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Galena-fluorite specimen from the Elmwood mine, south of Carthage. Smith County is a county in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 19,904. [2] Smith County is located in the region of the state known as Middle Tennessee. Its county seat is Carthage. [3]
Nicholas Earnest managed Elmwood until his death in 1956, when it was divided among his six children. His daughter, Katherine Earnest Clemmer, then purchased her siblings' share of the farm. [2] Elmwood is the only farm in the district that remains in the hands of Earnest descendants, and in 2002 was designated a Tennessee Century Farm.
The Franklin and Sterling Hill deposits with production of 6.3 million tonnes of zinc, account for 15 percent of all recorded zinc production in the contiguous United States. Major mining began about 1870, and the Sterling Hill mine was the last working underground mine in New Jersey when it closed in 1986. [9] [10]
If the US military is going to be able to keep our adversaries in check, then we need to mine for more rare earth minerals. China just restricted exports to 28 American defense firms.
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Dogtooth spar with fluorite from the Elmwood Mine in Tennessee. Spar is an old mining or mineralogy term used to refer to crystals that have readily discernible faces. A spar will easily break or cleave into rhomboidal, cubical, or laminated fragments with smooth shiny surfaces.
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