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| Title | Mining Workshop Local Hartford |
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| Transcript | Office of University Relations SDSM& T News 501 E. St. Joseph Street • Rapid City, SD 57701- 3995 Phone: ( 605) 394- 6082/ 2554 • Fax: ( 605) 394- 6177 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: ( July 31, 1998) HARTFORD TEACHER ATTENDS SDSM& T'S 12TH ANNUAL " MINING EXPERIENCE ON THE GREAT PLAINS" WORKSHOP Don Ortman of Hartford was among the twenty- four teachers from twelve South Dakota communities who attended the recent 12th Annual " Mining Experience on the Great Plains" Teacher Workshop sponsored by the South Dakota Mining Association and the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology ( SDSM& T). The week- long workshop provided information and resource materials for teaching units related to the minerals industry in the Great Plains region. The workshop presented a variety of topics that acquainted the teachers with the evolution of the mining industry, the history of mining in the region, and the region's present relationship to the mining industry. Other topics surveyed the process of providing the minerals required by society from exploration through to recovery of the final product. Environmental and legal considerations also were covered in detail. The workshop was based on the SDSM& T campus with supporting field trips to the South Dakota Cement Plant and Butler Machinery, Rapid City; Black Hills Mining Museum and Wharf Resources Mine, Lead; Wyodak Mine and Cyprus Amax Belle Ayre Mine, Powder River Basin, WY; Bentonite Corporation, Colony, WY; Homestake Open Cut and Mill, Lead; Rockerville Placer Gold and Big Thunder Gold Mine, Keystone; and Wade's Gold Mill and Gold Panning, Hill City. Workshop presenters included Dr. Paul Gries, Professor Duff Erickson, Dr. Bill Roggenthen, and Dr. Zbigniew Hladysz, SDSM& T; Marv Truhe and Linden Evans, Truhe Law Office; Mary Flanderka, Black Hills Multiple Use Coalition; Mike Cepak and Tom Durkin, South Dakota Department of Environmental and Natural Resources; and Diana Miller, South Dakota Mining Association. Teachers participating in the workshop were from Black Hawk, Brandon, Enning, Hartford, Mitchell, Mud Butte, Newell, Rapid City, Sioux Falls, Spearfish, Sturgis, and Whitewood. ++ 30++ ( i:\ univrel\ pressrele\ 0798\ Mining Workshop Local Hartford) ( EDITOR: Photo of workshop participants available upon request.) |
| Creator | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. University Relations; |
| Subject | Teachers' workshops; |
| Local Subject | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
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| Digital Publisher | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. Devereaux Library
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| Date | 1998-07-31 |
| Type | Text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Language | eng |
| Relation | Is part of Office of University Relations SDSM&T News Collection |
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| Submitting Institution | Devereaux Library. South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. |
| Date Digital | 2009 |
| CONTENTdm number | 1355 |
| CONTENTdm file name | 1356.pdf |
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