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Las Vegas, Nevada. Workmen, trucks, railroad boxcars, tool sheds, and many buildings during an early construction period of the Basic Magnesium Incorporated plant in the southern Nevada desert

Las Vegas, United States

Las Vegas, Nevada. Ground being leveled at the Basic Magnesium Incorporated plant, showing a series of structures in the background where the lightest of all metals will be produced

Las Vegas, United States

Las Vegas, Nevada. Like a row of dirigible balloons, the propane gas storage tanks rest upon the floor of the southern Nevada desert at Basic Magnesium's giant plant, where magnesium is produced

Las Vegas, United States

Las Vegas, Nevada. Like a row of dirigible balloons, the propane gas storage tanks rest upon the floor of the southern Nevada desert at Basic Magnesium's giant plant, where magnesium is produced

Las Vegas, United States

Las Vegas, Nevada. The wall of a tool shed showing a shelf with lunch pails and overalls, and a poster reading "THINK. Safety First. Protect Your Fellow Workmen," at the Basic Magnesium incorporated plant under construction in the southern Nevada desert

Las Vegas, United States

Kingman (vicinity), Arizona. A transcontinental train passing close to the tungsten recovery plant where the ore from the Boriana mines is processed

Kingman, United States

Kingman (vicinity), Arizona. A transcontinental train passing close to the tungsten recovery plant where the ore from the Boriana mines is processed

Kingman, United States

Kingman (vicinity), Arizona. A general view of the desert mountain type of country in which tungsten ore is mined by the Boriana mining company. Cacti and sage brush, shown here, represent the only vegetation in the scene

Kingman, United States

Kingman (vicinity), Arizona. A general view of the desert mountain type of country in which tungsten ore is mined by the Boriana mining company

Kingman, United States

Kingman (vicinity), Arizona. A general view showing a huge waste pile and beyond it the recovery plant where tungsten ore is processed. The ore is mined in the nearby Boriana workings

Kingman, United States

Kingman (vicinity), Arizona. Mr. Relling, scientist in the laboratory of a concentrating plant, analyzing tungsten ore over a hot plate

Kingman, United States

Kingman (vicinity), Arizona. Mr. Relling, in the laboratory, analyzing tungsten ore and concentrates in a plant near the Boriana mines where the chromium-like metallic elements are obtained

Kingman, United States

Kingman (vicinity), Arizona. A laboratory worker at a recovery plant near the Boriana mine selecting a sample of tungsten ore

Kingman, United States

Kingman (vicinity), Arizona. Tungsten ore being analyzed in a laboratory at a recovery plant near the Boriana mine

Kingman, United States

Kingman (vicinity), Arizona. A train of small cars carrying tungsten ore from the Boriana mines to a concentrating plant in the same area. The mine is about forty miles from Kingman

Kingman, United States

Kingman (vicinity), Arizona. A workman unloading mine cars that have been hauling tungsten ore from the Boriana mine workings to a concentrating plant in the same area

Kingman, United States

Kingman (vicinity), Arizona. A miner going toward a train of mine cars at the entrance of the Boriana mining company. These cars carry tungsten ore to a concentrating plant in the same area. The mine is about forty miles from Kingman

Kingman, United States

Kingman (vicinity), Arizona. An interior view of a concentrating plant where tungsten ore is crushed. The ore comes from the Boriana mine

Kingman, United States

Kingman (vicinity), Arizona. Powdered tungsten ore, mined near Kingman at the Boriana workings. This ore is used to increase the hardness of steel for cutting tools and, since the war, has been used for many vital war purposes

Kingman, United States

Kingman (vicinity), Arizona. Close-up view of the plant, which produces tungsten concentrates from ore mined in the nearby Boriana mine workings

Kingman, United States

Kingman (vicinity), Arizona. A view of the plant where the tungsten ore, mined at the Boriana mine, is processed. Sagebrush and cacti cover the desert mountains surrounding the plant

Kingman, United States

Kingman (vicinity), Arizona. A huge waste pile, showing a workman near the center picking up still valuable pieces of tungsten ore, which is mined at the Boriana workings and processed at a nearby recovery plant

Kingman, United States

Kingman (vicinity), Arizona. A scene in the desert-type country in which the Boriana mine is located. Tungsten ore is obtained in this area

Kingman, United States

Kingman (vicinity), Arizona. A workman detaching a train of mine cars that have been hauling tungsten ore from the Boriana mine to a recovery plant

Kingman, United States