02744oam 22006374a 450 991046406150332120210117151309.01-4571-1168-31-4571-1693-61-60732-153-X(CKB)3170000000046937(EBL)862709(OCoLC)778339933(SSID)ssj0000596053(PQKBManifestationID)11381379(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000596053(PQKBWorkID)10556949(PQKB)10353093(OCoLC)794700450(MdBmJHUP)muse4124(MiAaPQ)EBC862709(MiAaPQ)EBC3039760(Au-PeEL)EBL862709(EXLCZ)99317000000004693720111014d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSanta Rita del CobreA Copper Mining Community in New Mexico /Christopher J. Huggard and Terrence M. Humble1st ed.Boulder :University Press of Colorado,2011.Baltimore, Md. :Project MUSE, 2012©2011.1 online resource (273 p.)Mining the American WestDescription based upon print version of record.1-60732-249-8 1-60732-152-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. El Cobre; 2. Frontier Mining; 3. The Chino Years; 4. Santa Rita; 5. The Kennecott Era; Epilogue; Appendices; Bibliography; Index The Spanish, Mexicans, and Americans successively mined copper for 200 years at Santa Rita, New Mexico. Starting in 1799 with the Spanish discovery of native copper, the Chino Mines followed industry developments first as a network of underground mines and ultimately as part of the multinational Kennecott Copper Corporation's international open-pit mining operations--operations that would overtake Santa Rita, the town that grew up around them, by 1970. In Santa Rita del Cobre, Huggard and Humble detail the story of these developments, with in-depth explanations of mining technology, and desCopper mines and miningNew MexicoSanta RitaHistorySanta Rita (N.M.)HistoryElectronic books. Copper mines and miningHistory.978.9/692Huggard Christopher J.1962-1055273Humble Terrence M.1941-1055274MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910464061503321Santa Rita del Cobre2488559UNINA