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Friday, February 24, 2012
High Desert Master Plan
Environmental Committee visits RIO TINTO – US Borax mine
The Environmental Committee was invited for a tour of the Rio Tinto – US Borax mine in Boron. Wagons and mules were the original method of transporting the minerals.
(below) Bob Deal briefed us on the history of the mine as well as the minerals that are extracted 364 days (and nights) a year. (left to right: Tom Barnes, Robert Vanderstok, Richard Caulkins, Sarah Tyndall and Scott Cummings)
After a quick video, we were equipped with safety glasses, hard hats and steel toed shoes and boarded two buses to travel into the mine.
We were able to stand next to the haulers while Richard Caulkins, Committee Chair, and Sarah Tyndall, Field Rep for Assemblyman Knight drew straws and went for a wild ride on one.
We were also able to get closer than most to a shovel.
Tours like these are enjoyable and informative and a privilege of AVBOT membership.
