Mining In The 21st Century

"The Cutting Edge" discusses coal in terms of the personal equipment and simple machines that miners use to protect themselves and monitor their workplace, describes the complex underground and surface machinery that make the American coal industry one of the most productive workforces on earth, discusses coal tranportation, and coal utilization, outlines the regulatory aspects of the coal industry, and examines careers in coal mining and what the future may hold.

GOLD MINING IN THE 1990's--This one book outlines EVERYTHING a beginner will need & want to know about getting started at gold mining today, either as a hobby or as a small-scale commercial activity. In easy to understand language, supported by clear photographs & graphic demonstrations, this book covers all of the important subjects--including what gold is & looks like, where it comes from & where to find it, how gold deposits & how to find & recover it, & also touches on the legal aspects of how to claim the gold for yourself. The book covers the up-to-date mining procedures of panning gold, sluicing, dredging, high-banking, drywashing, electronic probing, hardrock mining, basic refining techniques, cleaning procedures, selling gold, & much, much more. Herein lies the most comprehensive & thorough work on electronic prospecting techniques (locating gold with metal detectors) available in any publication on the market today. Virtually an encyclopedia of modern gold mining techniques, there is no other book available more up to date, more simple to understand, or which covers the entire subject as thoroughly as this manual.

This 2-volume work (with CDROM) is the result of the 19th World Mining Congress and marks a watershed in the development of the global minerals sector. Moreover, it will provide a strategic roadmap for the mining industry's journey in the new century where change will be the only constant factor. The keynote addresses broadly cover the main sub-themes of the conference and the 115 technical papers, from 33 countries, converge upon the different conference sub-themes. The result provides a panoramic view of the issues and problems confronting the global mining industry, but also an abundance of perspectives and prescriptions on these issues. In the ultimate analysis, for the sustainability of the global mining industry, technology will be the key, be it in resource augmentation, or in resolving environmental issues, or even for contending with the myriad of technical problems for cost-effective mining and viability. The papers remind the reader very forcefully that much remains to be done on many fronts and the industry has to be technologically " smart" chanting the mantra of sustainable development principles which is the logical framework for change and for identifying best practices.