fishnpinball
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Post by fishnpinball on Mar 24, 2018 21:39:00 GMT -5
Think Big as in Big Brutus. DSC00875 by ngboettch, on Flickr Second largest electric shovel, could move 150 tons of coal in one scoop.
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Post by fantastic5 on Mar 24, 2018 22:28:51 GMT -5
Does Kansas have a lot of coal? That's a big shovel!
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Post by fishnpinball on Mar 24, 2018 23:37:17 GMT -5
It does. The coal was bituminous. It also has most of the zinc production in the US though I believe that has not been mined in almost 50 years. Surprises abound. Having no great agate or jasper areas is a bit of a let down though. I know they still mine gypsum and salt, not sure of much of anything else.
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Post by Peruano on Mar 25, 2018 7:43:22 GMT -5
Has anyone sampled the flint hills for "flint"?
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Post by fishnpinball on Mar 25, 2018 9:43:03 GMT -5
Has anyone sampled the flint hills for "flint"? The flint usually found there is grey. It is easy to find though.
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Post by kskid on Mar 25, 2018 23:30:05 GMT -5
It does. The coal was bituminous. It also has most of the zinc production in the US though I believe that has not been mined in almost 50 years. Surprises abound. Having no great agate or jasper areas is a bit of a let down though. I know they still mine gypsum and salt, not sure of much of anything else. You just weren't looking in the right spot... ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) Come up to the glaciated region in the NE. It's not native, but it's here (agates and jaspers - and anything else the ice could walk off with). I had to get used to the smaller pieces for the most part, but the variety makes up for it. The coal was a bit further south. The best thing to come out of the pits nowadays is big bass!
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Post by fishnpinball on Mar 26, 2018 20:38:32 GMT -5
It does. The coal was bituminous. It also has most of the zinc production in the US though I believe that has not been mined in almost 50 years. Surprises abound. Having no great agate or jasper areas is a bit of a let down though. I know they still mine gypsum and salt, not sure of much of anything else. You just weren't looking in the right spot... ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) Come up to the glaciated region in the NE. It's not native, but it's here (agates and jaspers - and anything else the ice could walk off with). I had to get used to the smaller pieces for the most part, but the variety makes up for it. The coal was a bit further south. The best thing to come out of the pits nowadays is big bass! Maybe you would show me a spot or 2 that has some. Might find something to tumble at least.
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