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hand sorting ore mining historic

Here's a photo of miners hand sorting ore.  Probably around 1890.  Not all of the rocks that came out of mines was worth hauling to a mill or smelter.

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MY FOSSIL COLLECTION, ALL FROM GRANITE QUARRIES A FEW MILES EAST OF MILBANK SOUTH DAKOTA.  YEAH SOUTH DAKOTA.  CRETACEOUS CONGLOMERATE DEPOSTS, THE CHARLILE FORMATION, UNDER THE TILL AND ON TOP OF THE GRANITE.

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