Publication

1998 - University of Arizona Press, Tucson, Arizona

Language

English

Word Count

66,750 words, Guess

Page Count

267 pages

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL697745M
  • ISBN-100816518173
  • OCLC Control Number38002579
  • Library of Congress Control Number97045308
  • Goodreads21034
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  • LibraryThing7835134
  • WikidataQ122899710

Classifications

  • DDC338.2/743/0973
  • LCCTN443.A5 H93 1998

Description

This comprehensive history of copper mining tells the full story of the industry that produces one of America's most important metals. The first inclusive account of U.S. copper in one volume, Copper for America relates the discovery and development of America's major copper-producing areas - the eastern United States, Tennessee, Michigan, Montana, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, and Alaska - from colonial times to the present.

Subjects

Topics

HistoryCopper mines and miningCopper industry and tradeMines and mineral resources, united statesCopper mines and mining -- United States -- History.Copper industry and trade -- United States -- History.

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