[Photograph 2012.201.B1245.0190]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Robert Sills"
Date: January 31, 1960
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Lead-Zinc Mining--Evaluation of Plantings

Photograph of the area around the Eagle-Pichers Mine, with slimes pond evaluation of plantings in Picher, Oklahoma. View facing west in Field no. 2, series 9, haygrazer planted on 05-12-1967 unmulched. 2 check rows without fertilizers, 2 rows with 200 pounds of 10-20-16 fertilizer, 2 rows with 400 pounds of 10-20-10 with 50% nitrogen top dressed on the eastern half. Raymond Magnass holds the pole upright between rows 3 & 4--top dressed on 06-24-1967. OK-2879-20.
Date: July 31, 1967
Creator: Bennett, K. C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Lead-Zinc Mining--Evaluation of Plantings

Photograph of the area around the Eagle-Pichers Mine, with slimes pond evaluation of plantings in Picher, Oklahoma. View facing north in field no. 3, near the center of the field. Raymond Magness holds the rod by the sycamore tree planted on 02-03-1967. No ferilizer used, but prairie hay mulch used. OK-2879-16.
Date: July 31, 1967
Creator: Bennett, K. C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Lead-Zinc Mining--Evaluation of Plantings

Photograph of the area around the Eagle-Pichers Mine, with slimes pond evaluation of plantings in Picher, Oklahoma. View facing northwest in Field no. 4, series 6. German millet planted on 05-12-1967. Rows 1 and 2 were not fertilized. Rows 3 and 4 were with 200 pounds of 10-20-10 fertilizer. Rows 5 and 6 were fertilized using 400 pounds of 10-20-10 fertilizer and 150 pounds of 33-0-0 at the east end. Rows 7 and 8 used 200 pounds of 10-20-10 fertilizer and 150 pounds of 33-0-0. Raymond Magness in the photo. OK-2879-4.
Date: July 31, 1967
Creator: Bennett, K. C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Lead-Zinc Mining--Evaluation of Plantings

Photograph of the area around the Eagle-Pichers Mine, with slimes pond evaluation of plantings in Picher, Oklahoma. View facing west in Field No. 4, series 5. English rye grass was seeded on 09-19-1966 unmulched and fertilized at the rate of [unclear]. with rows using either 200 pounds of 10-20-10 fertilizer or 400 pounds of the same. The Road is held by Raymond Magness in the 400 pound row. OK-2878-5.
Date: July 31, 1967
Creator: Bennett, K. C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Lead-Zinc Mining--Evaluation of Plantings

Photograph of the area around the Eagle-Pichers Mine, with slimes pond evaluation of plantings in Picher, Oklahoma. View facing west toward Field no. 2, series 10. Planted sumac. The check rows are unfertilized; 2 rows are fertilized with 200 pounds of 10-20-10 fertilizer; 2 rows with 400 pounds of 10-20-10; 2 rows with 200 pounds of 10-20-10 fertilizer and 50 pounds of nitrogen top-dressed; and, 2 rows with 400 pounds of 10-20-10 fertilizer and 50 pounds of nitrogen top-dressed. Seeded on 05-12-1967; top-dressed on 06-24-1967, unmulched. OK-2879-11.
Date: July 31, 1967
Creator: Bennett, K. C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.b1301.0708]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Dr. Scott Tuxhorn receives the oath of office from Justice Robert P. Lavender."
Date: December 31, 1969
Creator: Miller, Joe
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Lead-Zinc Mining--Evaluation of Plantings

Photograph of the area around the Eagle-Pichers Mine, Picher, Oklahoma. Slimes Pond Evaluation of plantings in Commerce, Oklahoma. View facing north in central portion of Field no. 6. Black Locust trees planted on 02-03-1967 without fertilizer nor mulch. OK-2878-26.
Date: July 31, 1967
Creator: Bennett, K. C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Lead-Zinc Mining--Evaluation of Plantings

Photograph of the area around the Eagle-Pichers Mine, with slimes pond evaluation of plantings in Picher, Oklahoma. View facing west in Field no. 2, series 6, with broom corn, the summer cover crop planted on 05-12-1967. Unmulched. 2 check rowws without fertilizer, 2 rows with 200 pounds of 10-20-10 fertilizer, 2 rows with 400 pounds of 10-20-10, 2 rows of 10-20-10 fertilizer with 50% nitrogen top-dressed and 2 rows with 400 pounds of 10-20-10 fertilizer with 50% fertilizer top-dressed. Raymond Magness holds the rod between rows 4 and five. OK-2879-7.
Date: July 31, 1967
Creator: Bennett, K. C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Lead-Zinc Mining--Evaluation of Plantings

Photograph of the area around the Eagle-Pichers Mine, with slimes pond evaluation of plantings in Picher, Oklahoma. View facing northwest in fertilized and mulched portion of Field no. 5. Shows growth of volunteer cottonwood trees in area planted to native grasses. Grass planted and fertilizer applied in prairie hay mulch on MArch 15 - 16, 1967. OK-2879-2.
Date: July 31, 1967
Creator: Bennett, K. C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Lead-Zinc Mining--Evaluation of Plantings

Photograph of the area around the Eagle-Pichers Mine, with slimes pond evaluation of plantings in Picher, Oklahoma. View facing north in Field no. 1. Native grass plantings seeded into prairie hay mulch. View, and Raymond Magness, is near the center of the plot. OK-2879-15.
Date: July 31, 1967
Creator: Bennett, K. C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Lead-Zinc Mining--Evaluation of Plantings

Photograph of the area around the Eagle-Pichers Mine, with slimes pond evaluation of plantings in Picher, Oklahoma. View facing northwest in mulched border north of Field no. 3. Seeded to a mixture of weeping and sand love grass and mixed bluestem. Seeded on 03-15-1967 and fertilized with 400 pounds of 10-20-10. OK-2879-12.
Date: July 31, 1967
Creator: Bennett, K. C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History