Zinc company's ambulance stands outside the zinc mine of Franklin,New Jersey.Rescue squad arrives carrying an injured miner on stretcher.Stretcher is put in the ambulance. Ambulance arrives at company's hospital.
Miner drills in the bottom of an old drill-hole at zinc mine in Franklin New Jersey.The drill strikes dynamite in the old hole and results in explosion. The drill-runner falls on ground.
Timber is loaded on shaft car with a lifting device called derrick at zinc mine in Franklin New Jersey. Miner attempting to enter the loaded shaft car is stopped.
Unloading timber at shaft station underground at zinc mine in Franklin,New Jersey.Timber is secured by chains.A wooden plank covers the opening between station floor and shaft car. Miners use ropes and blocks for safe handling of timber.
Zinc mine workers pile up timber in cross-sections on a haulage track at zinc mine in Franklin,NJ. Shift boss notices poorly piled sticks and orders workers to fix them. The disordered timber-pile on the track causes derailment of the haulage car.
Mine workers prop a mine shaft with timber at the zinc mine in Franklin,New Jersey. Shift boss warns workers from projecting spikes in timber lying on ground. A worker drops on spike left in a wooden brace. Fellow miners strap the injured worker on a stretcher.