Title: A good account of current western hardrock mining
Product review: The book deals with Western hardrock mining--molybdenum, copper, and uranium-- inin the 1970s in Colorado, Arizona, and Wyoming. Voynick started as a neophyte andstarted at the Climax Mine in Colorado (he has written a very good book on thismine). He's a fine writer, and you get a good sense of what it's like--the heat,danger, mechanical equipment, etc. A glossary would have been helpful--there werea few times (not many of these) where I had to pause and think about what was meantby a term.For an excellent contrast--try Frank Crampton's classic Deep Enough, which is aboutWestern hardrock mining in the early decades of the 1900's--little if any mechanicalequipment--single-jacking and double-jacking were the norm, and you'll learn whyyou used wooden spoons to clean out shot holes!
Would you say this review depicts the product in a flattering or unflattering light?
