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[Photograph 2012.201.B0414B.0230]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "John M. Malloy, state mine inspector, holds one of the steel roof bolts and wedges which, if successful, will taken the place of timbers and roof supports."
Date: June 15, 1951
Creator: McLaughlin, Al
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

A Social History of the Tri-State District

Description: Article discusses the history of the Tri-State District area, which includes the history of mining camps and their poor conditions, the intellectual environment and the schools that were established in the region, and the social and economic conditions prevalent.
Date: Summer 1959
Creator: Gibson, Arrell M.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Leasing of Quapaw Mineral Lands

Description: Article describes the history of the leasing of Quapaw mineral lands after the discovery of lead and zinc ore. A. M. Gibson discusses the measures put in place to protect the Quapaws from unfair agreements and the financial and legal issues that sprouted from these leases.
Date: Autumn 1957
Creator: Gibson, Arrell M.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Captain James E. Reynolds

Description: Article discusses the life and career of Confederate veteran and pioneer of Indian Territory, Captain James E. Reynolds. Rosa Ayleene Nance discusses, his upbringing, eventual marriage, participation in the Civil War, and business pursuits on the frontier.
Date: Spring 1954
Creator: Nance, Rosa Aylecne
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Immigrants in the Choctaw Coal Industry

Description: Article explores the immigrant communities that sprouted in the Choctaw Nation with the influx of miners working for coal companies entering the area. Stanley Clark also uses government reports to construct a picture of the hazardous working conditions in the mines and the toll it took on the lives of the miners.
Date: Winter 1955
Creator: Clark, Stanley
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

History of the Cherokees, 1830-1846

Description: Article discusses the history of the Cherokees in colonial North America. Oliver Knight explores their agricultural process and development, discovery of gold, adoption of the practice of slavery, and trade system. Knight then discusses their settlement in the west after removal, the establishment of their political parties, and relations with the U. S. government.
Date: Summer 1956
Creator: Knight, Oliver
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

A Spanish "Arrastra" in the Wichita Mountains

Description: Article relates the discovery of an "arrastra," an ore grinding machine used centuries beforehand by Spanish prospectors, in the Wichita Mountains. W. Eugene Hollon discusses personal experiences studying the find, the history of mining shafts, early Spanish mining activities in Mexico, and early prospecting activities in the Wichita Mountains.
Date: Winter 1956
Creator: Hollon, W. Eugene
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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