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    These mines are accessible to people with the use of heavy equipments and with the help of mining experts. However, there are laws regarding mining which one should follow before digging the minerals out. The Australian mining law is all about the exploration and extraction of all the minerals and petroleum in this country. It governs the all activities…

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    the mountains of Stava Italy and the minerals that came from the mountains were worth its weight in gold. One of the main minerals that were in such high demand in the chemistry industry was the fluorite mineral [1]. In 1961, in Stava, there were mining organizations in the mountains of the city looking and discovering many different sources of fluorite in the rock and sediment. Throughout the years of digging the material and minerals up, it caused sludge water and other toxic excrements to…

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    process of Gold mining in the United States. Both passages give detailed information. They give specific instructions.They also give interesting background about Gold mining. These passages also give detail for different points of views. In the passage,“There’s Still Gold in Those Hills” it explains how gold mining works and the step to gold mine. For example the quote “ a gold seeker looks for streams”. The reader can infer that water is an important factor in gold mining. So this…

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    The california gold rush began in 1849, but when the people first found the gold in Sacramento Valley it was 1848. Some people think that the American’s found gold the first but Mexican’s were actually the first to discover it. The gold didn’t really have value on its own. Many people, mostly men, died for looking for gold. These men were called gold miners and they’d travel by land or by sea. There was a total of two billion worth of gold that was taken from California in 1852. A man named…

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    {RST} Imagine leaving your life behind in your small town hoping to bring home gold. “Klondike Gold Rush” and a Woman Who Went to Alaska both give the reader a vigorous understanding of the Klondike Gold Rush. “Klondike Gold Rush” is in third person showing the challenges the miners faced on their journey. A Woman Who Went to Alaska is also in third person showing the challenges of the government, such as high fees and taxes the miners had to pay. Both pieces, “Klondike Gold Rush” and A Woman…

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    Nevada's Gold Myth

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    There are many intriguing things about how the earth was made. One of the marvels of the earth is its gold deposits. Gold appeared to be both uncommon and normal on the off chance that one is to genuinely take a gander at it. In spite of the fact that there is a decent lot of gold on the planet, it is progressively elusive, therefore why it is somewhat uncommon. In California, the gold was pushed through the stones and encased into quartz. These are called quartz veins, they framed in many…

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    The abolishment of the miners licence was one of the many reasons for the beginning of the Eureka Stockade. The miners licence brought grief, pain and hardship for the miners as many were unable to pay for a licence at such quick demand, and therefore almost lost their right to dig for gold and provide for any family either with them or overseas at home. The miners licence was a way for the government to tax the miners for digging on the land, if they did not find any gold and the licence…

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    FOR more than two decades Wittenoom in WA’s Pilbara region was a mining stronghold. The small country town which lies around 1400kms northeast of Perth was also, at one stage, the only place in Australia that produced blue asbestos. But when demand for the deadly mineral began to wane and fears of serious health concerns began to emerge, the operation was shut down in 1966. However it was another decade before authorities realised the blue dust that swept throughout the town was extremely…

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    HAILE GOLD MINE EIS The Haile Gold Mine Company desires to construct and manage a gold mine at an existing mining site in the state of South Carolina. The mine they are looking at was previously used to mine gold, but has been dormant for quite some time. The proposed mining site requires a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). The USACE, a federal agency, has determined from early information that the proposed project could cause notable affects to the environment. Since the…

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    On August 5, 2010 a ramp into the San Jose mine in Chile’s Atacama Desert collapsed, leaving 33 miners trapped more than 2,000 feet underground. The men were working inside a mountain, excavating for gold and other minerals when they started feeling vibrations. There was a huge explosion and after the dust settled, miners discovered that a block of stone had broken off from the rest of the mountain and fell through the layers of the mine, causing a chain reaction as the mountain above it began…

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