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as a residential area and "model city" for its employees. It emerged as a "showplace for company-subsidized family life." Housing construction ended in the 1930s, and company-furnished housing ended in 1955. After that, a private real estate developer managed the homes for employees. A rather large
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was torn down in 1980. Currently, only a handful of residents work for the mine. The town's history is directly linked to the mine.
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