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A History of Mining in the UK
2+ hour, 17+ min ago (1264+ words) Mining in the UK dates back roughly 4000 years, to Bronze Age communities working with tin (Sn) and copper (Cu) in Cornwall around 2000 BC. Image Credit: Alexey Fedorenko These early deposits attracted metalworkers long before written records existed. Roman influence expanded…...
Freetown’s Diamonds Were Never Free
16+ hour, 16+ min ago (34+ words) Stolen Freedom Freetown’s Diamonds Were Never Free Silent African Mineral Wars · Part 3 · Sierra Leone A nation was founded here in 1787 as a haven for freed slaves, its very name a promise. Two …...
The days of the Worcester river steamers and running out of coal
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (628+ words) AS you head off down the highway on your holiday adventures there’s one thing you don’t want to run out of – fuel for your conveyance. Be it petrol, diesel or, sometimes nowadays, electric charge. Who forgot to plug in the…...
In 1948, a corporation built a town for 4,000 miners in California: 80 years later, it’s a ghost town in the middle of the desert
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (538+ words) Built from scratch for thousands of iron miners after World War II, Eagle Mountain is now abandoned, with its future still shrouded in mystery. In 1948, fueled by the economic boom that followed World War II, Kaiser Steel embarked on an…...
He Bought An Abandoned Ghost Town In California, And It Used To Be Used For Mining
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (620+ words) Eight years ago, TikToker Brent Underwood (@brentwunderwood) bought an abandoned ghost town in Cerro Gordo, California. It used to be a mining town, and it came with over a dozen buildings and 30 miles of mineshafts. One of his favorite spots…...
Four Sites, Four Stories: What the Natchez Trace isn't telli...
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (421+ words) Few roads in America carry the weight of history quite like the Natchez Trace Parkway. Long before it became a scenic route for tourists and travelers, the Trace served as a pathway for Native Americans, settlers, soldiers, outlaws, traders, slaves…...
Top of the Morning | Local News | bedfordgazette.com
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (179+ words) Top of the Morning Bedford Gazette Date change for Flight 93 program. The Bedford County Historical Society Speaker Series event with Superintendent Stephen Clark of the Flight 93 National Memorial has been moved from Saturday, August 22 to Saturday, August 29. The event will…...
Clayton Rose takes the helm of Bedford town’s history
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (464+ words) Clayton Rose is stepping into the lead role at the Bedford Historical Society, where he will direct efforts to maintain the town’s character and historic charm. Living with his family in Bedford’s Historic District for the past two decades has…...
Timepiece: Coal cities
4+ day, 14+ hour ago (176+ words) couriernews.com A coal mine in Paris in Logan County in the 1930s. Carbon City, Coal Hill, and Scranton all speak to us of the days when the term black gold referred to coal instead of petroleum. All three towns were…...
From Arctic Stone to Aluminum Skies: Cryolite, Philadelphia, and the Geometry of Industrial Power
4+ day, 16+ hour ago (269+ words) The Return of an Old Obsession Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company’s Greenwich Chemical Works seen here in the Philadelphia edition of Hexamer General Surveys of 1892. | Image courtesy of the Atheneum of Philadelphia via Map Collection, Free Library of Philadelphia Ice That…...