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The Buffalo Creek Disaster: How the Survivors of One of the Worst Disasters in Coal-Mining History Broughtsuit Against the Coal Company--And Won
The Buffalo Creek Disaster: How the Survivors of One of the Worst Disasters in Coal-Mining History Broughtsuit Against the Coal Company--And Won
by Gerald M Stern
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One Saturday morning in February 1972, an impoundment dam owned by the Pittston Coal Company burst, sending a 130 million gallon, 25 foot tidal wave of water, sludge, and debris crashing into southern West Virginia's Buffalo Creek hollow. It was one of... (read more)

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Coal: A Human History
Coal: A Human History
by Barbara Freese
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Coal generates over half of the electricity we consume yet we know little about this charred material save a few mining songs and horror stories about canaries and black lungs. In this sumptuous book we follow the black rock through time and discover its... (read more)

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The Day the Earth Caved in: An American Mining Tragedy
The Day the Earth Caved in: An American Mining Tragedy
by Joan Quigley
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The Day the Earth Caved In is an unprecedented and riveting account of the nation’s worst mine fire, beginning on Valentine’s Day, 1981, when twelve-year-old Todd Domboski plunged through the earth in his grandmother’s backyard in Centralia... (read more)

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Coal River
Coal River
by Michael Shnayerson
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One of Americas most dramatic environmental battles is unfolding in the coal mines of southern West Virginia. Shnayerson gives readers a novelistic and compelling portrait of the people who have risked their reputations and livelihoods in the fight... (read more)

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Coal: A Human History
Coal: A Human History
by Barbara Freese
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Coal generates over half of the electricity we consume yet we know little about this charred material save a few mining songs and horror stories about canaries and black lungs. In this sumptuous book we follow the black rock through time and discover its... (read more)

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Concise Encyclopaedia of Mineral Resources 1st Edition
Concise Encyclopaedia of Mineral Resources 1st Edition
by Donald D Carr
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The Concise Encyclopedias draw relevant articles from the Encyclopedia of Materials Science and Engineering, the only complete reference work in this rapidly developing field. Where necessary, articles have been revised and new articles have been... (read more)

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Transactions of Society for Volume 310 2001
Transactions of Society for Volume 310 2001
by William R Yemberg
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This collection is an invaluable resource of technical papers published in "Mining Engineering and Minerals & Metallurgical Processing, " plus additional papers published only in this book. Fully indexed by title, author, and subject.... (read more)

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Dills & Mills 1ST Edition Signed
Dills & Mills 1ST Edition Signed
by William Meyerriecks
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Here's a highly informative, lucid, thorough description of mining technology and ore dressing as practiced in the 19th c. American West. With abundant photos, diagrams & plans, the history of placer & hardrock mining and the necessary machinery is... (read more)

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Mining: Haulage 1907 Reprint
Mining: Haulage 1907 Reprint
by PeriscopeFilm.com
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Seismoacoustic Methods in Mining
Seismoacoustic Methods in Mining
by M S Antsyferov
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Investigation of Explosion Proof Motors
Investigation of Explosion Proof Motors
by H. Clark
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Manual of Coal and Its Topography
Manual of Coal and Its Topography
by J. P. Lesley
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Ore Petrology
Ore Petrology
by R L Stanton
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Transactions of the American Institute of Mining & Metallurgical Engineers Volume 138 Geophysics 1940.
Transactions of the American Institute of Mining & Metallurgical Engineers Volume 138 Geophysics 1940.
by Sherwin F. Kelly
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Catalogue of the Books & Pamphlets in the Library of the School of Mines of Columbia College July 1ST 1875
Catalogue of the Books & Pamphlets in the Library of the School of Mines of Columbia College July 1ST 1875
by Columbia College School Of Mines
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Mines of the San Gabriels
Mines of the San Gabriels
by John W Robinson
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Boom Copper the Story of the First Us Mining Boom
Boom Copper the Story of the First Us Mining Boom
by Angus Murdoch
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Impact of the International Mining Indus
Impact of the International Mining Indus
by Michael C Howard
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Geology of the Breckenridge Mountain Quadrangle California
Geology of the Breckenridge Mountain Quadrangle California
by T W Dibblee
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Metals & the Environment
Metals & the Environment
by J M Skeaff
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