North Country At Work

Man operates a scraper inside Republic Steel Company mine. Mineville, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.

Miners set explosives inside a Republic Steel Company mine. Mineville, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.

Men and women in “man cage” ready to be lowered into mine shaft. Republic Steel Company. Mineville, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.

Cappy Weatherwax checking equipment readings inside Republic Steel Company power plant. Circa 1940s. Mineville, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.

Miner drilling in mine No. 4 of St. Joe Minerals. 1982. Balmat, NY.

Loader in the No. 4 mine of St. Joe Minerals. 1982. Balmat, NY.

Workers at a graphite mine off of Hudson Street in Johnsburg, NY. Circa 1900 – 1910. Johnsburg, NY. Note: this caption originally stated this photo was at a graphite mill in North River. Historian Glenn Pearsall and Greg Schaefer from the North Creek Depot Museum brought it to our attention that there was not a graphite […]

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.