Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mineral industries
Languages : en
Pages : 940
Book Description
Mining and Scientific Press
Author: Roaring Days
Author: Jeremy MouatPublisher: UBC Press
ISBN: 0774842679
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
In the 1890s, Rossland was the most important mining centre in southeastern British Columbia. In Roaring Days, Jeremy Mouat examines many different aspects of mining, from work underground to corporate strategies. He also brings to life the unique individuals who were a part of this history -- the miners who toiled long hours under unimaginable working conditions, the citizens of Rossland who built a bustling town out of the wilderness, and the mine owners and entrepreneurs who became wealthy beyond all expectations.
Mining Journal, Railway & Commercial Gazette
Author: Factory and Industrial Management
Author: The Accountant
Author: Industrial Management
Author: John Robertson DunlapPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1112
Book Description
Mining American
Author: Mining Reporter
Author: Mining Tycoons in the Age of Empire, 1870–1945
Author: Raymond E. DumettPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351917323
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 455
Book Description
The years of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, aptly described by Mark Twain as the 'Gilded Age' witnessed an unprecedented level of technological change, material excess, untrammled pursuit of profit and imperial expansion. Within this dynamic and often ruthless environment many colorful characters strode across the world stage, among them the great mining tycoons, who with the thousands of prospectors, diggers, shift bosses, timbermen, 'blastmen' and 'muckers' in mining enterprise constituted one of the major spearheads of global capitalistic expansion and colonial exploitation. This volume, which carries the epic story to the mid-twentieth century provides a truly international perspective on the role of mining entrepreneurs, investors and engineers in shaping the economic and political map of the globe, in testing management techniques and in setting a vogue for extravagant displays of wealth among the world's rich. Each chapter is loosely focussed on a biographical account of a particular mining tycoon that allows for broad and comparative accounts to be made about the individuals, their business interests, the technologies they employed and the national and international political considerations under which they operated. Furthermore, this structure also allows for consideration of the effect that these tycoons had on the countries and territories in which they worked, particularly the often long-lasting impact on indigenous populations, the environment, transport links and economic development. By approaching the subject matter through this stimulating mix of cultural, social, economic, business and colonial history, many intriguing and thought provoking conclusions are reached that will reward any scholars with an interest late nineteenth and early twentieth century history.
Thomas Gibson's Special Market Letters, 1908
Author: Thomas GibsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Securities
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description