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Paris, Oxford Co., Maine, USA

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Mt Mica (1915 or earlier)

Mt Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford Co., Maine, USA

Old postcard with a 1915 postmark. Caption: "Paris Hill, Me., The Cut, Mt. Mica Mine."
Photo ID: 259270    View Count: 27

Mt Mica Quarry (1895 or earlier)

Mt Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford Co., Maine, USA

Photo from The History of Mount Mica Mine of Maine, USA and It's Wonderful Deposits of Matchless Tourmalines by Augustus Choate Hamlin (Bangor, Maine, 1895).
Photo ID: 209888    View Count: 47

Mt Mica Quarry (1903 or earlier)

Mt Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford Co., Maine, USA

Photo in Farrington, Oliver C. (1903): Gems and Gem Minerals (Chicago: A.W. Mumford), p. 115.
Photo ID: 224471    View Count: 30

Mt Mica Quarry (1908, November)

Mt Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford Co., Maine, USA

Mount Mica quarry in November 1908, looking west. Photo by E.S. Bastin. Plate 11 in U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 445 -- 1911.
Photo ID: 128520    View Count: 118

Mt Mica Quarry (1911 or earlier)

Mt Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford Co., Maine, USA

Photo of the Mount Mica mine when the pocket-bearing zone was close to the surface. A stick with a white card attached marks the position of each pocket. Photo by T.F. Lamp.

Public Domain photo, courtesy of the USGS. (Plate 12 in USGS Bulletin 445, 1911).


Photo ID: 204391    View Count: 64

Mt Mica Quarry (1915 or earlier)

Mt Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford Co., Maine, USA

Old postcard with 1915 postmark.
Photo ID: 209886    View Count: 50

Mt. Mica July 1991

Mt Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford Co., Maine, USA

General view of the Mt. Mica tourmaline quarry in July 1991. (From a scanned slide.) Photograph by Alan Goldstein.
 © Alan GoldsteinPhoto ID: 124084    View Count: 234

Mt. Mica Quarry - Digging for Tourmaline

Mt Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford Co., Maine, USA

Bulldozer used to dig up areas blasted in search of gem-grade tourmaline. Mt. Mica, July 1991. (From a scanned slide.) Photograph by Alan Goldstein.
 © Alan GoldsteinPhoto ID: 124085    View Count: 237

Mt. Mica Quarry - Seeking Tourmaline

Mt Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford Co., Maine, USA

The famous Mt. Mica Quarry in July 1991 during a lull in the quarrying activity. Photograph by Alan Goldstein.
 © Alan GoldsteinPhoto ID: 124067    View Count: 231

Ryerson Hill Quarry

Ryerson Hill Quarries, Paris, Oxford Co., Maine, USA

Chris Marcum drilling holes, July 2002.
 © Dick DionnePhoto ID: 123080    View Count: 291
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