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Cu Later: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 06/02/2014 - 7:08pm.
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November 1942. "Conveyor belts carrying copper ore through a tunnel at the Magna mill of the Utah Copper Company. Its plants at Magna and Arthur in Utah are treating vast quantities of the copper so vital for war purposes." Photo by Andreas Feininger for the Office of War Information. View full size.
Conveying
Submitted by Solo on Tue, 06/03/2014 - 3:05am.
Roger on the conveyors, but where's the ore?
[Whizzing by right in front of your nose! - Dave]
Hiliarious!
Submitted by Jimmy Longshanks on Mon, 06/02/2014 - 8:33pm.
Dave, I love your periodic insertion of an element of comedy. Do you know if those conveyors lead to Track 29?
[Periodically. - Dave]
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