Eric C Nystrom: 1 book
Seeing Underground
Maps, Models, and Mining Engineering in America
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
Digging mineral wealth from the ground dates to prehistoric times, and Europeans pursued mining in the Americas from the earliest colonial days. Prior to the Civil War, little mining was deep enough to require maps. However, the major finds of the mid-nineteenth century, such as the Comstock Lode,...
