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Tin Dredging Operations- Step 001 – Bringing Up The Ore-Bearing Material
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Subject :Tin Dredging Operations- Step 001 – Bringing up the Ore-Bearing Material
Published By : Published by the Tin Industry Research and Development Board
Location : Kinta Valley, Perak
Estimated Year : 1960
Media Type : Photograph
Source : The Tin Industry Research and Development Board
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The first stage of the operation of dredging for tin is shown in the photograph.
The buckets bring the tin-bearing material up from the underwater mine face deep down below the dredge.
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Filename : 20090208-006