Description
The front shows a wide industrial complex with large silos, conveyors, and low warehouse-like buildings set in an open, grassy landscape. A dirt track leads toward the plant under a broad blue sky with thin clouds. The scene emphasizes heavy industry and rural isolation. Undated.
Back Text (verbatim):
BENTONITE—A BELLE FOURCHE INDUSTRY
Three plants in the Belle Fourche, S. D., area annually produce one-half of the world's supply of bentonite, a colloidal clay used primarily in steel manufacture and oil well drilling.
Photo by Jim Ross
NATURAL COLOR
by
Mike Roberts
BERKELEY 2, CALIF.
