Mining Phosphate Toddler T-Shirt

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Mining Phosphate . . . dragline . . . the current phosphate mining tool, came into use with the dawn of electricity and diesel power in the 1920s and 1930s. By 1930 draglines were adopted as the most economical way to mine phosphate. The dragline significantly changed the mining operation. In 1900 it took a year to mine a 15-acre mine site with picks and shovels. Today one dragline mines 15 acres in a month . . . phosphate mining, the source of income for many Polk County residents for many, many years . . . Bone Valley, Mulberry, Florida USA . . . ©Carol Bradley, Double B Photography, Lakeland, FL . . . Facebook.com/CBradleyDoubleBPhotography

My name is Carol Bradley, I'm an nature, wildlife, landscape, and landmark Photo Artist. I love photographing subjects that make me smile. Basically, Art From My Heart! I'm a senior citizen and native Floridian . . . born in Miami, raised in Tampa, and a resident of Lakeland (Polk County) since 1979. Many of my favorite childhood days were spent in Polk County when my grandparents lived in a small town most people have never heard of . . . Brewster, Florida. Brewster was a small company owned mining town in the heart of the Florida phosphate and citrus industry. It broke my heart when the town was shut down and disappeared forever. It is now labeled as a Florida ghost town. It's those kind of memories that led me to fall in love...