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What are some gold mining techniques?
Panning, filtering, mining & chemical mining
What are two types of mining?
The two types of mining are Open-cast mining and Underground mining. Underground mining is further divided in to Adit mining and Shaft mining.
What mining do engineers do?
they design mining equitment
What are the disadvantages of mining iron?
The disadvantages of mining iron
What is mining that involves excavating from the surface?
Open cut mining
What dynamite was used for in 1800s?
Dynamite was predominately used for quarrying and mining. not to mention the role it played in the building of the railroads
What did the railroads bring to the mining towns?
apples, bananas
How many miles of railroads does Aruba have?
Aruba doesn't have railroads for public use. There never was a major railroad system on Aruba. Tracks were laid privately for gold mining, oil refining and storage, and phosphate mining.
What is a business organization in areas such as shipping mining railroads and factories called?
Enterprise
When was Hearst Memorial Mining Building created?
Hearst Memorial Mining Building was created in 1907.
Name four industries that grew due to the expanding railroads?
Mining, textiles, agriculture and timber industries grew due to the expanding railroads
Explain why railroads expanded on the mining frontier.?
Railroads expanded on the mining frontier to transport mining equipment, supplies, and extracted minerals efficiently and at a lower cost. The presence of railroads encouraged the growth of mining towns and made it easier for miners and investors to access remote areas with valuable mineral resources. Additionally, railroads provided a means to transport labor to mining sites, contributing to the overall development and success of mining operations on the frontier.
Why were railroads so important for miners and the mining industry?
In the US and in many parts of the world, railroads are the main form of transportation for various types of minerals and ores that are part of the mining industry. With proper transportation, the miners have an ongoing way to transport the products mined from the earth. Often the railroads lead to a water port and the mining products can be shipped via waterways, canals and seas to their proper destination.
How might a railroad worker feel about the changes that mining ranching and railroads changed the west?
bad
How did settlers overcome the challenge of living on the great plains?
They survived as hunter-gatherers. Most of them worked as farmers and ranchers. Many also worked on the railroads. In the latter part of the century, mining also became a significant source of work.
Who invented the first railroads?
No one person invented the railroad as it evolved over hundreds of years. The first railroads did not have locomotives. Richard Trevithick is credited with creating the first successful steam locomotive. George Stephenson is credited with expanding the use of railroads from being a part of a mining operation to the first passenger railroads.
Why were there antitrust issues in anthracite mining?
In 1923 seven large companies owned and controlled an estimated 75 to 80 percent of the mining, transportation, and hauling of anthracite, each of which was controlled by the railroads
