From the ground up the history of mining in Utah
Despite mining's multidimensional role in the history of Utah since Euro-american settlement, there has never been a book that surveyed and contextualized its impact. From the Ground Up fill that gap with a collection of essays by leading Utah historians and geologists. Essays here address the...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Logan, UT :
Utah State University Press
c2006.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009430344806719 |
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.
