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Bowdoin College Library

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Historic Hallowell - Industry on the Bombahook Citations

"N.p.: n.p., n.d. Alden, Andrew. " Abrasive Minerals." 25 Apr. 2011. http://sawdustmaking.com/Sandpaper…"

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Historic Hallowell - The Boston Flint Company

"Mr. Tenney tested with many types of minerals to create sandpaper. They crushed quartz to make the sandpaper."

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1870 to 1915

"Black started to accumulate mineral properties containing limestone and clay, eventually establishing the New England Portland Cement Co."

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Historic Clothing Collection - Mid to Late Nineteenth Century

"Use of traditional plant, animal, and mineral based dyes continued for some time while new dye "know how" and the chemical dye industry steadily grew."

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Blue Hill, Maine - John Edward Horton, Civil War Soldier

"… until in 1853, he went to California to become a miner. He stayed in California until approximately 1856."

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Wilson Museum

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Hamlin Memorial Library and Museum

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L.C. Bates Museum/Good Will-Hinckley

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Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"In the summer of 1876, William Darling bought up mineral rights adjacent to Second and Third Ponds west of town."

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Maine State Museum

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Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… a smattering of blacksmiths, grocers, and miners. The village was the geographic center with a state road running through its center featuring a…"

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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