Because of long periods of wet weather it was necessary in the early days - before heat drying equip...
Because of long periods of wet weather it was necessary in the early days - before heat drying equipment was introduced - to cover quite large areas of quarrying land to keep the phosphate dry. Picture shows such an area with labourers in the foreground, raising phosphate from between limestone pinnacles. Ocean Island 1905-1906
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1901-1959
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PXB 293/Vol. 04/Item 10
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Because of long periods of wet weather it was necessary in the early days - before heat drying equipment was introduced - to cover quite large areas of quarrying land to keep the phosphate dry. Picture shows such an area with labourers in the foreground, raising phosphate from between limestone pinnacles. Ocean Island 1905-1906
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PXB 293/Vol. 04/Item 10
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Yr8ROm4n
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