Red Hills Mine
Red Hills Mine was amazing!!!!!!!!!! I have never thought about the process of extracting coal from the Earth, but it was an interesting and educational experience visiting Ackerman's Red Hills Mine today.
What I learned:
1. Big machinery is expensive and just cool! The cost of one tire on a dump truck is more than I will ever make in a year.
2. Mining does not strip the earth of its resources. In fact, restoration leaves the land better than it was before. Mining companies put a lot of thought and effort into fixing what was excavated.
3. Chemistry is a significant part of mining and much thought is put into water conservation and pollution of chemicals.
http://www.miningfacts.org/Environment/How-is-water-managed-and-treated-in-mining/
I could do a water analysis lab in chemistry that measures pH and metal contaminants of water from different areas of Chickasaw count. This lab would simulate testing done by mining corporations.
https://www.westminster.edu/academics/majors-programs/biology/pdf/water-testing-sample-protocol.pdf
What I learned:
1. Big machinery is expensive and just cool! The cost of one tire on a dump truck is more than I will ever make in a year.
2. Mining does not strip the earth of its resources. In fact, restoration leaves the land better than it was before. Mining companies put a lot of thought and effort into fixing what was excavated.
3. Chemistry is a significant part of mining and much thought is put into water conservation and pollution of chemicals.
http://www.miningfacts.org/Environment/How-is-water-managed-and-treated-in-mining/
I could do a water analysis lab in chemistry that measures pH and metal contaminants of water from different areas of Chickasaw count. This lab would simulate testing done by mining corporations.
https://www.westminster.edu/academics/majors-programs/biology/pdf/water-testing-sample-protocol.pdf
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