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Land Leveling and Seeding Oats After Strip Mining on the Kingsbury Estate

Description: Photograph of a land leveling project after a strip mining operation on the Kingsbury Estate one mile southeast of Haltom City. The gravel was removed, the area seeded to oats, and the hole left behind from removing the gravel will be used as a farm stock pond. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Land Leveling After Strip Mining. This section of ground has had the gravel removed and has been leveled and seeded to oats. The hole left due to removal of quantity of gravel will be used as a farm… more
Date: April 26, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Land Leveling After Strip Mining on the Kingsbury Estate

Description: Photograph of a land leveling project after a strip mining operation on the Kingsbury Estate one mile southeast of Haltom City. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Land Leveling After Strip Mining. Section of land that has been leveled after a layer of gravel from 3 to 9 feet thick has been removed by strip mining. This land will be more productive and will have a better waterholding [sic] capacity after the gravel has been removed. Mounds in the background will be leveled when the mining is… more
Date: April 26, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Unusable Spoils Bank on the Kingsbury Estate

Description: Photograph of a spoils bank after a strip mining operation on the Kingsbury Estate one mile southeast of Haltom City. The land in the photograph is rough and unusable for grazing cattle. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Spoil Banks-Strip Mining. Rough unusable land which is typical of the type of spoils usually left when gravel is removed by strip mining. Some grass will slowly return on these spoils over a long period of time. The grass that does come in is of poor quality and is difficu… more
Date: April 26, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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