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Author Russell, Herbert K., 1943- author.

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

Publication Info. Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2019]
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Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Shawnee books
Shawnee books.
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.
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.
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Subject Fluorspar -- Illinois -- Pictorial works.
Fluorspar.
Illinois.
Genre/Form Pictorial works.
Subject Fluorspar -- Kentucky -- Pictorial works.
Kentucky.
Mines and mineral resources -- Illinois -- Pictorial works.
Mines and mineral resources -- Kentucky -- Pictorial works.
Geology -- Illinois -- Pictorial works.
Geology.
Geology -- Kentucky -- Pictorial works.
Mines and mineral resources.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Mining.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Illustrated works.
Illustrated works.
Other Form: Print version: Russell, Herbert K., 1943- Fluorspar mining. Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2019] 9780809336685 (DLC) 2018014174 (OCoLC)1031408305
ISBN 9780809336692 (electronic book)
0809336693 (electronic book)
9780809336685
0809336685

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