Idaho's Bunker Hill
Idaho's Bunker Hill

Author: Katherine G. Aiken

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 318

ISBN-13: 9780806136820

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A richly detailed history traces the evolution of one of the premier mining and smelting corporations in the United States, from the discovery of the mine in 1885 to the company's closure in 1981, where it is now one of the EPA's largest Superfund sites.

Idaho's Bunker Hill
Idaho's Bunker Hill

Author: Katherine G. Aiken

Publisher:

Published: 2007-12-03

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780806138985

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A comprehensive history of a major American mining company For nearly a century, the Bunker Hill Company of Idaho was a leading U.S. mining and smelting corporation that played a key role in the nation's industrial development. At the same time, it was the catalyst for unprecedented labor strife and environmental desecration. In this richly detailed history, Katherine G. Aiken traces Bunker Hill's evolution from the mine's discovery in 1885 to the company's closure in 1981. Throughout the company's long history, management's relentless pursuit of profit and the labor-management conflicts that often resulted were nothing short of legendary. Often a tale of strife, Bunker Hill's history is at the same time a story of cooperation, dedication, and ingenuity. People literally gave their lives for the production of lead, zinc, and silver. In the end, however, environmental destruction, aging facilities, and mineral shortages, as well as foreign competition, crippled the company's economic viability. Aiken offers an in-depth profile that illustrates major trends in American corporate culture.

Living with Lead
Living with Lead

Author: Bradley D. Snow

Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press

Published: 2017-06-30

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 082298279X

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The Coeur d'Alenes, a twenty-five by ten mile portion of the Idaho Panhandle, is home to one of the most productive mining districts in world history. Historically the globe's richest silver district and also one of the nation's biggest lead and zinc producers, the Coeur d'Alenes' legacy also includes environmental pollution on an epic scale. For decades local waters were fouled with tailings from the mining district's more than one hundred mines and mills and the air surrounding Kellogg, Idaho was laced with lead and other toxic heavy metals issuing from the Bunker Hill Company's smelter. The same industrial processes that damaged the environment and harmed human health, however, also provided economic sustenance to thousands of local residents and a string of proud, working-class communities. Living with Leadendeavors to untangle the costs and benefits of a century of mining, milling, and smelting in a small western city and the region that surrounds it.

The Bunker Hill Enterprise
The Bunker Hill Enterprise

Author: Thomas Arthur Rickard

Publisher: Nabu Press

Published: 2014-03-15

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13: 9781293870075

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ The Bunker Hill Enterprise: An Account Of The History, Development, And Technical Operations Of The Bunker Hill & Sullivan Mining & Concentrating Company, At Kellogg, Idaho, U. S. A. reprint Thomas Arthur Rickard s.n., 1921 Technology & Engineering; Mining; Lead mines and mining; Mines and mineral resources; Silver mines and mining; Technology & Engineering / Mining