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Ore Pit
Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Taken: October 18, 2021
Caption: Ore Pit
Additional Description: « Ore pit: This photograph shows what is believed to be the earliest open mine at Catoctin, Prior to 1850, ore carts were pulled along narrow (dinky) tracks by mules. Steam shovels, including a Vulcan, were used as early as the 1870s in the Upper Mine Bank. Photo attributed to William G. Renner - Carl E. Brown Collection.
Close-up of photo on marker.

Submitted: October 26, 2021, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p618154
File Size: 3.034 Megabytes

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