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2. Ducktown Basin Museum and Burra Burra Mine - Wikipedia

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   The Burra Burra Mine is a copper mine located in Ducktown, Tennessee, in the southeastern United States.Named for the famous mine in Australia, the Burra Burra Mine is located in the Copper Basin geological region, and extracted over 15 million tons (14 million metric tons) of copper ore during its 60 years of operation between 1899 and 1959.

3. Copper Basin (Tennessee) - Wikipedia

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   The basin is surrounded by the Cherokee National Forest, and the cities of Ducktown and Copperhill, Tennessee, and McCaysville, Georgia are located in the basin. Copper was first discovered in the basin in 1843, and by the 1850s large mining operations, spearheaded by German-born businessman Julius Eckhardt Raht , were taking place.

4. Ducktown, Tennessee - Wikipedia

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   Ducktown is located in a geological region known as the Copper Basin, and was the center of a major copper-mining district from 1847 until 1987. The district also produced iron, sulfur and zinc as byproducts. [7] Ducktown was the birthplace of Rockabilly Hall of Famer, Stan Beaver. [citation needed]

5. Polk County, Tennessee - Wikipedia

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   Polk County was created by an act of the Tennessee General Assembly on November 23, 1839. The location for the county seat of Benton was chosen by an election held on February 4, 1840. [1] Copper was discovered in Ducktown in 1843. By the 1850s, a large mining operation was underway in southeastern Polk County; the area became known as the ...

6. Category : Tourist attractions in Polk County, Tennessee

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   Pages in category "Tourist attractions in Polk County, Tennessee" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. ... Ducktown Basin Museum;

7. Category:Copper Basin (Tennessee) - Wikipedia

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   Pages in category "Copper Basin (Tennessee)" ... Ducktown Basin Museum and Burra Burra Mine; Ducktown, Tennessee; K. Kimsey Junior College; L. Ladew v. Tennessee ...

8. Category:Mines in Tennessee - Wikipedia

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   Pages in category "Mines in Tennessee" ... Ducktown Basin Museum and Burra Burra Mine This page was last edited on 23 August 2017, at 03:21 (UTC). ...

9. Category:Mining museums in Tennessee - Wikipedia

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   Pages in category "Mining museums in Tennessee" ... Ducktown Basin Museum; Dunlap coke ovens This page was last edited on 1 May 2010, at 14:06 (UTC). Text ...