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Caption: Marker detail: Modern Mining
Additional Description: Not only is the Santa Rita Mine one of the oldest mines in the United States, it is also one of the most modern mines. Here, a $14 million electric shovel loads a $2.5 million truck. Each shovel “dipper” can load 80 tons of rock.
Submitted: October 16, 2020, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Database Locator Identification Number: p544023
File Size: 0.297 Megabytes

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