Mining was particularly important, and the new policies coincided with the growing of banana exporting, which began in the Bay Islands in the 1870s and was pursued on the mainland by small and middling farmers in the 1880s.

Hoover was a director of Chinese Engineering and Mining Corporation ( CEMC ) when it became a supplier of coolie labor for South African mines.

A 15 year exploration contract was granted by the Authority to Nauru Ocean Resources Inc. on 22 July 2011 and to Tonga Offshore Mining Limited on 12th January 2012.

Quincy Adams Shaw and his brother-in-law Henry Higginson became major investors in the Calumet and Hecla Mining Company, and Shaw was the first president of the company and retained that position until 1871, when Agassiz's son Alexander Agassiz took over.

Turquoise dated at 700 A. D. was mined in pre-Columbian America ; in the Cerillos Mining District in New Mexico, estimates are that " about 15, 000 tons of rock had been removed from Mt Chalchihuitl using stone tools before 1700.

Mining in the United States became prevalent in the 19th century, and the General Mining Act of 1872 was passed to encourage mining of federal lands.

This was followed up by the Global Mining Initiative which was initiated by nine of the largest metals and mining companies, and led to the formation of the International Council on Mining and Metals to " act as a catalyst " for social and environmental performance improvement in the mining and metals industry internationally.

In 1869, the School of Mining in Falun was moved to Stockholm and merged with the institute, and in 1871 the institute took over the civil engineering course previously arranged by the Higher Artillery College in Marieberg.

Rube graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 1904 with a College of Mining degree and was hired by the city of San Francisco as an engineer for the Water and Sewers Department.

Mining was unmechanized and labor-intensive, with pickmen freeing the ore from the rock, and mine-boys or carusi carrying baskets of ore to the surface, often through a mile or more of tunnels.

The advisory opinion was issued in response to a formal request made by the International Seabed Authority following two prior applications the Authority's Legal and Technical Commission had received from the Republics of Nauru and Tonga regarding proposed activities ( a plan of work to explore for polymetallic nodules ) to be undertaken in the Area by two State-sponsored contractors ( Nauru Ocean Resources Inc. ( sponsored by the Republic of Nauru ) and Tonga Offshore Mining Ltd. ( sponsored by the Kingdom of Tonga ).

About. com was originally founded in 1996 as The Mining Company.

At the beginning of the century, there was a phrase " database mining "™, trademarked by HNC, a San Diego-based company ( now merged into FICO ), to pitch their Data Mining Workstation ; researchers consequently turned to " data mining ".

Mining was Telluride ’ s only industry until 1972, when the first ski lift was installed by Telluride Ski Resort founder Joseph T. Zoline and his Telluride Ski Corporation ( Telco ).

The Leadville Mining District was the most productive silver-mining district in the state.

Stratton was inducted into the National Mining Hall of Fame.

Michigan Tech was founded in 1885 as the Michigan Mining School.

The change from the Michigan College of Mining and Technology was necessary for two reasons, according to Van Pelt.

Grace Golden Clayton was mourning the loss of her father when, on December 1907, the Monongah Mining Disaster in nearby Monongah killed 361 men, 250 of them fathers, leaving around a thousand fatherless children.

Mining increased by 9. 2 %, stimulated by higher output and a higher average price of nickel, the country's most important mineral.

The most important mines were located in the mountains near the capital of Tegucigalpa and were owned by the New York and Honduras Rosario Mining Company ( NYHRMC ).

Development of magnetic tape recorders in the late 1940s and early 1950s is associated with Ampex ; the equally important development of magnetic tape media itself was led by Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company ( now known as 3M ).

Mining, tourism, government and retirees are most important in the present-day Globe economy.

Mining was an important early industry in the town.

Mining of iron and lead was important in the early economy, and the town of Ancramdale was originally known as " Ancram Lead Mines "

Mining entrepreneurs such as John Q. Packard, John Beck, Jesse Knight, and Walter Fitch Sr. were important figures in Eureka and Tintic history.

Mining and iron production became important industries inte the 5th century and the iron works of Hofors and Sandviken still employ about 6 500 people, producing specialized steel and other special metals.

The most important one on the team was Adolfo Diaz, empty-headed as a drum, who was employed at a salary of eighty dollars a month, as bookkeeper in the La Luz and Los Angeles Mining Company.

At the Department of Mining Engineering, two of the most important research topics are Mineral Treatment and Prospecting.

Two of the most important clients of the bank were the Anzin Mining Company, the leading coal mining firm in northern France, and the Perier foundry at Chaillot, purchased by Scipion Perier in 1818 and famous for its manufacture of early steam engines.

Mining and ferrous metallurgy are the backbone of the economy with the largest copper refinery in South Eastern Europe in Pirdop and important copper mines at Chelopech and Etropole.

Mining played an important role in the development of the area.

Since 1998, the university has undertaken 12 very important national projects, such as Action Plan project " Multi-media Distance Education System and Project "; Education Ministry approved large project " the Demonstrate Project of Internet Education Based on Satellite and Terrestrial Networks "; " Tenth Five-Year Plan " key project " real-time teaching system "; National Science Fund project " Study of Individual and Interactive Virtual Collaborative Learning Environment " and " Study and Application of Personality Mining in E-Learning ".

Mining is also an important economic support of the Kootenay River area.

Mining traditions still play an important part in city life.

Mining was historically the most important industry in the area, but it was eclipsed by forestry which is today the major economic base of the village.

Mining became such an important part of life in the region that as early as the 12th century, tin miners developed their own set of laws ( stannary laws ) and, ultimately, their own parliaments ( Stannary Parliaments ).

The Mining was quite important for Oberscheld, there was a blast furnace, the blast furnace was closed in in 1969.

Mining was an important industry in Ruifang in the early 20th century.

* Mining and poultry magnate Yavuz Sıtkı Koçman ( d. 2002 ) who contributed an important part of his fortune to building the university in the 1990s.

Hansen said one of his most important achievements in the Senate was the passage of amendments to the Surface Mining Act which prevent mining companies from confiscating the wealth from private lands by means of following an oil bed onto adjacent properties.

Mining forms an important segment of the Indian economy, with the country producing 79 different minerals ( excluding fuel and atomic resources ) in 2009 – 10, including iron ore, manganese, mica, bauxite, chromite, limestone, asbestos, fluorite, gypsum, ochre, phosphorite and silica sand.