T. A. Rickard
Autore di A History of American Mining
Opere di T. A. Rickard
Through the Yukon and Alaska 2 copie
The Romance of Mining 1 copia
MAN AND METALS. A History Of Mining In Relation To The Development Of Civilization. Volume I (1932) 1 copia
Concentration by Flotation 1 copia
HISTORY OF AMERICAN MINING 1 copia
Mine To Battleship 1 copia
Man and Metals a History of Mining in Relation to the Development of Civilization Vol.2 (1932) 1 copia
Tailings and Mine Waste '98 1 copia
Raymond Memorial 1 copia
History of American Mining, A 1 copia
Retrospect, an autobiography 1 copia
Interviews with mining engineers 1 copia
The stamp milling of gold ores 1 copia
Journeys of observation 1 copia
The Romance of Mining 1 copia
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Through the Yukon and Alaska di T. A. Rickard
Copyright 1909, Plrinted by Neal Publishing Company, San Fransisco
The author, the editor of a mining journal, interviewed then-prominent mining engineers about their lives and their jobs. He asked good questions and got interesting answers. But this is really only a book for readers really interested in the topic.
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The Google scan was no help. It clearly lost some pertinent formatting, doesn't recognize the book's chapter divisions, seems to be missing an occasional chunk of text, and is otherwise problematical.
Very detailed observations regarding the mining industry of Mexico by a well educated professional. I skipped most of the details and read his observations regarding the people, culture and landscape of Mexico at that time in 1905. The author's writing very clearly pictures his impressions and is easy to read and see what he saw.
Thomas Rickard may have been the best technical writer ever. He was exceptionally good at analyzing what he saw and explaining how the things he saw worked.
This book examined the state of the mining industry on Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula as of 1904. Although there's quite a bit of local history and some social commentary in the text, the heart of the book is a mine-by-mine and plant-by-plant examination of the technical aspects of mining and processing minerals, as practiced in the copper country at the beginning of the twentieth century. This is an exceptionally lucid book. Although the author often lapses into jargon, it's a jargon his readers could reasonably be expected to understand; when a concept or piece of equipment was unusual, he went to the trouble of defining it.
Rickard examined the mining practices of most of the major mines on the range, with the significant exceptions of the Calumet and Tamarack mines, where non-employee mining engineers were not welcome. For the mines he did examine, he highlighted what they did best, the roots of their technical preferences, and any glaring weaknesses he identified in their processes. He then did the same for the associated mills (including, interestingly, the C&H mill on Torch Lake). There's a wealth of technical detail, and enough economic detail that one could estimate the entire cost of production for many of the mines.
Rickard singled out the management of the Atlantic for special praise, whose mine he clearly found delightful (oddly, he failed to mention the new-built Redridge dam, which was part of their operation). It's quite clear he thought this may have been the world's most efficient mining operation, and he described how they work in loving detail. This is surprisingly fun reading.
An excellent book, and a key book for any researcher studying Michigan's copper range. It should be paired with William Gates' book Michigan Copper and Boston Dollars, which examines the business and financial background for essentially the same mines, though it was published fifty years later. The third crucial copper range book is Larry Lankton's Cradle to Grave, which dates from the 1990s and examines the social context and consequences of these same mining operations. These three works, together, are an excellent survey of this community from a variety of perspectives. Would that the Michigan iron ranges had anything comparable.
This review was also published on a dabbler's journal.… (altro)
This book examined the state of the mining industry on Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula as of 1904. Although there's quite a bit of local history and some social commentary in the text, the heart of the book is a mine-by-mine and plant-by-plant examination of the technical aspects of mining and processing minerals, as practiced in the copper country at the beginning of the twentieth century. This is an exceptionally lucid book. Although the author often lapses into jargon, it's a jargon his readers could reasonably be expected to understand; when a concept or piece of equipment was unusual, he went to the trouble of defining it.
Rickard examined the mining practices of most of the major mines on the range, with the significant exceptions of the Calumet and Tamarack mines, where non-employee mining engineers were not welcome. For the mines he did examine, he highlighted what they did best, the roots of their technical preferences, and any glaring weaknesses he identified in their processes. He then did the same for the associated mills (including, interestingly, the C&H mill on Torch Lake). There's a wealth of technical detail, and enough economic detail that one could estimate the entire cost of production for many of the mines.
Rickard singled out the management of the Atlantic for special praise, whose mine he clearly found delightful (oddly, he failed to mention the new-built Redridge dam, which was part of their operation). It's quite clear he thought this may have been the world's most efficient mining operation, and he described how they work in loving detail. This is surprisingly fun reading.
An excellent book, and a key book for any researcher studying Michigan's copper range. It should be paired with William Gates' book Michigan Copper and Boston Dollars, which examines the business and financial background for essentially the same mines, though it was published fifty years later. The third crucial copper range book is Larry Lankton's Cradle to Grave, which dates from the 1990s and examines the social context and consequences of these same mining operations. These three works, together, are an excellent survey of this community from a variety of perspectives. Would that the Michigan iron ranges had anything comparable.
This review was also published on a dabbler's journal.… (altro)
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