Shoveling lead and zinc ore

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Robert Collins

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09/30/2004

Shoveling lead and zinc ore

Robert F. Collins and another miner shovel lead and zinc ore into an ore bucket that would be taken to the surface by elevator.

Date & Place: 1922 at Hallett Shaft in Picher in Ottawa Co., Oklahoma

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Robert F Collins born Apr 18, 1897

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