Blackjack Mine, Galena, Illinois, 1915 – Vintage Wall Art
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This rare historic image captures Blackjack Mine, Galena, Illinois, 1915 in remarkable detail. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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Blackjack Mine, Galena, Illinois, 1915
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Blackjack Mine, near Galena in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, shows a town still living off the lead and zinc that had made the region rich. Galena's fortune was built on lead in the 1820s and 1840s, when river steamboats carried ore and goods down the Galena River to the Mississippi, and its prosperity faded after the mines played out and rail lines bypassed the town. By 1915 the Tri-State district of Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin was producing more zinc than lead, and miners in places like this worked the ore that surrounding families called blackjack. Many residents of Galena in those years also took pride in the town's connection to Ulysses S. Grant, who had lived there before the Civil War, and that memory helped sustain the local economy as mining work became less steady.
| Created / published | 1915 |
|---|---|
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Illinois |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,191 px · prints to 18 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | IL Blackjack Mine, Galena, 1915 |
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