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De Beers Mine Depositing Floors.

 Item — Box: 0230, Item: 24

Scope and Contents

(Printed on photo in white “De Beers Floor”) View showing the process of re-loading Blue from the floors after “weathering.” The large lumps shown consist of large boulders of rock which are found embedded in the Blue, and extra hard lumps of Blue called “cylinder lumps.” After the pulverized ground has been Cleared up, the boulders are loaded & taken to the waste dump. The hard Blue lumps are taken to the Crushing Mill.

Dates

  • Creation: 1899-1905

Creator

Extent

From the Collection: 0.5 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Lehigh University Special Collections Repository

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