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The history behind mining, mining operations and mining technology.

Subcategories

• California Gold Rush, 1849
• Colorado Gold Rush, 1858
• Klondike Gold Rush, 1897
• Mining Museums
• United Kingdom

Resources in This Category

• Hercules Mining Company

  http://www.lib.uidaho.edu/special-collections/Manuscripts/dmginv/mg236.htm
  Details of the records of the company held by the University of Idaho.

• History of Coal Mining Technology

  http://www.angelfire.com/mech/ians_coal_page/
  Links to monographs on the development of coal mine environmental monitoring and control for safety and health. Requires Adobe Acrobat to view.

• Iron Range Region

  http://nrhp.mnhs.org/iron_range.html
  History of Minnesota's iron ranges, the Vermilion, Mesabi and Cuyuna. Includes mining, processing, and transportation. From the Minnesota Historical Society.

• Kentucky Coal History

  http://www.coaleducation.org/coalhistory/Default.htm
  History of coal mining in the state. Topics include old coal towns, mining museums, equipment and timeline.

• Mines of Sardinia

  http://www.minesofsardinia.com/
  History of disused mines includes routes, images, news, and tourist facilities.

• Mining History Association

  http://mininghistoryassociation.org/
  Organization of individuals interested in the history of mining and metallurgy. Includes newsletter, forum, journal and photo gallery.

• Mining History Network

  http://projects.exeter.ac.uk/mhn/welcome.html
  Features conferences, discussion forums, bibliographies and related links.

• Pictorial History of Kentucky Coal Mining

  http://www.kycoal.homestead.com/
  Substantive collection of photographs of the Kentucky bituminous coal deposits divided into the western and eastern coal fields.

• Sixty Centuries of Copper

  http://www.copper.org/education/60centuries/homepage.html
  A history of copper mining, the development of metal-working processes and the uses of copper through the past six thousand years; originally published in 1965.

• Special Research Area (SFB) HiMAT

  http://himat.uibk.ac.at/
  Project at the University of Innsbruck to investigate the history of mining activities in the Alps and its impact on the environment and human societies, from the Mesolithic till Modern Times.

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