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View of a drag loader in operation showing water sprays to control dust useful in final cleanup of mines, possibly owned by the Eagle Picher Lead Co. Probably in the tri-state mining district of southwestern Missouri, southeastern Kansas, and northeastern Oklahoma.
Date: Between 1940 and 1960
Item Number: 209753
Call Number: TN.1 *17
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 209753
Built Environment - Function - Industry/Processing/Extraction
Business and Industry - Mining and quarrying
Business and Industry - Mining and quarrying - Coal
Business and Industry - Mining and quarrying - Equipment
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1940s
Date - 1950s
Date - 1960s
Environment - Natural resources - Coal
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Regions - Tri-State Mining District
Type of Material - Photographs
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