Mineral industries

Men are digging out an entrance underground. This is the beginning of a lead mine in the Cook's Peak region. Mining is one of the main industries of Deming, New Mexico.

Unidentified workers mine oil shale at an experimental oil shale plant near Rifle, Colorado. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Rescue workers carry a man out of a mine during a safety methods demonstration at the Bruceton, Pennsylvania experimental mine. All are unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Lorain H. Cunningham and two unidentified men in a coal mine, probably in Illinois in the 1930's or 40's. The men are sitting in front of a coal car with "Chief Cunny and his Corps" written on the side of the car. From an album of Lorain H. Cunningham, who served in the 129th Field Artillery during World War I and was a friend of Harry S. Truman.

Photo of George M. Humphrey, Chairman of the Pittsburg Consolidation Coal Company, one of the Nation's largest coal operators. He indicated the recent miners wage increase conforms to the 15% hourly wage raise pattern. Humphrey told Congress that there is "nothing wildly inflationary or grossly unreasonable" in the $1.20 a day wage boost granted John L. Lewis' United Mine Workers. From: Beth Gore.

Snapshot of a large metal pipe on an incline. From a series of photos of forested areas in the mountains of the Pacific Northwest relating to forest management and mining.