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Description
This chemist was working at a pilot plant at Nossen laboratory in New Jersey to develop a way of extracting manganese from vast ore deposits in Aroostook County. At the time, Governor Burton M. Cross expected a "million dollar refinery" to be built in Aroostook County to extract the ore.
Manganese deposits are found in the Presque Isle-Ashland area, Maple Mountain, Hovey Mountain and Castle Hill.
Interest was high during the 1950s because the United States had no significant high-grade domestic deposits. Manganese is used in the manufacture of steel. No refining or processing plant was built to make use of these deposits.
About This Item
- Title: Chemist extracting manganese, New Jersey, 1954
- Creator: Portland Press Herald
- Creation Date: 1954
- Subject Date: 1954
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Locations:
- Aroostook County, ME
- NJ
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 20 cm x 21 cm
- Local Code: Photographs--People at work
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Manganese
- Chemical industry--New Jersey
- Chemical industry--Maine
- Nossen Laboratories (N.J.)
- Chemists
- Laboratories--New Jersey
- Maple Mt. (Me.)
- Hovey Mt. (Me.)
- Castle Hill (Me.)
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