Fluorspar mining : photos from Illinois and Kentucky, 1905-1995 /

Fluorspar mining : photos from Illinois and Kentucky, 1905-1995 /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Russell, Herbert K., 1943- author.
Imprint:	Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2019]
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Series:	Shawnee books
Subject:	Fluorspar -- Illinois -- Pictorial works. Fluorspar -- Kentucky -- Pictorial works. Mines and mineral resources -- Illinois -- Pictorial works. Mines and mineral resources -- Kentucky -- Pictorial works. Geology -- Illinois -- Pictorial works. Geology -- Kentucky -- Pictorial works. Fluorspar. Geology. Mines and mineral resources. Illinois. Kentucky. Pictorial works.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12648429

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ISBN:	9780809336692 0809336693 9780809336685 0809336685
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references. Print version record.
Summary:	"This pictorial record of the men who worked in the Illinois and Kentucky fluorspar fields from the 1890s to the 1990s shows early and later methods of extracting, hoisting, processing, and transporting the mineral from mine mouth to end-user; notes its many industrial uses; and briefly illustrates its beauty and value to collectors."--
Other form:	Print version: Russell, Herbert K., 1943- Fluorspar mining. Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2019] 9780809336685

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Summary:	Winner, ISHS Best of Illinois History Award, 2019<br> <br> This first-ever pictorial record of the people and methods of the Illinois-Kentucky Fluorspar District from the 1900s to the 1990s covers early and modern means of extracting, hoisting, processing, and transporting the mineral from mine mouth to end user. Nearly one hundred images carefully selected by author Herbert K. Russell show early pick-and-shovel extraction and open-flame lighting as well as primitive drilling methods and transportation by barrels, buckets, barges, mule teams, and trams, in addition to the use of modern equipment and sophisticated refinement procedures such as froth flotation. Russell also provides an overview of the many industrial uses of fluorspar, from metal work by ancient Romans to the processing of uranium by scientists seeking to perfect the atomic bomb. Preserving what is known about the industry by miners, managers, and museums, this detailed and fascinating pictorial history looks both above and below ground at fluorspar mining.<br>
Physical Description:	1 online resource
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	9780809336692 0809336693 9780809336685 0809336685