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Big Bess mine. Gaston County, North Carolina. 1943.

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1943

Summary

Large scale power shovel operations, Big Bess mine, the pegmatite lies nearly flat at the level of the shovel and all the material at higher levels is partly decomposed schist with thin pegmatite stringers. Gaston County, North Carolina. Circa 1943. Figure 51, in U.S.Geological Survey Professional paper 248. 1953.

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U.S. Geological Survey
Photographer :
Jahns, Richard Henry

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name photoLibrary jrh00030
number photoLibrary 19878
batch photoLibrary btch306
number_in_book photoLibrary 30

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