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A quick search for:
arsenic mining archaeology
on scholar.google.com
yields 255 hits.
Some look pretty useful to you.
Cheers,
Tim
On Nov 22, 2005, at 6:49 PM, [log in to unmask] wrote:
> Hi -
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> Couple of easy-to-locate background sources to check are:
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> 1. State Bur. of Mines and Minerals reports.
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> 2. US Bur. of Mines and USGS reports.
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> 3. Professional mining journals such as the E&MJ.
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> These are the basic sources that I usually start with. These can
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> be found in a good college library.
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> Most State's also had an Office of State Mining Inspector, or some
> title
> like that. You'd have to visit that state agency to see those out.
> They
> are good sources for info on specific operations, including
> material on
> equipment used by a particular, numbers of employees, and state or
> condition of the works.
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> It was often produced by vaporizing copper, gold/silver, or lead
> ores, and
> colleting the dust from the smelter flues. The Cottrell process was a
> common one. Your chimmey probably served in that role, and as a vent.
> There was an arrangement just like that for the Butte copper
> smelters at
> Anaconda.
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> Toxic as hell.
>
> Carl Barna
> Regional Historian
> BLM Colorado State Office
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> Susan
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> Nov. 22, 2005
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> Hello,
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> I need some direction on locating information about arsenic mining
> methods
> during the 1920s and 1930s. They were mining arsenic as their main
> product, to be used in pesticides. Our site includes a 180 foot
> chimney
> that snakes up the mountainside, in San Diego County. Any pointers?
> Thanks,
>
> S. Walter
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