Knowledge: history
See Also:
- science → social sciences → archaeology → periods and cultures → post-medieval → industrial
- society → history → by topic → science → engineering and technology
Links
- Kentucky Coal History
http://www.coaleducation.org/coalhistory/Default.htm - History of coal mining in the state. Topics include old coal towns, mining museums, equipment and timeline.
- Powell River Project
http://ext.vt.edu/pubs/mines/460-139/460-139.html - Estimation of Southwest Virginia Coal Reserves, including historical information, developed by Virginia Poytechnic Institute and the University of Virginia.
- Mining History Association
http://mininghistoryassociation.org/ - Organization of individuals interested in the history of mining and metallurgy. Includes newsletter, forum, journal and photo gallery.
- Asarco Mineral Discovery Center
http://www.asarco.com/AMDC/ - Exhibit center and mine tours near Tucson, Arizona, focused on the copper mining industry.
- The History of Mining in Nova Scotia
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/coal/ - Features history, regional impacts, mining techniques and a glossary.
- Iron Range Region
http://nrhp.mnhs.org/iron_range.html - History of Minnesota's iron ranges, the Vermilion, Mesabi and Cuyuna. Includes mining, processing, and transportation. From the Minnesota Historical Society.
- Mining History Network
http://www.ex.ac.uk/mhn/welcome.html - Features conferences, discussion forums, bibliographies and related links.
- Mines of Sardinia
http://www.minesofsardinia.com/ - History of disused mines includes routes, images, news, and tourist facilities.
- History of Coal Mining Technology
http://www.angelfire.com/mech/ians_coal_page/ - Links to monographs on the development of coal mine environmental monitoring and control for safety and health. Requires Adobe Acrobat to view.
- The Sandhog Project
http://www.sandhogproject.com/ - Interactive online exhibition designed to introduce the surface-dwellers of the city to the vibrant characters and systems of the Manhattan underground. Includes audio and video.
- Pictoral History of Kentucky Coal Mining
http://www.kycoal.homestead.com/ - Substantive collection of photographs of the Kentucky bituminous coal deposits divided into the western and eastern coal fields.
- Domaniale Coal Mine
http://www.domanialemijn.nl/ - History of the former mine in the South-Netherlands' city of Kerkrade. Includes historical photo gallery.
- Coal Mining in the Netherlands
http://www.ta.tudelft.nl/coalpage/ - Provides a detailed historic overview of the former coal mines that dominated the South Limburg area in the Netherlands from the beginning of the 20th century to the midst of the 1970's .
- Sixty Centuries of Copper
http://www.copper.org/education/60centuries/homepage.html - A history of copper mining, the development of metal-working processes and the uses of copper through the past six thousand years; originally published in 1965.
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