LEADER 04170nam 2200697 a 450 001 9910825436603321 005 20240515221609.0 010 $a1-4571-8398-6 010 $a1-60732-235-8 035 $a(CKB)3170000000060814 035 $a(EBL)3039799 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000951120 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11505001 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000951120 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10884840 035 $a(PQKB)11348883 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3039799 035 $a(OCoLC)867739732 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse25016 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3039799 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10734049 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL910568 035 $a(OCoLC)853549077 035 $a(EXLCZ)993170000000060814 100 $a20130502d2013 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGambling on ore $ethe nature of metal mining in the United States, 1860-1910 /$fKent A. Curtis 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aBoulder $cUniversity Press of Colorado$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (251 p.) 225 0$aMining the American West 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-60732-234-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Figures""; ""Preface and Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: Arsenic in the Wilderness, or Knowing Nature through Mining""; ""1: Producing a Mining Landscape""; ""2: The Value of Ores""; ""3: Turning Copper into Gold""; ""4: The Ecology of Ore Processing""; ""Conclusion: Producing a Mining Society""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index"" 330 $a"Gambling on Ore examines the development of the western mining industry from the tumultuous and violent Gold Rush to the elevation of large-scale copper mining in the early twentieth century, using Montana as representative of mining developments in the broader US mining west. Employing abundant new historical evidence in key primary and secondary sources, Curtis tells the story of the inescapable relationship of mining to nature in the modern world as the United States moved from a primarily agricultural society to a mining nation in the second half of the nineteenth century. In Montana, legal issues and politics--such as unexpected consequences of federal mining law and the electrification of the United States--further complicated the mining industry's already complex relationship to geology, while government policy, legal frameworks, dominant understandings of nature, and the exigencies of profit and production drove the industry in momentous and surprising directions. Despite its many uncertainties, mining became an important part of American culture and daily life. Gambling on Ore unpacks the tangled relationships between mining and the natural world that gave material possibility to the age of electricity. Metal mining has had a profound influence on the human ecology and the social relationships of North America through the twentieth century and throughout the world after World War II. Understanding how we forged these relationships is central to understanding the environmental history of the United States after 1850. "--$cProvided by publisher. 410 0$aMining the American West 606 $aMetallurgy$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aMetal trade$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aMines and mineral resources$xSocial aspects$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aMines and mineral resources$xSocial aspects$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aOres$zUnited States 615 0$aMetallurgy$xHistory. 615 0$aMetal trade$xHistory. 615 0$aMines and mineral resources$xSocial aspects$xHistory 615 0$aMines and mineral resources$xSocial aspects$xHistory 615 0$aOres 676 $a338.2/74097309034 686 $aHIS036140$aTEC026000$2bisacsh 700 $aCurtis$b Kent A$01683820 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910825436603321 996 $aGambling on ore$94054902 997 $aUNINA