Tennessee Coal, Iron, and Railroad Company mine in Birmingham, Alabama.
"In most cases, limestone, the cleansing agent used in the iron and steel making processes, is quarried from open pits. But the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company in Birmingham, Alabama, mines it from an underground slope. Here a car of limestone is seen ascending the slope. It comes fro...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Summary: | "In most cases, limestone, the cleansing agent used in the iron and steel making processes, is quarried from open pits. But the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company in Birmingham, Alabama, mines it from an underground slope. Here a car of limestone is seen ascending the slope. It comes from a great limestone fault which overlays the iron ore seam in Red Mountain." |
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