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A Truly Great Valley: Ruminations on California's Most Valuable Resource
Source info:
| Author: | Garry Hayes |
|---|---|
| Date: | 2014-12-04 00:15:00 |
| Blog: | Geotripper  |
| URL: | http://geotripper.blogspot.com/2014/12/a-truly-great-valley-ruminations-on.html |
Summary:
What is the most valuable mineral commodity in California, the so-called Golden State? Gold? Not hardly. We produced somewhere around 150 million ounces of the stuff over the last 160 years, netting riches for a few, and producing a sad heritage of scarred hillsides, fouled rivers and bays, and thousands of people (and their cultures) dead before their time. So what is it? California has oneContent analysis:
Geographic context:
| Location | Country | Latitude | Longitude |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | US | 37.2719 | -119.27 |
| Great Valley | US | 42.193 | -78.6383 |
| Mineral | US | 40.3755 | -121.569 |
Keywords:
Agriculture, bays, California, cultures, ounces, people, Resource, riches, rivers, Ruminations, sad heritage, scarred hillsides, so-called Golden State, stuff, thousands, Truly Great Valley, valuable mineral commodity
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