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Miners loading a horse-drawn cart at Barton’s Mines in North River

Miners loading a horse-drawn cart at Barton’s Mines in North River

Miners loading burlap bags of crushed rock, possibly garnet, into a cart pulled by a team of horses at Barton’s Mines. Circa 1900. North River, NY. Photo donated by John Dalaba Hitchcock to the Adirondack Experience: the Museum on Blue Mountain Lake.

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