Earth Resources. The Popular Image of Mining Sutter’s Mill – Where it all Began.

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Presentation transcript:

Earth Resources

The Popular Image of Mining

Sutter’s Mill – Where it all Began

American River, Coloma, California

Monitor, California

Aqueduct, California

Old Mining Canal, California

Sluice Box, California

Dredge Spoils, California

Malakoff Diggings, California

Strip Mines, Kentucky

Abandoned Coal Mines, Kentucky

Open Pit Mine, Arizona

Bingham Canyon Pit, Utah

Bingham Canyon

Everything in Mines is Big

Everything in Mines is Very Big

Dragline

Where Are They Now? The Krupps

Climax, Colorado, 1969

Climax, Colorado, 1999

Climax Mine Underground

Sand Mine, Pepin, Wisconsin

Casting Sand, Ripon, Wisconsin

Taconite Pelletizer

Taconite Pellets

Open Pit Mine, Sudbury, Ontario

Crusher

Mill

Ball Mills

Mill Control

Flotation

Smelter, Sudbury, Ontario

“Superstack”, Sudbury, Ontario: 1% of the entire planet’s sulfur emissions – 40,000 tons/day

Slag Pouring, Sudbury, Ontario

Molten Metal Car

Slag Cars, Sudbury, Ontario

Slag Dump, Sudbury, Ontario

Mine Tailings, Sudbury, Ontario

Uranium Tailings, New Mexico

Tailings, Bingham Canyon

Mercury Mine, California

Mine Runoff, Colorado

Climax Tailings Ponds

Cutting Bits for Tunneling Machine

Conventional Tunnel, New York City

Bored Tunnel, New York City