Cardin, Oklahoma
Mining Views
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Very early view showing miners in a "lead cave" near Cardin, Oklahoma. Note that none of these miners has a hard hat.This fancy rock garden was at Eagle Picher's Central Mill in the 1940s and was made from mineral specimens. I never saw this so I think it must have been removed by the 1960s. Central Mill was southwest of Cardin, Oklahoma.
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During the 1950s the Nancy Jane Mine Tour was a popular tourist stop near Route 66. It was located near the giant Central Mill chat pile which was then the world's largest. Later, there was a mine tour at the old Vanpool mine. This mine tour was located just north of Route 66 on the road leading north to Picher.
