Mining

Scope and Contents Materials on zinc mining and processing operations of the American Zinc Company of Tennessee at Mascot, Tennessee. Also includes information on the American Zinc, Lead, and Smelting Company, the American Limestone Company, and the Graselli Mine. Collection includes annual reports, 1916-1934 (some gaps); drilling reports, 1910-1911; History of Mascot; mining studies and reports; leases-options-deeds, 1910-1940; wage schedules, 1920-1937; labor contracts and strike, 1934-1935; agreements with...

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Program for Memorial Services in memory of those who lost their lives in the Fraterville Mine Explosion at Coal Creek, Tennessee, on Monday, May 19th, 1902, and in the Cross Mountain Mine Explosion at Briceville, Tennessee, on Saturday, December 9th, 1911.

Scope and Contents Papers of George Lewis Welcker (1892-1965), son of James Henry and Dixie Welcker, and grandson of Charles Freeling and Caroline Mitchell Welcker. Papers include: correspondence between Welcker family members; business correspondence; Capt. J. H. Welcker, Kingston, Tenn., correspondence with Tennessee River Iron Ore and Railway Company of Chattanooga and the East Tennessee Mining Company of Harriman, Tenn., 1887-1892; genealogical correspondence and material, 1912-1930, which belonged to...

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Jas. E. Thompson, Knoxville, Tenn., photograph (no number). Shows back of miner or geologist (?) working with coal in mine or cave. 8x10” B&W, backed with linen.

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QSPC 2004.001a: American Limestone, Holston Quarry. 1953. B&W 16x20” unmounted photographic print. Damage at left. Shows conveyor belt leading out of quarry. QSPC 2004.001b: ‘A Gift from Floyd Brogden. A picture of the Old Holston Quarry at Mascot, Tenn.’ Color. 13x17” mounted on 16x20 board. Shows steam shovel(?) in operation.