Historic Photos of Colorado Mining

Historic Photos of Colorado Mining

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Publisher: Turner Publishing Company

Published: 2009-10-01

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 1618583875

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In 1859, 100,000 folks started the journey to the Pikes Peak goldfields, but only 50,000 completed the trip. An additional 25,000 soon gave up and went back home. The remainder not only brought statehood to the central Rocky Mountains, but they also brought the industrial world to isolated areas in the high mountains, where they mined mineral deposits for gold, silver, lead, zinc, and copper, among others. This book, Historic Photos of Colorado Mining, provides an introduction to Colorado's mining history through photographs from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Accompanying captions provide specific contexts for the photos and tell the story of the prospectors, miners, engineers, teamsters, railroaders, and townspeople who served as entrepreneurs and workers in industrializing the Colorado Rocky Mountains. Many ruins from the mining days are now recognized as historic landmarks. But the stories behind the ruins are often as fascinating as the ruins themselves—the struggle to survive and thrive in the wilderness is always a compelling tale.


The World of Mining

The World of Mining

Author: Richard Woldendorp

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2012-01-13

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780415671897

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In this truly unique celebration of mining, breathtaking aerial photographs by award-winning photographers Jim Wark and Richard Woldendorp accompany ground-level pictures of mines, mine-side oddities, and mine communities. Informed but breezy narratives by mining experts John Trudinger and Karlheinz Spitz identify and explain the images. The World of Mining shows that mining and associated activities can be impressive, attractive, and even spectacular. The book illustrates most if not all aspects of mining and mineral processing, in all its varieties, and from different environments throughout the world. It illustrates the colourful history of mining and its importance to the development of civilisation as we know it. It depicts the wide range of activities in modern mining, from exploration to mine closure, as well as traditional mining by skilled practitioners, using methods adapted to local conditions. A visual feast for anyone interested, with and without a background in the earth sciences or photography. Recommended as well as a primary and secondary school information source on the subject. "...a highly credible and lavishly produced volume..." -- Australian Journal of Mining, November 2011 Check out the author's portal for unbiased and accurate information about mining, its effects on the environment, and the attendant social costs and benefits.


Mining Photographs and Other Pictures, 1948-1968

Mining Photographs and Other Pictures, 1948-1968

Author: Don Macgillivray

Publisher: Halifax, N.S. : Press of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design and the University College of Cape Breton Press

Published: 1983

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13:

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A presentation of the archive of Leslie Sheddon which intends to function as a critical investigation of the conditions of cultural production at a very specific moment: their historical intersection between colonization and marginalization, its social and political implications, and its cultural consquences.


Mining Engineering and Topography

Mining Engineering and Topography

Author: Bilal Semih Bozdemir

Publisher: Bilal Semih Bozdemir

Published:

Total Pages: 564

ISBN-13:

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In summary, the future of topographic measurement technologies holds immense potential. As researchers, practitioners, and technologists continue to push the boundaries of what is possible, we anticipate the development of even more sophisticated tools and methods. Such advancements will not only enhance our ability to understand and map the terrestrial environment but will also contribute significantly to sustainable development goals worldwide. The journey is ongoing, and it invites active participation from the broader academic and professional community to ensure that the evolution of topographic measurement continues to align with the needs of society.


Mining Authoritativeness in Art Historical Photo Archives

Mining Authoritativeness in Art Historical Photo Archives

Author: M. Daquino

Publisher: IOS Press

Published: 2019-09-04

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 1643680110

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In the course of their research, art historians frequently need to refer to historical photo archives when attempting to authenticate works of art. This book, Mining Authoritativeness in Art Historical Photo Archives, provides an aid to retrieving relevant sources and assessing the textual authoritativeness – the internal grounds – of sources of attribution, and to evaluating the authoritativeness of cited scholars. The book aims to do three things: facilitate knowledge discovery in art historical photo archives, support users’ decision-making processes when evaluating contradictory attributions, and provide policies to improve the quality of information in art historical photo archives. The author’s approach is to leverage Semantic Web technologies in order to aggregate, assess, and recommend the most documented authorship attributions. At the same time, the retrieval process allows the providers of art historical data to define a low-cost data integration process with which to update and enrich their collection data. This conceptual framework for assessing questionable information will also be of value to those working in a number of other fields, such as archives, museums, and libraries, as well as to art historians.