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HistoryMine: Mining History Resources
Information and links on a variety of technical aspects of mining & mineral exploration.


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This is another very popular TechnoMine site. Here you can find many interesting articles about the history of mining and mining-related activities, as well as historical information about minerals. Also take a look at our online edition of De Re Metallica, as well as the many links listed below.

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Geology arrives in Nye County
Monday, June 15, 2009
When, in 1879, the U.S. Geological Survey was organized, Clarence King, leader of one of the Great Surveys, was chosen as its first director. One of King's first acts was to telegraph Samuel F. Emmons, who had been one of King's principal assistants on his big survey. Emmons was both a "cowboy," able to "ride, rope, and brand with the best of them," and a geologist. read more »
Electronic Journal on California Gold Rush and Gold Mining
Thursday, May 14, 2009
The Sierra College Press has published an electronic journal on the California Gold Rush and Gold Mining. This eJournal is the latest edition of Snowy Range Reflections: A Journal of Sierra Nevada History and Biography. read more »
The First Synthetic Diamond
Tuesday, May 05, 2009
Back in the 1950s the scientists from General Electric were not the only ones trying to make diamonds. read more »
Racialism in Mining
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Personal reflections on racialism in the mines of South Africa.  read more »
History of Asbestos Mining in Vermont
Friday, March 06, 2009
Asbestos is categorized as a group of fibrous metamorphic minerals of hydrous magnesium silicate variety. Asbestos was first mined in Vermont in 1899 on Belvidere Mountain. read more »
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