In my last post, I showed the statistics of what this blog has accomplished so far. I feel very good about where we’ve been, but now it’s time to describe where I plan on going this coming year. Given that I am not teaching chemistry this school year, my work on the Elements Unearthed project [...]
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Plans for 2012
Posted in Weekly Post, tagged anaxagoras, arabic alchemy, atomic theory, early chemistry, empedocles, european alchemy, greek matter theories, history of chemistry, medieval crafts, nucleogenesis, nuremburg chronicles, science education, tintic mining district, van helmont on January 25, 2012 | 1 Comment »
The Geology of the Tintic Mining District
Posted in Weekly Post, tagged apex mine, argent, bullion beck mine, burgin mine, centennial eureka mine, chief consolidated mine, dragon mine, eagle and bluebell mine, eureka hill mine, eureka utah, eurekadumpite, fissure vein, galena, gemini mine, godiva mine, humbug mine, iron blossom mine, mammoth utah, replacement ore body, silver mine, silver mining, silver ore, stope, swansea mine, tintic, tintic mining district, tintic standard mine, trixie mine on July 13, 2010 | 3 Comments »
For the last week, I’ve been busy preparing for my classes at Walden School, including inventorying the science lab room (which is also my classroom) and planning out my course schedules. I’ll be teaching two sections of Chemistry, one of Astronomy, one of Computer Technology (a basic computer literacy course required in Utah), a section [...]
The Legacy of the Tintic Mining District
Posted in Weekly Post, tagged abandoned mines, cyanide, environmental impact of mining, environmental protection agency, environmental science, epa, eureka utah, hazards of mining, jesse knight, knight smelter, leaching, lead contamination, mine reclamation, mining, mining and the environment, old mines, silver city utah, silver ore, smelter, smelting ore, superfund site, tailings pile, tintic mining district, tintic mountains, unsafe mines on June 9, 2010 | 1 Comment »
On my visit to the area around Eureka, Utah last Friday, June 4, I not only wanted to visit Mammoth and Silver City, but to also document the efforts by the Environmental Protection Agency to clean up the town. I had traveled through Eureka a few days before on Memorial Day and noticed that the [...]
Exploring Dividend and Mammoth
Posted in Weekly Post, tagged burgin utah, dividend utah, eureka utah, mammoth utah, mine processing plant, mines, mining, silver city utah, silver mine, silver ore, tintic mining district, tintic mountains, utah mines, utah mining on June 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The last few weeks I’ve had to neglect the Elements Unearthed project in order to finish a client video that had a tight deadline. It was uploaded to YouTube Thursday night, so I now have a little bit of a breather before the next project and am back at work on Part 2 of the [...]
Some Stats on The Elements Unearthed Project
Posted in Weekly Post, tagged beryllium video, blog statistics, business profile video, davidvblack, elements unearthed, eric scerri, milestone, periodic table video, tintic mining district, wordpress, youtube channel on May 19, 2010 | 1 Comment »
This blog has reached a milestone over the last week. Over 15,000 people have visited this blog since it was begun in Oct., 2008. Since my fellowship in Philadelphia last summer, the viewership has risen greatly, and I’ve been averaging over 1500 visitors per month with 2600 in March as my top month. I don’t [...]
The Tintic Mining District
Posted in Weekly Post, tagged eureka utah, mine, mine reclamation, mining, silver mine, silver ore, superfund site, tintic mining district, utah mining on May 8, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Time is rushing forward and we are almost to the end of another school year at Mountainland Applied Technology College. Students in my Multimedia classes have been working daily to complete the alpha or “Director’s Cut” versions of their group video projects. Altogether, four projects will be completed within the next three weeks. [...]
