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From the Ground Up A History of Mining in Utah / edited by Colleen Whitley ; foreword by Philip F. Notarianni. - 1 online resource (xiv, 506 p., [3] folded leaves of plates) : ill., maps (some col.) ; - Book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 456-482) and index.

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.

Open Access

ISBN: 9780874215441

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Mining engineering--History.--Utah
Mines and mineral resources--History.--Utah

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: TN24.U8 / F76 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 338.209792