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The metal of a thousand uses : mercury mining in Arkansas, 1930-1946 / Terry S. Reynolds.
Van Pelt Library TN463.A83 R48 2026
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Reynolds, Terry S., Author.
- Series:
- Arkansas history (Fayetteville, Ark.) http://id.loc.gov/resources/hubs/08c19583-101d-b97f-b002-79ed00d7e5ab
- Arkansas history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mercury mines and mining--Arkansas--History--20th century.
- Mercury mines and mining.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 279 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
- Other Title:
- Mercury mining in Arkansas, 1930-1946
- Place of Publication:
- Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press, [2026]
- Contents:
- A thousand uses: an introduction to mercury and its production
- The periphery of of periphery: Arkansas's economy in the 1920s
- Great expectations: the district's discovery, 1930-31
- Expectations diminished: opening the district, 1931-34
- Revival, expansion, and collapse: the district almost dies, 1935-38
- War and revival: the district at its pinnacle, 1939-42
- The picnic is over: the district dies, 1943-46
- Aftermath: the district after 1946
- We were on our own: work in the Arkansas mercury mines.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version Reynolds, Terry S. Metal of a thousand uses
- ISBN:
- 9781682262917
- 168226291X
- OCLC:
- 1537640944
- Publisher Number:
- 90104020824
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