Gambling on Ore : The Nature of Metal Mining in the United States, 1860-1910.
Title:
Gambling on Ore : The Nature of Metal Mining in the United States, 1860-1910.
Author:
Curtis, Kent.
ISBN:
9781607322351
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (251 pages)
Series:
Mining the American West
Contents:
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 -- Conculsion: Producing a Mining Society -- Bibliography -- Index.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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