Google Directory - Science > Technology > Mining

Directory Help
Search only in HistorySearch the Web

History

Categories

California Gold Rush, 1849 (12)
Colorado Gold Rush, 1858 (2)
Klondike Gold Rush, 1897 (7)
Mining Museums (49)
United Kingdom (45)

Web Pages

View in Google PageRank order Viewing in alphabetical order

Asarco Mineral Discovery Center - http://www.asarco.com/AMDC/
Exhibit center and mine tours near Tucson, Arizona, focused on the copper mining industry.

Coal Mining in the Netherlands - http://www.ta.tudelft.nl/coalpage/
Provides a detailed historic overview of the former coal mines that dominated the South Limburg area in the Netherlands from the beginning of the 20th century to the midst of the 1970's.

Domaniale Coal Mine - http://www.domanialemijn.nl/
History of the former mine in the South-Netherlands' city of Kerkrade. Includes historical photo gallery.

Hercules Mining Company - http://www.lib.uidaho.edu/special-collections/Manuscripts/dmginv/mg236.htm
Details of the records of the company held by the University of Idaho.

History of Coal Mining Technology - http://www.angelfire.com/mech/ians_coal_page/
Links to monographs on the development of coal mine environmental monitoring and control for safety and health. Requires Adobe Acrobat to view.

Iron Range Region - http://nrhp.mnhs.org/iron_range.html
History of Minnesota's iron ranges, the Vermilion, Mesabi and Cuyuna. Includes mining, processing, and transportation. From the Minnesota Historical Society.

Kentucky Coal History - http://www.coaleducation.org/coalhistory/Default.htm
History of coal mining in the state. Topics include old coal towns, mining museums, equipment and timeline.

Mines of Sardinia - http://www.minesofsardinia.com/
History of disused mines includes routes, images, news, and tourist facilities.

Mining History Association - http://mininghistoryassociation.org/
Organization of individuals interested in the history of mining and metallurgy. Includes newsletter, forum, journal and photo gallery.

Mining History Network - http://www.ex.ac.uk/mhn/welcome.html
Features conferences, discussion forums, bibliographies and related links.

Pictorial History of Kentucky Coal Mining - http://www.kycoal.homestead.com/
Substantive collection of photographs of the Kentucky bituminous coal deposits divided into the western and eastern coal fields.

Sixty Centuries of Copper - http://www.copper.org/education/60centuries/homepage.html
A history of copper mining, the development of metal-working processes and the uses of copper through the past six thousand years; originally published in 1965.

Special Research Area (SFB) HiMAT - http://himat.uibk.ac.at
Project at the University of Innsbruck to investigate the history of mining activities in the Alps and its impact on the environment and human societies, from the Mesolithic till Modern Times.

The History of Mining in Nova Scotia - http://collections.ic.gc.ca/coal/
Features history, regional impacts, mining techniques and a glossary.

The Sandhog Project - http://www.sandhogproject.com/
Interactive online exhibition designed to introduce the surface-dwellers of the city to the vibrant characters and systems of the Manhattan underground. Includes audio and video.

Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.

Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor