: a gray-white or yellowish-white monoclinic mineral consisting of a hydrous acid sodium carbonate
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Her father was a mechanic in a trona mine, a mineral processed into baking soda, and her mother was a telephone operator.
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Daniel Golden, ProPublica, 4 July 2022
Employees’ existing skills also translate well to other mining jobs, including in the trona industry, which produces a source of soda ash, said Rick Lee, CEO of the Rock Springs Chamber of Commerce.
—From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 21 July 2021
The Green River Basin trona patch is about 40 miles from Rock Springs.
—From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 21 July 2021
Harpstreith added that the impact was compounded by the closing of businesses during the pandemic, and the shortfall in the global economy impacting Wyoming’s trona mining industry.
—Sarah Downey, Washington Examiner, 29 Dec. 2020
Current federal trona royalties range from 3% to 8%.
—Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2019
To make money, Staley spent two and a half summers mining trona, a mineral used to make baking soda, in Rock Springs, Wyo.
—Kate Kelly, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2017
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Daniel Golden, ProPublica, 4 July 2022
Employees’ existing skills also translate well to other mining jobs, including in the trona industry, which produces a source of soda ash, said Rick Lee, CEO of the Rock Springs Chamber of Commerce.
—From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 21 July 2021
The Green River Basin trona patch is about 40 miles from Rock Springs.
—From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 21 July 2021
Harpstreith added that the impact was compounded by the closing of businesses during the pandemic, and the shortfall in the global economy impacting Wyoming’s trona mining industry.
—Sarah Downey, Washington Examiner, 29 Dec. 2020
Current federal trona royalties range from 3% to 8%.
—Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2019
To make money, Staley spent two and a half summers mining trona, a mineral used to make baking soda, in Rock Springs, Wyo.
—Kate Kelly, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2017
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“Trona.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trona. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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