Earth, our home, is the third planet from the sun. It is the only planet known to have an atmosphere containing free oxygen, oceans of liquid water on its surface, and, of course, life. Earth is the fifth largest of the planets in the solar system â smaller than the four gas giants, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranusand Neptune, but larger than the three other rocky planets, Mercury, Marsand Venus.
Mineral Ridge, Ohio. Mineral Ridge is a census-designated place (CDP) in Mahoning and Trumbull counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 3,892 at the 2010 census.[3] It is part of the Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area. Mineral Ridge was named for valuable coal deposits near the original town site. Geography. Mineral Ridge is located at (41.141888, -80.767075).
Flint Ridge, located in Licking County, Ohio, has a flint bed some 10 to 20 feet beneath the surface. Indian miners would dig pits to get at the flint. Michael Durham, in his book Guide to Ancient Native American Sites, writes: âThe translucent flint of various colors is of a quality unmatched in the east. In prehistoric times it was a valuable trade item and samples have been found as far away as Louisiana, the Atlantic Coast, and Kansas City.â.