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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"mining history"”.
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Cross-Institutional Collaboration and Exhibit Making: “On the Gold Mountain: Chinese Mining History and Heritage of Idaho” at the Idaho Museum of Mining and Geology
… Western towns. However, the Chinese immigrant mining population in the Boise, Idaho area has had little museum representation despite the more than 300,000 Chinese people who emigrated to the US between the 1840s and 1880. To rectify this, the Idaho Museum of Mining and Geology (IMMG), in …
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Dust and dreams : a regional history of mining and community in south east New South Wales 1850-1914
Until recently the focus of interest in gold mining history had been Victoria, and to a lesser extent Western Australia. The New South Wales story has, in contrast, attracted relatively little research or interest, the Lambing Flat race riots often being the only instance in which the New South …
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Dust and dreams : a regional history of mining and community in south east New South Wales 1850-1914
Until recently the focus of interest in gold mining history had been Victoria, and to a lesser extent Western Australia. The New South Wales story has, in contrast, attracted relatively little research or interest, the Lambing Flat race riots often being the only instance in which the New South …
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Chinese involvement in illegal small scale mining in Namibia: An assessment of its impact and implications
Small scale mining provided employment to many Namibians and has played an important role through throughout the mining history of Namibia (Namibian Mining Report, 2006). When independence dawned on Namibia in 1990, about 5% made up the total mining industry employment from the small-scale mining …
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A Study of Mine-Related Seismicity in a Deep Longwall Coal Mine
… March 1, 2009 until April 7, 2011 during the mining of three longwall panels and the data was telemetered to Blacksburg, Virginia. A correlation equation was developed to relate local magnitude estimated by automatic data processing software in near real-time to seismic moment for …
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Integration of landscape reclamation, planning and design in a post-mining district: Cartagena-La Union, SE Spain
… for healing the landscape wounds of post-mining activities all over the world. Early mining operations left degraded lands not in accord with regional ecosystems and lacking socio-economic and cultural values. Increasing awareness of environmental sensitivity identified the minimization …
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A Torrent of Silver: Richard Trevithick, Cornish Miners and Steam Engines in Peru 1815-1828
… Richard Hodge in the wider context of Peruvian mining history, in the late colonial and early Republican periods. It draws heavily from previously unconsidered Spanish language archival sources now dispersed between Peru, Spain and the USA. First, the aim is to reassess Trevithick’s contribution …
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Mesothelioma in South Africa 3 decades post peak of asbestos production an analysis of a claims database of asbestos ex-miners
… to former miners throughout the asbestos mining history that we remain with an unknown burden and epidemiology of disease as well as heavy costs towards healthcare and rehabilitation of mine dumps. The author sought to review the medical information of claimants registered on an asbestos …
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Characterising the acid mine drainage potential of fine coal wastes
… challenges facing the South African mining sector. Acid mine drainage has received significant public attention in recent years. South Africa's long mining history has led to a growing concern that coal-related AMD from these mines (both operational and defunct) will continue for …
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ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA
… Mountains are well known for their rich mining history, especially, gold in the mid-1800s and the current mining of one of the world’s largest deposits of high purity limestone. The purpose of this study was to compile new, current, and historical data of the major economic resources that …
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Assessing the rate of recovery of benthic macrofauna after marine mining off the Namibian coast
… macrobenthic communities after offshore marine mining. Three techniques, namely univariate, distributional and multivariate, were used to make this assessment. Two distinct areas, the northern and southern research areas, were investigated, and statistical and numerical analyses were conducted …
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The discovery and development of the Namaqualand Diamond Field, 1925-1950
… this thesis is a historical study of diamond mining in Namaqualand, Northern Cape Province of South Africa, during the period 1925 to 1950. It is a history that led to the region becoming synonymous with diamonds. The focus then is the first diamond find on the coast near Port Nolloth, as well …
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The discovery and development of the Namaqualand Diamond Field, 1925-1950
… this thesis is a historical study of diamond mining in Namaqualand, Northern Cape Province of South Africa, during the period 1925 to 1950. It is a history that led to the region becoming synonymous with diamonds. The focus then is the first diamond find on the coast near Port Nolloth, as well …
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Sanitizing History: Environmental Cleanup and Historic Preservation in U.S. West Mining Communities
Residents in mining towns of the U.S. West face a troubling quandary in their attempts to preserve historical evidence of their town’s industrial past, because that evidence threatens their health. The 1980 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA, or …