Mining History Documentary

The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin (2014) - IMDb

A feature documentary that explores the rise of a new Internet; decentralized, encrypted, dangerous and beyond the law; with particular focus on the FBI capture of the Tor hidden service Silk Road, and the judicial aftermath.

Documentary Films - The Best Movies in Cinematic History

Biographical Documentary Films: The Oscar-winning documentary by Richard Kaplan, The Eleanor Roosevelt Story (1965), was a tribute to one of the most influential First Ladies in US history. Bruce Weber's Let's Get Lost (1988) was a biographical account of the life of jazz trumpeter Chet Baker.

7 Must-See Bitcoin Documentaries

Generously hoping to educate the public about what they call "part of history in the making", the Australian duo will release 'The Bitcoin Doco' under Creative Commons licensing on Vimeo and YouTube. The mini-series is still in its early stages of production, with the team actively seeking donations to support the project.

Documentary digs up history on Queensland's mining ...

A documentary that explores the history of coal mining in Queensland had its premiere in Mackay last Friday night.

Butte: Montana's Irish Mining Town | Irish America

In the early 1870s, Butte was a mining town on the verge of becoming a city full of immigrants in search of employment and the American Dream. When the advent of electricity demanded more copper, the “Copper Kings,” industrialists Clark, Daly and Heinze, called for more manpower, pushing Butte’s population near 90,000.

Coal - Switch Energy Project Documentary Film and …

Coal production is the amount of coal that is mined and sent to market. Coal is mined in 25 states. Wyoming mines the most, followed by West Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and Texas. How Coal Is Used Roughly 93 percent of the coal mined in the U.S. today is used to make electricity. The steel and iron industries use coal for smelting metals.

Seeing the Unseen Appalachia: Overburden, a Documentary Film

The road to Cumberland, Kentucky is all switchbacks, the asphalt snaking up and down Pine Mountain on the western flank of the lush Appalachian Mountains. My students and I had driven this road many times during the weeks we traveled to the small coal mining town to make photographs, but this time we stopped near […]

Mining in Newfoundland and Labrador - Heritage

Mining has played an important if sporadic role in the economic, social, and cultural history of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Coal Mining Appalachia: Southern U.S.A Culture, History ...

History of coal mining in southern Appalachia, and how it radically transformed the region.

10 Must See Water Documentaries to watch and talk …

10 Must-see water documentaries that ... the film takes viewers through the causes of the water crisis — mining, ... It gives the history of the Bureau ...

Coal mining | Britannica

Coal mining: Coal mining, extraction of coal deposits from the surface of Earth and from underground. ... History Ancient use of outcropping coal.

BBC Historical Farm Series (Series) - TV Tropes

Genre-Busting: Part live-action historical crafts recreation documentary, part edutainment reality show starring and featuring actual experts on a specific historical period and the lifestyle of each era. The Greatest History Never Told: The series is often conscious about averting this. Sometimes more overtly, sometimes subtly.

PBS’s ‘The Mine Wars’ Shows West Virginia’s Militant ...

PBS’s ‘The Mine Wars’ Shows West Virginia’s Militant, Radical Labor History ... history documentaries in the history of ... job of mining those ...

Minnesota Iron - Iron Mining History

History. The story of iron, in Minnesota, ... With new mining methods being developed and in progress, the future of iron mining in northeastern Minnesota is bright.

Blood on the Mountain | Netflix

Blood on the Mountain 2016 TV-MA 1h 33m This historically expansive film examines the coal-mining traditions of West Virginia -- and the …

BBC - Archive - Coal Mining in Britain - The story of ...

Title: Coal Mining in Britain. Subject: Coal mining. Source: BBC Archive

BBC - Archive - Coal Mining in Britain - A Year in the ...

'A Year in the Life' was an ambitious, in-depth documentary series. In this edition, we visit Craghead, a small village in County Durham. With the local colliery threatened by closure, the miners face uncertain futures. Some welcome the opportunity for retirement, but for others the prospect of relocation or redundancy looms large.

Iron Miners Historic Mining History and Gold Mining ...

Sep 17, 2007· Board index » Mine Forums » Coal Mining. ... Hard Coal documentary coming to Pine Grove. Moderators: Miner Mike, Miner Greg, Doug, UGMiner Banks, Chris, ...

Documentary Review-Analysis; The Hole Story ... - Cabal Times

The Hole Story is a critical documentary on mining in Canada, from its early beginnings to its present state. Given the little known importance of mining in the history of Canada, it also turns out to become an informative exploration of the Secret History of Canada.

Harlan County U.S.A. (1976) - IMDb

A harrowing documentary of the Stones ... In the coal mining region of ... us some background on the historical plight of the miners and some history of the ...

Yoopera! - Raising Voices, Mining History

The documentary Yoopera! tells the story of how the legacy of family stories and local history inspired both the commissioning and production of a major opera and a widespread community celebration of heritage in the beautiful, remote Upper Peninsula of Michigan (the U.P.).

Pennsylvania Coal Culture Exhibit - iup.edu

IMAPS is a multidisciplinary group of faculty, staff, and students who work together to digitize, record, and preserve historical mining maps. IMAPS has digitized more than five hundred maps, including mining maps from the Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Company, using a large format Cruse scanner.

Documentary Poetics by Mark Nowak | Poetry Foundation

Yesterday afternoon, Juliana Spahr and I spoke at a graduate student symposium on “Documentary Poetry and the Long Poem” at the University of Utah. The students, primarily from Paisley Rekdal’s...

Mining History Association

Learn more about mining history - gold mining, copper mining, coal mining, zinc mining and more.

7 Must-See Bitcoin Documentaries

How Does Bitcoin Mining Work? ... 7 Must-See Bitcoin Documentaries. NEWS. Tom Sharkey. ... and its position in a long history of financial systems. ...

Watch The Mine Wars | American Experience | Official …

The Mine Wars tells the overlooked story of the miners in the ... and in 1907 West Virginia suffered the single largest mining disaster in the nation's history. ...

Coal Miner Records - Research Online

Coal Miner Records The Pennsylvania State Archives hold numerous collections which pertain to persons either employed in or in some way associated with the anthracite (hard coal) and bituminous (soft coal) mining industries of the Commonwealth.

Winona, MI Documentary Project - Home | Facebook

Winona, MI Documentary Project. 407 likes. We will make an historical documentary about Winona, an almost ghost town 30 miles southwest of Houghton, MI....

Mining Documentaries | Republic of Mining

Archive | Mining Documentaries. ... Mining Documentaries, United States Mining History. Deportation ’17: A Film About a Film in Bisbee from Lone Protestor on Vimeo.

Documentary 'Blood on the Mountain' explores effect …

Nov 17, 2016· “Blood on the Mountain” is a grim documentary about West Virginia coal mining’s lasting effect on its citizens. “Blood on the Mountain” is a grim documentary …

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Welcome to the mining subreddit! This is a subreddit for those involved or interested in the mining industry. This includes geologists, engineers, drill riggers, students and interns, working in coal, precious and base metals, milling and concentrating and exploration.

Coal mining documentary shows the horrors in West …

Coal mining documentary shows the horrors in West ... The documentary examines the cycle of exploitation of ... that West Virginia officials kept out of history ...

Iron Miners Historic Mining History and Gold Mining ...

Dec 24, 2014· Hey guys, I'm working on making a documentary called Portal to the Past. In this film we uncover the early history of mining in New England by exploring an untouched abandoned copper mine mentioned in some early 18th century documents.

Documentaries about coal - SourceWatch

Present day documentary footage is remixed with old educational films, connecting past policy to America's current energy crisis. Empires of Industry - Legacy of King Coal, The History Channel (2006) Everything about the job is dangerous.

Utah History | KUED

Watch Utah History videos ... Find the ever-growing list of historical documentaries about the state ... An examination of the mining labor conflicts that shaped ...

Beneath Black Skies - A HISTORY OF COALMINING IN …

Beneath Black Skies, the documentary about the Illawarra's coal mining history, including Australia's largest industrial disaster, Mount Kembla Disaster, narrated by David Field with a striking musical score and dramatic …