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Exclusive: Inside the limestone mine used to process federal retirements
The Office of Personnel Management handles retirement paperwork for the entire federal government out of an old limestone ...
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How limestone kilns are slowly killing entire families in Pakistan
An curved arrow pointing right. Thousands of workers in southern Pakistan spend their lives mining and cooking limestone. The process releases plumes of toxic smoke, polluting the environment and ...
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Limestone Port of Entry Will Remain Open During Facility Upgrades
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine (WAGM) - With news that the Limestone Port of Entry was getting ... to close the facility for the entire construction process. Susan Collins, Maine Senator said, “Several ...
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Unusual desert rocks suggest unknown microorganism that uses marble and limestone as a habitat
"We were surprised because these tubes are clearly not the result of a geological process," said Professor ... Oman and in Saudi Arabia—in Oman in limestone, while in the Saudi Arabian desert ...
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Why Indiana Limestone Is One of America’s Most Prized Building Materials
A chunk mined by Indiana Limestone Company, founded in 1926, one of the foremost purveyors of this special stone. National Museum of Natural History The Hoosier State’s first commercial ...
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Summary of upland limestone drainage features
A summary of the drainage features of upland limestone areas with annotated examples of each feature. Limestone is a pervious, permeable rock through which water can flow underground at swallow ...