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MHA Nuggets Schedule for Winter-Spring 2025.
Join us for the “MHA Nuggets” on-line programs the third Tuesday of the
month, 7:00 PM Central Time. ZOOM in and visit with your MHA friends
and hear some interesting mining history presentations.
January 14, 2025. Eamon McCarthy, “The Mining Legacy of J. Ross Browne: A
Man of Simplicity, Sincerity, and Goodness.”
February 18, 2025. Peyton Jackson, "Mining History of the Caribou and Cross Gold Mines of Colorado"
March 18, 2025. Neil
Huybregts, “William Beauclerc Otway.”
April 15, 2025. Steve Hart, “Gunnison Conference, Field Trip, and Tour Preview.”
Interested in giving a presentation? Contact Barb
Clements for more
information. Check the MHA Facebook page for up-to-the-minute log-in
codes, program additions and changes. Past "Nuggets" sessions and
presentations are on YouTube.
National Museum of Industrial History Activities of Interest to Mining
Historians.
The NMIH, is located in the former Electric Repair Shop building of the
Bethlehem Steel plant site in Bethlehem, PA. It is a Smithsonian
Affiliate and part of the SteelStacks arts and culture campus.
Its expanding digital archive includes part of the
Bethlehem
Steel Corporation Photograph Collection
which includes the mines owned by the company in the U.S. and
overseas.
Donald Duck, Miner and Ironmaster.
The Hagley Museum, Library, and Archives in Wilmington, Delaware,
is a gem for tourists and historians alike.
They are located at the site of the well-preserved early DuPont
powder mills along scenic Brandywine Creek.
The museum is a treasure trove
for those interested in industrial heritage.
The collection of patent models is of particular interest.
The mansion and gardens at the home of DuPont founder, E. I.
DuPont, are also open to visitors.
http://Hagley.org
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