Looking south from Wood's Chrome pit

Pennsylvania Geological Survey - Historical Photographs

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Subject

Mineralogy

Description

Looking south from Wood's Chrome pit, Little Britain Township. Square concrete structure with old wooden flooring broken on top marks location of shaft which was constructed for dewatering the mine in 1935 by the American Chrome Co. made up of a group of Lancaster - J. F. Garvey and others. Abundant gravel-looking material beyond is part of old Wood Mine dump heap, most of which was removed by W.P.A. in 1939 for road building. One hundred yards beyond, in the trees, a 640' diamond drill hole in September 1941 found no chromite ore in the serpentine country rock

Creator

Foose, Richard Martin, 1915-

Date

1941-11

Location Covered

Lancaster

Type

Image

Original Format

Photographs

Digital Format

image/jpeg

Source

5921

Relation

236

Rights

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Contact

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Contributing Institution

Pennsylvania Geological Survey

Sponsorship

This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education.