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Alfred Muller, William Kent, Thomas Edison and A. Ruce at Edison's Ore-Concentrating Works, October 1891
Miller, Spencer, 1859-19531891-10
The Henry Ford
Dearborn, MI, United States
During the 1890s, Thomas Edison launched a New Jersey mining operation to address an iron ore shortage. He designed rock-crushing technology and an electromagnetic ore separator to extract low-grade ore from crushed boulders. The final product -- a briquette made of powdered iron ore -- didn't do well commercially, especially after high-grade ore was discovered around Lake Superior. In 1899, Edison left the industry.
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- Title: Alfred Muller, William Kent, Thomas Edison and A. Ruce at Edison's Ore-Concentrating Works, October 1891
- Creator: Miller, Spencer, 1859-1953
- Date: 1891-10
- Location: United States, New York, Ogdensburg
- Subject Keywords: Muller, Alfred, 1849 or 1855-1896, Kent, William, 1851-1918, Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931, Ruce, A., Mines and mineral resources, Ore-dressing, Photographic print, Photographs
- Type: Photographs
- Contributor: The Henry Ford
- Original Source: Digital Collections
- Object Name: Photographic print
- Object ID: 84.1.1630.P.B.25261
- Inventor: Thomas Edison
- Image ID: THF267097
- Credit: From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
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