mines and mineral resources

Explores mineral resources and mining in terms of science, technology, society, and environmental impact.

A widow and her two children head for gold rush territory in Idaho, hoping to find jobs and a new life.

While on a field trip to a local mine, Steve encounters the ghost of a slave named Caleb, and promises to help the spirit solve a decade's old mystery.

An exploration of rocks and minerals that describes what they are, where they are found, what they are used for, and their impact on the environment.

This book includes information about recycling, dinosaurs, mines for metals and gems, and icebergs and how they are formed.

Readers will learn minerals are the most common materials on Earth. Scientists have found more than 3,000 types of minerals on the planet.

Provides information on fossil fuels, what they are, where they are found, and why they are important to managing natural resources and includes a case study that examines the implications for the environment.

Three children, transported to 1879, must solve a mystery involving Cornish folklore, magic, and the mining-era of the American West before they can return home.

Discusses how people have used caves, mines, and tunnels to explore, utilize, travel through, and inhabit the interior of the earth.