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Copper mining section between Ducktown and Copperhill], Tennessee. Fumes from smelting copper for sulfuric acid have destroyed all vegetation and eroded the land (LOC)
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- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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Copper mining and sulfuric acid plant, Copperhill], Tenn. (LOC)
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- 99,347 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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Copper mining and sulfuric acid plant, Copperhill], Tenn. (LOC)
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- 6 comments
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- 98,692 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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Copper mining and sulfuric acid plant, Copperhill], Tenn. (LOC)
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- 96,224 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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Copper mining and sulfuric acid plant, Copperhill], Tenn. (LOC)
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- 29 favorites
- 94,553 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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A train bringing copper ore out of the mines, Ducktown, Tenn. Fumes from smelting copper for sulfuric acid have destroyed all vegetation and eroded the land (LOC)
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- 4 comments
- 63 favorites
- 93,832 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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Copper mining and sulfuric acid plant, Copperhill, Tenn. (LOC)
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- 4 comments
- 53 favorites
- 90,181 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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Copper mining section between Ducktown and Copperhill], Tennessee. Fumes from smelting copper for sulfuric acid have destroyed all vegetation and eroded the land (LOC)
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- 2 comments
- 54 favorites
- 90,021 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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A train bringing copper ore out of the mine, Ducktown, Tenn. Fumes from smelting copper for sulfuric acid have destroyed all vegetation and eroded the land (LOC)
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- 3 comments
- 34 favorites
- 89,172 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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Copper mining section between Ducktown and Copperhill], Tennessee. Fumes from smelting copper for sulfuric acid have destroyed all vegetation and eroded the land (LOC)
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- 4 comments
- 8 favorites
- 84,944 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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A train bringing copper ore out of the mine, Ducktown, Tenn. Fumes from smelting copper for sulfuric acid have destroyed all vegetation and eroded the land (LOC)
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- 1 comment
- 10 favorites
- 83,652 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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