North Country At Work

Miners Edgar Morey and Clarence Reed with a steam drill at the 13th Lake Mine. Circa 1900. North River, NY.

Workers at the Ruby Mountain garnet mine. The building behind them is the boiler room. Circa 1900. North River, NY.

Mr. Hooper stands in front of the steam shovel at Hooper’s Mine, an open pit garnet mine. Circa 1930. North River, NY.

The big gas engine in the powerhouse at the Salisbury Steel & Iron Company mine. Circa 1905. Salisbury Center, NY.

Buildings of the Salisbury Steel & Iron Co. Locomotive in the foreground. Circa 1905. Salisbury Center, NY.

Group of workers pose by the top house at the Arnold Hill Mine with the large pulley and cable of the mine hoist on the left. Circa 1900. Au Sable Forks, NY.

Overhead photo of a dump truck winding its way down a road into the quarry. At the time, this was the largest open pit talc mine in the world. Gouverneur Talc Company mine.  Circa 1979. Balmat, NY.

Removing mud from the Arnold Pit at the Gouverneur Talc Company. June 1979. Balmat, NY.

Man with a triple-rotary dump ore car at the Joker Shaft. Photo is a gelatin silver print from lantern slide. Circa 1907. Mineville, NY.

Interior of the A&B Powerhouse of the Republic Steel Mine Corporation. Water is flowing through turbines at 2,500 cubic feet per second. Generator is run by a synchronous motor. The water moves the turbine shaft which moves a belt attached to the dynamo (a coil of wires inside a ring of magnets in the generator […]