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    1. Re: Okeefenokee Swamp/Strip Mining
    2. Linda Johns
    3. Richard White wrote: > > Should we tell her that "Mr. Peabody's coal train done hauled it away?" > > I forget the multinational chemical company's name, but they basically > wanted to strip mine a huge chunk of the headwaters of the Suwannee and > its geological boundary with the Okeefenokee the last I heard. Dunno > the status of that, but bits of the Okeefenokee will probably start > showing up in toothpaste, laundry detergent, high explosives... and/or > whatever any day now, if not already there. > > RW > > MarkTAC@aol.com wrote: > > > > Karen, > > > > It is the Okeefenokee Swamp. It is on the GA/FL line, to the east of > > Tallahassee. The Suwannee River begins in it. > > > > Mark Thomas Richard, Are you referring to Occidental Chemical? If so, they mined a large portion of Hamilton county. That plant now belongs to PCS Phosphate. Linda Johns in Lake City

    11/21/1998 06:55:54