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Stay in the black with Want your business to be seen here? Give us a call: (850) 547-0102 or e-mail us: wwdr@worldwidedrillingresource.com Alaska Miners Association Phone: 907-563-9229 Fax: 907-563-9225 ama@alaskaminers.org www.alaskaminers.org Alberta Water Well Drilling Association Tel: 780-386-2335 awwda@xplornet.com American Exploration and Mining Assn. Phone: 509-624-1158 Fax: 509-623-1241 info@miningamerica.org www.miningamerica.org Atlantic Water Well Association Tel: 888-242-4440 Fax: 902-435-0089 nsgwa@ns.aliantzinc.ca • www.nsgwa.ca WorldWide Drilling Resource ® is a proud member of these associations. Australian Drilling Industry Association adia@adia.com.au Black Hills Chapter of the ISEE President: Doug Hoy www.bitwconference.org British Columbia Ground Water Assn. Tel: 604-530-8934 Fax: 604-530-8934 secretary@bcgwa.org • www.bcgwa.org National Drilling Association Tel: 877-632-4748 Fax: 216-803-9900 www.nda4u.com New Zealand Drillers Federation, Inc. www.nzdrillersfederation.co.nz Northern Plains Chapter of the ISEE President: Billy Obermire Tel: 307-689-0050 www.bitwconference.org Nova Scotia Ground Water Association Tel: 888-242-4440 Fax: 902-435-0089 nsgwa@ns.aliantzinc.ca • www.nsgwa.ca Ontario Groundwater Association Tel: 519-245-7194 Fax: 519-245-7196 ogwa@ogwa.ca • www.ogwa.ca Women In Mining 866-537-9694 wim@womeninmining.org www.womeninmining.org WorldWide Drilling Resource ® APRIL 2017 12 Minerals Around the House Adapted from Information by the Women In Mining Education Foundation Minerals are a part of your everyday life and you may not even know it. Here are a few common items you get to enjoy thanks to our country’s miners. Life as we know it would not exist without minerals and the mining industry. Carpet Calcium Carbonate Limestone Vegetable Oil Clay Perlite Diatomite Sugar Limestone Lime Fruit Juice Perlite Diatomite Cake/Bread Gypsum Phosphates Toothpaste Calcium Carbonate Limestone Sodium Carbonate Fluorine Dishes Silica Sand Limestone Talc Lithium Borates Soda Ash Feldspar