Life In A Mining Community

By:

Hyde, Natalie, 1963-

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Learn about rural lifePublication details: New York, NY : Crabtree Pub., 2010.Description: 32 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cmISBN:

9780778750741

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

622 HYD 22

LOC classification:

TN148 .H93 2010

Contents:

A rural mining town -- Types of mines -- Minerals and ores -- Mining in North America -- Welcome to Wright -- Daily life -- Town life -- A mining family -- At the mine -- Moving the coal -- Reclaiming the land -- After the mining -- Mining around the world.

Summary: Mining People mine for coal, oil, minerals, and metals. These are used for energy and as raw products to make things. In various parts of North America there are huge areas rich in one or more of these natural resources. Gillette, in Wyoming, is the coal-mining capital of the USA. Nearby is the small community of Moorcroft. The community developed from an old wild west cattle-ranching center and is now largely based on oil and coal-mining. About 900 people live in the small town.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Booku Library Services	Booku Library Services	General Non Fiction	622 HYD (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		9780778750741

Includes bibliographical reeferences (p. 32) and index.

Mining People mine for coal, oil, minerals, and metals. These are used for energy and as raw products to make things. In various parts of North America there are huge areas rich in one or more of these natural resources. Gillette, in Wyoming, is the coal-mining capital of the USA. Nearby is the small community of Moorcroft. The community developed from an old wild west cattle-ranching center and is now largely based on oil and coal-mining. About 900 people live in the small town.

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