U. S. Bureau of Mines Collection - C-797-BC Small Zinc-Lead Pilot Plant, South End

Photograph

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Boulder City/Hoover Dam Museum

0022:0129: U. S. Bureau of Mines Collection - C-797-BC Small Zinc-Lead Pilot Plant, South End ["In the center are two laboratory-size Herreshoff roasting or calcining furnaces, used in conditioning various ores for pilot-plant feed. On the right is an oven for drying the various plant products. In the right foreground is a small leach tank with agitator for extracting zinc and lead from oxidized ores with caustic solutions."]
0022:0129

U. S. Bureau of Mines Collection - C-797-BC Small Zinc-Lead Pilot Plant, South End ["In the center are two laboratory-size Herreshoff roasting or calcining furnaces, used in conditioning various ores for pilot-plant feed. On the right is an oven for drying the various plant products. In the right foreground is a small leach tank with agitator for extracting zinc and lead from oxidized ores with caustic solutions."]

Name/Title

U. S. Bureau of Mines Collection - C-797-BC Small Zinc-Lead Pilot Plant, South End

Entry/Object ID

0022:0129

Description

U. S. Bureau of Mines Collection - C-797-BC Small Zinc-Lead Pilot Plant, South End ["In the center are two laboratory-size Herreshoff roasting or calcining furnaces, used in conditioning various ores for pilot-plant feed. On the right is an oven for drying the various plant products. In the right foreground is a small leach tank with agitator for extracting zinc and lead from oxidized ores with caustic solutions."]

Collection

US Bureau of Mines, Boulder City Businesses

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

U. S. Dept. of the Interior - Bureau of Mines

Role

Photographer

Time Period

not provided

Notes

Original or Negative: Original

Location

Location

* Untyped Location

Research Room, Photo Drawer 11

Date

June 22, 2026

Created By

[email protected]

Create Date

February 3, 2024

Updated By

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Update Date

June 22, 2026