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?
April is next month.
I never knew Kraft had to mine the stuff, or that vegetable flavours existed.
Now I’ve got a craving for Jell-o.
Mom used to make a “salad” Jello using the celery flavored stuff. Not joking.
Wow.
Did that mix at least contain plenty of sugar?
I don’t recall. Wasn’t bad, though. Clearly not a big seller.
Have had many Jell-O salads - but none were ever celery flavored and none contained celery. The generally contained mixed fruits.
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!”
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!
Do you know how many grade crossing accidents that will cause due to their poorly trained operating personnel???[:D]
(The Adirondack doesn’t go to Tahawus, unless there’s a plan for the railroad to operate the former S&NC trackage…)
I thought it was a Vibranium and Adamantium deposit up there.
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?
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.
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.
Gelatine mine at about 6:50
You can’t have a real Lutheran church potluck without multiple Jello deserts, each with its unique mixture of things floating in it…
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.
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.