Year in a Coal-Mine

The Shelf2Life Mines and Mining Collection is a unique set of materialsfocusing on the operation of mines the mining industry and mineralogy in the19th and 20th... » 

The Shelf2Life Mines and Mining Collection is a unique set of materialsfocusing on the operation of mines the mining industry and mineralogy in the19th and 20th centuries. From firsthand accounts of life in the mines todescriptions of mine construction excavation methods and machinery to minetaxation and determinative mineralogy this collection reveals the science andculture of the thriving mining industry pre1923. Illuminating the pages ofthese intriguing volumes are rock and mineral photographs and mineralclassification tables including chemical tests and scientific experimentswritten during a period of significant expansion in the discipline ofmineralogy. The Mines and Mining Collection unearths a period of earlyhistorical mining practices and related scientific discoveries of value toenthusiasts students and mineralogists alike. «