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“The battle of geological experts”: Water Flow and Tunneling within a Welsh Mountain
This article discusses controversy over drainage tunnels in a Welsh lead mining region in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
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Multimedia | film profile
Blood in the Mobile
Blood in the Mobile is the story about how our phones are connected to illegal mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Multimedia | podcast
Interview with Rocio Gomez, author of Silver Veins, Dusty Lungs: Mining, Water, and Public Health in Zacatecas, 1835–1946
In this episode from the New Books Network podcast, Rocio Gomez is interviewed on her book, Silver Veins, Dusty Lungs: Mining, Water, and Public Health in Zacatecas, 1835–1946.
Multimedia | interviews and talks
Timothy LeCain on “Japanese and American Mining Cultures: A Comparison”
Timothy LeCain, Carson Fellow from September 2011 to May 2012, discusses his comparative history of Japanese and American copper mining.
Multimedia | film profile
Cowboys in India
The documentary follows a tribe in one of the poorest regions in India and its fight to save a sacred mountain from multinational mining moguls.