Copper mine. This is the Copperhill copper mine in Copperhill, Tennessee, USA, in 1939. Sulphur dioxide, a by-product of open roast smelting of the co

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Copper mine. This is the Copperhill copper mine in Copperhill, Tennessee, USA, in 1939. Sulphur dioxide, a by-product of open roast smelting of the copper, has killed off all the vegetation in the area.

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