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Stuff Every Mining Scout Should Know

Practice facts for the Mining in Society merit badge. Not an official Scouting America credential.

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  1. What does mining provide that farming cannot?
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    Most materials that cannot be grown. Mining supplies materials that cannot be grown through agriculture or feasibly made in a lab.

  2. Which of these is an ore recovered by mining?
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    Potash. Ores recovered by mining include metals, coal, gemstones, limestone, rock salt, potash, gravel, and clay.

  3. What must an ore contain to be worth mining?
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    A valuable constituent. The ore must contain a valuable constituent that can be extracted and sold for profit.

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  1. What does mining provide that farming cannot?
  2. Which of these is an ore recovered by mining?
  3. What must an ore contain to be worth mining?
  4. What is prospecting in modern mining?
  5. What happens to land after a mine closes?
  6. What is the oldest known mine in the archaeological record?
  7. What did Paleolithic humans mine at Ngwenya?
  8. What did ancient Egyptians first use malachite for?
  9. What mining method did Romans use with large volumes of water?
  10. What is fire-setting in old mining?
  11. What did the Romans use to drain and ventilate mines?
  12. What increased demand for iron in medieval Europe?
  13. What was first used in mining in 1627 in Selmecbánya?
  14. What problem did deeper medieval mines face?
  15. What did early Americans mine along Lake Superior?
  16. What did the General Mining Act of 1872 encourage?
  17. Which two excavation types divide mining techniques?
  18. What is a placer deposit?
  19. What is a lode deposit?
  20. What does in-situ leaching require of target minerals?
  21. What is the most common explosive used in mining?
  22. What is quarrying used to extract?
  23. What does strip mining do?
  24. What does drift mining use for access?
  25. What does room and pillar mining leave in place?
  26. What is retreat mining?
  27. What do sluices and jigs do in placer mining?
  28. What does mineral processing separate valuable minerals from?
  29. What is smelting used for?
  30. What is tailings?
  31. What causes acid mine drainage?
  32. What does the Summit Bechtel Reserve show about mine land?
  33. Why do miners wear a hard hat and safety glasses?
  34. Why do miners wear earplugs?
  35. What does a dust mask or respirator protect against?
  36. Why do miners wear high-visibility vests?
  37. What do monitoring systems in mines do?
  38. How might drones help in mine rescues?
  39. What is a benefit of recycling metals?
  40. Why might people mine the ocean floor?
  41. What is a reason to mine asteroids or the moon?
  42. What does a feasibility study evaluate for a mine?
  43. What does commodity price volatility do to mining feasibility?
  44. What does a feasibility study help a mining company decide?
  45. What material is often removed to reach a buried ore deposit?
  46. What is one common hazard in underground mining?
  47. What health problem can rockdust cause?
  48. What does a self-contained breathing apparatus let a rescue team do?
  49. Who usually makes up most mine rescue teams?
  50. What does a mine rescue team need to handle?
  51. Why are safety glasses made with side shields? 🔒
  52. When is eye protection like goggles better than safety glasses? 🔒
  53. What is the purpose of personal protective equipment? 🔒
  54. Where does PPE rank in the hierarchy of hazard controls? 🔒
  55. What is a limitation of personal protective equipment? 🔒
  56. What kind of gloves protect hands from cuts? 🔒
  57. What does a high wall mining cutter do after sumping? 🔒
  58. What does long wall mining grind underground? 🔒
  59. What does a trommel do in placer mining? 🔒
  60. What do huge trucks and shovels do in surface mining? 🔒
  61. What are trams used for in mining? 🔒
  62. What does a drill do in mine development? 🔒
  63. What does heap leaching use to extract gold from ore? 🔒
  64. What does electrolytic reduction produce? 🔒
  65. What must happen to lode ore before valuable minerals are extracted? 🔒
  66. What is one environmental impact of mining? 🔒
  67. What does environmental impact assessment help control? 🔒
  68. What does mine closure planning address? 🔒
  69. What can tailings contain that harms the environment? 🔒
  70. What does biomagnification do to contaminants in a food chain? 🔒
  71. What is a concern when mining the oceans? 🔒
  72. What is one difficulty of exploring samples in space? 🔒