Part of old Edge Bank

Pennsylvania Geological Survey - Historical Photographs

About

Subject

Metallic Mineral Resources

Description

Part of old Edge Bank, two miles southeast of Boiling Springs. Note iron ore in right center. Nearly 750,000 tons of ore were removed from here especially from 1873-1892 by Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Co.

Creator

Foose, Richard Martin, 1915-

Location Covered

Cumberland

Type

Image

Original Format

Photographs

Digital Format

image/jpeg

Source

5932

Relation

221

Rights

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Contact

For further information contact RA-pagslibrary@pa.gov or call 717-702-2020.

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.