Underground drilling in Republic Steel mine in Mineville

Caption on photo reads: Drilling from suspended catwalk in the Clonan 21 area. Inside the mines owned and operated by Witherbees, Sherman, & Company until 1939; then, it was leased and operated by Republic Steel until 1971.

Circa 1940s. Hamlet of Mineville in the Town of Moriah, NY.

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