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Red Lake
encompasses 4.87 acres, the largest of the three lakes, yet is the
smallest in volume at 5,284,943 gallons. It lies on an east/west axis
and has pH of 3.0 and 320 ppm acidity.
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Eighteen Scout
Volunteers donated over 60 hours of sweat moving eight tons of soda ash
briquettes into the lake on September 29, 2001. |
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18 Scout
Volunteers with sacks |
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Eight tons of soda ash
briquettes (in 50 pound bags) were purchased from a nearby chemical firm
and moved to the lake with this piece of equipment. Soda ash briquettes are
highly alkaline and allowed for the lake to be neutralized without a
significant disturbance for tanker truck access. The scouts paid a local
contractor for this phase of work, thereby contributing to the overall
success and lower cost of the AMD project. |
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Moving briquettes to the dock |
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A fire brigade is
formed to move the 50 pound bags along the wooden pallet pier. As more
pallets became available, the pier was extended into deeper water. |
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Brigade moving
bags |
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A canoe
maneuvers along the pier to pick up six bags (300 pounds of briquettes).
Six canoes were working that day. |
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Canoe transports briquttes |
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The fleet
underway. No one capsized this day. |
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underway |
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All that
remains from eight tons. No one expired this day…….four volunteers were
absent when the photo was taken. An additional eight tons of soda ash
briquettes will be added in March/April 2002. |
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All that remains |
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