Well, you know, this thing they call "electri blast," it's somethin' you don’t wanna mess with, I tell ya! It's like when you see lightning outta nowhere and it strikes the ground, but only a thousand times worse....
Well, let me tell ya, this thing they call baryte, or barite, it ain't nothing but a kind of mineral that’s made up of barium sulfate, or BaSO4, as they like to call it. Now, it ain't the...
Well, now, if ya want to know how graphite’s mined, let me tell ya, it's not all that fancy. I’ve seen a few folks talk about it in ways that sound all technical, but really, it’s just a...
Well, ya see, when folks talk about "non-ferrous" metals, they’re just talkin’ about metals that don’t have iron in ‘em, at least not much. It’s like when ya bake a pie, and instead of using wheat flour, you...
Now, let me tell ya, when it comes to mining, there’s one thing that’s real important, and that’s them conveyor belts. I reckon most folks don’t know how much they help in the mines, but trust me, they’re...
Well, folks, I’m here to tell ya about a little rock called biotite. Now, don’t go thinkin' it's some fancy stuff you can't understand. It's just a type of mica, y'know, one of them minerals that comes outta...
Well now, if you're lookin' to get your floors nice and clean, you’ve come to the right place. There’s all sorts of ways to scrub a floor, you know. Some folks just grab a mop and a bucket,...
Well, let me tell ya, this thing called "Augita," or what some folks call "Augite," it's a kind of rock, ya see. It's all fancy and scientific-like, but I reckon it ain't too hard to understand if you...
So, you wanna know what a conglomerate is made of, huh? Well, let me tell ya, it's a kind of rock, but not just any rock. It's a clastic sedimentary rock, which means it's made up of little...
Well, if you ever thought about how they make that stuff we call cement, or how they mix it all up, I can tell ya a little bit. Now, if you're gonna make something like mortar or concrete,...