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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 114. Not illustrated. Chapters: Mining Communities in Africa, Mining Communities in Asia, Mining Communities in Europe, Mining Communities in New Zealand, Kiruna, Kitwe, Tsumeb, Kabwe, Almaden, El Salvador, Chile, Loropeni, Arlit, Jachymov, Bad Ems, Zvishavane, Zimbabwe, Fria, Laurium, Ceelbuur, Oranjemund, Sl nic, Knaben, Idrija, Rosh Pinah, Selebi-Phikwe, Say, Niger, Cassinga, Kimwarer, Bayan Obo, Stockton, New Zealand, Nanling Mountains, Urgeirica, Grasbroek, Liganga, Resources Camp, Mining Town. Excerpt: Kiruna - Kiruna city hall in summer.Archeological findings have shown that the region around Kiruna has been inhabited for at least 6,000 years. Centuries before Kiruna was founded in 1900, the presence of iron ore at Kiirunavaara and Luossavaara had been known by the local Sami population. In 1696, Samuel Mort, a bookkeeper of the Kengis works, wrote on the presence of iron in the two hills. Anders Hacksell mapped the area in 1736 and named the mountains Fredriks berg (Kiirunavaara) and Berget Ulrika Eleonora (Luossavaara), after king Fredrik I and his wife Ulrika Eleonora. Despite the findings of large amounts of ore, no mining was initiated because of the remote location and the harsh climate. Some ore was extracted in the 19th century by extracting it in summer and transporting it in winter, using sleds drawn by reindeer and horses. However, the costs were high and the quality of the phosphorous ore poor, until, in 1878, the Thomas process, invented by Sidney Thomas and Percy Gilchrist, allowed for the separation of phosphor from the ore. In 1884, a concession for a railway from Lulea to Narvik was granted to The Northern of Europe Railway Company. The provisional railway between Lulea and Malmberget was finished in 1888 and the first train left Malmberget in March. Around the same time, the English company went bankrupt...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781157881155
  • Publisher: Books LLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 116
  • Spine Width: 7 mm
  • Weight: 181 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1157881157
  • Publisher Date: 15 Sep 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Mining Communities in Africa, Mining Communities in Asia, Mining Communities in Europe, Mining Communities in New Zealand
  • Width: 152 mm


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