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This is the #Dingwall gypsum quarry, before and after!
Check out this history of this beautiful former quarry!

#nspoli #cbpoli #novascotia #Capebreton #nshistory #nshist
@AllanMacMaster @JaimeBattiste @TourismCB @TourismNS @HistoricNS @GeoffMacLellan @HomeMattersCB @ChenderMLA ImageImage
The #CapeBreton quarry was opened in 1933 by the Atlantic Gypsum Mining Company and taken over in 1937 by @NationalGypsum when it bought AGMC. National Gypsum continued to operate the Dingwall quarry until 1955.
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Dingwall produced about 10 million tons of gypsum in its 22 years of operation.
National Gypsum closed the #Dingwall quarry in 1955 because it was opening the world’s largest surface gypsum mine in #Milford, East Hants.
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Most walls in #NovaScotia contain gypsum from the world's largest surface gypsum mine in #Milford, #NS.
Safety is the main reason #gypsum is used in wallboard. The rock is 21% water at the molecular level and is therefore fire resistant.
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327-342 million years ago, global sea levels rose and fell many times. This repeatedly flooded Nova Scotia with what we call the Windsor Sea. #NovaScotia was near the equator at that time so the sea also evaporated repeatedly in the tropical sun.
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This process gave us huge gypsum deposits because gypsum forms when water high in calcium and sulfate evaporates, leaving the calcium and sulfate behind as sediment. The sediment builds up and is eventually turned into gypsum rock by heat and pressure.
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Reclaimed mines are often hidden in plain view! For example, this beautiful lake is the former #Cheticamp #gypsum quarry in Cape Breton. Here’s the history of this amazing site:
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Father P. Fiset, parish priest in #Cheticamp, and his nephew Louis, a doctor, formed the Great Northern Mining Company about 1907. To raise funds, they sold shares for 5 cents each in Cheticamp. Shares were also sold in Quebec where the Fisets were well-known.
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In spring 1908 equipment for a mill was delivered to Government Wharf and hauled by horse and cart to Bell-Marche where the mill was built. The first #gypsum rock went through the mill on August 20, 1908.
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We love getting questions about mining, minerals and geology! We were asked about sand and fieldstone in the world-class #gypsum deposit in #Milford, Nova Scotia. This thread is our answer:

#nspoli #cbpoli #novascotia #capebreton #mining #geology @mmillershubie @SeanFraserMP ImageImage
327-342 million years ago, global sea levels rose and fell many times. This repeatedly flooded Nova Scotia with what we call the Windsor Sea. #NovaScotia was near the equator at that time so the sea also evaporated repeatedly in the tropical sun.
#nspoli #cbpoli #capebreton Image
This process gave us huge gypsum deposits because gypsum forms when water high in calcium and sulfate evaporates, leaving the calcium and sulfate behind as sediment. The sediment builds up and is eventually turned into gypsum rock by heat and pressure.
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#NovaScotia has historically been one of the world’s largest suppliers of #gypsum. The mine in #Milford is the world's largest surface gypsum mine. Gypsum’s main use is as an ingredient in wallboard.
#nspoli #cbpoli #NS #CB #capebreton
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When #gypsum mining started in #NovaScotia in the late 1700s, it was done by farmers who extracted blocks from their farms, hauled it by horse and cart to #Windsor and sold it to local traders. It was then exported to the US east coast for use as fertilizer.
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#Gypsum fixes alkaline (high pH) soil. US inventor #BenFranklin learned this from the French and brought the idea to the US in 1785.
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