[Photograph 2012.201.B1054.0292]

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
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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

[Photograph 2012.201.B1414.0157]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "DISCUSSING HONORS received by the Miami Garden Club are Mrs. Frank Wilson, left, and Mrs. Curtis Farley."
Date: June 6, 1963
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History