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VIEW OF MINE ADIT WITH PARK SERVICE BAT FRIENDLY MINE CLOSURE LOOKING NORTHWEST. - Mariscal Quicksilver Mine and Reduction Works, Terlingua, Brewster County, TX
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Harms, Bruce A., creator
Title
VIEW OF MINE ADIT WITH PARK SERVICE BAT FRIENDLY MINE CLOSURE LOOKING NORTHWEST. - Mariscal Quicksilver Mine and Reduction Works, Terlingua, Brewster County, TX
Depicted place Texas; Brewster County; Terlingua
Date 1997
date QS:P571,+1997-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Dimensions 4 x 5 in.
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HAER TX,22-MARMOU,1-43
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: Protected within the boundaries of Big Bend National Park, the abandoned mineworks of Mariscal Quicksilver Mine and Reduction Works are the best preserved complex of historic structures that illustrate the mercury mining industry in the United States.
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N519
  • Survey number: HAER TX-72
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/tx0860.photos.366868p
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