Penna Benton Mine, New Diggings, Wisconsin, 1915 – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Penna Benton Mine, New Diggings, Wisconsin, 1915 comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: Penna Benton Mine, New Diggings, Wis., operated by Mineral Point Zinc Co.
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Penna Benton Mine, New Diggings, Wisconsin, 1915
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New Diggings, a small village in Lafayette County in southwestern Wisconsin, took its name from the shallow lead pits dug there by early settlers, and in 1915 mining still shaped the community. The Wisconsin lead district had passed its nineteenth-century peak, but mines in the area kept working, and zinc ore was becoming an increasingly important product as the war in Europe, which began in 1914, pushed up demand for base metals. This photograph of the Penna Benton Mine shows the surface works that sorted and hoisted ore, the kind of operation that employed local miners and drew families from farms and nearby towns. For residents of the region in 1915, the mines, the rail connections that carried ore to smelters, and the settlement's old name were the things that defined the place.
| Created / published | 1915 |
|---|---|
| Creator | lighty photo co. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Wisconsin |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,334 × 1,380 px · prints to 18 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Penna Benton Mine, New Diggings, Wis., operated by Mineral Point Zinc Co. |
| Reference | WI 1915 Penna Benton Mine, New Diggings |
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