Open Pit Mine from which ore comes. Most of the iron ore mined in North American comes from the open pit mines of the Lake Superior region. The deposits are sometimes three hundred feet deep and seem almost inexhaustible. Here you see a stream shovel digging into the bank and loading the cars. One of these machines does more work than a thousand men could do with picks and shovels.
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Open Pit Mine from which ore comes. Most of the iron ore mined in North American comes from the open pit mines of the Lake Superior region. The deposits are sometimes three hundred feet deep and seem almost inexhaustible. Here you see a stream shovel digging into the bank and loading the cars. One of these machines does more work than a thousand men could do with picks and shovels.

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Droits gérés

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38,5Mo (3,3Mo) / 43,2cm x 22,4cm / 5100 x 2642 (300dpi)

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Open pit mine iron ore American mine lake superior ore deposits steam shovel 20th century industrial revolution mining mines

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