Petersen, Max S.2007-01-032022-02-032007-01-032022-02-03https://hdl.handle.net/11124/6363Date scanned: 2002-6-12.USBM #62988; Blowers located in a corn field forcing air through 6-inch churn-drill holes to underground workings. Andrews Mine, Cuba Mining Company, Shullsburg, Wisconsin. - M. S. Petersen - March 1946.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 Andrews Mine was an underground lead zinc mine near Shullsburg, Wisconsin operated by the Cuba Mining Company. Lead zinc ores were discovered in the upper Mississippi River Valley region, which included southwestern Wisconsin, in the 1820s. Shullsburg was settled as a lead mining town at this time. Many of Shullsburg's lead zinc mines operated through the 1940s and the last mine closed in the 1970s.Rights management statement available at: http://library.mines.edu/digital/rights.htmlCuba Mining CompanyLead mines and miningMine ventilationZinc mines and miningUnderground miningStillImage