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000000A0: 47 45 20 49 53 20 41 42 4F 55 54 20 44 49 53 43 |GE IS ABOUT DISC|
000000B0: 4F 56 45 52 49 4E 47 20 4E 45 57 20 53 4F 55 52 |OVERING NEW SOUR|
000000C0: 43 45 53 20 4F 46 20 4F 52 45 2E 0D 54 4F 20 41 |CES OF ORE..TO A|
000000D0: 4E 53 57 45 52 20 54 48 49 53 20 51 55 45 53 54 |NSWER THIS QUEST|
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00000150: 4F 54 20 54 48 45 20 33 30 30 30 20 46 45 45 54 |OT THE 3000 FEET|
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00000170: 50 45 52 49 4D 45 4E 54 2E 0D 54 48 45 20 50 49 |PERIMENT..THE PI|
00000180: 50 45 20 44 49 44 20 4F 50 45 52 41 54 45 20 4C |PE DID OPERATE L|
00000190: 49 4B 45 20 41 20 56 41 43 55 55 4D 20 20 20 20 |IKE A VACUUM |
000001A0: 20 20 43 4C 45 41 4E 45 52 2E 0D 49 54 20 52 45 | CLEANER..IT RE|
000001B0: 56 45 52 53 45 53 20 54 48 45 20 4D 45 54 48 4F |VERSES THE METHO|
000001C0: 44 2E 0D 54 48 45 20 50 41 53 53 41 47 45 20 53 |D..THE PASSAGE S|
000001D0: 55 47 47 45 53 54 53 20 54 48 41 54 20 54 45 43 |UGGESTS THAT TEC|
000001E0: 48 4E 49 51 55 45 53 20 4F 46 20 52 45 46 49 4E |HNIQUES OF REFIN|
000001F0: 49 4E 47 20 54 48 45 20 4F 52 45 20 41 52 45 20 |ING THE ORE ARE |
00000200: 41 56 41 49 4C 41 42 4C 45 2E 0D 54 48 49 53 20 |AVAILABLE..THIS |
00000210: 49 53 20 4E 4F 54 20 54 52 55 45 20 41 43 43 4F |IS NOT TRUE ACCO|
00000220: 52 44 49 4E 47 20 54 4F 20 54 48 45 20 20 20 20 |RDING TO THE |
00000230: 20 20 20 50 41 53 53 41 47 45 2E 0D 52 45 41 44 | PASSAGE..READ|
00000240: 20 54 48 45 20 43 4F 4E 44 49 54 49 4F 4E 53 20 | THE CONDITIONS |
00000250: 4F 46 20 54 48 45 20 45 58 50 45 52 49 4D 45 4E |OF THE EXPERIMEN|
00000260: 54 20 20 20 49 4E 20 54 48 45 20 46 49 52 53 54 |T IN THE FIRST|
00000270: 20 50 41 52 41 47 52 41 50 48 2E 0D 54 48 45 20 | PARAGRAPH..THE |
00000280: 45 58 50 45 52 49 4D 45 4E 54 20 53 45 54 54 4C |EXPERIMENT SETTL|
00000290: 45 44 20 54 48 45 53 45 20 50 52 4F 42 4C 45 4D |ED THESE PROBLEM|
000002A0: 53 2E 0D 51 55 45 53 54 49 4F 4E 53 20 41 42 4F |S..QUESTIONS ABO|
000002B0: 55 54 20 43 4F 53 54 53 20 48 41 56 45 20 42 45 |UT COSTS HAVE BE|
000002C0: 45 4E 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 41 4E 53 57 45 |EN ANSWE|
000002D0: 52 45 44 2E 0D 50 41 52 41 47 52 41 50 48 20 46 |RED..PARAGRAPH F|
000002E0: 4F 55 52 20 53 41 59 53 20 54 48 41 54 20 54 48 |OUR SAYS THAT TH|
000002F0: 45 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 49 4E 54 |E INT|
00000300: 45 52 4E 41 54 49 4F 4E 41 4C 20 4C 45 47 41 4C |ERNATIONAL LEGAL|
00000310: 20 53 54 41 54 55 53 20 4F 46 20 54 48 45 20 20 | STATUS OF THE |
00000320: 20 20 20 20 20 44 45 50 4F 53 49 54 53 20 49 53 | DEPOSITS IS|
00000330: 20 41 4E 20 4F 50 45 4E 20 51 55 45 53 54 49 4F | AN OPEN QUESTIO|
00000340: 4E 2C 20 57 48 49 43 48 20 20 20 20 20 43 4F 55 |N, WHICH COU|
00000350: 4C 44 20 42 45 20 52 45 46 45 52 52 45 44 20 54 |LD BE REFERRED T|
00000360: 4F 20 54 48 45 20 55 4E 49 54 45 44 20 4E 41 54 |O THE UNITED NAT|
00000370: 49 4F 4E 53 2E 0D 54 45 43 48 4E 49 51 55 45 53 |IONS..TECHNIQUES|
00000380: 20 48 41 56 45 20 42 45 45 4E 20 45 53 54 41 42 | HAVE BEEN ESTAB|
00000390: 4C 49 53 48 45 44 2E 0D 54 48 45 20 43 4F 4D 50 |LISHED..THE COMP|
000003A0: 41 4E 59 20 41 4C 52 45 41 44 59 20 54 48 49 4E |ANY ALREADY THIN|
000003B0: 4B 53 20 49 54 20 57 49 4C 4C 20 42 45 20 20 20 |KS IT WILL BE |
000003C0: 50 52 4F 46 49 54 41 42 4C 45 2E 0D 52 45 52 45 |PROFITABLE..RERE|
000003D0: 41 44 20 50 41 52 41 47 52 41 50 48 20 46 4F 55 |AD PARAGRAPH FOU|
000003E0: 52 2E 0D 54 48 49 53 20 43 48 4F 49 43 45 20 49 |R..THIS CHOICE I|
000003F0: 53 20 4E 4F 54 20 41 43 43 55 52 41 54 45 2E 0D |S NOT ACCURATE..|
00000400: 43 55 4C 54 55 52 45 44 20 50 45 41 52 4C 53 20 |CULTURED PEARLS |
00000410: 41 52 45 20 46 4F 52 4D 45 44 20 42 59 20 49 4E |ARE FORMED BY IN|
00000420: 53 45 52 54 49 4E 47 20 41 20 47 52 41 49 4E 20 |SERTING A GRAIN |
00000430: 4F 46 20 53 41 4E 44 20 4F 52 20 49 52 52 49 54 |OF SAND OR IRRIT|
00000440: 41 4E 54 20 49 4E 20 41 4E 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |ANT IN AN |
00000450: 4F 59 53 54 45 52 2E 20 20 54 48 45 20 47 52 41 |OYSTER. THE GRA|
00000460: 49 4E 20 42 45 43 4F 4D 45 53 20 54 48 45 20 4E |IN BECOMES THE N|
00000470: 55 43 4C 45 55 53 20 20 4F 46 20 54 48 45 20 50 |UCLEUS OF THE P|
00000480: 45 41 52 4C 2E 0D 54 48 45 20 4E 4F 44 55 4C 45 |EARL..THE NODULE|
00000490: 53 20 41 52 45 20 52 45 46 49 4E 45 44 20 42 59 |S ARE REFINED BY|
000004A0: 20 52 45 56 45 52 53 49 4E 47 20 54 48 45 45 4C | REVERSING THEEL|
000004B0: 45 43 54 52 4F 2D 43 48 45 4D 49 43 41 4C 20 50 |ECTRO-CHEMICAL P|
000004C0: 52 4F 43 45 53 53 2E 0D 54 48 49 53 20 49 53 20 |ROCESS..THIS IS |
000004D0: 4E 4F 54 20 54 52 55 45 2E 0D 54 48 49 53 20 49 |NOT TRUE..THIS I|
000004E0: 53 20 4E 4F 54 20 54 52 55 45 2E 0D 48 4F 57 20 |S NOT TRUE..HOW |
000004F0: 44 4F 20 4F 59 53 54 45 52 53 20 46 49 54 20 49 |DO OYSTERS FIT I|
00000500: 4E 54 4F 20 54 48 49 53 20 51 55 45 53 54 49 4F |NTO THIS QUESTIO|
00000510: 4E 3F 0D 54 48 45 20 45 58 50 45 52 49 4D 45 4E |N?.THE EXPERIMEN|
00000520: 54 20 49 4E 56 4F 4C 56 45 44 20 45 58 50 4C 4F |T INVOLVED EXPLO|
00000530: 52 49 4E 47 20 54 48 45 20 20 20 4F 43 45 41 4E |RING THE OCEAN|
00000540: 20 42 4F 54 54 4F 4D 2E 0D 41 20 4C 41 52 47 45 | BOTTOM..A LARGE|
00000550: 2D 53 43 41 4C 45 20 52 45 46 49 4E 45 52 59 20 |-SCALE REFINERY |
00000560: 49 53 20 49 4E 20 50 52 4F 47 52 45 53 53 2E 0D |IS IN PROGRESS..|
00000570: 50 41 52 41 47 52 41 50 48 20 46 49 56 45 20 53 |PARAGRAPH FIVE S|
00000580: 55 47 47 45 53 54 53 20 54 48 45 20 4E 45 45 44 |UGGESTS THE NEED|
00000590: 20 54 4F 20 20 20 20 20 42 55 49 4C 44 20 41 20 | TO BUILD A |
000005A0: 46 55 4C 4C 2D 53 43 41 4C 45 20 4D 49 4E 49 4E |FULL-SCALE MININ|
000005B0: 47 20 53 48 49 50 2E 0D 52 45 46 49 4E 49 4E 47 |G SHIP..REFINING|
000005C0: 20 4D 41 4E 47 41 4E 45 53 45 20 48 41 53 20 42 | MANGANESE HAS B|
000005D0: 45 45 4E 20 53 54 41 52 54 45 44 2E 0D 46 49 4E |EEN STARTED..FIN|
000005E0: 41 4E 43 49 4E 47 20 4F 46 20 54 48 45 20 56 45 |ANCING OF THE VE|
000005F0: 4E 54 55 52 45 20 48 41 53 20 42 45 45 4E 20 20 |NTURE HAS BEEN |
00000600: 20 20 20 20 20 53 54 41 52 54 45 44 2E 0D 52 45 | STARTED..RE|
00000610: 52 45 41 44 20 50 41 52 41 47 52 41 50 48 20 46 |READ PARAGRAPH F|
00000620: 49 56 45 2E 0D 0D |IVE... |
COST IS NOT THE PRIMARY CONCERN..THIS IS
TOO SPECIFIC..THIS IS TOO GENERAL..THIS
TITLE DOES NOT GIVE AN ACCURATE DESC
RIPTION OF THE PASSAGE..THE ENTIRE PASSA
GE IS ABOUT DISCOVERING NEW SOURCES OF O
RE..TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION, EXAMINE THE
OVERALL THEME OF THE PASSAGE..THE AC
TIVE DEPTHS FOR THE MINING ARE 15000
TO 18000 FEET, NOT THE 3000 FEET USED I
N THE EXPERIMENT..THE PIPE DID OPERATE L
IKE A VACUUM CLEANER..IT REVERSES T
HE METHOD..THE PASSAGE SUGGESTS THAT TEC
HNIQUES OF REFINING THE ORE ARE AVAILABL
E..THIS IS NOT TRUE ACCORDING TO THE
PASSAGE..READ THE CONDITIONS OF THE E
XPERIMENT IN THE FIRST PARAGRAPH..THE
EXPERIMENT SETTLED THESE PROBLEMS..QUEST
IONS ABOUT COSTS HAVE BEEN ANSWE
RED..PARAGRAPH FOUR SAYS THAT THE
INTERNATIONAL LEGAL STATUS OF THE
DEPOSITS IS AN OPEN QUESTION, WHICH
COULD BE REFERRED TO THE UNITED NAT
IONS..TECHNIQUES HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED..
THE COMPANY ALREADY THINKS IT WILL BE
PROFITABLE..REREAD PARAGRAPH FOUR..THIS
CHOICE IS NOT ACCURATE..CULTURED PEARLS
ARE FORMED BY INSERTING A GRAIN OF SAND
OR IRRITANT IN AN OYSTER. THE GRA
IN BECOMES THE NUCLEUS OF THE PEARL..TH
E NODULES ARE REFINED BY REVERSING THEEL
ECTRO-CHEMICAL PROCESS..THIS IS NOT TRUE
..THIS IS NOT TRUE..HOW DO OYSTERS FIT I
NTO THIS QUESTION?.THE EXPERIMENT INVOLV
ED EXPLORING THE OCEAN BOTTOM..A LARGE
-SCALE REFINERY IS IN PROGRESS..PARAGRAP
H FIVE SUGGESTS THE NEED TO BUILD A
FULL-SCALE MINING SHIP..REFINING MANGANE
SE HAS BEEN STARTED..FINANCING OF THE VE
NTURE HAS BEEN STARTED..REREAD PAR
AGRAPH FIVE...
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