A Vital Wartime Metal - This industrial soldier is a hard rock miner producing manganese ore for use in wartime steel production. His "gun" is a compressed air-operated drill with a water connection to eliminate dust. He is drilling in the face of the drift at the Emma mine, operated here by the Anaconda Copper Mining Company.

Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

A Vital Wartime Metal - This industrial soldier is a hard rock miner producing manganese ore for use in wartime steel production. His "gun" is a compressed air-operated drill with a water connection to eliminate dust. He is drilling in the face of the drift at the Emma mine, operated here by the Anaconda Copper Mining Company.

Wide World Photos, Inc. · [ca. March 1942]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Manganese--Manganese

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