GEORGE WILSON IS SHOWN AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE MINE HE OPERATED NEAR WILDER AND CRAWFORD, TENNESSEE, BEFORE IT WAS CLOSED DOWN BY FEDERAL MINE INSPECTORS FOR USING AN ARCING DRILL. A DRILL WHICH WOULD NOT CAUSE SPARKS AND ALLIED EQUIPMENT WOULD COST $100,000 AND PUT HIM BACK IN BUSINESS. BEFORE CLOSING, THE MINE PRODUCED 250 TONS OF COAL PER DAY FOR HOME HEATING AND THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY

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Created Date
1974-04
Creator

Environmental Protection Agency. 12/2/1970

Partner
National Archives and Records Administration
Contributing Institution
National Archives at College Park - Still Pictures
Collection
Records of the Environmental Protection Agency
DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern
Subjects
Environmental protection
Natural resources
Pollution
Location
Cookeville (Tenn.)
Type
image
Format
Slide
URL
http://catalog.archives.gov/id/556329
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Environmental Protection Agency. 12/2/1970. GEORGE WILSON IS SHOWN AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE MINE HE OPERATED NEAR WILDER AND CRAWFORD, TENNESSEE, BEFORE IT WAS CLOSED DOWN BY FEDERAL MINE INSPECTORS FOR USING AN ARCING DRILL. A DRILL WHICH WOULD NOT CAUSE SPARKS AND ALLIED EQUIPMENT WOULD COST $100,000 AND PUT HIM BACK IN BUSINESS. BEFORE CLOSING, THE MINE PRODUCED 250 TONS OF COAL PER DAY FOR HOME HEATING AND THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY. 1974-04. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://catalog.archives.gov/id/556329. (Accessed April 19, 2024.)
APA citation style
Environmental Protection Agency. 12/2/1970, (1974-04) GEORGE WILSON IS SHOWN AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE MINE HE OPERATED NEAR WILDER AND CRAWFORD, TENNESSEE, BEFORE IT WAS CLOSED DOWN BY FEDERAL MINE INSPECTORS FOR USING AN ARCING DRILL. A DRILL WHICH WOULD NOT CAUSE SPARKS AND ALLIED EQUIPMENT WOULD COST $100,000 AND PUT HIM BACK IN BUSINESS. BEFORE CLOSING, THE MINE PRODUCED 250 TONS OF COAL PER DAY FOR HOME HEATING AND THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://catalog.archives.gov/id/556329
MLA citation style
Environmental Protection Agency. 12/2/1970. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://catalog.archives.gov/id/556329>.
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