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Title page 112
Relation Columbia River
Date 2005-02-22 to 2005-04-11
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Description widely scattered, however, and except for a few localities, the sporadic production has not contributed greatly to the wealth of the basin. Nonmetallic mineral production in the upper basin is largely limited to coal, phosphate, and various types of building stone. Practically all of the coal is produced at the Blind Bull mine near Afton, Wyo., where about 30,000 tons are mined each year. Phosphate undoubtedly is the most valuable mineral resource of the upper basin. The ore, averaging...
Identifier http://oregondigital.org/u?/wwdl,1568

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