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1	Nevada ghost towns & mining camps more books like this by Stanley W. Paher add to wishlist The detailed history of Nevada's ghost towns are chronicled along with numerous B/W photos of more than 575 mining sites and towns. see all copies from $20.00! signed copies \| first editions
2	Coeur d'Alene diary; the first ten years of hardrock mining in north Idaho more books like this by Richard G. Magnuson add to wishlist see all copies from $24.00! signed copies \| first editions
3	Pirotechnia more books like this by Vannoccio Biringuccio add to wishlist History's first clear, comprehensive work on metallurgy, published in 1540, describing in detail the equipment and processes of 16th-century mining, smelting and metalworking. 94 original woodcuts. Introduction. see all copies from $19.99! new only from $54.00! \| first editions
4	Sun Mountain more books like this by Richard S Wheeler add to wishlist Drawn to Virginia City, Nevada, and its Comstock Lode in the early 1860s, journalist Henry Stoddard mingles with mining titans, speculators, and bankers as well as the men who descend into the dark earth to wrest the gold riches from it. Among those he meets are a young Missourian named Sam Clemens, a reporter for the "Territorial Enterprise" who ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $18.06! \| first editions
5	Evaluating Mineral Projects: Applications and Misconceptions more books like this by Thomas F Torries add to wishlist Designed to complement traditional engineering texts, this book emphasizes the concepts of mineral project evaluation rather than computational details. It describes various economic evaluation techniques typically employed (including conventional cost analysis, discounted cash flow, and option analysis), their uses, and their relationships with ... see all copies from $47.00! new only from $69.99! \| SVS
6	Strategic minerals more books like this by Van Rensburg add to wishlist see all copies from $103.36! new only from $111.00! \| first editions
7	The Mineral Belt: Old South Park-Denver to Leadville more books like this by David S. Digerness, Richard A. Ronzio, John W. Maxwell add to wishlist see all copies from $75.00! signed copies \| first editions
8	Economic Evaluations in Exploration more books like this by Friedrich-Wilhe Wellmer add to wishlist The textbook is intended for the economic geologist who deals with the evaluation of deposits at an early stage of development. It offers rules for quick and easy calculations based on the application of approximate data. It provides both the student and the geologist in the field with a complete set of rules and methods enabling them to perform a ... see all copies from $52.00! new only from $52.00! \| SVS
9	Lost Landscapes and Failed Economics: The Search for a Value of Place more books like this by Thomas Michael Power add to wishlist In Lost Landscapes and Failed Economies, economist Thomas Michael Power argues that the quality of the natural landscape is an essential part of a community's permanent economic base and should not be sacrificed in short-term efforts to maintain employment levels in industries that are ultimately not sustainable. He provides numerous case studies ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.49! \| first editions
10	The Bonanza Kings: The Social Origins and Business Behavior of Western Mining Entrepreneurs, 1870-1900 more books like this by Richard H Peterson add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
11	The Pirotechnia of Vannoccio Biringuccio: The Classic Sixteenth-Century Treatise on Metals and Metallurgy more books like this by Vannoccio Biringuccio, Cyril Stanley (Translator), Martha Teach Gnudi (Translator) add to wishlist The first comprehensive work on metallurgy, "The Pirotechnia" was published in 1540. Lavishly illustrated, it describes the equipment and processes of sixteenth-century mining, smelting, and metalworking. For centuries, this famous work has been a standard reference; it is especially valuable as a source of information on the state of fifteenth- ... see all copies from $20.00! new only from $42.80! \| first editions \| SVS
12	Moving Mountains: Communities Confront Mining and Globalization more books like this by Geoff Evans (Editor), Dr. James Goodman (Editor), Nina Lansbury (Editor) add to wishlist Transnational mining companies are key agents of corporate globalization. They are often larger than national economies, and dominate governments, local peoples and their environments. In response, affected communities and non-government organizations are creating new agendas for change and justice. In this text, contributors discuss strategies ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.45! \| first editions
13	Environmental Policy in Mining: Corporate Strategy and Planning more books like this by Alyson Warhurst (Editor), Maria Ligia Noronha (Editor), Dr. Ligia Noronha add to wishlist "Ecological Management of Mining: Achieving Environmental Compliance" is a study and comparison - global in scope - of current practices used by mining firms striving for ecological management. The author takes an integrated and interdisciplinary approach in addressing, analyzing and working towards solutions regarding the complex challenges posed ... see all copies from $65.00! new only from $65.00! \| first editions
14 view cover	Underdeveloping the Amazon: Extraction, Unequal Exchange, and the Failure of the Modern State more books like this by Professor Stephen G Bunker add to wishlist "Underdeveloping the Amazon" shows how different extractive economies have periodically enriched various dominant classes but progressively impoverished the entire region by disrupting both the Amazon Basin's ecology and human communities. Contending that traditional models of development based almost exclusively on the European and American ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $24.46! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Political Risk in International Oil & Gas Industry more books like this by Howard L Lax, Calvin Goldscheider add to wishlist see all copies from $53.99! new only from $151.90! \| first editions \| SVS
16	A Working Class in the Making: Belgian Colonial Labor Policy, Private Enterprise, and the African Mineworker, 1907-1951 more books like this by John Higginson add to wishlist For colonial administrators and the Belgian banks, the Belgian Congo was an immensely rich source of raw materials; diamonds, gold, manganese, oils, nuts, tobacco, peanuts, etc. One of the major forms of exploitation of the Congo was the effort to set up mining companies and to force Africans to work in the mines to extract these resources. ... see all copies from $2.07! new only from $20.95! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Nevada's Twentieth-Century Mining Boom: Tonopah, Goldfield, Ely more books like this by Russell R. Elliott add to wishlist With its wealth of little-known historical data, this book chronicles the classic pattern of gold and silver rushes and emphasizes the differences between Nevada's two mining boom periods--the Comstock Lode of the 19th century and the latter-day boom period of the 20th century. see all copies from $11.95! new only from $36.76! \| signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	Ores to Metals: The Rocky Mountain Smelting Industry more books like this by James E Fell add to wishlist This comprehensive treatment of the smelting industry of Colorado, originally published in 1979, is now back in print with a new preface by the author. Packed with fascinating statistics and mining data, "Ores to Metals" details the people, technologies, and business decisions that have shaped the smelting industry in the Rockies. Although mining ... see all copies from $9.94! new only from $10.64! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	International Project Analysis and Financing more books like this by Gerald Pollio add to wishlist This text is about international project analysis and financing. Project analysis is concerned with identifying and assessing the value enhancing potential of individual investment opportunities. Project financing in its broadest sense encompasses all sources of funds used to finance project investments. Thus, these two aspects are inseparably ... see all copies from $30.35! new only from $44.95!
20	A History of Mining on the Kenai Peninsula more books like this by Mary J. Barry add to wishlist see all copies from $74.80!
21	Handbook of Mineral Dressing more books like this by Arthur F Taggart add to wishlist see all copies from $200.00!
22 view cover	Globalization and the Race for Resources more books like this by Professor Stephen G Bunker, Professor Paul S Ciccantell add to wishlist This examination into the nature of globalization explores the sequence of trade-dominant economies - Portugal, the Netherlands, Holland, Britain, the United States, and Japan. It shows how each nation became a global power by devising technologies, social and financial institutions, and markets to enhance its access to raw materials. Stephen G. ... see all copies from $12.90! new only from $13.72!
23 view cover	Environmental Economics & the Mining Industry more books like this by Wade E Martin (Editor) add to wishlist This book examines the impact of environmental concerns and their related legislation on the mining industry. Specifically, the book focuses on two important issues facing the mining industry - Superfund liability and global warming. The first issue has a tremendous impact on the sale of properties, insuring operations, developing new properties, ... see all copies from $38.07! new only from $47.44! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Following the Boulder Train: Travels with Prospectors and Rock Doctors more books like this by Tom Henry add to wishlist Mining is BC's second largest industry but you'd never know it to visit any BC bookstore. Books on logging, fishing, and tourism are there in abundance, but the subject of mining is practically untouched. As Tom Henry proves beyond a doubt in this lively volume, it is not for any lack of wonderful stories about the men and women who have been ... see all copies from $15.02! new only from $15.02! \| signed copies
25 view cover	Approaches to Handling Environmental Problems in the Mining and Metallurgical Regions more books like this by Walter Leal Filho, Walter Leal Filho (Editor), Irina Butorina add to wishlist A special feature of the book is that it includes papers written by some of the leading specialists in the field of mining and metallurgy, and by environment specialists who are active in this sector. Some common environmental problems seen in the mining and metallurgical industries are described and their influence on the health of the population ... see all copies from $62.33! new only from $62.52! \| SVS

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