Petersen, Max S.2007-01-032022-02-032007-01-032022-02-03https://hdl.handle.net/11124/6512Date scanned: 2002-5-20.USBM #59104; Lighting fuses of a 28-hole round. Zenith Mine, Pickands, Mather & Company, Ely, St. Louis County, Minnesota. (Feb. 1945 - M.S.P.) Additional Note: E.A. Anundsen, Safety Supervisor, Pickands, Mather and Company, objects to use of this picture by Bureau. Shows insufficient side lagging. Not desirable for general use.Held in the Russell L. and Lyn Wood Mining History Archive, Arthur Lakes Library, Colorado School of Mines.Donor: United States Bureau of Mines.The image shows two miners lighting fuses of a 28-hole explosives round at the Zenith Mine. The Zenith Mine in the Vermillion Range near Ely, Minnesota was opened in 1892 by the Minnesota Iron Company. The Mine was later operated by Pickands, Mather and Company. Pickands, Mather and Company was established in 1883 as an iron mining and shipping firm with interests in the Lake Superior region. It was one of the large mining companies that consolidated smaller properties in the regional iron ranges in the early 1900s. The Company became one of the largest iron ore companies in the US.Rights management statement available at: http://library.mines.edu/digital/rights.htmlPickands, Mather and CompanyExplosivesIron mines and miningMinersScenes, undergroundUnderground miningStillImage