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Seeing Underground - Maps, Models, and Mining Engineering in America (Paperback): Eric C. Nystrom

Seeing Underground - Maps, Models, and Mining Engineering in America (Paperback)

Eric C. Nystrom

Series: Mining and Society Series

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The digging of mineral wealth from the ground dates to prehistoric times, and Europeans pursued mining in the Americas from the earliest colonial days. Prior to the Civil War, very little mining went deep enough to require maps. However, the major finds of the mid-nineteenth century, such as the Comstock Lode, were vastly larger and deeper than any previous finds in America. Nystrom argues that, as industrial mining came of age in the United States, the development of maps and models gave power to a new visual culture. These maps and models became necessary tools in creating and controlling the mines' pitch-dark, three-dimensional space. Nystrom demonstrates that these neglected artifacts of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries have much to teach us today.

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Imprint:	University of Nevada Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Mining and Society Series
Release date:	October 2016
Authors:	Eric C. Nystrom
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	320
ISBN-13:	978-0-87417-007-8
Categories:	Books > Professional & Technical > Other technologies > Mining technology & engineering Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Industrial history Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Primary industries > Mining industry Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > Geology & the lithosphere > Economic geology > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Industrial history Promotions
LSN:	0-87417-007-9
Barcode:	9780874170078