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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 Ducktown Basin Museum was established in 1978 by a group of local citizens intent on preserving the legacy of the Copper Basin. The museum was moved to the building that formerly housed the headquarters of the Tennessee Copper Company at the Burra Burra Mine in 1982. It features exhibits on the history of the mining operations in the basin ...

  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]

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  6. Category : Buildings and structures in Polk County, Tennessee

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  7. Top 20 Old Western Towns You Can Still Visit

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    The Boise Basin Museum offers a look at the town's past, and the Pioneer Cemetery is a spooky, forested spot with graves dating from the 1860s. Fort Worth Stockyards National Historic District 10.

  8. List of museums in Tennessee - Wikipedia

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    This list of museums in Tennessee encompasses museums defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.

  9. Category:History museums in Tennessee - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "History museums in Tennessee" ... Ducktown Basin Museum; F. ... Museum of East Tennessee History; Museum of Salt and Pepper Shakers; N.