Along with handwritten identifications for some of the men pictured, the mount also has notations saying the Bumble Bee operated with twenty-nine employees, six hand jigs for ore separation and a Freeman steam hoist.
Provenance
State Historical Society of Missouri, collection R389 (Bumble Bee Mine, photographs, ca. 1902-1907), view number 1. There are seven images in the collection.
Rights
Print image is in public domain; digital image is property of State Historical Society of Missouri, and contributed for use in Missouri State Library 2006 LSTA Digitization Project as published by Missouri Southern State University Spiva Library; see project copyright statement at: http://powersmuseum.com/exhibits/riches-from-the-earth/riches-from-the-earth-copyright.html
