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Collection Summary
Collection: 00170 - Martin O. Helseth Photograph Collection
Folder: 0001
Item: 00017
Title: Lignite strip mine
Date: 1908
Creator: Gooud, P. R.
Inscription/Marks: "N. Dak. lignite mine where they strip the coal (Gooud 120)--Handwritten on front of postcard.
Summary: Men work to remove lignite from the ground from the Gille-Miller mine near Flaxton (N.D.) The men work with pickaxes and pitchforks. Two horses are visible on a higher piece of ground, and a piece of equipment is visible on the edge of the mine. __Gillie and Miller Lignite strip mine now Truax and Traer Mine
Red ID: PH_I_148126 Image ID: 98018 Image Notes: 00170-00017

Collection: 00170 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: Martin O. Helseth Photograph Collection
Date: Circa 1900

Summary: Early images of homesteading, coal mining, the Interstate Fair, and towns in western North Dakota including Beach, Bowbells, Ambrose, Powers Lake, Dickinson, Columbus, and Cooperstown.

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Collection Summary
Collection: 00170 - Martin O. Helseth Photograph Collection
Folder: 0001
Item: 00017
Title: Lignite strip mine
Date: 1908
Creator: Gooud, P. R.
Inscription/Marks: "N. Dak. lignite mine where they strip the coal (Gooud 120)--Handwritten on front of postcard.
Summary: Men work to remove lignite from the ground from the Gille-Miller mine near Flaxton (N.D.) The men work with pickaxes and pitchforks. Two horses are visible on a higher piece of ground, and a piece of equipment is visible on the edge of the mine. __Gillie and Miller Lignite strip mine now Truax and Traer Mine
Red ID: PH_I_148126 Image ID: 90890 Image Notes: 00170-00017-back

Collection: 00170 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: Martin O. Helseth Photograph Collection
Date: Circa 1900

Summary: Early images of homesteading, coal mining, the Interstate Fair, and towns in western North Dakota including Beach, Bowbells, Ambrose, Powers Lake, Dickinson, Columbus, and Cooperstown.

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