Gambling on ore : the nature of metal mining in the United States, 1860-1910 /

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"Gambling on Ore examines the development of the western mining industry from the tumultuous and violent Gold Rush to the elevation of large-scale copper mining in the early twentieth century, using Montana as representative of mining developments in the broader US mining west. Employing abunda...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Curtis, Kent A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boulder : University Press of Colorado, [2013]
Colección:Mining the American West.
Temas:
1800-1999
Metallurgy > United States > History.
Metal trade > United States > History.
Mines and mineral resources > Social aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
Mines and mineral resources > Social aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
Ores > United States.
Métallurgie > États-Unis > Histoire.
Industries métallurgiques > États-Unis > Histoire.
Minerais > États-Unis.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Mining.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
Metal trade.
Metallurgy.
Mines and mineral resources > Social aspects.
Ores.
United States.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Figures
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Arsenic in the Wilderness, or Knowing Nature through Mining
  • 1: Producing a Mining Landscape
  • 2: The Value of Ores
  • 3: Turning Copper into Gold
  • 4: The Ecology of Ore Processing
  • Conclusion: Producing a Mining Society
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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