View of a steam shovel strip mining iron ore and dumping it into railroad cars, Sunrise, Wyoming.
Date
[between 1910 and 1930?]
Notes
Formerly F204.; Title hand-written on back of print, with: "...an early practice which was discontinued a few years ago. The ore is now mined underground.; R7100626768
Description
1 photonegative : nitrate ; 13 x 18 cm. (5 x 7 in.); 1 photoprint ; 12 x 14 cm. (4 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
Subject
Sunshine (Wyo.)--1910-1930.; Iron mining--Wyoming--Sunrise--1910-1930.; Mining--Wyoming--Sunrise--1910-1930.; Steam shovels--Wyoming--Sunrise--1910-1930.; Strip mining--Wyoming--Sunrise--1910-1930.
Rights Statement
Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
