Author: Karl S. KelloggPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Blue River (Colo. : River)
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Mountains, Glaciers, and Mines
Author: Karl S. KelloggPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Blue River (Colo. : River)
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Mountain Glaciers of the Northern Hemisphere
Author: American Geographical Society of New York. Dept. of Exploration and Field ResearchPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Glaciers
Languages : en
Pages : 716
Book Description
An Open Pit Visible from the Moon
Author: Adam M. SowardsPublisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806166827
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
Situated among the North Cascade Mountains of Washington State, in the Glacier Peak Wilderness Area, Miners Ridge contains vast quantities of copper. Kennecott Copper Corporation’s plan to develop an open-pit mine there was, when announced in 1966, the first test of the mining provision of the Wilderness Act passed by Congress in 1964. The battle over the proposed “Open Pit, Big Enough to Be Seen from the Moon,” as activists called it, drew the attention of both local and national conservationists, who vowed to stop the desecration of one of the West’s most scenic places. Kennecott Copper had the full force of the law and mining industry behind it in asserting its extractive rights. Meanwhile the U.S. Forest Service was determined to defend its authority to manage wilderness. An Open Pit Visible from the Moon tells the story of this historic struggle to define the contours of the Wilderness Act—its possibilities and limits. Combining rigorous analysis and deft storytelling, Adam M. Sowards re-creates the contest between Kennecott and its shareholders on one hand and activists on the other, intent on maintaining wilderness as a place immune to the calculus of profit. A host of actors cross these pages—from cabinet secretaries and a Supreme Court justice to local doctors and college students—all contributing to a drama that made Miners Ridge a cause célèbre for the nation’s wilderness movement. As locals testified at public hearings and writers penned profiles in the nation’s magazines and newspapers, the volatile political economy of copper proved equally influential in frustrating Kennecott’s plans. No law or court ruling could keep Kennecott from mining copper, but the pit was never dug. Identifying the contingent factors and forces that converged and coalesced in this case, Sowards’s narrative recalls a critical moment in the struggle over the nation’s wild places, even as it puts the unpredictability of history on full display.
Mines and Minerals
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coal mines and mining
Languages : en
Pages : 684
Book Description
The High-Mountain Cryosphere
Author: Christian HuggelPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316352153
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
This edited volume, showcasing cutting-edge research, addresses two primary questions - what are the main drivers of change in high-mountains and what are the risks implied by these changes? From a physical perspective, it examines the complex interplay between climate and the high-mountain cryosphere, with further chapters covering tectonics, volcano-ice interactions, hydrology, slope stability, erosion, ecosystems, and glacier- and snow-related hazards. Societal dimensions, both global and local, of high-mountain cryospheric change are also explored. The book offers unique perspectives on high-mountain cultures, livelihoods, governance and natural resources management, focusing on how global change influences societies and how people respond to climate-induced cryospheric changes. An invaluable reference for researchers and professionals in cryospheric science, geomorphology, climatology, environmental studies and human geography, this volume will also be of interest to practitioners working in global change and risk, including NGOs and policy advisors.
Mining and Scientific Press
Author: A Dictionary of Mining, Mineral, and Related Terms
Author: United States. Bureau of MinesPublisher:
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Category : Mineral industries
Languages : en
Pages : 1284
Book Description
Includes about 55,000 individual mining and mineral industry term entries with about 150,000 definitions under these terms.
Geology of the Castle Mountain Mining District, Montana
Author: Walter Harvey WeedPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Geology Applied to Mining
Author: Josiah Edward SpurrPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology, Structural
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Author: