The Mining Handbook: 5 Classic Books on Mining Operations and Management
Classic Guides to Engineering, Geology, Labor, Finance, and Mine OperationsBy Arthur J. Hoskin, William H. Storms, Harold W. Fairbanks, Charles A. Bramble, Herbert Hoover
Length31h 42m
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The Mining Handbook gathers five foundational works on mining operations and management into a practical historical compendium. Its scope ranges from geological observation and prospect evaluation to extraction methods, machinery, transportation, safety, labor organization, and the financial discipline required to sustain an enterprise. Technical exposition, field-based instruction, managerial guidance, and broader industrial analysis coexist here, revealing mining as both a scientific and commercial undertaking. The volume's distinctive value lies in the dialogue between hands-on operational detail and the larger systems that turn mineral deposits into viable enterprises. The contributors represent the interconnected worlds of engineering, geology, industrial administration, and mineral economics that shaped modern mining practice. Arthur J. Hoskin, William H. Storms, Harold W. Fairbanks, Charles A. Bramble, and Herbert Hoover bring differing professional emphases to a field transformed by late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century industrial expansion. Collectively, their writings illuminate an era in which technical expertise, surveying, mechanization, and managerial rationalization became central to resource development. Their varied perspectives complicate any narrow view of mining, situating it within scientific inquiry, global commerce, and the social organization of work. Recommended for students of industrial history, engineering, business, and environmental resource studies, this collection offers an unusually broad entry into mining's intellectual and practical traditions. Readers will find both instructive period knowledge and a valuable basis for considering the enduring relationship between extraction, technology, capital, and management.
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GenreTechnology, Literary Classics
Length31 hrs 42 mins
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Publish dateMar 4, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Principles of Mining: Valuation, Organization and Administration
2Principles of Mining: Valuation, Organization and Administration
3PREFACE.
4CHAPTER IV.
5CHAPTER VI.
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6CHAPTER IX.
7CHAPTER XII.
8CHAPTER XVI.
9The Business of Mining
10The Business of Mining
11INTRODUCTION
12VI MINING CLAIMS.
13XI TYPES OF ORE BODIES.
14XIX PRICES OF METALS.
15Lead Smelting and Refining, With Some Notes on Lead Mining
16Lead Smelting and Refining, With Some Notes on Lead Mining
17PREFACE
18PART I NOTES ON LEAD MINING
19PART II ROAST-REACTION SMELTING
20PART III SINTERING AND BRIQUETTING
21PART IV SMELTING IN THE BLAST FURNACE
22SMELTING ZINC RETORT RESIDUES[13] By E. M. Johnson
23PART V LIME-ROASTING OF GALENA (pt. 1)
24PART V LIME-ROASTING OF GALENA (pt. 2)
25PART VI OTHER METHODS OF SMELTING
26PART VII DUST AND FUME RECOVERY FLUES, CHAMBERS AND BAG-HOUSES
27PART VIII BLOWERS AND BLOWING ENGINES
28PART IX LEAD REFINING
29PART X SMELTING WORKS AND REFINERIES
30The A B C of Mining: A Handbook for Prospectors
31The A B C of Mining: A Handbook for Prospectors
32PREFACE.
33CHAPTER III. BLOW-PIPE TESTS.
34CHAPTER V. MINING.
35CHAPTER VI. CAMP LIFE.
36Old Mines of Southern California
37Old Mines of Southern California
38LOS ANGELES COUNTY.
39SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. (pt. 1)
40SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. (pt. 2)
41SAN DIEGO COUNTY.
42Transcriber’s Notes
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