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Beach Sand Yields Valuable Metals

Minerals are extracted from a stretch of the Queensland coast.
Series : Australian Diary | Episode : 76 | Year : 1954 | Total Duration : 3 Minutes | Producer : Jack S Allan
Sand dunes, man looking at mineral layered in sand. Mechanical shovels digging, small train on beach to works. Processing, sand back on beach, piles of metal after extraction, bags, truck away from plant
Access No. 40408 | 2 mins 32 secs | 1950s | Qld, Australia | © NFSA | B&W |