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A worker and dragline working at International's Peace Valley mine of phosphate - Mulberry, Florida

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C005908

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Photographed in April, 1947.

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1 photoprint - b&w - 5 x 4 in.

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Material is washed into pond and sucked up by pipes that carry it to the field plant for washing-grading processes. 30,000 gallons of water a minut is used in the field and at the plant--drawn from five nearby artesian wells. The 100-ton bucket of the world's largest walking dragline removes 3,000 tons of earth a day.

A worker and dragline working at International's Peace Valley mine of phosphate - Mulberry, Florida

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A worker and dragline working at International's Peace Valley mine of phosphate - Mulberry, Florida. 1947-04. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/66635>, accessed 2 February 2023.

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A worker and dragline working at International's Peace Valley mine of phosphate - Mulberry, Florida. 1947-04. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 2 Feb. 2023.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/66635>

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A worker and dragline working at International's Peace Valley mine of phosphate - Mulberry, Florida