California Soap Mine
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Posted by ges on 08/16/21 at 02:04 PM
GES--that was fascinating! Thanks. So what looked like a tall tale could have been truth. Although I am still unsure about the part where you force the soap up thru square channels and cut it into cakes!
Posted by Paul on 08/16/21 at 02:56 PM
Paul-
That part was a joke. Or somebody who didn't believe the story being sarcastic. I though soapstone at first. A metamorphic rock of talc and schist. But it doesn't dissolve in water. GES found the rest of the story.
That part was a joke. Or somebody who didn't believe the story being sarcastic. I though soapstone at first. A metamorphic rock of talc and schist. But it doesn't dissolve in water. GES found the rest of the story.
Posted by eddi on 08/16/21 at 10:27 PM
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