You can also find gold near bedrock.
Calling a good education the "bedrock of any sound, sustainable economy," Mr. Scott pushed to increase spending on public elementary, junior high and high schools next year by $1 billion, a move that would come close to making up the $1.3 billion cut last year.
Jeb Bush, who spoke to a room of about 600 delegates, less than half of the convention, told the group that his brother "was a good man" with bedrock conservative values.
Public education is the quintessential public good and the bedrock foundation of American democracy.
Imagine growing up in a culture like China's and believing that duty and the collective good are the bedrock of your society, even at the cost of the individual.
Good research forms the bedrock of policymaking.
But good sanitation is the bedrock of public health.
Still, he believes that archival materials constitute the bedrock of good documentary-making.
"Food, farming and fishing policies, and the sectors' compliance with strong environmental protections, designed explicitly to achieve public good, must be the bedrock principle for any post-EU referendum negotiations," wrote the leaders.
Getting out in the community, dealing with the daily issues that concern people, earning their respect and co-operation in preventing crime, were the bedrock of good policing, he thought; they also allowed the people to exert an effective democratic check on the police.
