Nutrien phosphate mine on the ground 2023-05-12

Update 2023-06-11: Crossings under CR 6 by Nutrien Phosphate Mine 2023-06-10.

A little birdie dropped these pictures, which were taken near Fivemile Still Road off of Woodpecker Route (CR 135), in Hamilton County, Florida, northeast of White Springs.

The locations are all less than a mile up Fivemile Still Road, which was closed above that.

[Inside the Nutrien phosphate mine, Hamilton County, Florida]
Inside the Nutrien phosphate mine, Hamilton County, Florida

Fivemile Still Road parallels Long Branch, which runs into the Suwannee River above Big Shoals Tract Launch.

Or did. Hard to say where Long Branch runs after all this mining.

[Fivemile Still Road and Long Branch in SRWT map]
Fivemile Still Road and Long Branch in SRWT map

Here’s a wider context map showing where Long Branch is.

[Long Branch in SRWT map]
Long Branch in SRWT map

Pics

And here are the individual pictures. Click on any small picture to see a larger one.

For more about phosphate mining, see:
https://wwals.net/issues/phosphate-mining/

[Heaps and gully]
Heaps and gully

 -jsq, John S. Quarterman, Suwannee RIVERKEEPER®

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