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...ess sent me... Scant rations for the cold and starving troops, gunpowder, salt, and lead. ...Sicily. I was there. The 'chutes that filled the gray Korean skies were mine; I lead the endless trains across the beach in Vietnam.

...such as complexation with strong ligands or precipitation of an insoluble salt, will cause all the {{chem|Hg|2|2+}} to fully disproportionate to {{chem|Hg ...]] (now Slovenia) dominated the mercury production from the opening of the mine in Almadén 2500 years ago until new deposits were found at the end of the

| OtherNames = Epsom salt<br/>Bitter salts ...e [[epsomite]] (MgSO₄·7H₂O), commonly called "Epsom salt". Another [[hydrate]] form is [[kieserite]].

{{about|the chemical compound|sodium chloride in the diet|Salt|sodium chloride as a mineral|Halite}} | OtherNames = Common salt, [[halite]], [[table salt]], rock salt, saline, hyposaline, sodium monochloride, sodium chloric, saltex<ref>[http:

...ssentially the same geologic processes as the contaminants. A vermiculite mine in [[Virginia]] has also been found to be contaminated by asbestos.<ref>htt ...1990 in response to asbestos contamination. While in operation, the Libby mine may have produced 80% of the world's supply of vermiculite.<ref name="epasu

...yal Gunpowder Factory, Waltham Abbey]] was damaged by a German [[parachute mine]] in 1941 and it never reopened.<ref name="cocroft-4"/> This was followed b ...n (broth)|bouillon]] of [[horse meat]] seasoned with gunpowder for lack of salt.<ref name="Parker">Harold T Parker. (1983 reprint) ''Three Napoleonic Battl

...chemist)|James Young]] experimented with oil discovered seeping in a coal mine as a source of lubricating oil and illuminating fuel. When the seep became }}</ref> Since the 1840s, Kier's [[salt well]]s were becoming fouled with [[petroleum]]. At first, Kier simply dum

**Silos at Moolap, Geelong for the Cheetham Salt Co **Ore bins at the Broken Hill South mine,

...m mine waste). The action of water and oxygen on pyrite forms sulphate (a salt of sulphiric acid), thereby depleting the pyrite, causing loss of adhesion ...typical source of such aggregates is [[wikt:metalliferous|metalliferous]] mine waste. Current professional guidance notes describe all of [[Cornwall]] and

...uage|Greek]] word for sweet: γλυκυς, due to the sweet taste of its [[Salt (chemistry)|salts]]. ...osive ordnance disposal]]-teams when they are working on or around [[naval mine]]s, since these mines commonly have [[fuze|magnetic fuze]]s that detonate t

...="Henretig06"/> lead is thought to have been discovered and first [[mining|mine]]d in [[Anatolia]] around [[6500 BCE]].<ref name="Gilbert06"/> Its [[densit [[Arthur Stayner]] a prominent citizen of [[Salt Lake City]] and a father of the [[sugar beet]] industry in [[Utah]], died o

...t circumference and second deepest [[open-pit mining|open pit]] [[copper]] mine in the world.]] ...coal]], [[diamond]]s, [[limestone]], [[oil shale]], [[Sodium chloride|rock salt]] and [[potash]]. Any material that cannot be grown through [[agriculture|a

...al|alkali]] [[hydroxide]] solutions to form the corresponding [[plumbite]] salt.<ref name="pauling" /> *2008 mine production: 3,886,000 tonnes

...units as a function of added [[potassium chloride]], even though the added salt is neither acidic nor basic.<ref name=Feldman>original reference requires s ...ers,<ref> Nordstrom, DK ''et al.'' (2000) Negative pH and extremely acidic mine waters from Iron Mountain California. ''Environ Sci Technol'','''34''', 254

...on sulfide. The resulting water can be highly acidic and is called [[acid mine drainage]] (AMD) or acid rock drainage (ARD). This acidic water is capable ...]] to give the corresponding [[sulfate]]. For example, the blue [[copper]] salt [[copper(II) sulfate]], commonly used for [[electroplating]] and as a [[fun

*[[Burkeville, California]] &ndash; Edwin Burke (mine owner) *[[Campion, Colorado]] &ndash; [[John F. Campion]] (hard rock mine owner and established the [[sugar beet]] industry)

...of the [[Salt Lake City Public Library]], which now houses [[The Leonardo (Salt Lake City)|The Leonardo]], a culture and arts center. ...g.<ref>[http://lists.webjunction.org/wjlists/publib/1994-March/064675.html Salt Lake City PL Press Release]</ref>