Description
While copper seems less glamorous than gold, it can be far more important. Copper proved vital to the industrial revolution and indispensable for electrification of The us. Kennecott Copper Corporation, at one time the largest producer of copper on the earth, thus played a key role in economic and industrial development. This book recounts how Kennecott used to be formed from the merger of three mining operations (one in Alaska, one in Utah, and one in Chile), how it led the way in mining technologies, and how it used to be in turn affected by the economy and politics of the day.
As it traces the story of the three mines, the narrative follows four mining engineers―Stephen Birch, Daniel Cowan Jackling, William Burford Braden, and E. Toppan Stannard―self-made men whose technological ingenuity used to be responsible for much of Kennecott’s success. Even as Jackling developed economies of scale for massive open-pit mining in Utah, Braden went underground in Chile for a caving operation of unprecedented scale for copper. Meanwhile, Birch and Stannard overcame the extreme challenges of mining rich ore in the difficult climate of Alaska and transporting it to market. The Guggenheims, who brought these three operations together provided the funding without which the infrastructure necessary for the mining operations might not have been built. The railroad required for the Alaska mine alone cost more than three times what america had paid to shop for all of Alaska only forty-five years earlier.
As a geologist with first-hand knowledge of mining, creator Charles Hawley aptly describes the technology in the back of the Kennecott story in a way that both specialists and the general reader will appreciate. Through engaging stories and pertinent details, he places Kennecott and the copper industry within their historical context and also allows the reader to imagine the controversial aspects of mineral discovery and sustainability in a crowded world where resources are limited.
As it traces the story of the three mines, the narrative follows four mining engineers―Stephen Birch, Daniel Cowan Jackling, William Burford Braden, and E. Toppan Stannard―self-made men whose technological ingenuity used to be responsible for much of Kennecott’s success. Even as Jackling developed economies of scale for massive open-pit mining in Utah, Braden went underground in Chile for a caving operation of unprecedented scale for copper. Meanwhile, Birch and Stannard overcame the extreme challenges of mining rich ore in the difficult climate of Alaska and transporting it to market. The Guggenheims, who brought these three operations together provided the funding without which the infrastructure necessary for the mining operations might not have been built. The railroad required for the Alaska mine alone cost more than three times what america had paid to shop for all of Alaska only forty-five years earlier.
As a geologist with first-hand knowledge of mining, creator Charles Hawley aptly describes the technology in the back of the Kennecott story in a way that both specialists and the general reader will appreciate. Through engaging stories and pertinent details, he places Kennecott and the copper industry within their historical context and also allows the reader to imagine the controversial aspects of mineral discovery and sustainability in a crowded world where resources are limited.
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