Signs of rich silver lode under Edwards Air Base structure
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Valley Times Photo Collection
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This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Photograph article dated August 15, 1960 partially reads, "There may be no gold in 'them thar hills,' but there appears to be silver beneath a giant hangar at Edwards Air Force Base near Lancaster in the Antelope Valley - and it's producing a minor headache for officials. Excavators, who currently are digging a wide, 27-foot-deep hole for installation of new equipment in the center of the hangar, struck what local prospectors say is a definite indication of a rich silver deposit." Note: Robert Jackson, who is in charge of the excavation for the Air Force, can be seen checking silver ore.
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Image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
United States.--Army.--Reserve Officers' Training Corps Men--California--Edwards Air Force Base Silver ores--California--Edwards Air Force Base Hangars--California--Edwards Air Force Base Edwards Air Force Base (Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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