Requirement
2. A map of your state, marked with five mining enterprises
Required Often forgotten
Obtain a map showing major cities, highways, rivers and railroads, and mark five mining enterprises on it. For each: what resource is processed there, and whether it is a surface or an underground operation. Then discuss how those resources are used.
Notes and warnings
Warning. GET THE MAP BEFORE YOU REACH THIS REQUIREMENT. It has to show major cities, highways, rivers AND railroads, all four, and you have to be able to mark five mining enterprises on it. Your state geological survey usually publishes exactly this as a free mineral resources map, and printing one is the simplest route. Then for each of the five you need the resource processed there and whether it is a surface or underground operation, so allow time for that lookup as well.
Where this step comes from
- Mining in Society Merit Badge Requirements (Merit Badge Hub, last modified 2025-12-31), Requirement 2 · The map must show major cities, highways, rivers and railroads, with five mining enterprises marked.