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workers realized that they were This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0046_01CCA3CE.20FA0B30 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable There are some very natural-looking abandoned older gypsum mines = along the Hants Shore. One of them, near Cheverie (?) is a community = park and a popular swimming hole. I think that it is a wonderful = recreational asset for the community, but it doesn't generate any jobs. A problem with potential rehabilitation of the Windsor mine site is = that we don't really know whether it will remain closed. Probably even = its owner, Fundy Gypsum, doesn't know for sure. As minerals go, gypsum is probably environmentally the most benign = one there is. It even neutralizes the acid rain that is ruining our = Atlantic salmon, speckled trout, and other fish populations. Dusan Soudek P.S. Do check the Milford and Windsor gypsum mines on Google Earth. The = sites are huge! ------=_NextPart_000_0046_01CCA3CE.20FA0B30 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE></TITLE> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.19154"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D4> There are some very natural-looking = abandoned=20 older gypsum mines along the Hants Shore. One of them, near Cheverie (?) = is a=20 community park and a popular swimming hole. I think that it is a = wonderful=20 recreational asset for the community, but it doesn't generate any=20 jobs.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D4> A problem with potential = rehabilitation of=20 the Windsor mine site is that we don't really know whether it will = remain=20 closed. Probably even its owner, Fundy Gypsum, doesn't know for=20 sure.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D4> As minerals go, gypsum is probably = environmentally the most benign one there is. It even neutralizes the = acid rain=20 that is ruining our Atlantic salmon, speckled trout, and other fish = populations.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D4> Dusan Soudek</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D4></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D4>P.S. Do check the Milford and Windsor gypsum mines = on Google=20 Earth. The sites are huge!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D4> </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0046_01CCA3CE.20FA0B30--
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