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Mahoning, Hull-Rust, Agnew, Burt-Day-Pool, Sellers, Webb and Susquehanna Mines

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Object Details

  • Date

    ca. 1940

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Halftone print

  • Contributors

    Published by Hibbing Daily Tribune

    Printed by Curt Teich Co.

  • Object Format

    Postcard

  • Dimensions

    3 7/16 x 5 3/8 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Recto:

    u.l. to u.r. printed: Mahoning, Hull-Rust, Agnew, Burt-Day-Pool, Sellers, Webb and Susquehanna Mines

    l.l. to l.c. printed: (Section of Largest Open Pit Mine in the World), Hibbing, Minnesota

    l.r. printed: 2B-H212

    Verso:

    INFORMATION ABOUT PIT \ Pit Stripping Started in 1895. \ Assuming 2 Tons -- Equal 1 Cubic Yard. \ Total Area of Pit ..... 1100 Acres \ Length of Pit ....... 2 1/2 Miles \ Widht of Pit ....... 1/2 to 1 Mile \ Deepest Point .......... 370 Feet \ Track in Pit .......... 60 Miles \ Total Waste Material Removed 236,508,038 Tons \ Total Ore Shipped ....... 283,667,874 Tons \ Total Material Removed \ from Pit ......... 520,175,912 Tons

    c.l. printed along left edge: HIBBING DAILY TRIBUNE, HINNING, MINN.

    l.c. to u.c. printed transverse: GENUINE CURTEICH-CHICAGO "C.T. ART-COLORTONE" POST CARD (REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.)

  • Collection Name

    Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    P1976.48.891

  • Copyright

    Public domain

Additional details

Location: Off view
Part of: Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection
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