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Book The History of Mining

Download or read book The History of Mining written by Michael Coulson and published by Harriman House Limited. This book was released on 2012-11-12 with total page 571 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE INDUSTRY THAT FORGED THE MODERN WORLD Throughout history metals and raw materials have underpinned human activity. So it is that the industry responsible for extracting these materials from the ground - mining - has been ever present throughout the history of civilisation, from the ancient world of the Egyptians and Romans, to the industrial revolution and the British Empire, and through to the present day, with mining firms well represented on the world's most important stock indexes including the FTSE100. This book traces the history of mining from those early moments when man first started using tools to the present day where metals continue to underpin economic activity in the post industrial age. In doing so, the history of mining methods, important events, technological developments, the important firms and the sparkling personalities that built the industry are examined in detail. At every stage, as the history of mining is traced from 40,000BC to the present day, the level of detail increases in accordance with the greater social and industrial developments that have played out as time has progressed. This means that a particular focus is given to the period since the industrial revolution and especially the 20th century. A look is also taken into the future in an effort to chart the direction this great industry might take in years to come. Many books have been written about mining; the majority have focused on a particular metal, geographical area, mining event or mining personality, but 'The History of Mining' has a broader scope and covers all of these essential and fascinating areas in one definitive volume.

Book Nuggets to Neutrinos

    Book Details:
  • Author : Steven T. Mitchell
  • Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
  • Release : 2010-12-16
  • ISBN : 1456839470
  • Pages : 738 pages

Download or read book Nuggets to Neutrinos written by Steven T. Mitchell and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-12-16 with total page 738 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Black Hills Ghost Towns

Download or read book Black Hills Ghost Towns written by Watson Parker and published by . This book was released on 1974-01-01 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Black Hills have been famous ever since the gold rush days of the 1870s. This book takes a look at the remains of those ghosts: the camps, the stage stops, the communities, the people who made the Black Hills famous. The book details 600 towns and includes many historical and contemporary photos. Also included are maps and tips on how to locate the ruins of those ghost towns.

Book Coal mine Accidents in the United States  1937

Download or read book Coal mine Accidents in the United States 1937 written by Arthur R. T. Denues and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page 1008 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book History of Dakota Territory

Download or read book History of Dakota Territory written by George Washington Kingsbury and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 1182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Black Hills Engineer

Download or read book The Black Hills Engineer written by and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book O Harra s Handbook of the Black Hills

Download or read book O Harra s Handbook of the Black Hills written by Cleophas Cisney O'Harra and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Mining American

Download or read book Mining American written by and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Mining World Index of Current Literature

Download or read book The Mining World Index of Current Literature written by and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Engineering and Mining Journal

Download or read book Engineering and Mining Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book National Magazine

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1906
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 782 pages

Download or read book National Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 782 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book One Shot for Gold

Download or read book One Shot for Gold written by Eleanor Herz Swent and published by University of Nevada Press. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2023 Clark Spence Award from the Mining History Association! An account of the creation of a modern, environmentally sensitive mine as told by the people who developed and worked it. In 1978, a geologist working for the Homestake Mining Company discovered gold in a remote corner of California’s Napa County. This discovery led to the establishment of California’s most productive gold mine in the twentieth century. Named the McLaughlin Mine, it produced about 3.4 million ounces of gold between 1985 and 2002. The mine was also one of the first attempts at creating a new full-scale mine in California after the advent of environmental regulations and the first to use autoclaves to extract gold from ore. One Shot for Gold traces the history of the McLaughlin Mine and how it transformed a community and an industry. This lively and detailed account is based largely on oral history interviews with a wide range of people associated with the mine, including Homestake executives, geologists, and engineers as well as local neighbors of the mine, officials from county governments, townspeople, and environmental activists. Their narratives— supported by thorough research into mining company documents, public records, newspaper accounts, and other materials—chronicle the mine from its very beginning to its eventual end and transformation into a designated nature reserve as part of the University of California Natural Reserve System. A mine created at the end of the twentieth century was vastly different from the mines of the Gold Rush. New regulations and concerns about the environmental, economic, and social impacts of a large mine in this remote and largely rural region of the state-required decisions at many levels. One Shot for Gold offers an engaging and accessible account of a modern gold mine and how it managed to exist in balance with the environment and the human community around it.

Book Field Evaluation of Cable Bolt Supports  Homestake Mine  Lead  SD

Download or read book Field Evaluation of Cable Bolt Supports Homestake Mine Lead SD written by John M. Goris and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Gold Mining Boomtown

    Book Details:
  • Author : Roberta Key Haldane
  • Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
  • Release : 2013-08-15
  • ISBN : 0806188308
  • Pages : 346 pages

Download or read book Gold Mining Boomtown written by Roberta Key Haldane and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2013-08-15 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The town of White Oaks, New Mexico Territory, was born in 1879 when prospectors discovered gold at nearby Baxter Mountain. In Gold-Mining Boomtown, Roberta Key Haldane offers an intimate portrait of the southeastern New Mexico community by profiling more than forty families and individuals who made their homes there during its heyday. Today, fewer than a hundred people live in White Oaks. Its frontier incarnation, located a scant twenty-eight miles from the notorious Lincoln, is remembered largely because of its association with famous westerners. Billy the Kid and his gang were familiar visitors to the town. When a popular deputy was gunned down in 1880, the citizens resolved to rid their community of outlaws. Pat Garrett, running for sheriff of Lincoln County, was soon campaigning in White Oaks. But there was more to the town than gold mining and frontier violence. In addition to outlaws, lawmen, and miners, Haldane introduces readers to ranchers, doctors, saloonkeepers, and stagecoach owners. José Aguayo, a lawyer from an old Spanish family, defended Billy the Kid, survived the Lincoln County War, and moved to the White Oaks vicinity in 1890, where his family became famous for the goat cheese they sold to the town’s elite. Readers also meet a New England sea captain and his wife (a Samoan princess, no less), a black entrepreneur, Chinese miners, the “Cattle Queen of New Mexico,” and an undertaker with an international criminal past. The White Oaks that Haldane uncovers—and depicts with lively prose and more than 250 photographs—is a microcosm of the Old West in its diversity and evolution from mining camp to thriving burg to the near–ghost town it is today. Anyone interested in the history of the Southwest will enjoy this richly detailed account.

Book Preliminary Determination of Epicenters

Download or read book Preliminary Determination of Epicenters written by and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Deadwood

    Book Details:
  • Author : Watson Parker
  • Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
  • Release : 1981-01-01
  • ISBN : 080328702X
  • Pages : 356 pages

Download or read book Deadwood written by Watson Parker and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1981-01-01 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles Deadwood, South Dakota, a typical American frontier and gold rush town, especially the volatile years 1875-1925.