The Weight of Gold
University of Nevada Press (Verlag)
978-1-64779-104-9 (ISBN)
Mining in North America has long been criticized for its impact on the natural environment. Mica Jorgenson's The Weight of Gold explores the history of Ontario, Canada's rise to prominence in the gold mining industry, while detailing a series of environmental crises related to extraction activities. In Ontario in 1909, the discovery of exceptionally rich hard rock gold deposits in the Abitibi region in the north precipitated industrial development modeled on precedents in Australia, South Africa, and the United States. By the late 1920s, Ontario's mines had reached their maturity, and in 1928, Minister of Mines Charles McRae called Canada "the mineral treasure house to [the] world."
Mining companies increasingly depended upon their ability to redistribute the burdens of mining onto surrounding communities—a strategy they continue to use today—both at home and abroad. Jorgenson connects Canadian gold mining to its international context, revealing that Ontario's gold mines informed extractive knowledge which would go on to shape Canada's mining industry over the next century.
Mica Jorgenson, PhD, is an environmental historian specializing in natural resource history, especially gold mining and forestry. She has held postdoctoral positions at the Sherman Centre for Digital Scholarship in Canada and as a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow at the University of Stavanger in Norway.
Cover Page
Mining and Society Series
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Preface: Mining Stories
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Mining Environment at Porcupine Lake
Chapter One: "Promise of Reward to the Prospector": Making Mines Out of Muskeg in Northern Ontario
Chapter Two: The Great Fire: Clearing the Way for Economies of Scale After 1911
Chapter Three: No Energy for Industry: Powering the Porcupine into the 1920s
Chapter Four: Mine Waste: Environmental Disaster Above- and UndergroundChapter Five: World of Dust: The Rise of Canadian Silicosis Science
Conclusion: Industrial Dreams, Industrial Nightmares
Epilogue: Living Well with Mined Land
Bibliography
Notes
Index
About the Author
Erscheinungsdatum | 03.05.2023 |
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Reihe/Serie | Mining and Society Series |
Zusatzinfo | 8 illustrations |
Verlagsort | Reno |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 454 g |
Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Regional- / Landesgeschichte |
Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) | |
Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte | |
Technik ► Bergbau | |
ISBN-10 | 1-64779-104-9 / 1647791049 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-64779-104-9 / 9781647791049 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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