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Fig. 16. — View of glaciated valley in Khibine Mountain, Kola district, 

 U. S. S. R. The plateau is about 3,000 feet above sea level. Photograph taken 

 in mid July. 



Fig. 17. — Bazhenov deposit of asbestos on the east slope of Ural Mountains 

 near Sverdlovsk. A very rich and extensive deposit of high grade asbestos. 



Fig. 18. — A typical Russian village street. 



