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Thunder In the Mountains

The West Virginia Mine War, 1920–21

by Lon Savage ...

Series series Regional
The West Virginia mine war of 1920-21, a major civil insurrection of unusual brutality on both sides, even by the standards of the coal fields, involved thousands of union and nonunion miners, state and private police, militia, and federal troops. Before it was over, three West Virginia counties were in open rebellion, much of the state was under military rule, and bombers of the U.S. Army Air ... Read more

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The West Virginia mine war of 1920-21, a major civil insurrection of unusual brutality on both sides, even by the standards of the coal fields, involved thousands of union and nonunion miners, state and private police, militia, and federal troops. Before it was over, three West Virginia counties were in open rebellion, much of the state was under military rule, and bombers of the U.S. Army Air
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Downwind

A People's History of the Nuclear West

by Sarah Alisabeth Fox ...

Downwind is an unflinching tale of the atomic West that reveals the intentional disregard for the inhabitants and the environment in nuclear testing by the federal government and in uranium extraction by mining corporations during and after the Cold War.Sarah Alisabeth Fox interviews residents of the Great Basin region affected by environmental contamination from the uranium industry and nuclear ... Read more

$17.99 USD

Downwind is an unflinching tale of the atomic West that reveals the intentional disregard for the inhabitants and the environment in nuclear testing by the federal government and in uranium extraction by mining corporations during and after the Cold War.Sarah Alisabeth Fox interviews residents of the Great Basin region affected by environmental contamination from the uranium industry and nuclear
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Poor Man's Fortune

White Working-Class Conservatism in American Metal Mining, 1850–1950

by Jarod Roll ...

White working-class conservatives have played a decisive role in American history, particularly in their opposition to social justice movements, radical critiques of capitalism, and government help for the poor and sick. While this pattern is largely seen as a post-1960s development, Poor Man’s Fortune tells a different story, excavating the long history of white working-class conservatism in the ... Read more

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White working-class conservatives have played a decisive role in American history, particularly in their opposition to social justice movements, radical critiques of capitalism, and government help for the poor and sick. While this pattern is largely seen as a post-1960s development, Poor Man’s Fortune tells a different story, excavating the long history of white working-class conservatism in the
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Fire and Brimstone

The North Butte Mining Disaster of 1917

by Michael Punke ...

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Revenant—the basis for the award-winning film starring Leonardo DiCaprio—tells the remarkable story of the worst hard-rock mining disaster in American history.A half-hour before midnight on June 8, 1917, a fire broke out in the North Butte Mining Company's Granite Mountain shaft. Sparked more than two thousand feet below ground, the fire spewed ... Read more

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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Revenant—the basis for the award-winning film starring Leonardo DiCaprio—tells the remarkable story of the worst hard-rock mining disaster in American history.A half-hour before midnight on June 8, 1917, a fire broke out in the North Butte Mining Company's Granite Mountain shaft. Sparked more than two thousand feet below ground, the fire spewed
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Volt Rush

The Winners and Losers in the Race to Go Green

by Henry Sanderson ...

'A remarkably hopeful and useful book...The climate crisis leaves us no choice but to build a new world and as Sanderson makes clear, we are capable of making it a better one than the dirty and dangerous planet we’ve come to take for granted.' Bill McKibben, Observer book of the weekWe depend on a handful of metals and rare earths to power our phones and computers. Increasingly, we rely on them to ... Read more

$11.99 USD

'A remarkably hopeful and useful book...The climate crisis leaves us no choice but to build a new world and as Sanderson makes clear, we are capable of making it a better one than the dirty and dangerous planet we’ve come to take for granted.' Bill McKibben, Observer book of the weekWe depend on a handful of metals and rare earths to power our phones and computers. Increasingly, we rely on them to
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Poor Man's Fortune

White Working-Class Conservatism in American Metal Mining, 1850–1950

by Jarod Roll ...

White working-class conservatives have played a decisive role in American history, particularly in their opposition to social justice movements, radical critiques of capitalism, and government help for the poor and sick. While this pattern is largely seen as a post-1960s development, Poor Man’s Fortune tells a different story, excavating the long history of white working-class conservatism in the ... Read more

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White working-class conservatives have played a decisive role in American history, particularly in their opposition to social justice movements, radical critiques of capitalism, and government help for the poor and sick. While this pattern is largely seen as a post-1960s development, Poor Man’s Fortune tells a different story, excavating the long history of white working-class conservatism in the
... Read more
Diamonds, Gold, and War

The British, the Boers, and the Making of South Africa

by Martin Meredith ...

Southern Africa was once regarded as a worthless jumble of British colonies, Boer republics, and African chiefdoms, a troublesome region of little interest to the outside world. But then prospectors chanced upon the world's richest deposits of diamonds and gold, setting off a titanic struggle between the British and the Boers for control of the land. The result was the costliest, bloodiest, and ... Read more

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Southern Africa was once regarded as a worthless jumble of British colonies, Boer republics, and African chiefdoms, a troublesome region of little interest to the outside world. But then prospectors chanced upon the world's richest deposits of diamonds and gold, setting off a titanic struggle between the British and the Boers for control of the land. The result was the costliest, bloodiest, and
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Big Data

A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work, and Think

by Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, Kenneth Cukier ...

A revelatory exploration of the hottest trend in technology and the dramatic impact it will have on the economy, science, and society at large.Which paint color is most likely to tell you that a used car is in good shape? How can officials identify the most dangerous New York City manholes before they explode? And how did Google searches predict the spread of the H1N1 flu outbreak?The key to ... Read more

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A revelatory exploration of the hottest trend in technology and the dramatic impact it will have on the economy, science, and society at large.Which paint color is most likely to tell you that a used car is in good shape? How can officials identify the most dangerous New York City manholes before they explode? And how did Google searches predict the spread of the H1N1 flu outbreak?The key to
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Mining is Dead. Long Live Geopolitical Mining

Why Critical Minerals and Strategic Power Will Define the Next Global Order

by Zamanillo A. Eduardo, Marta A. Rivera ...

Mining Is Dead. Long Live Geopolitical MiningThe age of traditional mining has ended. Critical minerals-copper, lithium, cobalt, rare earths, and more-are no longer just commodities. They are the hidden architecture of global power, deciding who leads in technology, defense, finance, and diplomacy.This book maps how minerals moved from the margins of industry to the center of geopolitics. With ... Read more

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Mining Is Dead. Long Live Geopolitical MiningThe age of traditional mining has ended. Critical minerals-copper, lithium, cobalt, rare earths, and more-are no longer just commodities. They are the hidden architecture of global power, deciding who leads in technology, defense, finance, and diplomacy.This book maps how minerals moved from the margins of industry to the center of geopolitics. With
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The City That Ate Itself

Butte, Montana and Its Expanding Berkeley Pit

by Brian James Leech ...

Series Book 1 - Mining and Society Series
Winner of the Mining History Association Clark Spence Award for the Best Book in Mining History, 2017-2018Brian 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 finds, The City That Ate Itself explores the lived experience of open-pit copper mining at Butte’s ... Read more

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Winner of the Mining History Association Clark Spence Award for the Best Book in Mining History, 2017-2018Brian 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 finds, The City That Ate Itself explores the lived experience of open-pit copper mining at Butte’s
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Vivos bajo tierra (Buried Alive)

La historia verdadera de los 33 mineros chilenos (The True Story of the 33 Chilean Miners)

by Manuel Pino Toro ...

Estuvieron 69 días atrapados bajo tierra en pleno desierto de Atacama, Chile. Las primeras semanas sobrevivieron con apenas dos cucharadas de atún cada 48 horas, soportando el calor endemoniado de una mina de cobre y oro que tras un derrumbe de rocas gigantes, los mantuvo soterrados 69 días, a casi 700 metros de profundidad. Pese a la gravedad de la tragedia, los 33 mineros de Atacama, ... Read more

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Estuvieron 69 días atrapados bajo tierra en pleno desierto de Atacama, Chile. Las primeras semanas sobrevivieron con apenas dos cucharadas de atún cada 48 horas, soportando el calor endemoniado de una mina de cobre y oro que tras un derrumbe de rocas gigantes, los mantuvo soterrados 69 días, a casi 700 metros de profundidad. Pese a la gravedad de la tragedia, los 33 mineros de Atacama,
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Modern Copper Smelting

Enriched edition. Exploring the Innovations and Impact of Copper Smelting in Industry and Technology

by Donald M. Levy, Lauren Ashfield ...

In "Modern Copper Smelting," Donald M. Levy meticulously examines the intricacies of contemporary techniques used in the copper smelting industry. Combining detailed technical analysis with accessible prose, Levy explores key processes such as pyrometallurgy and hydrometallurgy, emphasizing efficiency and environmental considerations. The work situates itself within the broader context of ... Read more

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In "Modern Copper Smelting," Donald M. Levy meticulously examines the intricacies of contemporary techniques used in the copper smelting industry. Combining detailed technical analysis with accessible prose, Levy explores key processes such as pyrometallurgy and hydrometallurgy, emphasizing efficiency and environmental considerations. The work situates itself within the broader context of
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PolyMet

14 Years Of Bullshit

by Steve Timmer, Aaron Klemz, Jen Tuder, Tony Petrangelo ...

PolyMet: Fourteen Years of Bullshit is the story of ineptitude, inattention, and outright corruption by Minnesota and federal regulators in consideration of permits for copper sulfide mining near Hoyt Lakes, Minnesota for PolyMet Mining, a Canadian penny-stock company and its shadowy bad-boy backer, Glencore Plc. It is also the story of the failure of Minnesota’s political leadership to intervene, ... Read more

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PolyMet: Fourteen Years of Bullshit is the story of ineptitude, inattention, and outright corruption by Minnesota and federal regulators in consideration of permits for copper sulfide mining near Hoyt Lakes, Minnesota for PolyMet Mining, a Canadian penny-stock company and its shadowy bad-boy backer, Glencore Plc. It is also the story of the failure of Minnesota’s political leadership to intervene,
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Metaverse Investing: The Step-By-Step Guide to Understand Metaverse World and Business, Virtual Land, DeFi, NFT, Crypto Art, Blockchain Gaming, and Play To Earn

Metaverse Collection

by Darell Freeman ...

Series series Metaverse Collection
Have you heard about the Metaverse on Social Networks or from friends and would like to learn more about this Digital Revolution? Do you want to find out how to seize this new investment opportunity and not get left out? Then read on!The Metaverse is a world of infinite possibilities. A concept, though old, yet so new. As civilization takes the next step into the virtual world, it would only be ... Read more

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Have you heard about the Metaverse on Social Networks or from friends and would like to learn more about this Digital Revolution? Do you want to find out how to seize this new investment opportunity and not get left out? Then read on!The Metaverse is a world of infinite possibilities. A concept, though old, yet so new. As civilization takes the next step into the virtual world, it would only be
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After The Boom In Tombstone And Jerome, Arizona

Decline In Western Resource Towns

by Eric L. Clements ...

Series series Shepperson Series in Nevada History
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 the great silver bonanzas of the nineteenth century, a boom that started in the late 1870s and was over by ... Read more

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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 the great silver bonanzas of the nineteenth century, a boom that started in the late 1870s and was over by
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A Kennecott Story

Three Mines, Four Men, and One Hundred Years, 1887-1997

by Charles Caldwell Hawley ...

While copper seems less glamorous than gold, it may be far more important. Copper proved vital to the industrial revolution and indispensable for electrification of America. Kennecott Copper Corporation, at one time the largest producer of copper in the world, thus played a key role in economic and industrial development. This book recounts how Kennecott was formed from the merger of three mining ... Read more

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While copper seems less glamorous than gold, it may be far more important. Copper proved vital to the industrial revolution and indispensable for electrification of America. Kennecott Copper Corporation, at one time the largest producer of copper in the world, thus played a key role in economic and industrial development. This book recounts how Kennecott was formed from the merger of three mining
... Read more
Mining in World History

by Martin Lynch ...

Series series Globalities
Mining in World History deals with the history of mining and smelting from the Renaissance to the present day, drawing out, in an engaging and fast-paced fashion, the interplay of personalities, politics and technology which have together shaped the metallurgical industries over the last 500 years.Martin Lynch opens with the invention, sometime before the year 1453, of a revolutionary technique ... Read more

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Mining in World History deals with the history of mining and smelting from the Renaissance to the present day, drawing out, in an engaging and fast-paced fashion, the interplay of personalities, politics and technology which have together shaped the metallurgical industries over the last 500 years.Martin Lynch opens with the invention, sometime before the year 1453, of a revolutionary technique
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Guidelines for Open Pit Slope Design in Weak Rocks

Edited by Derek Martin, Peter Stacey ...

Weak rocks encountered in open pit mines cover a wide variety of materials, with properties ranging between soil and rock. As such, they can provide a significant challenge for the slope designer. For these materials, the mass strength can be the primary control in the design of the pit slopes, although structures can also play an important role. Because of the typically weak nature of the ... Read more

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Weak rocks encountered in open pit mines cover a wide variety of materials, with properties ranging between soil and rock. As such, they can provide a significant challenge for the slope designer. For these materials, the mass strength can be the primary control in the design of the pit slopes, although structures can also play an important role. Because of the typically weak nature of the
... Read more
Drilling and Blasting of Rocks

by FranciscoJavier AyalaCarcedo ...

Rock breakage with explosives has existed since the seventeenth century when black powder came into use in mining. Since then it has progressed from the invention of dynamite to the use of heavy ANFO. During the past two decades, there have been numerous technical contributions which have brought a better understanding of rock fragmentation with explosives, an improvement in drilling equipment and ... Read more

$345.99 USD

Rock breakage with explosives has existed since the seventeenth century when black powder came into use in mining. Since then it has progressed from the invention of dynamite to the use of heavy ANFO. During the past two decades, there have been numerous technical contributions which have brought a better understanding of rock fragmentation with explosives, an improvement in drilling equipment and
... Read more
Two Years in the Klondike and Alaskan Gold Fields 1896-1898

A Thrilling Narrative of Life in the Gold Mines and Camps

by William B. Haskell ...

A thrilling narrative of personal experiences and adventures in the wonderful gold regions of Alaska and the Klondike, with observations of travel and exploration along the Yukon. Portraying the dangers, hardships, and privations of a gold-seeker's life; with a faithful description of life and scenes in gold mines and camps. Including full and authentic information of the countries described, ... Read more

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A thrilling narrative of personal experiences and adventures in the wonderful gold regions of Alaska and the Klondike, with observations of travel and exploration along the Yukon. Portraying the dangers, hardships, and privations of a gold-seeker's life; with a faithful description of life and scenes in gold mines and camps. Including full and authentic information of the countries described,
... Read more
Mercury and the Making of California

Mining, Landscape, and Race, 1840–1890

by Andrew Scott Johnston ...

Series series Mining the American West
Mercury and the Making of California, Andrew Johnston’s multidisciplinary examination of the history and cultural landscapes of California’s mercury-mining industry, raises mercury to its rightful place alongside gold and silver in the development of the American West.Gold and silver could not be refined without mercury; therefore, its production and use were vital to securing power and wealth in ... Read more

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Mercury and the Making of California, Andrew Johnston’s multidisciplinary examination of the history and cultural landscapes of California’s mercury-mining industry, raises mercury to its rightful place alongside gold and silver in the development of the American West.Gold and silver could not be refined without mercury; therefore, its production and use were vital to securing power and wealth in
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The Roar and the Silence

A History of Virginia City and the Comstock Lode

by Ronald M. James ...

Series series Shepperson Series in Nevada History
Nevada’s Comstock Mining District has been the focus of legend since it first burst into international prominence in the late 1850s, and its principal settlement, Virginia City, endures in the popular mind as the West’s quintessential mining camp. But the authentic history of the Comstock is far more complex and interesting than its colorful image. Contrary to legend, Virginia City spent only its ... Read more

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Nevada’s Comstock Mining District has been the focus of legend since it first burst into international prominence in the late 1850s, and its principal settlement, Virginia City, endures in the popular mind as the West’s quintessential mining camp. But the authentic history of the Comstock is far more complex and interesting than its colorful image. Contrary to legend, Virginia City spent only its
... Read more
Uranium and Nuclear Energy: 1981

Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium Held by the Uranium Institute, London, 2 – 4 September, 1981

by Sam Stuart ...

Uranium and Nuclear Energy: 1981 is a collection of 27 papers presented at the Sixth International Symposium on Uranium and Nuclear Energy, held by The Uranium Institute, London on September 2-4, 1981. This six-part volume represents a true cross-section of world opinion on nuclear matters. After briefly discussing the leading problems linked to world's energy and ideas concerning possible ... Read more

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Uranium and Nuclear Energy: 1981 is a collection of 27 papers presented at the Sixth International Symposium on Uranium and Nuclear Energy, held by The Uranium Institute, London on September 2-4, 1981. This six-part volume represents a true cross-section of world opinion on nuclear matters. After briefly discussing the leading problems linked to world's energy and ideas concerning possible
... Read more
Gold-Mining Boomtown

People of White Oaks, Lincoln County, New Mexico Territory

by Roberta Key Haldane ...

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 ... Read more

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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
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