What is the largest coal producing state in the United States?
Arkansas Wyoming Arizona
What is the leading silver producing country?
United States Mexico Peru
Coke, made from coal is used to make:
Steel Copper Clay
The process of returning mined land to its previous natural state is called:
Refining Inversion Reclamation
What mineral is mined at the Cargill mine in Florida?
Phosphate Copper Gold
In Florida, mining activity has to be at least 1,500 feet from the roost of this bird during nesting season:
Bald Eagle Brown Pelican Great Egret
What is the total amount of minerals used by every American in their lifetime?
900,000 pounds 2 million pounds 3.5 million pounds
How many people work directly or indirectly in the mining industry?
1 million 5 million 500,00
What is the primary use of Phosphate? Fertilizer Medicine Paint The average appliance consists of how much steel?
50% 60% 75%
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A History of Mother's Day
By Holly Hildebrand
Houston Chronicle Interactive
The first celebrations in honor of mothers were held in the spring in ancient Greece. They paid tribute to Rhea, the Mother of the Gods. During the 17th century, England honored mothers on "Mothering Sunday," celebrated on the fourth Sunday of Lent.
In the United States, Julia Ward Howe suggested the idea of Mother's Day in 1872.Howe, who wrote the words to the Battle Hymn of the Republic, saw Mother's Day as being dedicated to peace.
Anna Jarvis of Philadelphia is credited with bringing about the official observance of Mother's Day. Her campaign to establish such a holiday began as a remembrance of her mother, who died in 1905 and who had, in the late 19th century, tried to establish "Mother's Friendship Days" as a way to heal the scars of the Civil War.
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