2007-01-032022-02-032007-01-032022-02-03https://hdl.handle.net/11124/7841Zenith Mine, Ely, Minn. Drilling the face of No. 36 contract. This is a regular producing face. Note back and sides have been timbered right to the face before drilling started. Floor is clean. Water hose and air hose are connected to each machine. There are two water liner machines used on two columns. Tools are neatly stacked out of way. Lighting is by means of extension light and cord. Tirex rubber insulated cable is used. Men are wearing hard hats and hard toed shoes. Time: 1/2 second, stop F8, Goertz-Dagor lens. Taken in February, 1932. #43571.Date scanned: 2001-09-20.Identifier: U057.Mounted on sheet of paper; text on paper.Related photographs: U058Held in the Russell L. and Lyn Wood Mining History Archive, Arthur Lakes Library, Colorado School of Mines.The image shows two miners drilling underground 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 CompanyIron mines and miningMinersMiningScenes, undergroundStillImage