The Hoover Mill Mining Tragedy

An American Epic | National Archives

May 30, 2019 In the summer of 1914 Herbert Clark Hoover was a prosperous forty-year-old international mining engineer living in London—and dreaming of a career of public service in the United States. This orphaned son of an Iowa blacksmith had come far indeed from his humble beginnings in the American Middle West

Preventing Tragedy and Statistics – Hoover Heads

Mar 07, 2018 Mar 07, 2018 Preventing Tragedy and Statistics. It is easy to overlook the significance of Herbert Hoover’s food relief efforts by looking merely at numbers. The precise number of people Hoover saved from starvation remains murky but most scholars agree it is in the hundreds of millions. Ironically, one of the most brutal leaders of modern times, Joseph

Humanitarian – Hoover Heads

Jun 12, 2019 Jun 12, 2019 by Hoover Archivist, Matthew Schaefer In honor of First Lady Lou Henry Hoover's birthday, March 29, 1874 At 5:15 in the evening of Sunday, November 27th, 1932, First Lady Lou Hoover gave an address, ‘Women’s Place in the Present Emergency,’ over the NBC national radio network. The speech was part of a series of weekly

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The men that shaped mining | The History of Mining by

In 1912 it was translated into English by American mining engineer Herbert H. Hoover and his wife Lou; Hoover subsequently became president of the USA. Born Georg Bauer in Glauchau, Saxony, in 1494, Agricola went to Leipzig University and after graduating in

"Herbert Hoover's Tragic Presidency

Herbert Hoover's Tragic Presidency Herbert Hoover's Historical Reputation. President Hoover has gone down in history as a totally uncaring chief executive who, while he presided over economic disaster, cared little about his fellow citizens, accepted the Great Depression as inevitable and something to simply be endured regardless of the level of suffering it caused, and who refused to do

Doctor accused of fueling W. Va’s opioid crisis, still

Sep 26, 2018 Williamson is a struggling city of some 3,000 residents just across the Tug Fork River from Kentucky. When coal mining collapsed, it left behind a lot of proud but hurting miners — many of whom were already reliant on painkillers. Hoover and the other Mountain Medical Care workers exploited that drug addiction, federal investigators said

Deadliest Workplace Accidents | American Experience

Deadliest Workplace Accidents. January 10, 1860. Lawrence, Massachusetts. The Pemberton Mill, a large cotton goods factory, collapses without warning, killing an estimated 145 workers and injuring

Haunting Photos Show the Tragic Aberfan Disaster in 1966

Nov 21, 2019 Nov 21, 2019 Here's how the tragedy happened, in photos. On October 21, 1966, it had been raining heavily for a week in Aberfan, a small mining town in south Wales, which sat in the shadow of the Merthyr Vale

Sierra Nevada - The Story of the Pine Creek Tungsten Mine

The claims were located in 1942 and mining first occurred 1946-1947. A tramway was built to deliver the ore to a mill at road level. Mining resumed 1952-1953 with ore processed at the Pine Creek Mine Mill on the other side of Pine Creek. In 1955 the road, which now serves as a trail, was built to bring the equipment out once the mine was closed

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tragedy soaked the pages of the New York Evening Mail. On ... preface). Writing in 1909, mining engineer Herbert Hoover saw himself standing above machines: since the marketing of new devices was unrelenting, part of his job was to separate the genuine from the puff. ... assigned him to a stamp mill. “The noise nearly burst my eardrums, but

Gold and Tailings: The Standard Mill at Bodie, California

The Closing Years of the Standard Mill. The Standard Consolidated Mining Company continued mining ore, treating ore at its stamp mill, and using cyanide to treat tailings from both the mill and the old ponds until late 1912. That winter, the company closed the stamp mill and cyanide plant and focused on exploring the mine workings for more ore

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Harnischfeger Industries, Inc. -- Company History

Company History: Harnischfeger Industries, Inc. is a world leader in the manufacture, marketing, and servicing of mining equipment for both surface and underground operations. Until the year 2000, when it sold its Beloit Corporation subsidiary, Harnischfeger was also a major manufacturer of machinery for the pulp and paper industry

Herbert Hoover's Apologia of His Chinese Mining Career

concessions in China. Hoover’s Chinese mining career took place during the turmoil of the political instability in China and he was a transnational player in the battle of concessions. By putting Hoover’s deliberate efforts to conceal and to change the narrative of his Chinese mining career in direct relation to the historical events that they

Herbert Hoover - Australian Mining Entrepreneur

Cheap mining was Hoover’s ultimate aim because it offered the best opportunity to maximise profits. With a workforce of 150 men who had recently become unionised, a vertical shaft onto an orebody that extended to a great depth and a small inefficient mill with almost no water to run it, Hoover had to substantially reduce costs quickly or his 250000 development budget would soon disappear

The Darr Mine Disaster - Old Industry of Southwestern

Dec 18, 2016 Dec 18, 2016 December 6, in what is listed as the worst mining disaster in U.S. history, at least 362 people lost their lives when the Monongah Mine in Monongah, WV exploded. December 16, at least 57 lives were claimed in an explosion at the Yolande No. 1 Mine in Yolande, AL December 19, at least 239 were killed at the Darr Mine near Van Meter, PA

HOOVER MILL Family Working Together to Insure

The Hoover Mill in Bonifay was only 30 minutes from cousins and family in Wicksburg, Alabama. The Hoover and Fillingim family reunions and picnics were held at the mill pond. Bascom was the son of William Samuel Hoover born and raised on the Henry Lewis Hoover land in Big Pond Branch- Williamson Mill, South Carolina