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The Mining Industries, 1899–1939: A Study of Output, Employment, and Productivity
Harold Barger
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Sam H. Schurr
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Published Date
January 1944
Copyright
1944
ISBN
0-87014-042-6
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Table of Contents
Front matter, The Mining Industries, 1899–1939: A Study of Output, Employment, and Productivity
Author(s):
Harold Barger
&
Sam H. Schurr
Chapter 1:
Introduction
Author(s):
Harold Barger
&
Sam H. Schurr
Chapter 2:
The Behavior of Mining Output
Author(s):
Harold Barger
&
Sam H. Schurr
Chapter 3:
Employment in Mining
Author(s):
Harold Barger
&
Sam H. Schurr
Chapter 4:
The Relation between Output and Employment
Author(s):
Harold Barger
&
Sam H. Schurr
Chapter 5:
The Origins of Modern Mining Methods
Author(s):
Harold Barger
&
Sam H. Schurr
Chapter 6:
The Mechanization of the Mining Process
Author(s):
Harold Barger
&
Sam H. Schurr
Chapter 7:
The Purification of the Mineral Product
Author(s):
Harold Barger
&
Sam H. Schurr
Chapter 8:
Bituminous Coal Mining
Author(s):
Harold Barger
&
Sam H. Schurr
Chapter 9:
Pennsylvania Anthracite
Author(s):
Harold Barger
&
Sam H. Schurr
Chapter 10:
Petroleum and Natural Gas
Author(s):
Harold Barger
&
Sam H. Schurr
Chapter 11:
Iron Mining and Beneficiating
Author(s):
Harold Barger
&
Sam H. Schurr
Chapter 12:
Copper Mining and Ore Dressing
Author(s):
Harold Barger
&
Sam H. Schurr
Chapter 13:
Stone Quarrying
Author(s):
Harold Barger
&
Sam H. Schurr
Chapter 14:
Mining in the Nation's Economy
Author(s):
Harold Barger
&
Sam H. Schurr
Appendix A - Basic Data and Indexes for Individual Industries
Author(s):
Harold Barger
&
Sam H. Schurr
Appendix B - The Classification of the Nonferrous Metal Mining Industries
Author(s):
Harold Barger
&
Sam H. Schurr
Appendix C - The Statistical Treatment of Stone Quarrying
Author(s):
Harold Barger
&
Sam H. Schurr
Appendix D - The Statistical Treatment of the Nonferrous Metal Mining Industries, with Special Reference to Copper
Author(s):
Harold Barger
&
Sam H. Schurr
Appendix E - Charts: Sources and Notes
Author(s):
Harold Barger
&
Sam H. Schurr
Glossary of Minerals and Mining Terms
Author(s):
Harold Barger
&
Sam H. Schurr
Index
Author(s):
Harold Barger
&
Sam H. Schurr
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