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

Title

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

Image Number

• C005908

Year

• 1947

Date Note

• Photographed in April, 1947.

Series Title

• General: Department of Commerce collection

General Note

• 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.

Physical Description

• 1 photoprint - b&w - 5 x 4 in.

Subject Term

• Phosphate industry--Equipment and supplies
• Phosphate mines and mining--Florida--Mulberry
• Phosphates
• Draglines

Geographic Term

• Peace Valley Mine (Fla)
• Peace River Valley (Fla)
• Mulberry (Fla)

Subject Corporate

• International Minerals and Chemical Corporation--Employees

Shelf Number

• Shelf number: 035279.

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