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Hi Dusan & All, Nov 15, 2011
Just to keep the record straight- gypsum does not neutralize acidity.
Yt, DW
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From: Dusan Soudek
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 7:38 PM
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Fundy gypsum
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!
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Hi Dusan & All,
Nov 15, 2011</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2> Just to keep the record straight- gypsum
does not neutralize acidity.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Yt, DW</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NatureNS] Fundy
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<DIV><FONT size=4> 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.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4> 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.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4> 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.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4> Dusan Soudek</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>P.S. Do check the Milford and Windsor gypsum mines on Google
Earth. The sites are huge!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4> </FONT></DIV>
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