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Photographer: F. Robby
Taken: May 9, 2008
Caption: Industry Marker
Additional Description: Inscription: Logging on a large scale began in 1879. The following firms have cut timber on Negro Mountain: Pinkerton; markleton; J.R. Droney; McSpadden; Cook & Sechler; Cook & Duncan; Maust; Whites Creek and Muncy Lumber Co's.. The last to shut down and leave the mountain was the Muncy, in 1923. A number of logging and mining railroads crisscrossed the slopes. Deposits of coal and limestone were found shortly before 1800. A gristmill operated on Tub Mill Run from 1872 until 1940. A brick and tile industry was born when suitable clay was discovered on the mountain.
Submitted: June 8, 2008, by F. Robby of Baltimore, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p25201
File Size: 1.010 Megabytes

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