Barite. I didn’t grow up here, so I don’t really know much about the mining industry really. I know that some have called the people here “tiff diggers”.
Lots of old mining land around that people use to ride horses around in. The mines are finally starting to sell off some of it - pretty cheap.
Dresser Minerals was one of the last companies to pull out. Most of the mining companies were already gone before we moved here. Dresser, Pea Ridge, and St Joe are the only ones I really heard about.
Interesting — thank you! Free Republic is awesome. You learn new stuff on here all the time!