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Title Drilling for Blasting in a Mica Mine in North Carolina
Date 1955
Description Man drilling for blasting in a mica mine in North Carolina near possibly near milepost 330, section 2L on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Photograph reads "this copy negative was received from the Museum Lab." Image taken from the National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway Headquarters and taken in 1955.
Location Location Name: Section 2L
Parkway Milepost: None
Creator Individual Unknown
Tags Drilling and boring
Drills (machinery)
Museum of North Carolina Minerals (N.C.)
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Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway