United States, Georgia, Floyd County, Hermitage, 34.32565, -85.06551900/1939Hermitage, early 1900s. Mining bauxite. The first discovery of bauxite in North America was made at Hermitage in 1887 by James Holland. For many years this section of Georgia provided a large part of the domestic supply of bauxite.image/jpeghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/Business--Georgia--Hermitage[Photograph of bauxite mining, Hermitage, Floyd County, Georgia, ca. 1900-1939? ]StillImage