County: Barber

Date: 1962

Photographer: Grace Muilenburg/KGS

Place Name: Gypsum Plant, Barber County

Short description: Pioneer mine, National Gypsum Company, Barber County. Gypsum is used in making cement, plaster of Paris, wall plasters and mortars, sheet rock, and fertilizer.

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