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Hobart's rock library holds thousands of clues to the mineral riches of the future TueTuesday 19 updated TueTuesday 19 JanJanuary 2021 at 3:11am Kevin Robinson says the library is of "tremendous" value because of the mineral secrets it holds. ( Share Print text only Cancel Inside a nondescript shed in a Hobart suburb sit shelves upon shelves of rocks and core samples that could reveal the mineral riches of the future. Drill core samples reveal which minerals are embedded in rocks deep underground. ( ABC Rural: Tara De Landgrafft) This library of drill core samples, that would stretch 770 kilo...

“It was a total surprise when I was contacted,” said Schmidt. “Someone had contacted me in late January, someone I don’t know very well, who was seeking permission to put my name forward for this and I thought, ‘Why not?’ I never put much other thought to it. I was very surprised.” Schmidt will be the seventh person named to the post since it was established in 2000. She has published four books of poetry and an additional book of essays, and was a reviewer for literary magazine Quill & Quire. “There’s a big job description for this and like any job, there are duties yo...

Campaign. >> we know what happens in the mid-terms when you have someone new in the white house. >> bill: let's analyze that with chris stirewalt. >> we have to do something to stay in business. that's my line you're talking about there, brother. >> bill: i'm not taking it out on you. usually you get the elections after a national election and a referendum on the party in power. but usually that's based on like a major piece of legislation that has not yet happened. >> we're looking for core samples. think of the political nerd herd as taking core samples. how are people feeling? what's the at...

>> well, it's been buried for somewhere between 15 and 34 million years, that's a long time. jon: yeah. the russians have been pulling up these core samples. why has it been so difficult to do this? i mean, we've known how to drill deep for a long time. >> well work the reasons. one, they didn't want to contaminate the lake, so they didn't want to get any of the drilling fluid into this pristine lake. the other thing is, it's the ice is really warm, and it freezes things up really quickly, so it was hard. jon: all right. so they drill down, they finally have reached the water that is not solid...