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Lead-Zinc Mining--Evaluation of Plantings

Description: Photograph of the area around the Eagle-Pichers Mine, with slimes pond evaluation of plantings in Picher, Oklahoma. View facing north in Field no. 1. Native grass plantings seeded into prairie hay mulch. View, and Raymond Magness, is near the center of the plot. OK-2879-15.
Date: July 31, 1967
Creator: Bennett, K. C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Lead-Zinc Mining--Evaluation of Plantings

Description: Photograph of the area around the Eagle-Pichers Mine, Picher, Oklahoma. View facing north showing the southeast portion of the planting area (Field # 6). Thi sshows the mulched border along the east side of the unmulched tree plantings--this border was not seeded. Observations will be made on seedling establishement from vegetation along the border of the dam immediately south of the site. OK-2767-1.
Date: May 26, 1967
Creator: Ball, Lemuel
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Lead-Zinc Mining--Evaluation of Plantings

Description: Photograph of the area around the Eagle-Pichers Mine, Picher, Oklahoma. Slimes Pond Evaluation of plantings in Commerce, Oklahoma. View facing north. The southeast portion of the plantings area (Field no. 6). This shows the mulched border along the east side of the unmulched tree plantings--this border was not seeded. Observations will be made on seeding establishment from vegetation along the border of the dam immediately south of this site. OK-2767-1.
Date: May 26, 1967
Creator: Bennett, K. C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Lead-Zinc Mining--Evaluation of Plantings

Description: Photograph of the area around the Eagle-Pichers Mine, Picher, Oklahoma. Slimes Pond Evaluation of plantings in Commerce, Oklahoma. View facing northwest corner of planting area (Field no. 1). On March 17, 1967, 30 rows of grass and legume species were planted east-west. Note flagmarkers. Also in the background is a broadcast grass mixture plot. Prarie hay mulch at the rate of 3 tons per acre was hand spread over the whole area immediately after planting and anchored with a tandem disc. seedbed … more
Date: May 26, 1967
Creator: Bennett, K. C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Lead-Zinc Mining--Evaluation of Plantings

Description: Photograph of the area around the Eagle-Pichers Mine, Picher, Oklahoma. View facing north showing northwest corner of planting area (Field # 1). On March 17, 1967, 30 rows of grass and legume species were planted east-west. Note flag markers Also in the background is a broadcast grass mixture plot. Prairie hay mulch at the rate of 3 tons per acre was hand spread over the whole area immediately after planting and then anchored with a tandem disc plow. Seedbed was compacted with rubber-tired trac… more
Date: May 26, 1967
Creator: Bennett, K. C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Lead-Zinc Mining--Evaluation of Plantings

Description: Photograph of the area around the Eagle-Pichers Mine, Picher, Oklahoma. View facing north showing the eastern two-thirds and a glimpse of the northwest portion of the planting area. Snow fences are for wind erosion and as sand drift protection. In the right foreground are two rows without mulch. In the right background are three rows of prairie hay mulched (3 tons per acre) hand anchored. The tree species include cedar, button bush, sycamore, cottonwood, black locust, sand bar willow and Russia… more
Date: May 26, 1967
Creator: Bennett, K. C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Lead-Zinc Mining--Evaluation of Plantings

Description: Photograph of the area around the Eagle-Pichers Mine, Picher, Oklahoma. Slimes Pond Evaluation of plantings in Commerce, Oklahoma. View facing north showing eastern two-thirds and a glimpse of the northwestern portion of the planting area. Snow fences are for wind erosion and sand drift protection. In right foreground, are tree rows without mulch. Right background shows tree rows prairie hay mulched (3 tons per acre), hand-anchored. Tree species include cedar, button bush, sycamore, cottonwood,… more
Date: May 26, 1967
Creator: Bennett, K. C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Lead-Zinc Mining--Evaluation of Plantings

Description: Photograph of the area around the Eagle-Pichers Mine, with slimes pond evaluation of plantings in Picher, Oklahoma. View facing northwest in Field no. 4, series 6. German millet planted on 05-12-1967. Rows 1 and 2 were not fertilized. Rows 3 and 4 were with 200 pounds of 10-20-10 fertilizer. Rows 5 and 6 were fertilized using 400 pounds of 10-20-10 fertilizer and 150 pounds of 33-0-0 at the east end. Rows 7 and 8 used 200 pounds of 10-20-10 fertilizer and 150 pounds of 33-0-0. Raymond Magness i… more
Date: July 31, 1967
Creator: Bennett, K. C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Lead-Zinc Mining--Evaluation of Plantings

Description: Photograph of the area around the Eagle-Pichers Mine, Picher, Oklahoma. View facing east along the south portion of planting areas (field # 4). This cheatgrass (Bromus app.) was planted and fertilized in four rows in late September, 1966. OK-2767-6.
Date: May 26, 1967
Creator: Ball, Lemuel
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Lead-Zinc Mining

Description: Photograph of a chat pile, the rock waste remains after lead and zinc have been extracted from hard rock, during the grinding and flotation system. Note the erosion of the pile. This material covers some 5,000 acres in Ottawa County. Wind and water move this finely ground rock to adjacent areas. OK-2769-11.
Date: May 24, 1967
Creator: Bennett, K. C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Lead-Zinc Mining--Wind Erosion

Description: Photograph of the Eagle-Pichers Mine area, at Picher, Oklahoma. Showing slimes ponds and chat piles. North view from roadway showing well-established vagetation on active slimes pond dam in Commerce, Oklahoma.. The principal grass is Bermuda. Chat pile in the background. OK-2769-7.
Date: July 6, 1967
Creator: Bennett, K. C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Lead-Zinc Mining--Wind Erosion.

Description: Photograph of the area around the Eagle-Pichers Mine, Picher, Oklahoma. Drifts of silica. Blow sand from the abandoned Slimes Pond about 160 acres in size lying immediately east of the central mill. Plantings were made along the south side of this area in the fall and spring of 1966 – 1967. OK-2769-6.
Date: May 26, 1967
Creator: Bennett, K. C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Lead-Zinc Mining--Evaluation of Plantings

Description: Photograph of the area around the Eagle-Pichers Mine, Picher, Oklahoma. Slimes Pond Evaluation of plantings in Commerce, Oklahoma. View facing north in central portion of Field no. 6. Black Locust trees planted on 02-03-1967 without fertilizer nor mulch. OK-2878-26.
Date: July 31, 1967
Creator: Bennett, K. C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Lead-Zinc Mining--Wind Erosion

Description: Photograph of the Eagle-Pichers Mine, near Commerce, Oklahoma. Here showing the effects of snow fences in checking wind erosion. The coaser silica material has drifted high in the snow fences creating a series of deep drifts of coarser particles. Note the absence of vegetation even though this is located in approximately a 44 inch ppt. [parts per trillion?] zone. OK-2769-5.
Date: May 23, 1967
Creator: Bennett, K. C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Lead-Zinc Mining--Evaluation of Plantings

Description: Photograph of the area around the Eagle-Pichers Mine, Picher, Oklahoma. Slimes Pond Evaluation of plantings in Commerce, Oklahoma. Filed 6 of field trial on slimes pond. This field consists of unmulched woody species of plantings. Note the seeding growth at this date. Trees received no fertilizer. OK-2768-14.
Date: May 26, 1967
Creator: Ball, Lemuel
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Lead-Zinc Mining--Evaluation of Plantings

Description: Photograph of the area around the Eagle-Pichers Mine, Picher, Oklahoma. Slimes Pond Evaluation of plantings in Commerce, Oklahoma. Field # 6 of a field trial on Slimes Pond. This field is an unmulched woody species of plantings. Note the seedling growth at this date. The trees received no fertilizer. OK-2768-14.
Date: May 26, 1967
Creator: Ball, Lemuel
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Lead-Zinc Mining--Slimes Pond and Chat Piles

Description: Photograph of the area around the Eagle-Pichers Mine, Picher, Oklahoma. North view from roadway showing well-established vegetation on active slimes pond dam. The principal grass grown is Bermuda. A chat pile [i.e., waste rock from lead-zinc mining containing lead-contaminated dust] is in the background. OK-2769-7.
Date: July 6, 1967
Creator: Bennett, K. C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Lead-Zinc Mining--Wind Erosion

Description: Photograph of the area around the Eagle-Pichers Mine, Picher, Oklahoma. Showing drifts of silica-blow sand from abandoned slimes pond about 160 acres in size and lying immediately east of the Central Mill. Plantings were made along the south side of this area in the fall and spring of 1966 – 1967. OK-2769-6.
Date: May 23, 1967
Creator: Bennett, K. C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Lead-Zinc Mining--Slimes Pond and Chat Piles

Description: Photograph of the area around the Eagle-Pichers Mine, Picher, Oklahoma. View of a chat pile, the remains after lead and zinc has been extracted from hard rock during grinding and flotation. Note the erosion of the pile. This material covers some 5,000 acres in Ottawa County. Wind and water move this finely ground rock to adjacent areas. OK-2769-11.
Date: May 24, 1967
Creator: Bennett, K. C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Lead-Zinc Mining--Evaluation of Plantings

Description: Photograph of the area around the Eagle-Pichers Mine, Picher, Oklahoma. Slimes Pond Evaluation of plantings in Commerce, Oklahoma. View facing east along south portion of planting area (Field no. 4). This cheat grass (Bromus spp [= species pluralis]) was planted and fertilized in four rows in late September 1966. OK-2767-6.
Date: May 26, 1967
Creator: Ball, Lemuel
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Lead-Zinc Mining--Wind Erosion

Description: Photograph of the area around the Eagle-Pichers Mine, Picher, Oklahoma, here showing the drift effects of wind erosion from slime ponds. Drifts of silicas. They blow sand from the abandoned slimes pond, themseleves about 160 acres in size lying immediately to the east of the Central Mill. Plant materials plantings were made along the south side of this area in the fall and spring of 1966 - 1967. OK-2769-4.
Date: May 23, 1967
Creator: Ball, Lemuel
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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