Mining

Alaska has the most diverse soil types in North America containing 7 of the 12 soil types. The most common to be found is Tanana soil.

Both open-pit and underground mining is done in Australia, producing a range of materials including gold, copper, silver, uranium, zinc, nickel and iron. Australia is also responsible for producing around 95% of the world's opal supply. Some of the more famous coal mines in Australia are the Hunter Valley Mines, which produce up to 11 million tonnes of coal annually.

Mining has been going strong in Australia since the gold rushes of the mid 1800's. Although coal was discovered earlier than this, it was slow to get up and running as a viable economic resource for the country, however Australia is now the world's biggest exporter of coal, and it is responsible for a large majority of the country's electricity supply. Hundreds of people work in mining jobs all over Australia and reap the rewards of their hard work.

Cradling involved a wooden box loosely resembling a cradle. The cradle was used for sifting through larger amounts of sediment to find gold, and was popular from the early times of the goldrushes. It required at least two men to work. The cradle had a grate and a sieve. The dirt and sediment to be sifted through was emptied onto the grate in the cradle. The cradle was rocked quickly back and forth (in the action of a cradle) while water was poured over the sediment to help work it through. The grate stopped coarser stones from going through, while the fine material was sifted out the other end. The gold would be left behind for easy collection.

There has never been any mining in Antarctica.

The Madrid Protocol, which bans mining in Antarctica, is part of the Antarctic Treaty; it was signed in 1991 by the parties that signed the Antarctic Treaty. It is due for review in 2041.

Metals ores: iron, copper, lead, tin, gold, silver, uranium, aluminium, manganese, mercury, etc. Salt

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potash is found in p.a

Searching for and mining for gold.

the California gold rush

Mostly silver but a little bit of many things. Idaho is nicknamed the gem state.

Arkansas has been a leader in timber production and rice production for awhile now. It has also been known for clothing, furniture, and color tv sets.

The most important industries in Utah include the agricultural industry or farming and the mining of coal, oil, and natural gas. Steel making and tourism are also important industries.

There are many reasons to why we should not develop Antarctica. First, the oil and fishing has had problems over the past few years resulting in significant environmental damage.

Although there may be many useful resources like coal, hydrocarbons, iron ore, platinum, copper, gold and other minerals to be found, development is not permitted under the Antarctic Treaty.

In 1998, an agreement was reached to add a 50 year ban on mining until the year 2048.

The top mining companies in Australia are BHP and Rio Tinto. Rio being a close second. Xstrata is also a major player in the resource sector, and then you have the dark horse; Fortescue. Andrew Forrest at FMG will create an empire within the next 5+ years. Once he rides the downturn and receives the capital investment he needs to develop his assets, the tycoon will go from strength to strength. BHP will always be No. 1 though...

Hawaii's main industries are tourism and agriculture (pineapple, banana, macedamia nuts, taro, and sugar cane)

Mining is the major industry in Hawaii.

Tourism is the #1 industry of Hawaii.

Hawaii is a volcanic island and was put there due to volcanoes. They haven't really been there long enough to allow anything in them to be mined. There is no real resource in the island because it is only a few million years old. Therefore nothing is really mined there but you would find a nice large amount of Granite covering the island.

Portugal is the leading European producer of tin.

There is really no reason to drill for oil in Antarctica -- it's physically challenging and too expensive because it's a polar climate, and the Antarctic Treaty forbids commercial extraction from any location south of 60 degrees south latitude anywhere on earth.

over 100,000 people were killed in the mines

Calcite (CaCO3).

Mining, Forestry, etc .

France does mine for minerals. Some of them are:

1. gold 2. silver 3. talc 3. tungsten 4. bromine