mines and mineral resources

Introduces readers to the people, machines, work and environmental concerns involved in mining, visiting an underground mineral mine and steel mill, a surface coal mine, and an oil well and refinery.

Lorana, a young dragonrider with a gift for healing and telepathy, rushes to find a cure when a mysterious fatal illness infects the dragons just when a deadly cycle of Threadfall is due, and realizes the answer lies with Wind Blossom, a geneticist whose mother created the dragons hundreds of years earlier.

Describes the great variety of the world's resources.

A dictionary of terms related to many scientific, technological, and social problems affecting mineral resources. Terms include brines, calcite, flux, groundwater, hardrock mining, mica, and reclamation.

Lowly the worm teaches Huckle about recycling, dinosaurs, icebergs, and mines.

A look at communities centered around mining with a focus on Moorcroft, Wyoming.

Discusses the structure, atmosphere, climate, and features of our planet and examines its activity and natural resources.

Tells how minerals are formed, mined, and used.

After losing his family in a sudden tragedy, young Kindan takes his father's job in the mines and finds solace in his friendship with a mysterious girl and his training of a new watch-wher, a dragon-like guard creature, whose unique powers may prove to save an entire community from destruction.

Discusses the geologic formation of metal ores, the types of tools scientists use to find such deposits, and the many ways in which they are used.