Looking north toward ore face at point where good ore "bed" is one foot thick (hammer)

Pennsylvania Geological Survey - Historical Photographs

About

Subject

Metallic Mineral Resources

Description

Looking north toward ore face at point where good ore "bed" is one foot thick (hammer)

Creator

Foose, Richard Martin, 1915-

Date

1941

Location Covered

Bedford

Type

Image

Original Format

Photographs

Digital Format

image/jpeg

Source

9555

Note

Overlying and underlying the bed is Mauch Chunk red shale. The ore bed pinches out here and narrows down to 1/4" thick. It disappears into bottom of pit almost vertically.

Relation

205

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.