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[Photograph 2012.201.B1054.0292]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "George Walker, Picher Water superintendent, looks sadly at a trickle of water being carried into the community's one million gallon reservoir."
Date: February 6, 1963
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Partner: Oklahoma 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.
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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.
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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