Iron Mine, North Carolina
Ore pit at Cranberry iron mines in Avery County, North Carolina. The large magnetite deposit here was actively mined from the 1820s to the 1930s. Photographed by John Karl Hillers (1843-1925)
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12697032
Media ID
47685242
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Credit
U.S. Geological Survey/Science Source/Mary Evans
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