mutchler, Don Perkins, W.B. Phipps, Burton Smith, Earl |
Search Terms |
1930s 1940s 1950s Black Hills Studios Drilling Homestake Mining Company Men Miners Mining Ore car |