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Subject Term
Nonmetallic minerals industry--Florida--Polk County--Lakeland Region
Phosphate industry--Florida--Polk County--Lakeland Region
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Natural resources
Phosphate mines and mining--Florida--Polk County--Lakeland Region
Mines and mineral resources--Florida--Polk County--Lakeland Region
Corporate Subject
Physical Description
General Note
Located in the Bone Valley, a region of Central Florida primarily centered in the 4 counties of: Hardee, Hillsborough, Manatee and Polk in which phosphate is mined for use in the production of fertilizer.
Purported to be the largest steam shovel in the world at that time.

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Chicago Manual of Style
Bucyrus shovel in a Southern Phosphate Company mine - Lakeland Region, Florida. 1900 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/141749>, accessed 29 January 2023.
MLA
Bucyrus shovel in a Southern Phosphate Company mine - Lakeland Region, Florida. 1900 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 29 Jan. 2023.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/141749>
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