View northwest from middle of stripping floor

Pennsylvania Geological Survey - Historical Photographs

About

Subject

Metallic Mineral Resources

Description

View northwest from middle of stripping floor

Creator

Foose, Richard Martin, 1915-

Date

1941

Location Covered

Bedford

Type

Image

Original Format

Photographs

Digital Format

image/jpeg

Source

9550

Note

Simon Coles drift (1920) is in foreground. Drift about 80' + long, containing a poor grade of ore. Crop of red, blocky Mauch Chunk shale above drift. Position of crutches on stripping face marks the horizon at "good" vein of ore (left), "poor" vein of ore (right). Plane table stands at edge of Sherman Valley Road.

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.