Mining category: 116 books
Fire and Brimstone
The North Butte Mining Disaster of 1917
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2013
The author of the #1 New York Times bestseller, The Revenant--basis for the award-winning motion picture starring Leonardo DiCaprio--tells the remarkable story of the worst hard-rock mining disaster in American history.
The worst hard-rock mining disaster in American history began a half hour...
King Coal
A Social History of Coal Mining in Alberta
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2018
King Coal presents the rich history of Alberta coal mining, and the people and culture that emerged out of the industry, from the 1870s through to the modern era. King Coal invites the reader to discover Alberta’s coal history, its triumphs and tragedies, and its legacy in the province today. Uniquely,...
by Staci Comden, Victoria Miller, Sara Szakaly
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Lesser known than the gold and silver mines of Western lore, Southern Colorado�s extensive coal mines fueled the engines for Western industrialization in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Of the numerous companies operating the mines, the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company (CF&I) was king. With a...
The City That Ate Itself
Butte, Montana and Its Expanding Berkeley Pit
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2018
Winner of the Mining History Association Clark Spence Award for the Best Book in Mining History, 2017-2018
Brian James Leech provides a social and environmental history of Butte, Montana’s Berkeley Pit, an open-pit mine which operated from 1955 to 1982. Using oral history interviews and archival...
Quicksilver Mining in Sonoma County
Pine Flat Prospect Fever
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2014
In the 1870s, a quicksilver mining boom took hold of Sonoma County, California. Claims were staked, and a rowdy camp took shape in Pine Flat as farmers traded plows for picks and miners answered the siren call of cinnabar. In this compelling account, historian Joe Pelanconi relates the development of...
Mining in Africa
Regulation and Development
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2009
The continent of Africa is rich in minerals needed by Western economies, but rather than forming the basis for economic growth the mining industry contributes very little to African developmentInvestigating the impact of the 2003 Extractive Industries Review on a number of African countries, the contributors...
Land, Chiefs, Mining
South Africa's North West Province Since 1840
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
Land, Chiefs, Mining explores aspects of the experience of the Batswana in the thornveld and bushveld regions of the North-West Province, shedding light on defi ning issues, moments and individuals in this lesser known region of South Africa. Some of the focuses are: an important Tswana kgosi (chief...
Social Media Mining and Social Network Analysis
Emerging Research
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2013
Social Media Mining and Social Network Analysis: Emerging Research highlights the advancements made in social network analysis and social web mining and its influence in the fields of computer science, information systems, sociology, organization science discipline and much more. This collection of...
Africa's Mineral Fortune
The Science and Politics of Mining and Sustainable Development
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2018
For too long Africa's mineral fortune has been lamented as a resource curse that has led to conflict rather than development for much of the continent. Yet times are changing and the opportunities to bring technical expertise on modern mining alongside appropriate governance mechanisms for social...
Twiggy
The High-Stakes Life of Andrew Forrest
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2014
“Not just a terrific read, but an important life to have on the national record.” – George Negus The swashbuckling West Australian entrepreneur Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest took on mining giants BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto at their own game – and won. In this unauthorised biography, Andrew Burrell...
After The Boom In Tombstone And Jerome, Arizona
Decline In Western Resource Towns
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
Focusing on two Arizona towns that had their origins in mining bonanzas—Tombstone and Jerome—historian Eric L. Clements offers a rare study dissecting the process of bust itself—the reasons and manners in which these towns declined as the mining booms ended. Tombstone was the site of one of...
by John E. Tilton, Juan Ignacio Guzmán
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2016
This textbook provides an introduction to the field of mineral economics and its use in understanding the behaviour of mineral commodity markets and in assessing both public and corporate policies in this important economic sector. The focus is on metal and non-metallic commodities rather than oil,...
by Dave Wootton
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
In the United Kingdom surface coal mining began in 1942 in response to a national shortage of deep-mined coal. By the 1980s, when Dave Wootton began touring sites and taking photographs, the industry was firmly established with major operations and very large machinery. His fully captioned pictures...
by Robert A. Chilicky, Gerald D. Hunt
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2015
Across America, from big cities to small towns and rural hamlets, there are many stories of challenges, historic events, courageous people, tragedy, and success. Some of the best and most exciting tales may not be well known. Such is the case for the towns of Clifton and Morenci, Arizona. They survived...