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Alaska Railroad and Jello Mines
Posted by GN_Fan on Thursday, March 4, 2021 9:25 AM
The discovery of a large deposit of rutabagas flavored Jello just a few miles from Happy at MP 463 on the Alaska RR has sparked interest in constructing a branch line to tap this valuable resource.  The grade of an abandoned NG line that served the area’s gold districts back in the day would be used for a majority of the distance.  The Jello is lying in a thick vein just below the surface of permafrost with little over-burden to remove, and is permanently frozen, making mining and transport relatively easy.  Since rutabagas flavored Jello is very rare, it commands a high price, making mining very lucrative, especially considering that a vein of kohlrabi flavored pudding is nearby and easy to reach.  The entire endeavor tho, is highly speculative since the Alaskan winters can be particularly grueling, making winter strip mining difficult at best.  If the winters prove to be too tough, the veins are thick enough to support underground mining, although it is a more expensive operation.
I’d love to know what the readers think…is an open pit Jello strip mine feasible and environmentally friendly, and do you think the Alaska Railroad would be interested in constructing a 22 mile branch to serve the Jello mines?  In my humble opinion, I think it would benefit the railroad to do this, given the extent and magnitude of the deposits.  The oil refinery at North Pole, the city of Fairbanks, and Eielson AFB are nearby, so I envision many, many carloads of frozen Jello being transported from the mine sites to Seward and beyond by barge to the lower 48.  Any comments?
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Posted by Overmod on Thursday, March 4, 2021 9:32 AM

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Posted by SD70Dude on Thursday, March 4, 2021 1:08 PM

I never knew Kraft had to mine the stuff, or that vegetable flavours existed. 

Now I've got a craving for Jell-o.

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Posted by tree68 on Thursday, March 4, 2021 1:13 PM

Really!

SD70Dude
or that vegetable flavours existe

Mom used to make a "salad" Jello using the celery flavored stuff.  Not joking.

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Posted by SD70Dude on Thursday, March 4, 2021 1:41 PM

tree68

Mom used to make a "salad" Jello using the celery flavored stuff.  Not joking.

Wow.

Did that mix at least contain plenty of sugar?

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Posted by tree68 on Thursday, March 4, 2021 1:44 PM

SD70Dude
Did that mix at least contain plenty of sugar?

I don't recall.  Wasn't bad, though.  Clearly not a big seller.

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Posted by BaltACD on Thursday, March 4, 2021 2:14 PM

tree68

Really!

SD70Dude
or that vegetable flavours existed 

Mom used to make a "salad" Jello using the celery flavored stuff.  Not joking.

Have had many Jell-O salads - but none were ever celery flavored and none contained celery.  The generally contained mixed fruits.

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Posted by 54light15 on Thursday, March 4, 2021 2:57 PM

Jello mining? Big deal! I told some friends at work about the old brass mine in eastern New York that was going to re-open. Those chowderheads believed me! Like George Burns said, "If you can fake sincerity (read as BS) you've got it made!" 

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Posted by Overmod on Thursday, March 4, 2021 3:59 PM

54light15
l told some friends at work about the old brass mine in eastern New York that was going to re-open.

Sssh!  you're going to queer my April story about how the Adirondack Scenic is going to reopen freight service with unit trains to the ferrosilicon mines reopening near Tahawus!

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Posted by Backshop on Thursday, March 4, 2021 4:07 PM

Do you know how many grade crossing accidents that will cause due to their poorly trained operating personnel???Big Smile

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Posted by tree68 on Thursday, March 4, 2021 4:13 PM

Overmod
Sssh!  you're going to queer my April story about how the Adirondack Scenic is going to reopen freight service with unit trains to the ferrosilicon mines reopening near Tahawus!

(The Adirondack doesn't go to Tahawus, unless there's a plan for the railroad to operate the former S&NC trackage....)

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Posted by SD70Dude on Thursday, March 4, 2021 4:17 PM

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54light15
l told some friends at work about the old brass mine in eastern New York that was going to re-open.

Sssh!  you're going to queer my April story about how the Adirondack Scenic is going to reopen freight service with unit trains to the ferrosilicon mines reopening near Tahawus!

I thought it was a Vibranium and Adamantium deposit up there.

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Posted by Overmod on Thursday, March 4, 2021 6:45 PM

tree68
The Adirondack doesn't go to Tahawus, unless there's a plan for the railroad to operate the former S&NC trackage....

Bridge service, you know.  I believe it was seriously discussed for the titanium.

Aren't there large lineside deposits of quap, the principal ore of carolinum?

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Posted by Murphy Siding on Thursday, March 4, 2021 7:18 PM

tree68

Really!

 
SD70Dude
or that vegetable flavours existe

Mom used to make a "salad" Jello using the celery flavored stuff.  Not joking.

 

Gag me! You just brought back memories of my grandmother's 'Joys of Jello' creations. Just because something floats in Jello, it doesn't mean you should put it in Jello.

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Posted by Overmod on Thursday, March 4, 2021 8:01 PM

I could swear they had a salad with Italian dressing flavor, and some sort of tomato.  Back in the googie era of Pancake Nonpareil.  Not America's finest hour -- but I actually liked both of them.

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Posted by BaltACD on Thursday, March 4, 2021 8:08 PM

Gelatine mine at about 6:50

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Posted by Erik_Mag on Thursday, March 4, 2021 10:18 PM

Murphy Siding

 

Gag me! You just brought back memories of my grandmother's 'Joys of Jello' creations. Just because something floats in Jello, it doesn't mean you should put it in Jello.

 

You can't have a real Lutheran church potluck without multiple Jello deserts, each with its unique mixture of things floating in it...

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Posted by CShaveRR on Thursday, March 4, 2021 10:39 PM

If you're so inclined, and can get hold of a recording, check out "Lime Jell-O Marshmallow Cottage Cheese Surprise!" by William Bolcom.  The lyrics are able to be Googled, but you haven't lived until you've heard the version with Mr. Bolcom on the piano and his wife, Joan Morris, singing.

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Posted by SD60MAC9500 on Thursday, March 4, 2021 10:58 PM
 

SD70Dude

 

 
Overmod
54light15
l told some friends at work about the old brass mine in eastern New York that was going to re-open.

Sssh!  you're going to queer my April story about how the Adirondack Scenic is going to reopen freight service with unit trains to the ferrosilicon mines reopening near Tahawus!

 

 

I thought it was a Vibranium and Adamantium deposit up there.

 

Alpha Flight jacked all the Adamantium for Wolverine...

 
 
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Posted by Overmod on Friday, March 5, 2021 8:18 AM

SD60MAC9500
Alpha Flight jacked all the Adamantium for Wolverine...

But we're talking about the unmined adamantite and adamandrite crystals in the mixed titanium-bearing formations.  If Vince (miningman) were still here, he could provide a far better overview of the scope involved in resonance-metal mining and winning.

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Posted by Flintlock76 on Friday, March 5, 2021 9:09 AM

CShaveRR

If you're so inclined, and can get hold of a recording, check out "Lime Jell-O Marshmallow Cottage Cheese Surprise!" by William Bolcom.  The lyrics are able to be Googled, but you haven't lived until you've heard the version with Mr. Bolcom on the piano and his wife, Joan Morris, singing.

 

I just read the above to Lady Firestorm and she ran to the bathroom!  

I've been trying to come up with something to add to the general gross-out contest going on but no luck so far.  I'll keep trying.  

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Posted by NKP guy on Friday, March 5, 2021 9:22 AM

Flintlock76
Flintlock76 wrote the following post 1 minute ago: CShaveRR If you're so inclined, and can get hold of a recording, check out "Lime Jell-O Marshmallow Cottage Cheese Surprise!" by William Bolcom.  The lyrics are able to be Googled, but you haven't lived until you've heard the version with Mr. Bolcom on the piano and his wife, Joan Morris, singing.   I just read the above to Lady Firestorm and she ran to the bathroom!   I've been trying to come up with something to add to the general gross-out contest going on but no luck so far.  I'll keep trying.  

   YouTube has a fine video of this funny song.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdP-x_PzaTw

    Dishes such as this or green bean caserole are familiar to those of us who occassionally dine in church halls or church basements (I prefer "undercroft," which is very Episcopalian).   Celery Jell-O is a new one to me.  

    I've often had the best lunches while eating the most indifferent food because it's the company that really makes a meal enjoyable.  

 

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Posted by abdkl on Friday, March 5, 2021 1:38 PM
Yeah-But ya gotta remember to use creamy peanut butter, not the chunky stuff
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Posted by SD60MAC9500 on Friday, March 5, 2021 4:55 PM
 

Overmod

 

 
SD60MAC9500
Alpha Flight jacked all the Adamantium for Wolverine...

 

But we're talking about the unmined adamantite and adamandrite crystals in the mixed titanium-bearing formations.  If Vince (miningman) were still here, he could provide a far better overview of the scope involved in resonance-metal mining and winning.

 

 

Well if Forge didn't exist you'd be right.... After he got fired from Burger King in Tonawanda, NY for plasma arcing whopper patties. He built a time machine out of the garbage dumpster in the parking lot. Alpha Flight while on tour with Kool Moe Dee and The Doobie Brothers. Happened to stop at this BK and saw Forge in the back. They needed all the Adamantium for Weapon X.. Forge sent them back to 1778 to secure all mineral rights.. The land today is guarded by Gumby and Pokey through contract with AF via ownership of the newly unmerged Toronto Hamilton & Buffalo RR...

 
 
 
 
 
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Posted by 54light15 on Sunday, March 7, 2021 12:15 PM

This entire thread is a lot of weapons-grade balonium. 

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Posted by tree68 on Sunday, March 7, 2021 3:38 PM

54light15

This entire thread is a lot of weapons-grade balonium. 

Yeah, but it's fun - and even a few things that some people didn't know!

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Posted by Semper Vaporo on Sunday, March 7, 2021 6:12 PM

tree68
54light15

This entire thread is a lot of weapons-grade balonium. 

 

 Yeah, but it's fun - and even a few things that some people didn't know!

 
BUT!  What do we "KNOW" and how much is typical internet stupidity?

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Posted by Paul Milenkovic on Sunday, March 7, 2021 6:22 PM

I knew an immigrant from Sweden who found the American custom of serving sweetened aspic (aka Jell-o) as odd if not slightly disgusting.

To relate to his point-of-view, what would people here think of chocolate-flavored Spam?

If GM "killed the electric car", what am I doing standing next to an EV-1, a half a block from the WSOR tracks?

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Posted by BaltACD on Sunday, March 7, 2021 6:28 PM

Paul Milenkovic
I knew an immigrant from Sweden who found the American custom of serving sweetened aspic (aka Jell-o) as odd if not slightly disgusting.

Nordics don't have much room to talk about disgusting.

Lutefisk is dried whitefish. It is made from aged stockfish, or dried and salted cod, pickled in lye. It is gelatinous in texture after being rehydrated for days prior to eating. Lutefisk is prepared as a seafood dish of several Nordic countries

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Posted by Semper Vaporo on Sunday, March 7, 2021 6:38 PM

Paul Milenkovic

I knew an immigrant from Sweden who found the American custom of serving sweetened aspic (aka Jell-o) as odd if not slightly disgusting.

To relate to his point-of-view, what would people here think of chocolate-flavored Spam?

 

"Chocolate Spam"... WOW!  Hey -- send them a note suggesting it!  They just might take you up on it!

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