mines and mineral resources

An imaginative eleven-year-old named Sebby discovers that the strange things he has been seing are real, and connected somehow with the strip-mining operation that has destroyed his town, but getting help from his bickering family seems unlikely.

History of the mass movement of people to the west in the last half of the nineteenth century.

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

Describes mineral resources used in such industries as agriculture, printing, and glassmaking, and explains the discovery, mining, and exploitation of deposits.

Mining is a blast for these Lego City miners! Will they find gold?.

Much of the war-torn country has largely become lawless, overrun by warlords who exploit and murder the population for their own gain. Delving into the history of the former Belgian colony, this book exposes the horror of day-to-day life in the Congo, largely precipitated by colonial exploitation and internal strife after gaining independence. It offers not only a view into the dire situation but also examines how the Western world, a part of the problem, can become a part of the solution.

Examines how rocks and minerals are formed, mined, and processed.

Introduces readers to the people, machines, work and environmental concerns involved in mining, visiting an underground mineral mine and steel mill, a surface coal mine, and an oil well and refinery.

Lorana, a young dragonrider with a gift for healing and telepathy, rushes to find a cure when a mysterious fatal illness infects the dragons just when a deadly cycle of Threadfall is due, and realizes the answer lies with Wind Blossom, a geneticist whose mother created the dragons hundreds of years earlier.

Describes the great variety of the world's resources.