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Название: Mining Archaeology in the American West: A View from the Silver State Автор: Donald L. Hardesty Издательство: University of Nebraska Press ISBN: 0803224400 Год: 2010 Формат: EPUB Страниц: 240 Размер: 9,6 МБ Язык: Английский
Mining played a prominent role in the shaping and settling of the American West in the nineteenth century. Following the discovery of the famous Comstock Lode in Nevada in 1859, mining became increasingly industrialized, changing mining technology, society, and culture throughout the world. In the wake of these changes Nevada became an important mining region, with new people and technologies further altering the ways mining was pursued and miners interacted.