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  2. Bonne Terre Mine - Wikipedia

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    Bonne Terre Mine. /  37.92278°N 90.55222°W  / 37.92278; -90.55222. Bonne Terre Mine, also known as the St. Joseph Lead Mine at Bonne Terre, is a historic lead mine located at Bonne Terre, St. Francois County, Missouri . Bonne Terre Mine was built starting in 1864 by the St. Joe Lead Company, and is located below the city of Bonne Terre.

  3. Bonne Terre, Missouri - Wikipedia

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    Bonne Terre (/ b ɒ n ˈ t ɛər / bon-TAIR) is a city in St. Francois County, Missouri, United States with a population of 6,864 at the 2010 census.Situated in the Southeast Missouri Lead District, lead mining shaped the history and character of the area from the earliest French settlers in the 1720s until today, even though Bonne Terre Mine established by St. Joseph lead mining company in ...

  4. Recreational dive sites - Wikipedia

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    Recreational dive sites are specific places that recreational scuba divers go to enjoy the underwater environment or for training purposes. They include technical diving sites beyond the range generally accepted for recreational diving. In this context all diving done for recreational purposes is included. Professional diving tends to be done ...

  5. Scuba diving - Wikipedia

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    Diver looking at a shipwreck in the Caribbean Sea. Scuba diving is a mode of underwater diving whereby divers use breathing equipment that is completely independent of a surface breathing gas supply, and therefore has a limited but variable endurance. [1] The name scuba is an anacronym for "Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus" and was ...

  6. History of scuba diving - Wikipedia

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    Scuba diver of the late 1960s. The history of scuba diving is closely linked with the history of the equipment.By the turn of the twentieth century, two basic architectures for underwater breathing apparatus had been pioneered; open-circuit surface supplied equipment where the diver's exhaled gas is vented directly into the water, and closed-circuit breathing apparatus where the diver's carbon ...

  7. Bonneterre Formation - Wikipedia

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    Bonneterre Formation. / 37.636; -90.578. / -22.9; -86.5. The Bonneterre Formation is an Upper Cambrian geologic formation which outcrops in the St. Francois Mountains of the Missouri Ozarks. The Bonneterre is a major host rock for the lead ores of the Missouri Lead Belt .

  8. Dive center - Wikipedia

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    Dive center. A dive center is the base location where recreational divers usually learn scuba diving or make guided dive trips at new locations. Many dive centers operate under the guidelines of ISO 24803, [1] in which case the facilities must meet the ISO minimum standard for a service provider for recreational diving.

  9. Scuba Schools International - Wikipedia

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    Scuba Schools International ( SSI) is a for-profit organization that teaches the skills involved in scuba diving and freediving, and supports dive businesses and resorts. SSI has over 2,500 authorized dealers, 35 regional centers, and offices all over the world. [citation needed]

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