Item 6130 - Processing Maine ore, New Jersey, ca. 1954
- Item 6130 - Processing Maine ore, New Jersey, ca. 1954
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Image Info Manganese ore being mixed with nitric acid in a bleaching tank at a pilot plant at Nossen Laboratories in New Jersey in the mid 1950s.
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At the time, experiments were being conducted to see if it was economically feasible to extract the manganese from some low grade deposits in the Presque Isle-Ashland area. Manganese is used in the production of steel.
