Destruction 1939

Copper mining section between Ducktown and Copperhill], Tennessee. Fumes from smelting copper for sulfuric acid have destroyed all vegetation and eroded the land. Courtesy Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA/OWI Collection, [reproduction number LC-DIG-fsac-1a34325

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