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Author Russell, Herbert K., 1943- author.

Title Fluorspar mining : photos from Illinois and Kentucky, 1905-1995 / Herbert K. Russell
Published Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource
Series Shawnee books
Contents Introduction -- History of the fluorspar industry -- Uses and applications of fluorspar -- Geology of the Illinois-Kentucky fluorspar district -- Mining in the Illinois-Kentucky fluorspar district -- Milling, cleaning, and concentrating : beneficiation -- Museums and memorials
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."-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Print version record
Subject 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
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Mining.
Fluorspar
Geology
Mines and mineral resources
Illinois
Kentucky
Genre/Form Pictorial works
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780809336692
0809336693