The Economics of Mining - Hardcover

Rickard, T. A.; Ingalls, W. R.; Hoover, H. C.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1115417916 ISBN 13: 9781115417914

Publisher: BCR (Bibliographical Center for Research), 2009

Synopsis

The Shelf2Life Mines and Mining Collection is a unique set of materials focusing on the operation of mines, the mining industry and mineralogy in the 19th and 20th centuries. From first-hand accounts of life in the mines to descriptions of mine construction, excavation methods and machinery, to mine taxation and determinative mineralogy, this collection reveals the science and culture of the thriving mining industry pre-1923. Illuminating the pages of these intriguing volumes are rock and mineral photographs and mineral classification tables including chemical tests and scientific experiments written during a period of significant expansion in the discipline of mineralogy. The Mines and Mining Collection unearths a period of early historical mining practices and related scientific discoveries of value to enthusiasts, students and mineralogists alike.

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About the Author

Herbert Hoover: self-made millionaire, dedicated philanthropist, and pioneering humanitarian, he had finished the war as Wilson's appointed head of the American Food Administration. There was just one problem--he couldn't decide whether to run as a Democrat or a Republican.

Edition details

• Publisher: BCR (Bibliographical Center for Research)
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1115417916
• ISBN 13: 9781115417914
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 396