From the ground up : the history of mining in Utah / edited by Colleen Whitley ; foreword by Philip F. Notarianni
- Published:
- Logan, UT : Utah State University Press, ©2006.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 506 pages, [3] leaves of plates) : illustrations, maps (some color)
- Additional Creators:
- Whitley, Colleen, 1940-
Access Online
- muse.jhu.edu, Open Access
- Restrictions on Access:
- Open Access.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Summary:
- Despite all mining has done and meant in Utah, there has not been, until now, a book that surveyed its history in Utah. This collection of essays by leading experts is divided into three comprehensive parts. Part I looks at the geology that has produced extractable minerals, the economic history of the industry, and the lore of mines and miners. Part II reviews the history of a handful of particularly significant mineral industries: salines, coal, uranium, and beryllium. The last part takes a region-by-region approach to survey the important, primarily for hard-rock mining, areas of the state.
- Subject(s):
- ISBN:
- 0874215447 (electronic bk.), 9780874215441 (electronic bk.), 1283275260, 9781283275262, 0874216397 (pbk. ; alk. paper), and 9780874216394 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
- Digital File Characteristics:
- data file
- Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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