Lead-Zinc Mining--Wind Erosion

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.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Lead-Zinc Mining--Slimes Pond and Chat Piles

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.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Agronomy, Maize

Photograph of Gerald Chambers, FFA Instructor and K.C. Bennett, SCS examine maize in Ottawa County.
Date: August 6, 1972
Creator: Moss, Allen R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History