Mining


Gray Mountain
Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives
The Women of the Copper Country
Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free
Town Is by the Sea
Elements of Mining Technology Vol. 1
Fall of Giants (The Century Trilogy, #1)
How Green Was My Valley
Elements of Mining Technology Vol. 2
Faith, Hope, and Ivy June
Prayers for Sale
Angle of Repose
Power Metal: The Race for the Resources That Will Shape the Future
The War Below: Lithium, Copper, and the Global Battle to Power Our Lives
Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
Mining the Sky by John S. LewisLive Free or Die by John RingoMiners In The Sky by Murray LeinsterEarth Unaware by Orson Scott CardEuropa by J.J. Co
Asteroid Mining Books
43 books — 16 voters
Loretta Lynn - Coal Miner's Daughter by Loretta LynnCandid by Sammy SteinTragedy at Avondale by Robert P. WolenskyGroundbreaking! America's New Quest for Mineral Independence by Ned MamulaTragedy at Pike River Mine by Rebecca Macfie
Nonfiction - Mining
18 books — 7 voters

The Raven Boys by Maggie StiefvaterThe Dream Thieves by Maggie StiefvaterBlue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie StiefvaterThe Raven King by Maggie StiefvaterGhost Riders by Sharyn McCrumb
Fantasy Novels Set in Appalachia
37 books — 12 voters

The Stonegate Sword by Harry James FoxThe False Prophet by Harry James FoxTwin Springs Ranch by Isla RyderColumbine by Dave CullenAngle of Repose by Wallace Stegner
A Literary Map of Colorado
20 books — 21 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThe Map That Changed the World by Simon WinchesterAnnals of the Former World by John McPheeBasin and Range by John McPheeEarth by Richard Fortey
Best Geology Books
127 books — 70 voters

Trent Dalton
In all these years, he said, he was yet to come across a single gold nugget that brought any real happiness to the person who held it. Long coat bob said his family had found one large nugget long ago, centuries back, that resembled a human hand. And it became so coveted by members of his family that out caused fights between brother and sister, sister and mother, father and son. During one dispute an old woman struck her nephew with the gold hand. The nephew was struck dumb and his mental capac ...more
Trent Dalton, All Our Shimmering Skies

Tim Winton
There are no wastelands in our landscape quite like those we've created ourselves. ...more
Tim Winton

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