Bennettt Mine, churn-drill tool

Date scanned: 2002-05-16. USBM #57880; Churn-drill tool, (lying in foreground) used to ream a 12-inch pilot hole to 30 inches in diameter. Used at the Bennett Mine, Pickands, Mather and Company, Keewatin, Itasca County, Minnesota, to sink a 30-inch ventilation hole. Dec. 1944 / Max S. Petersen. Held...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Petersen, Max S.
Other Authors: Arthur Lakes Library, Russell L. and Lyn Wood Mining History Archive, United States. Bureau of Mines
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Published: Colorado School of Mines. Arthur Lakes Library 1944
Subjects:
Pickands
Mather and Company
Iron mines and mining
Mining
Underground mining
Petersen
Keewatin
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11124/6474
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Summary:Date scanned: 2002-05-16. USBM #57880; Churn-drill tool, (lying in foreground) used to ream a 12-inch pilot hole to 30 inches in diameter. Used at the Bennett Mine, Pickands, Mather and Company, Keewatin, Itasca County, Minnesota, to sink a 30-inch ventilation hole. Dec. 1944 / Max S. Petersen. Held in the Russell L. and Lyn Wood Mining History Archive, Arthur Lakes Library, Colorado School of Mines. Donor: United States Bureau of Mines. A churn-drill tool used to sink a ventilation hole lies in the snow at the Bennett Mine. The Bennett underground iron mine in the Mesabi Range in Itasca County, Minnesota was operated by Pickands, Mather and Company.

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