Mining. An International History

London England: Ernest Benn, 1972. Hardback. First Edition. Mining. An International History. Slight shelf wear to edge of D/J. Small tear to top edge of spine of D/J. Contents: List of Maps. Introduction. Mining up to the Collapse of the Roman Empire. The Development of Mining From the Collapse of the Roman Empire to the Sixteenth Century. Coal Mining to the Mid-Nineteenth Century. Developments in the Mining of Base Metals From the Eighteenth Century to the Mid-Nineteenth Century. Gold Mining in the Nineteenth Century - the Age of the Lone Prospector. Coal Mining Since the Mid-Nineteenth Century - Coal the 'King' Dethroned? Diamond Mining. Gold Mining in the Twentieth Century. Developments in Iron Ore Mining Since the Mid-Nineteenth Century. Mining of Non-Ferrous Metals Since the Mid-Nineteenth Century. Principal Books Consulted. Acknowledgements. Index. Illustrated. 144 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.). First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo. Hardback.