02593nam 2200541 a 450 991078836020332120230725040422.00-8173-8443-X(CKB)3170000000046721(EBL)835626(OCoLC)772459654(SSID)ssj0000590702(PQKBManifestationID)11398994(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000590702(PQKBWorkID)10673149(PQKB)10769189(MiAaPQ)EBC835626(MdBmJHUP)muse9088(Au-PeEL)EBL835626(CaPaEBR)ebr10527739(EXLCZ)99317000000004672120091001d2010 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrGoing for gold[electronic resource] the history of Newmont Mining Corporation /Jack H. MorrisTuscaloosa University of Alabama Pressc20101 online resource (417 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8173-5901-X 0-8173-1677-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; 1. Eureka; 2. Colonel; 3. Veins; 4. Africa; 5. Plato; 6. Magma; 7. Desert Gold; 8. Black Gold; 9. The End of an Era; 10. Shareholder Value; 11. Going Crazy; 12. Grief; 13. Jimmy; 14. New Horizons; 15. Culture Shock; 16. Vision; 17. Faith, Hope, and Hedging; 18. Pinnacle; 19. A Good Neighbor; 20. Sustaining Success; Appendix: Officers and Directors; Notes; Bibliography; IndexA Fortune 500 company as a pioneer of current gold-mining technology Jack H. Morris details how Newmont Mining revolutionized the gold mining industry and remains today the second largest gold miner in the world. He asserts that Newmont is the link between early gold mining and today's technology-driven industry. We learn how the company's founder and several early leaders grew up in gold camps and how, in 1917, the company helped finance South Africa's largest gold company and later owned famous gold mines in California and Colorado. In the 1960's the company deve...Gold mines and miningColoradoHistoryColoradoGold discoveriesGold mines and miningHistory.338.7/6223422Morris Jack H1580762MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910788360203321Going for gold3861931UNINA