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Block, Printing - 2018.053.0001
Printing block designed for printing about the Weltner Wonder Museum. There is an image of wagons in front of a building on a metal plate attached to a wooden block. "MUSEUM" is written in reverse in two locations along the top of the metal plate.
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Booklet - 2018.002.0008
Booklet from the 2018 Campbell County Pioneer Dinner.The cover is cream-colored with purple text. There is a printed sketch of a covered wagon, cattle, and a man riding a horse on the center of the front cover, with text indicating they are headed towards the Campbell County Fair. Inside the booklet there are 20 pages containing the program, a "Thank You" message, a page of events that occurred in 1938, B/W photographs of people and places in Gil...
Record Type: Archive
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Certificate, Commemorative - 2020.021.0007
Framed certificate of appreciation to the Rockpile Museum for their commemorative efforts on the 60th anniversary year of the commissioning of the U.S. Navy Destroyer Escort USS EISELE DE-34, 1943-2003.
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Directory - 1974.019.0004
A "Directory of Organizations and Services", for March 1975, compiled by the Campbell County Chamber of Commerce.
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Map, Road - 2018.058.0032
Map of Campbell County roads is located on one side and a map of Gillette is on the other side. The Campbell County Map shows the coal mines in red striped boundaries; a list of street names and the map index is located to the right of the map. The Gillette Map was compiled by the City of Gillette in 1991. It has public buildings, schools, and parks and open spaced marked in red, with streets and highways in black.
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Note - 2019.024.0025a-b
Two-page note on Best Western Landmark Inn stationery. The note includes names of individuals and where they work, a remider to send a Thank You note to the Sheridan Senior Center, and a list of people that attended a 2000 school reunion at the Cam-Plex in Gillette.
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Painting - 2014.022.0001
Oil painting of the Rockpile in Gillette, Wyoming. Created in 2014 by artist Tom Butler of Gillette. Also pictured is the Rockpile Museum sign, caboose, windmill, boxcar, and hayrake.
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Postcard - 2023.014.0052
The black and white photograph is of J.W. Benson standing besides one of his paintings at his exhibit and book signing at the Rockpile Museum in Gillette, Wyoming. The black typed text on the postcard reads Benson's Art Shop Exhibit Opening and Book Signing September 13th at 7:00 pm. Thr painting is labeled. The painting reads The Good Old Days. The postcard depicts cowboys in an old west town. The one in the road is trying to control a run away...
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Postcard, Picture - 2017.052.0002
Unused color photo postcard of a coal train being loaded at Eagle Butte Coal Mine in Campbell County, WY. Captioned on the back is "A computerized facility loads each coal car to a total car weight of about 143 tons. A trains is loaded without stopping in about 2 hours." Part of a set of postcards: "Postcard Coal Mining Equipment Collector Series A." # 6 of 18.
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Postcard, Picture - 2017.052.0003
Unused color photo postcard of a coal train being loaded at Eagle Butte Coal Mine in Campbell County, WY. Captioned on the back "This SD70 MAC, 4,000 horsepower engine is part of a 3 engine Burlington Norther Santa Fe Coal train that is completing its loading from the silos and load out in the distance. Each coal train is about 1.2 miles long with 115 to 120 cars that carries 12,000 to 15,000 tons of coal to a power plant that is 400 to 1500 ...
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Postcard, Picture - 2017.052.0004
Unused color photo postcard of coal loading at North Antelope/Rochelle Mines Complex in Campbell County, WY. Captioned on the back, "An early 1960's vintage Model 291-M Marion electric shovel weighing 1055 tons loads a Euclid Model R-170 haul truck with 170 tons of coal. These Electric drive trucks weigh 112 tons empty and are powered with 16V Detroit 1600 horsepower diesel engines. The trucks cost about $1.0 million when they were new in th...
Record Type: Photo
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Postcard, Picture - 2017.052.0005
Unused color photo postcard of loading overburden at Belle Ayr Mine in Campbell County, WY. Captioned on the back, "A $1.5 million Unit Rig Model MT 4000 dump truck weighing 170 tons (empty) with a V16 Detroit 2,000 horse power diesel. Engine is being loaded with 245 tons of overburden. The Model 301-M Marion electric shovel cost $7 million and weighs 1,175 tons. Trucks travel 1/2 to 1 mile to the backfill area where the overburden is dumped...
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Postcard, Picture - 2017.052.0006
Unused color photo postcard of a coal mine pit at Eagle Butte Mine in Campbell County, WY. Captioned on the back "190 ton capacity tailgated truck is hauling coal to the coal processing plant. From the backfill side of the pit the distant cut side shows the typical benches of a truck shovel operation. Each bench or step has dirt or coal removed from it. The coal is shipped and the overburden is placed on the backfill benches. The coal mine...
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Postcard, Picture - 2017.052.0007
Unused color photo postcard of "Loading Action" at Eagle Butte Mine in Campbell County, WY. Captioned on the back "This Model L1800 Le Tourneau loader is the world's largest production loader at 300 tons, 1,800 horsepower, and a 45 cubic yard bucket. It is loading 185 tons of coal on a 1.5 million Model 630E Unit Rig truck weighing 125 tons when empty. Trucks travel 1/2 to 2+ miles to dump the coal at the coal crushing facility." Part ...
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Postcard, Picture - 2017.052.0008
Unused color photo postcard of two elk locking horns at Black Thunder Mine in Campbell County, WY. More elk are visible laying down behind them. Captioned on the back "Two Bull elk playfully joust on reclaimed land at Black Thunder Mine, while three other bull elk lounge in the background. Black Thunder's coal handling storage facilities are shown in the immediate background. Black Thunder Mine is owned by Thunder Basin Coal Company, a subsi...
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Postcard, Picture - 2017.052.0009
Unused color photo postcard of Black Thunder Mine in Campbell County, WY. Captioned on the back "Owned by Thunder Basin Coal Company, a subsidiary of Arch Western Resources, located in Wyoming's Powder River Basin. Massive mining equipment is shown mining a 70 foot seam of coal at Black Thunder Mine. A P&H 2800 coal shovel, with a 60 yard bucket, loads a 240 ton Wiseda (King of the Lode) haul truck in the foreground. A Bucyrus-Erie 1570 dr...
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Postcard, Picture - 2017.052.0010
Unused color photo postcard of haul trucks at Black Thunder Mine in Campbell County, WY. Captioned on the back "Owned by Thunder Basin Coal Company, a Subsidiary of Arch Western resources, located in Wyoming's Powder River Basin. Two Wiseda (King of the Lode) 240 ton haul trucks lead the pack to the primary crusher at Black Thunder Mine. One Wiseda truck load of coal will heat the average home for 40 years." Part of a set of postcards: "...
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Postcard, Picture - 2017.052.0011
Unused color photo postcard of a BE-2570WS Dragline at Black Thunder Mine in Campbell County, WY. Captioned on the back, "Owned by Thunder Basin Coal Company, a subsidiary of Arch Western Resources, located in Wyoming's Powder River Basin. Thunder Basin Coal Company owns and operates three draglines. Ursa Major, the largest of the three draglines, is a Bucyrus-Erie model 2570 WS weighing 14.7 million pounds. Its 360 foot boom carries a 160...
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