Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, by Matt Bray and Ross Danaher. Published by The Association of Mining Municipalities of Ontario. 45 Hillside Drive North, Elliot Lake, Ont. P5A 1X5. 38 pages.
The Association of Mining Municipalities of Ontario, formed in 1937, now boasts a membership of 38. It chronicles its history and honors individuals who contributed to its growth in a new book titled Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.
Replete with historic photographs, this commemorative booklet documents the challenges with which the miners had to cope for the last 54 years. Australian Industry Review: Gold, Vol. I, by Geoffrey Bell. Released by Australasian Mineral Economics, GPO Box 3602, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia. A$1,450.
The first volume of Australian Industry Review: Gold analyzes the performances of the country’s four major gold producing companies: Homestake Gold of Australia, ACM Gold, Placer Pacific and Dominion Mining. They account for more than 60 tonnes of annual attributable gold production. Geology of Titanium-Mineral Deposits, by Eric Force. Published by The Geological Society of America. 3300 Penrose Place, P.O. Box 9140, Boulder, Colo. 80301. 112 pages. $28.75 (paperback).
Intended for geologists and explorationists, this book describes the formation processes of titanium-mineral deposits and the linkages among deposit types. “The mining of titanium minerals,” writes author Eric Force, “is one of the few sectors of the mining industry that suffered no downturn in the 1980s.” He also notes some observers’ claim that the use of titanium will increase.
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