[NatureNS] Fundy gypsum

From: David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com>
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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 &amp; All,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Nov 15, 2011</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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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  <A title=soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca href="mailto:soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca">Dusan 
  Soudek</A> </DIV>
  <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=naturens@chebucto.ns.ca 
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  <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, November 15, 2011 7:38 
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  <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NatureNS] Fundy 
gypsum</DIV>
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  <DIV><FONT size=4>&nbsp;&nbsp; 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>&nbsp;&nbsp; A problem&nbsp;with potential rehabilitation of 
  the Windsor mine site is that we don't really know&nbsp;whether it will remain 
  closed. Probably even its owner, Fundy Gypsum, doesn't know for 
  sure.</FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT size=4>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As minerals go, gypsum is probably 
  environmentally the most benign one there is. It even neutralizes the acid 
  rain that is ruining&nbsp;our Atlantic salmon, speckled trout, and other fish 
  populations.</FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT size=4>&nbsp;&nbsp; Dusan Soudek</FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT size=4></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
  <DIV><FONT size=4>P.S. Do check the Milford and Windsor gypsum mines on Google 
  Earth. The sites are huge!</FONT></DIV>
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