Bonnie Love, Editor for WorldWide Drilling Resource, Inc., and Volunteer for Women in Mining Education Foundation, recently spoke to Chipola College Environmental Science students.
She discussed the science of minerals; safety for miners; research and discovery of new minerals; reclamation, restoration and federal/state legislation; and new technology.
Love also discussed limestone and phosphate mining in Florida, where most of the phosphorous is excavated for worldwide use. Limestone in Marianna is rich in calcite, a unique part of the fertile soil for 90% of national peanuts which are harvested within 120 miles of Dothan.