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To: greeneyes

What’s “tiff”?


29 posted on 08/24/2012 7:52:55 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: Still Thinking

Barite. I didn’t grow up here, so I don’t really know much about the mining industry really. I know that some have called the people here “tiff diggers”.

Lots of old mining land around that people use to ride horses around in. The mines are finally starting to sell off some of it - pretty cheap.

Dresser Minerals was one of the last companies to pull out. Most of the mining companies were already gone before we moved here. Dresser, Pea Ridge, and St Joe are the only ones I really heard about.


31 posted on 08/24/2012 8:16:05 PM PDT by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: Still Thinking
mining for "tiff", as barite is called locally

BARITE SPECIMEN LOCALITIES

37 posted on 08/25/2012 3:40:04 AM PDT by Dust in the Wind (U S Troops Rock)
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