From the ground up : the history of mining in Utah /

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Despite all mining has done and meant in Utah, there has not been, until now, a book that surveyed its history in Utah. This collection of essays by leading experts is divided into three comprehensive parts. Part I looks at the geology that has produced extractable minerals, the economic history of...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Whitley, Colleen, 1940-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Logan, UT : Utah State University Press, ©2006.
©2006
Temas:
Mines and mineral resources > Utah > History.
Mining engineering > Utah > History.
Mines and mineral resources.
Mining engineering.
Technique minière > Utah > Histoire.
Technique minière.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
Utah.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • I. The ground of Utah mining. Geology and Utah's mineral treasures / William T. Parry
  • Generating wealth from the earth, 1847-2000 / Thomas G. Alexander
  • General Patrick Edward Conner, father of Utah mining / Brigham D. Madsen
  • The stories they tell / Carma Wadley
  • II. Some mineral industries. Saline minerals / J. Wallace Gwynn
  • Coal industry / Allan Kent Powell
  • Uranium boom / Raye C. Ringholz
  • Beryllium mining / Debra Wagner
  • III. Major mining regions. Iron County / Janet Burton Seegmiller
  • Bingham Canyon / Bruce D. Whitehead and Robert E. Rampton
  • Silver Reef and southwestern Utah's shifting frontier / W. Paul Reeve
  • Alta, the Cottonwoods, and American Fork / Laurence P. James and James E. Fell, Jr.
  • Park City / Hal Compton and David Hampshire
  • Tintic Mining District / Philip F. Notarianni
  • San Francisco Mining District / Martha Sonntag Bradley-Evans
  • Uinta Basin / John Barton.

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