January 26, 1905
- Superintendent Captain Frederick Wells of the Premier
(Transvaal) Diamond Mining Company Limited (Pretoria, South
Africa) discovered the Cullinan Diamond, world's largest
gem-quality diamond,
3106 carats; named for Thomas Cullinan, a Johannesburg building
contractor who owned
the mining company (registered as Premier on December
1, 1902).
December 6, 1907
- An explosion in a network of mines owned by the Fairmont Coal
Company in Monongahm, WV killed 361 coal miners; worst mining
disaster in American history; 1907 - nationwide, a
total of 3,242 Americans were killed in mine accidents; United
Mine Workers of America labor union, sympathetic legislators
forced safety regulations that brought a steady decline in death
rates in West Virginia and elsewhere.
May 13, 1909
- London and Rhodesian Mining Company Limited incorporated (Lonrho
plc); 1961 - Roland "Tiny" Rowland joined company;
sales (over 34 years) increased 787-fold, profits rose 1,365
times; January 1993 - Dieter Bock, German financier,
became largest shareholder; shared chief executive's position with
Rowland; October 1993 - forced to step down as
Chairman; November 3, 1994 - Rowland ousted from
chief executive position; January 1997 - Anglo
American Corporation of South Africa Ltd., South Africa's largest
company, acquired 26% controlling interest in Lonrho; changed
focus to mining (platinum, gold, coal) in Africa; 1997
- Bock gone; 1999 - renamed Lonmin plc to symbolize
return to mining roots.
1917
- Sir Ernest Oppenheimer founded Anglo American Corporation to
exploit gold mining potential of East Rand; 1926 -
Anglo American became largest single shareholder in De Beers
(Oppenheimer became chairman in 1929); 1928 -became
involved in developing what is now known as the Zambian Copperbelt;
1957 - opened Western Deep Levels (gold mined at
twice the depth previously recorded); 1961 -
acquired interest in Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Company in
Canada, first major investment outside southern Africa; early
1970s - acquired Latin American assets, founded
Minerals and Resources Corporation (later Minorco); 1981
- first mining house to encourage recognition of black trades
unions; 1993 - major reorganization of assets with
Anglo American holding assets in Africa, Minorco interests in
other parts of the world; May 1999 - Anglo American
plc formed through combination of Anglo American Corporation of
South Africa (AACSA) and Minorco.
November 1919
- Mesabi Iron Co. of Babbitt, MN began operations; June
21, 1922 - produced first cargo of taconite, hard rock
containing 25% - 30% iron (low-grade ore containing only up to 30%
magnetite and hematite as tiny particles scattered throughout a
very tough variety of quartz called chert); October 1, 1933
- first cargo shipped to the Ford Motor Company of River Rouge,
MI.
January 25, 1946
- The United Mine Workers rejoined the American Federation of
Labor.
June 1, 1951
- A titanium plant opened in Henderson, NV; first fully
self-contained and integrated facility in the U.S.; converted
titanium ore into titanium sponge, melted down and formed into
ingots of titanium metal.
February 16, 1953
- Research in Sweden, headed by Erik Lundblad, funded by Swedish electrical company ASEA, produced man-made diamond
crystals, size of grains of sand in high pressure press, by
subjecting graphite to 83,000 atmospheres pressure, about
2000°C for an hour; despite one success, equipment unreliable, dangerous; December 16, 1954 - General Electric
produced man-made diamonds, recognized as first process that
was reproducible.
September 13, 1956
- Reserve Mining Company, Duluth, MN, built E.W. Davis Works at
Silver Bay, MN (jointly owned by the Armco Steel, Republican
Steel); began full production of taconite (hard ore containing 25
to 30% iron); first U.S. plant established for large-scale
commercial production.
June 4, 1957
- First commercial coal pipeline placed in operation; more than
one million tons of coal per year could be moved from mine in
Ohio to power station 108 miles away; extended from Georgetown
Preparation Plant of Hanna Coal Company (near Cadiz, Ohio), to
Cleveland Illuminating Company power station (Eastlake, Ohio);
pipeline, 10-3/4 inches in diameter, designed to move equal
mixture of coal, water at rate of 150 tons of coal per
hour.
November 2, 1957
- Titanium Metals Corp. of America opened first titanium mill in
Toronto, OH; first in U.S. for rolling, forging titanium; birth
of tonnage structural metal industry.
March 14, 1960
- First offshore sulphur mine, off Louisiana coast,
obtained sulphur.
July 11, 1971
- Chilean parliament nationalized U.S. copper mines.
1992
- British coal industry privatized.
June 26, 2006
- Phelps Dodge agreed to acquire two Canadian companies, Inco and
Falconbridge for approximately $40 billion in total; will made it
global leader in copper and nickel mining business, close to being
largest.
March 29, 2007
- Freeport-McMoRan Copper and Gold acquired Phelps Dodge, world's second largest copper producer, for $25.9
billion; created world's largest copper miner, largest mining
company based in North America.
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(Best Coal Company), David P. Bridges (2003).
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(British South Africa Company), Fergus Macpherson (1981).
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(British South Africa Company), Arthur Keppel-Jones (1983).
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A Future
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(Newcastle, NSW: Broken Hill Proprietary Co., 280 p.). BHP
Newcastle Steelworks (Newcastle, N.S.W.)--History; Steel industry
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(Broken Hill South), Brian Carroll (1986).
Built on Silver:
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(Bunker Hill Company), Katherine G. Aiken (2005).
Idaho's Bunker Hill: The Rise and Fall of a Great Mining Company,
1885-1981. (Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 284
p.). Bunker Hill Company--History; Mineral
industries--Idaho--Kellogg--History; Lead mines and
mining--Idaho--Kellogg--History; Zinc mines and
mining--Idaho--Kellogg--History; Silver mines and
mining--Idaho--Kellogg--History.
(Calumet and Hecla), C. Harry Benedict (1952).
Red Metal;
The Calumet and Hecla Story. (Ann Arbor, MI: University of
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(Cash-On-Delivery Mine), Thomas J. Noel and Cathleen M. Norman
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Pikes Peak Partnership: The Penroses and the Tutts.
(Boulder, CO: University Press of Colorado, 264 p.). Penrose,
Spencer, b. 1865; Tutt, Charles Leaming;
Businessmen--Colorado--Colorado Springs--Biography;
Industrialists--Colorado--Colorado Springs--Biography;
Philanthropists--Colorado--Colorado Springs--Biography; Colorado
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(Chamber of Mines of South Africa), John Lang (1986).
Bullion Johannesburg: Men, Mines, and the Challenge of Conflict.
(Johannesburg, SA: J. Ball, 509 p.). Chamber of Mines of South
Africa--History; Mineral industries--South Africa--History;
Miners--South Africa--History.
(Coal & Allied), Christopher Jay (1994).
The Coal Masters:
The History of Coal & Allied 1844-1994. (Double Bay, NSW:
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(Coal), Howard N. Eavenson (1942).
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(Coal), Norman L. Dalsted and F. Larry Leistritz (1974). A
Selected Bibliography on Coal-Energy Development of Particular
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(Coal), M. W. Kirby (1977).
The British Coalmining Industry, 1870-1946: A Political and
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trade--Great Britain--History; Coal mines and mining--Great
Britain--History; Industrial policy--Great Britain--History.
(Coal), H. Benjamin Powell (1978).
Philadelphia's First Fuel
Crisis: Jacob Cist and the Developing Market for Pennsylvania
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(Coal), Michael W. Flinn (1984). The History of the
British Coal Industry: 1700-1830, The Industrial Revolution. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press). Coal trade--Great Britain--History; Coal mines and
mining--Great Britain--History; Coal trade--Government
ownership--Great Britain--History.
(Coal), B.R. Mitchell (1984).
Economic Development of the British Coal Industry, 1800-1914.
(New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 381 p.). Coal
trade--Great Britain--History; Coal miners--Labor unions--Great
Britain--History; Coal mines and mining--Great Britain--History;
Coal miners--Great Britain--History.
(Coal), Roy Church (1986).
The History of the
British Coal Industry: 1830-1913: Victorian Pre-Eminence. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press,
850 p.). Coal trade--Great Britain--History; Coal mines and
mining--Great Britain--History; Coal trade--Government
ownership--Great Britain--History.
(Coal), Barry Supple (1988).
The History of the
British Coal Industry, 1913-1946: The Political Economy of Decline. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press,
770 p.). Coal trade--Great Britain--History; Coal mines and
mining--Great Britain--History; Coal trade--Government
ownership--Great Britain--History.
(Coal), William Ashworth (1986).
The History of the British Coal Industry
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mining--Great Britain--History; Coal trade--Government
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(Coal), John Hatcher (1993).
The History of the
British Coal Industry: Before 1700 : Towards the Age of Coal (New York, NY: Oxford University Press,
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(Coal), Barbara Freese (2003).
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Political economies of coal in
Virginia, Pennsylvania from late 18th century through
Civil War, divergent paths they took in developing their ample
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(Coal), R.G. Healey (2007).
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industry--Pennsylvania--History. Development
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onset of American Civil War to "Great Strike" of 1902;
restricted coalfields contrasted with widening coal
distribution region; changing
relationships between anthracite carrying railroads, mining
companies; evaluation of decision-making, investment behavior of
entrepreneurs, corporate managers.
March 19, 2008
(Colorado Fuel - merged in 1892 to form Colorado Fuel and Iron
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Osgood, John Cleveland, 1851-1926; Coal trade--Colorado--History;
Mineral industries--Colorado--History;
Businesspeople--Colorado--Biography.
(Comstock Lode), George D. Lyman (1934).
The Saga of the Comstock Lode; Boom Days in Virginia City.
(New York, NY: Scribner, 309 p.). Mines and mineral
resources--Nevada--History; Mineral industries--Nevada--History;
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--- (1937).
Ralston’s Ring; California Plunders the Comstock Lode.
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F. Shore (1988).
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Cecil Rhodes: Flawed
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South Africa--History--1909-1961; South Africa--History--1961-.
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In the Company of
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Diamond miners--South Africa--Kleinzee--History;
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rough (uncut and unpolished) diamonds on the open market in
violation of their sales agreement with De Beers.
(Denison Mines Limited), Paul McKay (1990).
The Roman Empire: The Unauthorized Life and Times of Stephen Roman.
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Mines Limited--History; Denison Mines Limited--Histoire;
Businessmen--Canada--Biography; Slovak Canadians--Biography;
Hommes d'affaires--Canada--Biographies; Canadiens d'origine
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(Diamonds), Edited by James H. Wilkins, with a foreword by Glen
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The Great Diamond Hoax and Other Stirring Incidents in the Life of
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(Diamonds), Brian Roberts (1973).
The Diamond Magnates.
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(Diamonds), Marian Robertson (1974).
Diamond Fever; South
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(Diamonds), David E. Kosikoff (1981). The Diamond World.
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The Diamond People.
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(Diamonds), Edward Jay Epstein (1982).
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(Diamonds), Colin Newbury (1989).
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Barren Lands: An Epic
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NY: Holt, 442 p.). Winner 1998 Walter Sullivan Award for
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Diamonds--Northwest Territories--Gras, Lac de, Region.
(Diamonds), Matthew Hart (2001).
Diamond: A Journey to the
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(Diamonds), Renée Rose Shield (2002).
Diamond Stories:
Enduring Change on 47th Street. (Ithaca, NY: Cornell
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(State)--New York--History; Jews in the diamond industry--New York
(State)--New York--History; Jewish businesspeople--New York
(State)--New York--History.
(Diamonds), Greg Campbell (2002).
Blood Diamonds: Tracing the
Deadly Path of the World's Most Precious Stones. (Boulder, CO:
Westview Press, 251 p.). Freelance Journalist. Diamond industry
and trade--Social aspects--Sierra Leone; Diamond miners--Crimes
against--Sierra Leone; Diamond industry and trade--Corrupt
practices; Sierra Leone--History--Civil War, 1991.
(Diamonds), Douglas Farah (2004).
Blood from Stones: The Secret Financial Network of Terror.
(New York, NY: Broadway Books, 225 p.). Terrorism--Economic
aspects--Africa, West; Diamond mines and mining--Africa, West;
Diamond industry and trade--Africa, West; Terrorism--Religious
aspects--Islam; Political corruption--Africa, West; Africa,
West--Politics and government; Africa, West--Social conditions;
Africa, West--Economic conditions.
(Diamonds), Martin Meredith (2007).
Diamonds, Gold, and War: The British, the Boers, and the Making of
South Africa. (New York, NY: PublicAffairs, 570 p.) South
African War, 1899-1902--Causes; Diamond industry and trade--South
Africa--History--19th century; Gold industry--South
Africa--History--19th century; Afrikaners--South Africa--History;
Great Britain--Colonies--Africa--Administration; Great
Britain--Foreign relations--1837-1901; South
Africa--History--1836-1909; South Africa--Politics and
government--1836-1909. Turbulent years
leading to founding of modern state of South Africa in
1910; prospectors chanced first upon world's richest deposits
of diamonds, then upon richest deposits of gold; titanic struggle between British, Boers
for control of land followed, culminated in costliest, bloodiest,
most humiliating war that Britain had waged in nearly a
century, devastation of Boer republics.
(Dome Mines), Peter Foster (1993).
Other People's Money: The Banks, the Government and Dome.
(Don Mills, ON: Collins, 286 p.). Dome Petroleum Limited --
History.
(Dome Mines), Charles P. Girdwood, Lawrence F. Jones and George
Lonn (1983).
The Big Dome: Over Seventy Years of Gold Mining in
Canada. (Toronto, ON: Cybergraphics Co., 249 p.). Dome Mines
Limited -- History; Gold mines and mining -- Canada -- History;
Gold mines and mining -- Ontario -- History.
(Dome Mines), Jim Lyon (1983).
Dome: The Rise and Fall of the House That Jack Built.
(Scarborough, ON: Avon Books of Canada, 250 p.). Dome Petroleum
Limited -- History.
(Eldorado Mining and Refining), Robert Bothwell (1984).
Eldorado: Canada's National Uranium Company. (Toronto, ON:
University of Toronto Press, 470 p.). Eldorado Mining and Refining
Limited -- History; Eldorado Nuclear Limited -- History.
(Empire Mine), Ferol Egan (1998).
Last Bonanza Kings: The Bourns of San
Francisco. (Reno, NV: University of Nevada Press, 289 p.).
Bourn, William, b. 1813; Bourn, William, 1857-1936; Bourne family;
Pioneers--California--San Francisco--Biography; Businessmen--California--San
Francisco--Biography; San Francisco (Calif.)--Biography; San
Francisco (Calif.)--History.
(Falconbridge), John Deverell and the Latin American Working
Group (1975).
Falconbridge: Portrait of a Canadian Mining
Multinational. (Toronto, ON: J. Lorimer, 184 p.). Falconbridge
Nickel Mines Limited; International business enterprises; Nickel
industry--Canada.
(John Fyfe Ltd.), The Company (1996).
John Fyfe: One Hundred and Fifty Years, 1846 - 1996. (Kemnay,
UK: Time Pieces Publications, 72 p.). -- History; Granite industry
and trade -- Scotland -- Kemnay -- History; Granite Quarrying
History; Grampian (Scotland).
(Gold), George F. Willison (1931).
Here They Dug the Gold. (New York, NY: Brentano's, 299
p.). Tabor, Horace Austin Warner, 1830-1899; Colorado -- Gold
discoveries; Frontier and pioneer life -- Colorado. Protagonist in
epic of Colorado's creation.
(Gold), Frank Waters (1937).
Midas of the Rockies; The Story of Stratton and Cripple Creek.
(New York, NY: Covici, Friede, 344 p.). Stratton, Winfield Scott,
1848-1902; Gold mines and mining -- Colorado -- Cripple Creek.
(Gold), Rodman L. Paul (1947).
California Gold; The Beginning of Mining in the Far West.
(Cambridge, MA: Harvard Univ. Press, 380 p.). Gold mines and
mining--California; Frontier and pioneer life--California;
California--Gold discoveries.
(Gold), Pierre Berton (1972).
Klondike; The Last Great Gold
Rush, 1896-1899. (Toronto, ON: McClelland and Stewart, 472 p.
[rev. ed.]). Klondike River Valley (Yukon)--Gold discoveries.
(Gold), Duane A. Smith (1973).
Horace Tabor: His Life and the Legend. (Boulder, CO:
Colorado Associated University Press, 395 p.). Tabor, Horace
Austin Warner, 1830-1899.
(Gold), Ray Vicker (1975).
The Realms of Gold. (New
York, NY: Scribner, 244 p.). Gold--History.
(Gold), H. Willia, Axford (1976).
Gilpin County Gold : Peter
McFarlane, 1848-1929, Mining Entrepreneur in Central City,
Colorado. (Chicago, IL: Sage Books, 210 p.). McFarlane, Peter
Barclay, 1848-1929; Gilpin County (Colo.) -- Gold discoveries;
Central City (Colo.) -- Biography.
(Gold), Joseph E. King (1977).
A Mine To Make a Mine: Financing the Colorado Mining Industry,
1859-1902. (College Station, TX: Texas A&M University
Press, 209 p.). Gold industry--Colorado--Finance--History; Gold
mines and mining--Colorado--Finance--History; Silver mines and
mining--Colorado--Finance--History; Mineral
industries--Colorado--Finance--History.
(Gold), Eric Cousineau, Peter R. Richardson (1979).
Gold:
The World Industry and Canadian Corporate Strategy. (Kingston,
ON: Queen's University, Centre for Resources Studies, 192 p.).
Gold mines and mining--Canada; Mines and mineral
resources--Canada.
(Gold), J.S. Holliday (1981).
The World Rushed In: The
California Gold Rush Experience. (New York, NY: Simon &
Schuster, 559 p.). Swain, William, 1821-1904; California --
History -- 1846-1850; California -- Gold discoveries; Overland
journeys to the Pacific; Pioneers -- California -- Biography;
California -- Biography.
(Gold), E. Hazard Wells (1984).
Magnificence and Misery: A
Firsthand Account of the 1897 Klondike Gold Rush. (Garden
City, NY: Doubleday, 254 p.). Wells, E. Hazard; Klondike River
Valley (Yukon)--Gold discoveries; Klondike River Valley
(Yukon)--Description and travel.
(Gold), Matthew Hart (1985).
Golden Giant: Hemlo and the
Rush for Canada's Gold. (Vancouver, BC: Douglas & McIntyre,
176 p.). Gold mines and mining--Ontario--Hemlo Region--History.
(Gold), James P. Delgado (1990).
To California by Sea: A Maritime History of the California Gold
Rush. (Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press,
237 p.). Maritime Historian of the National Park Service.
Navigation --California --History --19th century; Shipping
--California --History --19th century; California --Gold
discoveries. Gold Rush's affect on maritime
industry (trade prior to 1848--furs, hides, whaling); sea-faring
gold seekers as they sailed to California; development of San
Francisco waterfront, maritime industries along coast.
(Gold), Jo Ann Levy (1992).
They Saw the Elephant: Women in the California Gold Rush.
(Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 265 p.). Women
pioneers--California--History--19th century;
Women--California--History--19th century; Frontier and pioneer
life--California; California--Gold discoveries.
(Gold), Paula Mitchell Marks (1994).
Precious Dust: The
American Gold Rush Era, 1848-1900. (New York, NY: Morrow, 448
p.). Gold mines and mining--North America--History--19th century;
North America--Gold discoveries.
(Gold), Hal Colebatch (1996).
Claude de Bernales, The Magnificent Miner: A Biography.
(Carlisle, W.A.: Hesperian Press, 323 p.). Bernales, Claude de,
1876-1963; Businessmen--Australia--Biography; Gold
industry--Australia--History.
(Gold), Gary F. Kurutz; introduction by J.S. Holliday (1997).
The
California Gold Rush: A Descriptive Bibliography of Books and
Pamphlets Covering the Years 1848-1853. (San Francisco, CA:
Book Club of California, 771 p.). Gold mines and
mining--California--History--19th
century--Sources--Bibliography--Union lists; Catalogs,
Union--United States; California--Gold
discoveries--Sources--Bibliography--Union lists.
(Gold), Malcolm J. Rohrbough (1997).
Days of Gold: The California Gold Rush and the American Nation.
(Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 353 p.). Professor
of History (University of Iowa). California--Gold discoveries.
Most significant event
in first half of nineteenth century; produced vast movement
of people; called into question basic values of marriage, family,
work, wealth, leisure; led to so many varied consequences; left
such vivid memories among its participants; touched lives of
families, communities everywhere in United States.
(Gold), Raymond E. Dumett (1998).
El Dorado in West Africa: The Gold-Mining Frontier, African Labor,
and Colonial Capitalism in the Gold Coast, 1875-1900.
(Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 396 p.). Gold mines and
mining--Ghana--History--19th century; Gold
miners--Ghana--History--19th century;
Capitalism--Ghana--History--19th century. First modern mechanized
gold rush in West Africa, its aftermath.
(Gold), Edited by Ramon Gutierrez, Richard J. Orsi (1998).
Contested Eden: California Before the Gold Rush.
(Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 396 p.). Professor
of Ethnic Studies and History (University of California, San
Diego); Professor of History (California State University,
Hayward). California --History --To 1846; California --History
--1846-1850. California history before American conquest;
re-evaluation of European-Indian relations in California prior to
1848; natural environment, history of the Indians,
exploration, social and economic history; contemporary perspective
on evolution of distinctive California culture, interaction
between people and natural environment, ways in which California's
development affected United States and world, legacy of cultural
and ethnic diversity in the state.
(Gold), Mary Hill (1999).
Gold: The California Story. (Berkeley, CA: University of
California Press, 306 p.). California -- Gold discoveries;
California -- History -- 1846-1850.
(Gold), J.S. Holliday (1999).
Rush For Riches: Gold Fever
and the Making of California. (Berkeley, CA: University of
California Press (with Oakland Museum of California), 355 p.).
California -- Gold discoveries; California -- History --
1846-1850; California -- History -- 1850-1950.
(Gold), Editors James J. Rawls and Richard J. Orsi; associate
editor Marlene Smith-Baranzini (1999).
A Golden State: Mining and Economic Development in Gold Rush
California. (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press,
313 p.). Instructor of History (Diablo Valley College); Professor
of History (California State University, Hayward). Gold mines and
mining --California --History --19th century; California
--Economic conditions --19th century. Economic impact of
epoch-making event; how Gold Rush
precipitated veritable economic revolution; relationship between technology and society,
environmental impact from mining, sudden increase in California's
population, influence of Gold Rush on agriculture, manufacturing,
banking, transportation; impact on peoples, economies of Latin
America, Europe, Asia; economic forces, for good or ill, that
transformed California forever into Golden State.
(Gold), Susan Lee Johnson (2000).
Roaring Camp: The Social World of the California Gold Rush.
(New York, NY: Norton, 464 p.). Professor of History (University
of Colorado). Mining camps--Sierra Nevada (Calif. and
Nev.)--History--19th century; California--Gold discoveries--Social
aspects; California--Social life and customs--19th century; Sierra
Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)--Gold discoveries--Social aspects;
California--Ethnic relations. Cosmopolitan,
multicultural event - Mexicans, French, Chinese,
African-Americans, Chileans, Miwok Indians, WASPs panned for gold
in foothills of the Sierra Nevadas Mountains, around town of
Stockton; dynamic social world in which conventions of ethnic,
national, sexual identity were reshaped (all-male households of
diggings, mines where men worked, fandango houses where they
played).
(Gold), Brian Roberts (2000).
American Alchemy: The California Gold Rush and Middle-Class
Culture. (Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina
Press, 328 p.). Assistant Professor of History (California State
University in Sacramento). Frontier and pioneer life--California;
Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.);
Pioneers--California--History--19th century;
Pioneers--Northeastern States--History--19th century; Middle
class--California--History--19th century; Middle
class--Northeastern States--History--19th century;
California--Gold discoveries--Social aspects; California--Social
conditions--19th century; Northeastern States--Social
conditions--19th century. Long-neglected truth of gold rush: many of
northeastern forty-niners who ventured westward were
middle-class in origin, status, values; did not turn their
backs on middle-class culture; overlooked chapter in history of
formation of middle class - rebellion against standards of
respectability.
(Gold), H. W. Brands (2002).
The Age of Gold: The California
Gold Rush and the Birth of Modern America. (New York, NY:
Doubleday, 547 p.). California--Gold discoveries; California--Gold
discoveries--Social aspects; United
States--Civilization--1783-1865; United States--Social
conditions--To 1865.
(Gold), Edited by Kenneth N. Owens (2002).
Riches for All: The California Gold Rush and the World.
(Lincoln, NB: University of Nebraska Press, 367 p.). Professor
Emeritus of History and Ethnic Studies (California State
University, Sacramento). California --Ethnic relations; California
--Social conditions --19th century; Minorities --California
--Social conditions --19th century; Immigrants --California
--Social conditions --19th century; Frontier and pioneer life
--California; California --Gold discoveries --Social aspects.
California gold rush created more diverse, metropolitan society
than world had ever known; leading scholars reexamine gold rush,
evaluate its trajectory and legacy within global context of
religion and race, economics, technology, law, culture.
(Gold), Dale L. Walker (2003).
Eldorado: The California Gold Rush. (New York, NY: Forge,
p.). Pioneers--California--History--19th century;
Pioneers--California--Biography; Frontier and pioneer
life--California; California--Gold discoveries; California--History--1846-1850;
California--Biography. Toll on humans, nature far outwieghed
benefits; brutal era, arduous journeys, collision of cultures in
San Francisco, perils of chasing gold. Morale of story: greed
undercuts greed until nothing remains.
(Gold), Albert L. Hurtado (2006).
John Sutter: A Life on the North American Frontier.
(Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 416 p.). Paul H. and
Doris Eaton Travis Chair of Modern American History (University of
Oklahoma). Sutter, John. First fully documented account of John
Sutter in broader context of America’s rush for westward
expansion.
(Gold), John Stewart (2007).
Thomas F. Walsh: Progressive Businessman and Colorado Mining
Tycoon. (Boulder, CO: University Press of Colorado, 230
p.). Walsh, Thomas F. (Thomas Francis), 1850-1910; Businessmen --
United States -- Biography; Colorado -- Gold discoveries; Gold
mines and mining -- Colorado -- History.
Struck gold at Camp Bird Mine in Ouray, CO; developed mine properly; enlightened employer
(mines cleaner and safer
than most, provided miners
with comfortable living quarters, decent food, supported
eight-hour day).
(Homestake Mining), Joseph H. Cash (1973).
Working the Homestake. (Ames, IA: Iowa State University
Press, 141 p.). Homestake Mining Company; Gold miners -- South
Dakota.
(International Mining Corporation), Patrick O'Neill (2007).
From Snowshoes to Wingtips: The Life of Patrick O'Neill.
(Fairbanks, AK: University of Alaska Foundation, 208 p.). Former
President of International Mining Corporation. O'Neill, Patrick;
Mining corporations--Alaska--History.
(International Nickel), John F. Thompson and Norman Beasley
(1960).
For the Years To Come: A Story of International Nickel
of Canada. (New York, NY: Putnam, 374 p.). International
Nickel Company of Canada--History.
(International Nickel Company), Jamie Swift and the Development
Education Centre ; foreword by Dave Patterson (1977).
The Big Nickel: Inco at Home and Abroad. (Kitchener, ON:
Between the Lines. International Nickel Company of Canada --
History; Nickel industry -- Ontario -- Sudbury.
(International Nickel Company), Wallace Clement (1981).
Hardrock Mining: Industrial Relations and Technological Changes at
INCO. (Toronto, ON: McClelland and Stewart, 392 p.).
International Nickel Company; Nickel mines and mining -- Canada --
Case studies; Nickel mines and mining -- Canada -- Technological
innovations; Industrial relations -- Canada -- Case studies.
(Imperial Smelting Corporation), E. J. Cocks and B. Walters
(1968).
A History of the Zinc Smelting Industry in Britain.
(London, UK: Harrap, 224 p.). Imperial Smelting Corporation Ltd.,
London; Zinc industry and trade--Great Britain.
(Jadeite), Adrian Levy and Cathy Scott-Clark (2002).
The
Stone of Heaven: Unearthing the Secret History of Imperial Green
Jade. (Boston, MA: Little, Brown, 408 p.). British Freelance
Journalists. Jadeite (Petrology)--Burma.
(Lead), James Alexander Gardner (1980).
Lead King, Moses
Austin. (St. Louis, MO: Sunrise Pub. Co., 249 p.). Austin,
Moses, 1761-1821; Lead mines and mining--Southwest, Old--History;
Pioneers--Texas--Biography; Businesspeople--Texas--Biography;
Pioneers--Southwest, Old--Biography; Businesspeople--Southwest,
Old--Biography; Texas--History--To 1846; Southwest, Old--History.
(Lead), David B. Gracy II; foreword by Mary Austin Perry
Beretta (1987).
Moses Austin: His Life. (San Antonio, TX:
Trinity University Press, 303 p.). Austin, Moses, 1761-1821;
Pioneers--Texas--Biography; Businesspeople--Texas--Biography;
Pioneers--Southwest, Old--Biography; sinesspeople--Southwest,
Old--Biography; Texas--History--To 1846; Southwest, Old--History.
Father of lead industry.
(Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company), W. Julian Parton (1998).
The Death of a Great Company: Reflections on the Decline and Fall
of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company. (Easton, PA:
Canal History and Technology Press, 123 p. [2nd ed.]). Lehigh Coal
and Navigation Company--History; Coal
trade--Pennsylvania--History; Coal--Pennsylvania--History.
(Lilleshall Company - formed 1802), W.K.V. Gale & C.R. Nicholls
(1979).
The Lilleshall Company Limited: A History, 1764-1964.
(Ashbourne, Derbyshire, UK: Published on behalf of the Lilleshall
Company by Moorland Pub. Co., 134 p.). Lilleshall
Company--History.
(London Lead Company), Arthur Raistrick (1988).
Two Centuries of Industrial Welfare: The London (Quaker) Lead
Company, 1692-1905. (London, UK: Kelsall & Davis, 172
p. [2nd
rev. ed.]). London Lead Company -- History; Welfare work in
industry -- Great Britain -- History; Great Britain Lead mining
industries; London Lead Company Welfare services 1692-1905.
(Lonrho), Suzanne Cronje, Margaret Ling, and Gillian Cronjé
(1976).
Lonrho: Portrait of a Multinational. (London, UK:
J. Friedmann, 316 p.). Lonrho (Firm).
(Lonrho), Richard Hall (1987).
My Life with Tiny: Biography of Tiny Rowland. (London, UK:
Faber and Faber, 250 p.). Rowland, Roland Walter "Tiny", 1917-;
Lonhro; Businesspeople--Great Britain--Biography;. Rowland’s career from birth in centre for enemy
aliens in India, through successes with Lonhro,
unsuccessful fight for Harrods. 1962 - recruited to London and
Rhodesian Mining and Land Company, later Lonrho; October 1993 -
forced to step down as Chairman.
(Lonrho), Tom Bower (1993).
Tiny Rowland: A Rebel Tycoon.
(London, UK: Heinemann, 659 p.). Rowland, Tiny, 1917- ;
Businesspeople--Great Britain--Biography; Millionaires--Great
Britain--Biography; Mineral industries--Africa--History--20th
century.
(Lonrho), EIR investigative team (1993).
Tiny Rowland: The
Ugly Face of Neocolonialism in Africa. (Washington, DC:
Executive Intelligence Review, 165 p.). Rowland, Tiny, 1917- ;
Industrialists--Great Britain--Biography; Africa--Economic
conditions--1960-. London and Rhodesian Mining and Land Company,
later renamed Lonrho.
(Minerals), Harold Barger and Sam H. Schurr (1944).
The
Mining Industries, 1899-1939: A Study of Output, Employment, and
Productivity. (New York, NY: National Bureau of Economic
Research, 452 p.). Mineral industries -- United States -- History;
Mining engineering -- United States -- History.
(Minerals), James E. Fell, Jr. (1979).
Ores to Metals: The
Rocky Mountain Smelting Industry. (Lincoln, NB: University of
Nebraska Press, 341 p.). Mineral industries--Rocky Mountains
Region--History; Smelting--History; Rocky Mountains
Region--History.
(Minerals), C. Pardee Foulke and William G. Foulke (1979).
Calvin Pardee, 1841-1923: His Family and His Enterprises.
(Philadelphia, PA: Pardee Company, 415 p.). Pardee, Calvin,
1841-1923; Pardee family; Businessmen--United States--Biography;
Mineral industries--United States--History.
(Minerals), Richard H. Peterson (1991).
The Bonanza Kings:
The Social Origins and Business Behavior of Western Mining
Entrepreneurs, 1870-1900. (Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma
Press, 191 p.). Mineral industries--West (U.S.)--Biography;
Industrialists--United States--Biography; Mineral industries--West
(U.S.)--History--19th century; West (U.S.)--Social conditions.
--- (1991).
Bonanza Rich: Lifestyles of the Western Mining
Entrepreneurs. (Moscow, ID: University of Idaho Press, 192 p.;
sequel to Bonanza Kings). Mineral industries--West
(U.S.)--History--19th century; Industrialists--West
(U.S.)--History--19th century; Millionaires--West
(U.S.)--History--19th century; Wealth--West (U.S.)--History--19th
century; West (U.S.)--Social conditions.
(Mount Isa Mines Ltd.), Geoffrey Blainey (1970).
Mines in
the Spinifex; The Story of Mount Isa Mines. (Sydney, AU: Angus
and Robertson, 256 p.). Mount Isa Mines, ltd.
(Mount Isa Mines Ltd.), Donald A. Berkman (1996).
Making the
Mount Isa Mine, 1923-1933: The Discovery of the Giant Mount Isa
Silver-Lead-Zinc Ore Deposit, the Formation of Mount Isa Mines
Limited, and the Development of the Mine and Township.
(Carlton, Vic.: Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy,
161 p.). Mount Isa Mines, ltd.--History; Lead mines and
mining--Australia--Mount Isa Region (Qld.)--History; Silver mines
and mining--Australia--Mount Isa Region (Qld.)--History; Zinc
mines and mining--Australia--Mount Isa Region (Qld.)--History.
(Newmont Mining), Robert H. Ramsey (1973).
Men and Mines of
Newmont; A Fifty-Year History. (New York, NY: Octagon Books,
344 p.). Newmont Mining Corporation.
(Nickel - Gap Nickel Mine), W. Ross Yates (1987).
Joseph Wharton: Quaker
Industrial Pioneer. (Bethlehem, PA: Lehigh University Press,
413 p.). Wharton, Joseph, 1826-1909; Industrialists--United
States--Biography; Quakers--United States--Biography;
Industries--United States--History. Wharton was driving force in
establishing the zinc and nickel metal industries in the U.S.
(Noranda Mines), Robert Leslie (1956). Noranda.
(Toronto, ON: Clarke, Irwin, 223 p.). Noranda.
(Pacific Coast Borax Company), George H. Hildebrand (1982).
Borax Pioneer: Francis Marion Smith. (San Diego, CA:
Howell-North Books, 318 p.). Smith, Francis Marion, 1846-1931;
Pacific Coast Borax Company; Businesspeople--United
States--Biography.
(Pacific Coast Borax Company), N.J. Travis and E.J. Cocks
(1984).
The Tincal Trail: A History of Borax. (London, UK:
Harrap, 311 p.). Smith, Francis Marion, 1846-1931; Pacific Coast
Borax Company; Borax mines and mining--History; Borax mines and
mining--United States--History; Businesspeople--United
States--Biography.
(Phelps Dodge), Robert Glass Cleland (1952).
A History of
Phelps Dodge, 1834-1950. (New York, NY: Knopf, 307 p.). Phelps
Dodge Corporation.
(Phelps Dodge), Richard Lowitt (1954).
A Merchant Prince of
the Nineteenth Century, William E. Dodge. (New York, NY:
Columbia University Press, 384 p.). Dodge, William Earl,
1805-1883; Phelps, Dodge and Company.
(Phelps Dodge), Phyllis B. Dodge; with a foreword by Arthur S.
Link (1987).
Tales of the Phelps-Dodge Family: A Chronicle of
Five Generations. (New York, NY: New York Historical Society,
370 p.). Phelps family; Dodge family; New York (State)--Biography.
(Phelps Dodge), Carlos A. Schwantes (2000).
Vision &
Enterprise: Exploring the History of Phelps Dodge Corporation.
(Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press, 464 p.). Phelps Dodge
Corporation--History; Metal trade--United States--History.
(Randfontein Estates Gold Mining Company), Anthony Hocking
(1986).
Randfontein Estates: The First Hundred Years. (Bethulie,
Orange Free State, South Africa: Hollards, 280 p.). Randfontein
Estates Gold Mining Company--History; Gold industry--South
Africa--Witwatersrand--History; Gold mines and mining--South
Africa--Witwatersrand--History.
(Rio Tinto Company), David
