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Mine Water

Hydrology, Pollution, Remediation

By: Paul L. Younger,S.A. Banwart,Robert S. Hedin

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Mine Water

Hydrology, Pollution, Remediation

By: Paul L. Younger,S.A. Banwart,Robert S. Hedin

Nowhere is the conflict between economic progress and environmental quality more apparent than in the mineral extraction industries. The latter half of the 20th century saw major advances in the reclamation technologies. However, mine water pollution problems have not been addressed. In many cases, polluted mine water long outlives the life of the mining operation. As the true cost of long-term water treatment responsibilities has become apparent, interest has grown in the technologies that would decrease the production of contaminated water and make its treatment less costly. This is the first book to address the mine water issue head-on. The authors explain the complexities of mine water pollution by reviewing the hydrogeological context of its formation, and provide an up-to-date presentation of prevention and treatment technologies. The book will be a valuable reference for all professionals who encounter polluted mine water on a regular or occasional basis.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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9401006105

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9789401006101

Down the Crabtree

By: Robert J. Schabilion

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Down the Crabtree

By: Robert J. Schabilion

An Exploration of Mining, Minerals and Gemstones in The Blue-Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina as Presented by The North Carolina Mining Museum, Little Switzerland, North Carolina. Mining, Minerals, Rocks, Formations, Geology and Gems are Reviewed for other Popular Locations in the State of North Carolina.

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193

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AuthorHouse

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1449051243

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9781449051242

Career Opportunities in the Energy Industry

By: Allan Taylor,James Robert Parish

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Career Opportunities in the Energy Industry

By: Allan Taylor,James Robert Parish

Presents one hundred and thirty job descriptions for careers within the energy industry, and includes positions dealing with coal, electric, nuclear energy, renewable energy, engineering, machine operation, science, and others.

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385

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Infobase Publishing

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1438110693

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9781438110691

Death Underground

The Centralia and West Frankfort Mine Disasters

By: Robert E Hartley,David Kenney

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Death Underground

The Centralia and West Frankfort Mine Disasters

By: Robert E Hartley,David Kenney

Death Underground: The Centralia and West Frankfort Mine Disasters examines two of the most devastating coal mine disasters in United States history since 1928. In two southern Illinois towns only forty miles apart, explosions killed 111 men at the Centralia No. 5 mine in 1947 and 119 men at the New Orient No. 2 mine in West Frankfort in 1951. Robert E. Hartley and David Kenney explain the causes of the accidents, identify who was to blame, and detail the emotional impact the disasters had on the survivors, their families, and their communities. Politics at the highest level of Illinois government played a critical role in the conditions that led to the accidents. Hartley and Kenney address how safety was compromised when inspection reports were widely ignored by state mining officials and mine company supervisors. Highlighted is the role of Driscoll Scanlan, a state inspector at Centralia, who warned of an impending disaster but whose political enemies shifted the blame to him, ruining his career. Hartley and Kenney also detail the New Orient No. 2 mine explosion, the attempts at rescue, and the resulting political spin circulated by labor, management, and the state bureaucracy. They outline the investigation, the subsequent hearings, and the efforts in Congress to legislate greater mine safety. Hartley and Kenney include interviews with the survivors, a summary of the investigative records, and an analysis of the causes of both mine accidents. They place responsibility for the disasters on individual mine owners, labor unions, and state officials, providing new interpretations not previously presented in the literature. Augmented by twenty-nine illustrations, the volume also covers the history, culture, and ethnic pluralism of coal mining in Illinois and the United States.

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276

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SIU Press

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0809387999

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9780809387991

Capital and Labour on the Kimberley Diamond Fields, 1871-1890

By: Robert Vicat Turrell

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Capital and Labour on the Kimberley Diamond Fields, 1871-1890

By: Robert Vicat Turrell

Based on new documentary sources, this history of diamond mining in Kimberley is a major study of South Africa's mineral revolution and the formation of De Beers Consolidated Mines, one of the most successful African mining companies.

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322

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Cambridge University Press

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0521333547

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9780521333542

The Wave of the Future

The United Nations and Naval Peacekeeping

By: Robert Stephens Staley

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The Wave of the Future

The United Nations and Naval Peacekeeping

By: Robert Stephens Staley

Though the United Nations will face numerous challenges on the world's oceans in the next decades, it has not yet developed the capability to operate effectively in the areas of maritime peacekeeping or enforcement. This study examines the various regional maritime challenges confronting the United Nations and describes several organisational and experiential models - ranging from Claiborne Pell's early suggestions for an International Sea Patrol, through various NATO standing forces and US Coast Guard models, to recent experience gained through multinational maritime co-operation in the Gulf - from which planners might extract important lessons. The author concludes with specific recommendations for the establishment of a UN Maritime Agency, seeing that step as crucial in the effort to ensure peace and prosperity on the world's oceans.

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Lynne Rienner Publishers

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1555873790

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"Everybody was Black Down There"

Race and Industrial Change in the Alabama Coalfields

By: Robert H. Woodrum

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"Everybody was Black Down There"

Race and Industrial Change in the Alabama Coalfields

By: Robert H. Woodrum

In 1930 almost 13,000 African Americans worked in the coal mines around Birmingham, Alabama. They made up 53 percent of the mining workforce and some 60 percent of their union's local membership. At the close of the twentieth century, only about 15 percent of Birmingham's miners were black, and the entire mining workforce had been sharply reduced. Robert H. Woodrum offers a challenging interpretation of why this dramatic decline occurred and why it happened during an era of strong union presence in the Alabama coalfields. Drawing on union, company, and government records as well as interviews with coal miners, Woodrum examines the complex connections between racial ideology and technological and economic change. Extending the chronological scope of previous studies of race, work, and unionization in the Birmingham coalfields, Woodrum covers the New Deal, World War II, the postwar era, the 1970s expansion of coalfield employment, and contemporary trends toward globalization. The United Mine Workers of America's efforts to bridge the color line in places like Birmingham should not be underestimated, says Woodrum. Facing pressure from the wider world of segregationist Alabama, however, union leadership ultimately backed off the UMWA's historic commitment to the rights of its black members. Woodrum discusses the role of state UMWA president William Mitch in this process and describes Birmingham's unique economic circumstances as an essentially Rust Belt city within the burgeoning Sun Belt South. This is a nuanced exploration of how, despite their central role in bringing the UMWA back to Alabama in the early 1930s, black miners remained vulnerable to the economic and technological changes that transformed the coal industry after World War II.

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University of Georgia Press

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0820328790

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9780820328799

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Mine Water

Mine Water

Down the Crabtree

Down the Crabtree

Career Opportunities in the Energy Industry

Career Opportunities in the Energy Industry

Death Underground

Death Underground

Capital and Labour on the Kimberley Diamond Fields, 1871-1890

Capital and Labour on the Kimberley Diamond Fields, 1871-1890

The Wave of the Future

The Wave of the Future

"Everybody was Black Down There"

"Everybody was Black Down There"

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