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Fluorspar mining : photos from Illinois and Kentucky, 1905-1995 / Herbert K. Russell.

"This pictorial record of the men who worked in the Illinois and Kentucky fluorspar fields from the 1890s to the 1990s shows early and later methods of extracting, hoisting, processing, and transporting the mineral from mine mouth to end-user; notes its many industrial uses; and briefly illustr...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Russell, Herbert K., 1943- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2019]
Series:Shawnee books.
Subjects:
Fluorspar > Illinois > Pictorial works.
Fluorspar > Kentucky > Pictorial works.
Mines and mineral resources > Illinois > Pictorial works.
Mines and mineral resources > Kentucky > Pictorial works.
Geology > Illinois > Pictorial works.
Geology > Kentucky > Pictorial works.
Fluorspar.
Geology.
Mines and mineral resources.
Illinois.
Kentucky.
Pictorial works.
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Summary:"This pictorial record of the men who worked in the Illinois and Kentucky fluorspar fields from the 1890s to the 1990s shows early and later methods of extracting, hoisting, processing, and transporting the mineral from mine mouth to end-user; notes its many industrial uses; and briefly illustrates its beauty and value to collectors."--
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780809336692
0809336693
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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