Hole From Mining Trash Dump from the Donk Brothers Mine no. 2

Donk Brothers, Maryville, mine, Mining

“Hole From Mining Trash Dump from the Donk Brothers Mine no. 2,” Madison Historical, accessed December 26, 2024, https://madison-historical.siue.edu/archive/items/show/2126.

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This is a black and white photograph of a mining trash dump at the Donk Brothers Mine no. 2. The railroad is visible on the left, with a locomotive pulling a series of coal cars. In the center of the image a group of men and women are present seen standing around the pit.

• Maryville Heritage Museum

Maryville Mining Collection

• Maryville
• mining
• Donk Brothers

circa 1920s

• Maryville

• Photograph

• Black and white photographic print
• jpg

• Maryville, Illinois
• 1950s

• MHM-P-0014