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SC0011.59 West “4” Mine. No. 2/3. Map 862. Same as previous. (Face on view of rock face in quarry, inked notes: Tun 100 (with railroad track going into tunnel), Lev. 6 (along track), Tun 416, above is Lev. 6 ½, Lev. 7, Lev. 8, Tun. 92, Lev. 9, Lev. 10. Left side of photo upper third is a chute; right side of photo lower corner railroad track curved and track loosened on ties, on top of rock face is inked Shovel 9. Photo spotted).

 Item — Box: Photo 0011.01, Item: 059

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

This collection covers at least a two year period beginning with the title date of the album January 1, 1913 to August 1914 as noted on notations on some of the photographs. The collection is composed of 130 black and white or sepia photographs. Shown in the photos are many aspects of an iron ore mining operation and the landscape of the mining district in the Sierra Maestre Mountains in eastern Cuba. There is one personal postcard mailed from Panama addressed to Mrs. A. W. Gaumer, Firmeza, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba c/o Juragua Iron Co. dated May 6, 1912.

Dates

  • Creation: 1912-1914

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

English

Extent

From the Collection: 0.25 Linear Feet (1 box)

Repository Details

Part of the Lehigh University Special Collections Repository

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